Piano/Piano Pedagogy 2013-14

Searches for academic positions in Piano and Piano Pedagogy in 2013-2014.

This page is for jobs that begin in 2014.

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Schools with Accepted Offers
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University: Name (Current Position [if applicable], DMA-GRANTING INSTITUTION, and year, if known)

Armstrong Atlantic State University: Ben Warsaw (BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 2012)

Bryan College: Olivia Ellis (UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 2014)

College of Charleston: Ran Dank (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Dillard University: Dr. Brandon Bascom (Brigham Young University-Idaho, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, 2012)

Lycoming College: Amanda Horn (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, 2012)

Sam Houston State University: Josu De Solaun (MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 2011)

University of Cincinnati: Soyeon Kate Lee (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

University of Northern Colorado: Justin Krawitz (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, 2011)

University of South Alabama: Jasmin Arakawa (INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 2013)

Arkansas Tech University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: Mar. 7)

 * Skype interview request (March 19)
 * Did they schedule on-campus interviews already?
 * yes

Armstrong Atlantic State University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: Dec. 13, 2013)

 * Internal candidate?
 * Dr Warsaw was hired just this year and has (so far) not been hired elsewhere so yes, it seems this is a strong internal candidate to take the full job.
 * Congratulations Dr. Warsaw!

Baylor University - Lecturer in Piano (Deadline: Nov. 15)

 * Dec. 15th: Additional material requested
 * Jan. 23: Reference contacted x2
 * Campus Interview requested

Bryan College - "Tenure Track Position in Music" (Deadline: Nov. 15)

 * Dec. 20: Additional Materials Requested x2
 * Budget problems and no confidence vote in president.  Applicants be advised.
 * Mar 3-7: On campus interviews
 * Congratulations, Olivia!

California State University Stanislaus - Assistnat Professor of Music (Deadline: Feb 26)

 * Internal Candidate
 * Really?  Usually internal candidates are VAPs or non-tenure.  The currently-listed prof appears to be tenure-track, occupying the exact position advertised.
 * The internal is a Lecturer, i.e. a full-time, non-TT position: http://www.csustan.edu/music/faculty/BenjaminBorenBio.html
 * Mar. 28 Request for skype interview.

College of Charleston - Assistant Professor of Music, Piano (Deadline: Oct. 15)

 * Sept. 9: It's probably best NOT to apply for this job.  They're dealing with the reprecussions of a serious sexual abuse/misconduct scandal:   http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/cofc-piano-prof-resigns-after-intensive-sexual-misconduct-investigation/Content?oid=4677998
 * Sept. 13: I fail to see the logic in the above statement.  One person's alleged wrongdoing has no bearing on another person's capabilities.
 * Sept. 13. If you can't see that a scandal like that is bad news all around and that it will severely inhibit anyone's ability to recruit a studio and promote the program, then you probably shouldn't be applying for college jobs in the first place. How many high school football players are clamoring to go to Penn State?
 * First of all, I am not applying for a college job, as I already have one.  I am a tenured piano professor at a Big 10 university. Secondly, I would venture to say that football players are not clamoring to go to Penn State (not my school) because of the NCAA sanctions.  It is probably the safest place to send your child now, since they are most likely incredibly careful and playing extremely by the book. Finally, just to clarify: I have never met the professor in question at Charleston. I wish whomever gets the job all the best and I am absolutely positive that no one will question that person's integrity based on another person's short comings.  And if they did, then I wouldn't want them in my studio anyway.
 * Congratulations on your many wonderful accomplishments!
 * Sept. 16: whoa! Let's all please remember that anonymous comments don't necessarily accurately convey tone. This is a forum to create transparency in the job market and for helpful (and civil) discussion about open positions. The goal is for everyone to land a great job. Let's get back to the task at hand...
 * This would be Enrique Graf's previous position.
 * Had a bite on this. Anyone else hear anything?
 * date?
 * what exactly does a "bite" entail? Affirmative Action questionnaire?
 * A request for additional materials.
 * Nov: Skype interviews
 * Campus interviews scheduled
 * OH GOD
 * Who are the finalists?
 * Not sure that's "publish-able" information, but this search should be long over by now.
 * heard from a source that this one was pretty much decided before it even started, fwiw.
 * In other words, more or less identical to 80% of the job searches this year.
 * Word.
 * I heard from an inside source that there were several local candidates, none of whom got the job. See above.
 * My sources also tell me that the search was open and fair. The job went to someone with zero ties to the position. Congratulations to the candidate!
 * Congratulations Ran!
 * Congratulations Ran!

