Adjunct Faculty - Director of the Handbell Choir

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

ID: 7223323 (Ref.No. 24F332236)
Posted: February 29, 2024
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Position Description

The Department of Performance Studies at Rider University seeks an adjunct instructor – Director of the Handbell Choir – for the Fall Semester, 2024, beginning Thursday, September 5. 

Position Requirements

  • Master of Music Degree
  • Demonstrated experience in:
    • Advanced ringing skills;
    • Recruiting, selecting and teaching a handbell choir;
    • Working with an extended range of handbells (7 Octaves) and Choirchime Instruments;
    • Choosing appropriate and diverse repertoire;
    • Handbell assignments using an extended range of instruments; 
    • Care and maintenance of handbell instruments; and 
    • Maintaining a handbell music library
 
The candidate should be active in the Handbell community.

For the first year, no touring or traveling will be required.

Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience

About Rider University

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University is consistently ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. For more than a decade, Rider has also been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.
 
Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity. 

Special Instructions to Applicants

The completion of a background check is required for all new hires.