Lecturer (Applied Voice)

Position Title: Lecturer (Applied Voice)

Department: Music

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: March 27, 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University’s Department of Music invites applications for the position of Applied Voice. The position will begin August 1, 2025. This position is a nine-month, non-tenure track appointment as Lecturer. A completed doctorate is necessary for tenure-track appointment.

The selected candidate for this position will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students and that is located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The university has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their education goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a vibrant faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a vibrant learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Fulfill teaching expectations associated with a non-tenure track/lecturer appointment. Teach 12-hours per semester (either in-person or online, according to departmental needs) or equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
• Teach and develop undergraduate applied voice majors, classes, and seminars as assigned and as dependent upon department needs, which may include Vocal Techniques, Vocal Diction I and II and Vocal Pedagogy or some combination of classes consistent with the candidate’s training and interests.
• Fulfill service expectations associated with a non-tenure track/lecturer appointment by engaging in recruitment activities in the department, university, and profession to include, school visits, clinics, networking with local music educators, and participation in on-campus recruitment events/festivals.
• Assist musical theatre faculty, students, and productions.
• Develop and maintain an active portfolio of scholarly research/creative activities and service including a national and international profile.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate. Additional responsibilities may include the advising of undergraduate voice majors, and participation on department committees.

Required Qualifications:
• Doctorate in Music; ABD applicants will be considered with completion of doctorate by August 1, 2026.
• A successful record of collegiate level teaching in applied voice.
• A successful record of recruiting and maintaining a studio of voice students at the collegiate level.

• Demonstrated dedication to developing teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds.
• Official educational transcripts are required at time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Soprano voice type preferred.
• Professional performance experience in a variety of musical genres (classical, jazz, commercial, musical theater).
• Experience teaching/coaching and performing in chamber ensembles.
• Experience teaching collegiate level vocal diction and pedagogy courses.
• Experience in directing collegiate musical theater programs and music for the stage.

Exempt, Full time, Background Check Required

Special Instructions to Applicants: Please upload the following items as a PDF to the “additional document” field via the electronic application: letter of application, links to teaching and performance videos completed within the last five years. Contact information for three current professional references will be collected as part of the application form. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Dr. Lawrence Abernathy at lawrence.abernathy@washburn.edu.