The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston is pleased to invite applications for a promotion-eligible, non-tenure-track faculty position as Instructional Assistant Professor of Voice for a Fall 2023 appointment.

Core Values:

• Dedicated to excellence in the arts

• Focused on student success

• Team players who are willing to work across disciplines

• Problem solvers

• Models of integrity and collegiality with a commitment to diversity

• Passionate, energetic, and tenacious

Core Competencies:

• The ability to attract resources, including grants or other external sources of support that advance the school’s mission

• The ability to grow dynamic degree programs and recruit dynamic, top-tier students

The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity.

Successful candidates will have a professional career singing opera at the highest levels, including with evidence of engagement at major American and international companies, festivals, and venues (including but not limited to, for example, the Metropolitan Opera, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, Opera Colorado, Chautauqua, the Royal Opera of Versailles, the Dutch National Opera, Aix-en-Provence, and others), recordings with major labels (such as, for example, Decca, Naxos, Harmonia Mundi, Albany, and others), and evidence of major recognition for career achievement (such as Grammy Awards or Richard Tucker Music Foundation awards and grants). Successful candidates will be graduates of major Young Artist programs (such as the Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, or others).

Additional experience as an artistic director and administrator in a higher education environment is required, as is prior experience teaching in a college or university environment (either as a faculty member, as a guest teacher with a significant record of invited masterclasses, or, preferably, both).

Candidates for such positions at the University of Houston will normally hold the terminal degree in the field; professional experience in lieu of the terminal degree will be considered.