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Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice)

Ball State University

IN, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Position Title: Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice) Compensation: $54,000 - $62,000 Department: School of Music Start Date: 08/16/2027 About this opportunity: The School of Music invites applications for a full-time Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice) beginning August of 2027. The School of Music is committed to maintaining a positive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment where your success is supported. This is a full-time opportunity that comes with a great benefits package. Come be a part of our team! This position requires on-campus presence. Employer will consider sponsorship. What you'll do and what you will bring: The Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice) is a full-time tenure track position that provides Applied Voice instruction, studio and repertoire coaching, recruiting and studio maintenance, maintains an active profile through professional performance and/or creative scholarships, and teaches complementary courses as needed by the School of Music. Our dynamic faculty function as collaborative, innovative, and adaptive members of the College of Fine Arts community, both within and beyond the School of Music, dedicated as teachers, productive in creative and/or scholarly work, engaged in public service activities, and contributing to the Ball State and Muncie communities and beyond. Additionally, lifelong learning at Ball State University extends educational engagement beyond the classroom and includes learning for professional development, personal enrichment, or other goals throughout one’s lifetime. Faculty will be expected to participate in the department’s, college’s, and university’s lifelong learning opportunities when available and may be assigned teaching responsibility in this area as part of their overall responsibilities. Duties and Responsibilities: Applied Voice Instruction: Teach private studio voice lessons to undergraduate and/or graduate students across relevant degree tracks (BME Music Education, BM Voice Performance, BA/BS Music, MMP Music Media Production, and MM/DA graduate levels). Studio & Repertoire Coaching: Provide healthy vocal technique, stylistic interpretation, diction, and repertoire selection. Recruitment & Studio Maintenance: Actively participate in auditioning, recruiting, and retaining high-caliber voice students to build and maintain a strong voice studio. Performances & Productions: Maintain an active profile through professional performance and/or creative scholarship. Ancillary Coursework: Teach complementary courses as needed by the department (such as vocal pedagogy, diction/literature, and class voice). Service: Fulfill departmental, college, and university service obligations, including committee work, curriculum development, and student advising. Minimum Qualifications: Terminal degree in music (DMA, DA, or Ph.D.) in Voice or Vocal Pedagogy or equivalent professional background. Qualified to chair lecture recital dissertations. Demonstrated history of professional performance/creative activity and college-level voice teaching experience. Preferred Qualifications: Voice type: Tenor 3+ years of university-level teaching experience with demonstrated success in recruiting and maintaining a successful teaching studio. Established national connections and/or professional, regional performance credentials. How to apply: Please direct inquiries regarding this vacancy to Dr. Franklin Larey, Director of the School of Music, [email protected] The following application materials are required: Cover letter of application Curriculum vitae (Do not use the Autofill resume feature.) In addition, applicants are asked to provide the contact information of at least three referees. Consideration Date: to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 1, 2026. (Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, until a sufficient applicant pool has been achieved or the position is fi

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IN, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

IN, USA is evaluated with current IN labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The source listing identifies a state or region but not a city; city-level statistics are therefore unavailable. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

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Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

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What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

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  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.