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What will your role be? The Music Teacher is responsible for planning and delivering a ... string technique on violin, viola, cello, and bass, as well as ensemble skills and music theory ...

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Music Teacher

Detroit, MI · On-site

What will your role be? The Music Teacher is responsible for planning and delivering a ... string technique on violin, viola, cello, and bass, as well as ensemble skills and music theory ...

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UCLA Music PEC 2026-27 Part-Time Lecturer: Violin and/or String Chamber Music

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

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Posted 9 days ago

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Job description

Position description
The UCLA Music Performance, Education & Composition Department invites applications for a part-time lecturer in Violin Performance and/or String Chamber Music. Salary commensurate with applicant qualifications and experience; percentage of appointment commensurate with courses assigned.
Responsibilities include teaching weekly string chamber music coaching and/or violin lessons for violin majors, including both Performance and Music Education majors; students range from first-year undergraduate through DMA level. Must attend and adjudicate student juries and String Chamber Music performances. Applied instruction of violin students may be shared (rotational) with other violin faculty. String chamber music coaching workload dependent upon need.
Applicants should have at least four years of experience teaching, with university teaching experience preferred, as well as expertise and experience in the principles of pedagogy and performance. A Bachelor's degree in a related field is required with a Doctorate in Musical Arts degree preferred.
Applications will be reviewed by the search committee as they are submitted with a final deadline of September 27, 2026 for Fall quarter employment. The anticipated employment date is October 1, 2026, for Fall quarter with a campus wide service period start date of September 21, 2026.
Applications must include: 1) a cover letter stating interest in the position and summarizing relevant experience, 2) a comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of teaching philosophy, 4) a response to the University's Mission Statement, 5) a reference check authorization release and 6) names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required.
This position is represented by the University Council - American Federation of Teachers: UCnet CBA .
Internal applicants will be considered for appointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • At least four years of experience teaching
  • Expertise and experience in the principles of pedagogy and performance

Preferred qualifications
  • Extensive Performance Career
  • Doctorate in Musical Arts degree
  • University teaching experience

Application Requirements
Document requirements
  • Cover Letter
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
  • Statement of Teaching Philosophy
  • UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.
    The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:
    Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles
    Expand our reach as a global university
    Enhance our research and creative activities
    Elevate how we teach
    Become a more effective institution
    Prompt for candidates for recruitment:
    Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service
  • Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form
  • Document containing audio and/or video links (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 required (contact information only)

Contact information only required for a minimum of 3 individuals.
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11305
Help contact: gomesh@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
  • "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
  • UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
  • UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
  • APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

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