Concordia College - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: January 10, 2014)

 * This is not necessarily relevant, but the retiring pianist in this position is featured in a college video which spends most of its time on his hobby of raising chickens.  Truly odd, although it does explain all the egg cartons visible in the shots of his teaching studio.
 * Just added a "Livestock Handling Experience" section to my CV. Hopefully it helps!
 * It would also be good to list some arctic survival training.  Moorhead might as well be the North Pole.
 * Jan.9: Jazz recording requested
 * Anyone heard anything?
 * Skype interviews back in February 11
 * References contacted February 21
 * Pretty sure they're going to do campus interviews later this month when the average temperature is above 0.
 * How many finalists did they pick?
 * I am not sure that is publish-able information....
 * Sources say that it's llikely that finalists may not have been notified yet.
 * Has anyone heard anything?
 * Starts with a "Z," ends in an "ilch."


 * Still nothing, as of March 31. Anyone?
 * Still zilch, but I heard that the college is having budgetary problems. So, they're either on the final stage of the search or the search might have been cancelled.

Dillard University - Assistant Professor of Music (Deadline: Open until filled)

 * Aug 29: Phone Calls
 * Sep 5: Skype Interview
 * Sept. 17: Offer Accepted, Brandon Bascom

Florida Atlantic University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: Open until filled)

 * This is replacing Judith Burganger's position (retirement).
 * Nov. 4: Heads up, heard from several of my students last week that FAU's music dept. has had a recent rash of thefts and students getting held up in the practice rooms late at night (b/c music students have so much money, right?!). Admin. response seems to be to simply close the building earlier at night (i.e. no guards/campus police, update to keycard access, etc.). While this doesn't necessarily mean anything specifically for the search, wanted to pass it along to those on the market. Might make for an interesting question for the committee.
 * Nov. 5: There have also been reports of vandalism in the practice rooms.  Not the safest place, apparently!
 * Anyone heard anything?
 * Z to the ilch.
 * I hear some interviews have been recently done
 * Phone interviews, yes.

Gardner-Webb University - Assistant/Associate Professor of Music (Deadline: OUF)

 * Did the search committee fall into the boiling springs?
 * Did they do phone interviews already?
 * Did they the do the interviews?

Georgia State University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: October 15)

 * Internal candidate?
 * 11/20: request for CD and/or DVD of performances
 * phone interviews scheduled week of January 13-17
 * campus visit scheduled
 * offer accepted April 8

Illinois State University - Assistant/Associate Professor of Music (Deadline: Open until filled)

 * Internal candidate?
 * December 15th: Audio requested
 * Jan. 24: Phone interview scheduled.
 * Anyone heard anything?
 * Zilch, but I will say this: the phone interview felt very hostile and some of my references said that the faculty they spoke with came off as quite rude.  What's up with this place?
 * March 16: Rejection letter.x4

===Lamar University - Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano (Deadline: Nov. 1)===
 * Music facility is directly across from an oil refinery.  Gotta love the smell of money!
 * In a word: Texas.
 * Dec. 4: Audio requested.
 * Anybody heard anything since then? I thought they mentioned they would be in touch the week after Jan. 17?
 * Jan. 22: Sources say that phone interviews are scheduled.
 * Talking about oil refineries, check this out: http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/photos/the-7-worst-neighborhoods-near-refineries/beaumont-texas

Lee University - Assistant Professor (Deadline: Dec. 1, 2013)

 * Jan. 10: Preliminary interview x3
 * Feb. 4: Skype interview scheduled
 * Feb. 21: Campus interview scheduled

Lycoming College - Assistant Professor of Music (Deadline: Sept. 25)

 * Oct. 4: Phone Interviews
 * Nov. 4: notice to applicants that position has been filled.
 * Any idea who got it? I know there was an internal...

