Job Description

Collaborative/Artist Piano (Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor)

Posting Number: F-0898
College/Unit: College of the Arts & Media
Home Department: School of Music
Employee Group: Tenure-Track Faculty - Academic Year
Employment Status: Full-Time
Position Type: 9 month (Academic Year)
Position Classification: Tenure Track Faculty
Position Begin Date: 08/18/2025
Position End Date:

Position Summary:

• Perform and rehearse with guest artists, faculty, studios, and other areas as required by the School of Music;
• Assign and coordinate collaborative pianists for the accompanying needs of the School of Music;
• Teach applied lessons to piano majors at both the undergraduate and graduate level;
• Coach and coordinate the assignments of student collaborative pianists;
• Teach in the area of collaborative piano and related courses, coach chamber ensembles.

Required Qualifications:

• DMA in piano performance, collaborative piano or related area or commensurate professional experience ( ABD considered);
• Outstanding performance background in chamber music settings as well as solo performance;
• Excellent sight-reading skills;
• Successful collaborative performance experience at the college or professional level;
• Ability and willingness to effectively recruit collaborative and solo undergraduate and graduate students;
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Message to Applicants:

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

The Search Committee will accept applications until finalists are selected. Online applications must include a cover letter that specifically addresses position qualifications and duties, a current vita, copies of undergraduate and graduate degree transcripts (upload as one document), and a one-page PDF document with active links to no more than three recent performance videos. Please supply contact information for three references who may be contacted to supply recommendations. Review will begin immediately and continue until finalists have been selected.

Address inquiries to:

Chair, Collaborative Piano Search Committee

School of Music

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

Phone: (989) 774-3281

Fax: (989) 774-3766

About the Department:

The School of Music is located in a state-of-the-art 119,000 square foot facility with a 500-seat concert hall housing a 61-rank Casavant organ, a 100-seat recital hall, MIDI technology labs, recording facilities, music resource center, and 79 practice rooms. The School of Music has 38 full- and part-time faculty and an enrollment of 350 undergraduate and graduate majors and minors.

To learn more about the school, visit the school website .

Posting Begins: 10/03/2024
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes

About CMU:

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

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