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Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (PCUSA) is seeking applicants for a Resident Carillonist for the 2024-25 season. This is a part-time position that primarily requires playing the church’s 48-bell carillon before and after morning services twice per month. For more information, or to apply, please contact James Biery, Minister of Music and Organist, at jbiery@gpmchurch.org.

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Grosse Pointe Memorial Church

Resident Carillonist

Purpose: To provide carillon music at GPMC

Supervision: The Resident Carillonist is under the direct supervision of the Minister of Music

Status: Part-time (10 hours per month)

Evaluation: Performance evaluations will be performed by the Minister of Music

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

 Undergraduate degree with music emphasis preferred

 Carillon playing experience and ability

 Ability to communicate and work with diverse personalities and ages

 Understanding and support of the mission of GPMC

Responsibilities:

 Playing the GPMC carillon before and after Sunday morning service twice

per month

 Overseeing and promoting the volunteer carillonneur program

 Private lessons with new carillon students (with additional remuneration)

 Coordinating the summer recital series

 Wedding and memorial services when requested (with additional

remuneration)

 The typical schedule for this position is

o Two Sundays per month 8:30 am – 12:15 pm

o Practice and preparation at the discretion of the employee

Physical Demands:

 Excellent vision and hearing

 Ability to climb stairs (to carillon tower)

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The Arthur Satz Department of Music at the University of Rochester invites applications for a highly skilled musician to serve as the first official University of Rochester Carillonneur. This is a full-time position that involves a wide range of activities: teaching carillon students (approximately twenty per semester), offering recitals, performing at occasional university events, supervising maintenance of the Hopeman carillon and two practice carillons, offering guided tours of the Hopeman carillon, and directing all carillon-related activities (including arranging a summer concert series and overseeing the annual Rochester Carillon Composition Award). The University Carillonneur will also help with various administrative duties in the music department especially related to event planning and student engagement. We expect that these duties will generally encompass approximately twenty percent of weekly work (with carillon activities fulfilling roughly eighty percent).

The University Carillonneur will report to the Chair of the Arthur Satz Department of Music. Qualifications include certification as a professional carillonneur, demonstrated virtuosity, excellent communication skills, prior teaching experience, and demonstrated skills in administrative tasks. A Bachelor’s Degree is required.

The University of Rochester recently celebrated the 50^th anniversary of our Hopeman Carillon, one of only seven carillons in New York State. The instrument is a set of fifty touch sensitive bells in chromatic sequence played from a baton and pedal keyboard. The bells hang above the crown of Rush Rhees Library, between the top columns of the bell lantern.

For more information about the Arthur Satz Department of Music, please visit our website (https://www.sas.rochester.edu/mur/). For more information about the carillon, please see here: https://www.sas.rochester.edu/mur/hopeman-memorial-carillon/index.html

 

The University of Rochester, an Equal Opportunity Employer, has a strong commitment to diversity and actively encourages applications from candidates from groups underrepresented in higher education.

EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

 

If you already have an Interfolio account, please sign in to apply to this position.  If not, please create an Interfolio account.  For questions/concerns pertaining to the application process please email Sara Rembert (sara.rembert@rochester.edu); for questions/concerns pertaining to the position please email Matt BaileyShea (matt.baileyshea@rochester.edu).

In addition to completing the on-line application, applicants should upload the following documents: 1) a letter of application; 2) current curriculum vitae; 3) two letters of recommendation; 4) links to at least three carillon recordings (audio and/or video). Candidates whose complete applications are received by March 20, 2024 will be considered for interviews, but applications will be continuously reviewed until the position is filled.

The University of Rochester has a strong commitment to diversity and actively encourages applications from groups under-represented in higher education.

The University of Rochester is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion to advance the University’s mission to Learn, Discover, Heal, Create – and Make the World Ever Better. In support of our values and those of our society, the University is committed to not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.  This commitment extends to the administration of our policies, admissions, employment, access, and recruitment of candidates from underrepresented populations, veterans, and persons with disabilities consistent with these values and government contractor Affirmative Action obligations.

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Tenure-Track Position in Music - Keyboard Studies

The Berea College Department of Music announces a full-time, tenure-track position in Music beginning in August 2024. Primary responsibilities include instruction in Applied Piano and Organ, heading the department’s team of student and staff collaborative pianists, and serving as organist at weekly chapel services and campuswide events. Demonstrated excellence in keyboard and collaborative piano instruction at the undergraduate level as well as a willingness to participate in the General Education program is expected. Experience as a carillonneur is a plus. The candidate will work closely with applied instructors, ensemble directors, and the Campus Christian Center. An earned doctorate is required at the time of appointment. Ideal candidates will, through their teaching, scholarship, mentoring, and service, show a commitment to carrying out Berea College’s unique mission.

To apply, submit a letter of interest, current CV, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and video links to (1) a private piano lesson, (2) a private organ lesson, and (3) a collaborative performance. Each video excerpt should be unedited and between 15-30 minutes in length. Review of applications will begin on October 17, 2023 and continue until the position is filled.  

Founded in 1855, Berea College  is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $190,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the South; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings lists Berea as the #3 Best Value Colleges and 148 among 250 ranked colleges (highest-ranked Kentucky college). The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #5 among Liberal arts Colleges, and #1 Best Bang for the Buck in the South. U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #26 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, #3 for Most Innovative Schools, #6 in Top Performers in Social Mobility, and tied for #16 in Best Undergraduate Teaching. Money (2022) ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.