Marshall University - Assistant Professor (Deadline: December 1)

 * This position was open was filled last year. Any idea why it's open again?
 * Some sort of failed search? Candidate didn't accept, position withdrawn, etc.
 * Job description is pretty clear that they are looking for a pianist who is open to new directions.
 * My personal feeling is that this job description is the beginning of a wave of change that will start among regional comp schools and spread to more elite institutions in time.  The traditional elite DMA piano education is not sufficient for the educational needs of the majority of schools.  I know so many wonderfully gifted DMA's who are under-employed, having trained on the late Beethoven sonatas and the Clavicembalisticum who are now lucky to teach adjunct music appreciation to bros with backward baseball caps.  Marshall is at least acknowledging that they cannot support another hopeful top-tier concert artist who uses them as a base of operations for building a private concert career (I say this as a generality, not with specific knowledge of anyone who has served at Marshall).  As a mid-career tenured DMA, I strongly encourage my rising colleagues to check on this trend and respond accordingly.  Sincere best wishes, fellow pianists.  We're not in easy times.
 * True, true; there are also more and more crossover positions cropping up, e.g., http://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175820597&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20%20Commercial%20Piano.  The key to survival these days is to diversify.  There will always be plenty of work for those who are open to doing everything: teaching, accompanying kiddies as well as professionals, musical theatre, jazz gigs, opera companies, church jobs, and doing the "traditional" gigs that we trained on.  Since most universities are looking for someone who has experience doing a little of everything, it can only help your portfolio to branch out.  The paradigm has certainly changed and we need to adapt.
 * December 24th: recording requested
 * Jan 24: Phone interview scheduled
 * Feb 19: Campus interview  scheduled.
 * finalist chosen
 * Did s/he accept it?

===Middle Tennessee State University - Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano (Jan. 21, 2014)===
 * Where did you see the 1/21 close date?  I thought it listed OUF.
 * Rejection email x2   Feb. 10
 * Feb.10: Phone interview requested x3


 * Feb.20: Campus interview requested x2

North Dakota State University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Mar. 15, 2014)

 * 9 candidates short-listed out of 97 original candidates
 * Only 97?  Guess not too many people wanted to live in Fargo!
 * Have they been contacted yet?
 * Some of them have definitely been contacted
 * When 97 pianists, presumably mostly with DMA's, apply for a job in Fargo Freaking North Dakota, it is long past time to stop sending so many musicians to graduate school.
 * I absolutely agree
 * I am a current faculty member at NDSU and I am very surprised at all of these comments. Fargo is a vibrant community and NDSU has built a solid reputation over many years. I can assure that the applications for this position were extremely competitive. The chosen candidates are all outstanding.
 * Yes - and NDSU has very high salaries, above average, btw.
 * The point was not whether Fargo is pleasant or otherwise, but that such a high number of applicants to a job in a location that is widely perceived as remote and isolated indicates a disproportion between the numbers of qualified applicants and jobs available.
 * I am sorry, but that was not the point being made before. Now you say "widely perceived as remote and isolated" but you clearly meant something stronger. The fact that you see Fargo as not desirable is exactly what is enabling you to make your point. So, yes, actually, it WAS the point
 * Alright, alright, everyone - can we all just agree that the job market is horrible and leave it at that? Between internal candidates, failed searches, and cataclysmic budget problems, there's plenty of other things to be upset about (none of which seem to apply to NDSU).
 * The bigger picture that we can all agree on is that Fargo sucks.
 * YOU'RE OFF THE CASE
 * Actually, it really doesn't suck at all. Not sure why people think that. I'm not from there and I was pleasantly surprised at how much Fargo is growing when I was visiting there. Lots of stuff to do, everything you need, and not in a crowded city.

