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Job Description
Binghamton University seeks applicants for a full-time lecturer in the Theatre Department to serve the university's musical theatre BFA program for an appointment of up to three years, with the possibility of renewal, beginning August 16, 2027. The ideal candidate will have distinction and a firm foundation as a voice teacher, vocal pedagogue, and/or musical theatre performer/teaching artist.
This position will teach musicianship, studio voice lessons, vocal technique, and music skills to musical theatre students. This requires an effective vocal technician invested in the success of their students through teaching healthy, sustainable, voice scientifically informed technique and the ability to connect with students from a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender identities. The ideal candidate will possess both the patience and creativity to work with students new to vocal study, as well as the high standards and expertise to continue pushing students who are further along in their vocal development.
Beyond the voice studio, this position will attend occasional rehearsals, teach or co-teach regular workshops as part of a weekly seminar series, teach musicianship courses for musical theatre majors covering the continued development of sight-singing, ear training, arrangement, piano, and other music skills. This person may also have the opportunity to teach other courses depending upon their specialties and areas of interest.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following in their teaching and artistic practice:
- Inclusive teaching and mentorship that will help make music, singing, and musical theatre accessible to a broad range of students
- Empowering all gender identities and expressions
- Providing students with objective, supportive critique and actionable feedback across many musical styles relevant to the current musical theatre landscape
- A commitment to the collaborative process, including with students, colleagues, and other artistic team members
The ideal candidate will be an artist whose teaching, creative activity, and professional experience will contribute to the diversity, equity, access, and inclusivity goals of the Department of Theatre and seek to address questions of interest to historically under-represented or underserved communities. Their teaching should support and enhance the Department's offerings by increasing its range, depth, and diversity of curriculum.
Requirements
Required Qualities:
- Master's degree (MM, MVP, MFA, MA) or other relevant advanced degree, awarded by August 16, 2027
- Demonstrated success teaching college students and/or professional performers
- Experience teaching singing in the diverse repertoire and styles common in contemporary musical theatre (such as pop, rock, classical, soul, jazz, funk, R&B, hip-hop, rap, country, etc.)
Preferred Qualities:
- Knowledge in and demonstrated application of contemporary vocal science research, vocal technique, and vocal pedagogy
- Knowledge of current trends in musical theatre and musical theatre-adjacent performance styles, techniques, and performance practices
- Additional training in vocal pedagogy as it relates to musical theatre and/or contemporary commercial music
- Previous university-level teaching experience
- Sufficient piano skills to facilitate private voice lessons without the assistance of an accompanist
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that Binghamton University is not an E-Verify employer.
Additional Information
Binghamton University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the ADA Coordinator by completing the following Request Form.
The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.
As required by title IX and its implementing regulations, Binghamton University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational programs and activities which it operates. This requirement extends to employment and admission. Inquiries about sex discrimination may be directed to the University Title IX Coordinator or directly to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Contact information for the Title IX Coordinator and OCR, as well as the University's complete Non-Discrimination Notice may be found here.
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus effective August 1, 2017.
Offers of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.
Application Instructions
To apply, please submit the following documents via: http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=204976
- Letter of application
- Curriculum vitae
- Statement of teaching philosophy
- 15-minute teaching video
- Names and contact information for three references
References should be able to speak about the candidate's teaching abilities and/or work as a vocal technician; and will only be contacted for those who advance in the selection process.
Applications received by October 10, 2026 will receive priority consideration. The position will remain open until filled.
