University Professorship for Choral Conducting

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Institute of Composition, Theory of Music, History of Music and Conducting, is offering a position for a University Professorship for Choral Conducting presumably beginning with the winter semester 2023/24 and based on § 98 of the Universities Act.

Tasks areas
• teaching particularly in the main artistic subject Choral Conducting in the field of Conducting
• responsible representation and promotion of the field in its entirety, in particular in the arts-based research
• conduction of the choirs in the department (incl. concert activities)

Employment Requirements
• a degree from an Austrian or comparable foreign educational institute that suits the position, or an equivalent artistic aptitude
• outstanding personality with the highest artistic qualification for the position to be filled
• outstanding pedagogical and didactic competency
• excellent international artistic career
• broad repertoire-knowledge of all forms of choral and choral-orchestral literature from the Renaissance to the present day
• leadership experience in the organisational area
• competence and/or experience in the areas of Gender and Diversity
• If German is not the native language, it is assumed that there is the willingness to learn German with the aim of reaching at least level B2 within a fixed period of time.

Contract: indefinite employment contract; full-time
Pay: Collective agreement minimum monthly salary currently € 5,321.70 gross; any higher salary can be made subject of appointment negotiations.

Application deadline: 27 April 2022
Applications should be sent electronically under reference 84/21 to bewerbung-UProf@kug.ac.at

closing date: 27 Apr 2022

start date: October 2023

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