Pennsylvania State University - Artist-Teacher of Piano (Deadline: October 15)

 * Dec. 21: Request for additional materials
 * And then?
 * Campus interview scheduled
 * Any updates on this?
 * Zilch

Radford University - Pianist/Applied Piano Teacher (Deadline: Review immediately, Nov. 29)

 * Jan 9: Request for more materials (recording and 3 LoR) x5
 * Anyone hear anything about this?
 * Zilch.
 * Should I still be thinking about this job? Committee seem to have fallen off the radar.
 * I never heard anything after the recording request, so I guess they hated my Schnittke!
 * Did you really send a Schnittke recording for a job interview?  I assume you're joking but either way it's funny.
 * Yeah, the Second Sonata is my secret weapon.  Great piece, IMO.
 * Search Committee member (for another position at another school) here. Unusual rep choices scored big points with our committee as we were screening. General advice to piano candidates - choose at least one piece of rep that sets you apart from the sea of Bach/Chopin/Liszt stuff everyone else is playing.

Sam Houston State University - Assistant Professor of Music - Artist/Teacher of Piano (Deadline: Jan. 15, 2014)

 * Sources: nearly 200 applications.
 * Whoa. Bet the internal's sweating his shorts off! I'm sure every job nowadays nets those kind of numbers. Not surprised.
 * Is this the same position from last year?
 * Who is the internal?
 * Feb. 27: Skype interview request. x2
 * applications numbered just over 120.
 * Mar. 6: Finalists chosen
 * Chosen or notified?
 * Both.  Campus interviews later this month
 * Does anyone know what's going on with this search? Any news?
 * I hear the music school at SHSU is getting better every year, Good place
 * Yes. Heard one of the finalists is very strong
 * Also heard that none of the finalists have teaching positions and some are still students.
 * wow! really? why on earth would they do that? Master students or DMA students? so no one with a completed DMA?
 * Some are ABDs, but none have a TT position. Who knows as to why they didn't interview people with teaching experience.
 * Someone here has the facts all wrong. There definitely are finalists with completed DMA degrees and with plenty of teaching experience. Years, in fact. And not just one of them.
 * SHSU in general is definitely getting bigger.  The music school is improving, but there is quite a revolving door among music faculty, especially in piano.  There seems to be a lot of turnover there.
 * And why do you think this is? Just curious...
 * Politics, location (Huntsville is where Texas executes its death row inmates), salaries; that sort of thing.
 * I suspect it's because a large number of the faculty are adjunct and also commuters from Houston.  People go to work, do their jobs, and leave.  Not much of a sense of community at that school.
 * On Campus interviews complete Apr. 9
 * How many on-campus interviews/finalists in total?
 * Four, including an internal candidate.
 * I'm glad to see a school actually doing on-campus interviews with enough finalists.  It seems the penny-wise, pound-foolsih trend at schools in my vicinity is to bring in 2 finalists, and maybe 3 if one of the finalists is an internal candidate.

Seattle Pacific University - Assistant Professor of Piano (Feb. 14, 2014)

 * Strong external candidate identified.
 * Given the market, most people who apply for this job will likely be a strong external candidate...
 * Who is the identified candidate?
 * Anyone hear anything?
 * Zilch.
 * Still no word, anyone?
 * Z
 * I
 * L
 * C
 * H
 * Well, alrighty, then.

