The new Community Music School at Indiana University of Pennsylvania seeks an artistic director for its new Community Choir for the academic year 2013-2014.  This is an ideal position for a local conductor with an entrepreneurial spirit, since the School is opening its doors for the first time in August and the choir will meet for the first time in September.

 

The choir will rehearse one night per week, both fall and spring semesters, for a total of 12 rehearsals each semester.  (Length of rehearsal and the rehearsal night are flexible.)  Budget for music purchasing, and for director's stipend, is dependent on enrollment; tuition is $100/singer/semester.  Music can be borrowed from the university's choral library to ease music purchasing costs.  Auditions will take place the first week of September; membership in the choir is likely to include community members, and students, alumni, faculty, and staff of IUP.

 

IUP's Department of Music has a rich history dating back to the founding of the institution over a hundred years ago.  A recently renovated Cogswell Hall includes state-of-the-art technology, expanded classroom and practice room spaces, a piano laboratory, rehearsal halls, and a well-appointed music library. A current enrollment of more than 300 Music majors is served by a departmental faculty of 34.

 

Interested candidates should have a Master's degree or higher in music education or performance, and demonstrated experience as a choral conductor.  Please submit a letter of interest, current resume, and three letters of reference to Jane Potter Baumer, Director, IUP Community Music School,  422 S. 11th St., Indiana, PA 15705-1071, or submit digitally to j.p.baumer@iup.edu.  Successful applicants will be contacted later for video or audio recordings of their work, and/or an on-campus interview.  Deadline:  July 1, 2013.