Southern Utah University - Assistant Professor of Music/Piano (Deadline: Jan. 15, 2014)

 * Internal candidate?
 * Jan 24: Rejection email 3x
 * Jan 24: Request for Phone Interview 2x
 * Feb. 11: Post Phone Interview Rejection E-mail

===University of Arkansas - Instructor of Class Piano/Collaborative Pianist (Deadline: Sept. 13 or until position is filled)===
 * Note that this position begins January 6, 2014
 * Oct. 7: Phone interviews

University of Cincinnati - Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano

 * Who is leaving?
 * I haven't asked yet, but I think Eugene Pridonoff was planning to retire soon. Anyone have certain knowledge?
 * It might be Frank Weinstock's position, as he retired recently. Either way, big shoes to fill.
 * Can confirm: It is to fill Weinstock's position.
 * I was told by a CCM grad student that Michael Chertock took over for Weinstock; this search is for James Tocco. (also, that a search to replace the Pridonoffs will be conducted next year)
 * Mr. Tocco is still teaching and is not planning to retire soon, to my knowledge.
 * Nov. 27: Rejection e-mail received. x2
 * On campus interviews scheduled
 * Side note:  I spoke with a former Pridonoff student this week who told me they are both retiring within a year or two.
 * Frederic Chiu had his on-campus interview recently.
 * Also, Soyeon Kate Lee, Marina Lamazov, and Lori Sims
 * Just a thought: it's prooooooobably not a good idea to post names. This could create a *very* hostile work environment for the finalists who already have jobs (and that applies to several people on that list). Can we have a little discretion until the search is wrapped up?
 * Congratulations, Soyeon Kate Lee!

University of Houston - Assistant Professor of Piano/Piano Pedagogy (Deadline Dec. 1, 2013)

 * 1/9: Request for additional materials x4
 * Any news here?
 * Also zilch.
 * Their Spring Break is the 2nd week of March. They told me they were going to have on campus interviews either the 1st or 3rd week of March.
 * Feb. 19: Invitation for campus interview.

===University of Idaho - Assistant Professor of Piano (Pedagogy) (Deadline:January 21)===
 * Feb. 20: Phone/Skype interview scheduled x3
 * March 31: Campus interview requested X2

University of Kansas - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: OUF)

 * The position is open due to the retirement of Richard Reber (big shoes to fill!)
 * Reposted on MVL today with a Feb. 14 deadline.
 * So they couldn't find a good enough candidate from the existing pool of applicants?!
 * Not necessarily.  Searches can be delayed and altered for many reasons, all of them opaque to those on the outside.
 * Anyone heard anything from Kansas yet?
 * 3/4: Phone interview - 9 semifinalists.

University of Miami - Open Rank

 * Is this the one in Ohio or Florida?


 * I believe this is Florida.  The Ohio school is known as Miami University of Ohio and never the other way round.
 * No wonder I didn't get that interview!
 * Yup, definitely the one in FL (and yes FL = UM, OH = MU). They opened this search last year and then withdrew it (funding issues?). Glad to see it back open again.
 * Nov. 13: heard from a Miami DMA student this past weekend that they may, in fact, be searching for 2 positions. He seemed to think the search was for 2. Anyone else heard anything along these lines?
 * It's possible, but I'd be wary since this was closed last year for funding issues (that is, unless someone spontaneously announced their retirement or accepted another position).
 * Has anybody heard anything? This position was dissolved last year and something in me tells me it is happening again...
 * Not a peep, but their semester starts on the 13th so there will probably be some gossip soon.
 * January 17: Everyone get your Petrushka ready: they are, in fact, searching for two positions.
 * Where are the  postings for these two jobs?  They are not up on the university webpage at the moment (1/22/2014).
 * there is alot of hositility there.... beware of internal politics...
 * Word.
 * Anyone hasn't still heard anything?
 * Several candidates have done ther on-campus interviews so far.
 * Update: it seems that this search will either fully or partially fail. Apparently, two of the five finalists had their invitations rescinded, and the three who made it to campus didn't make the desired impression.

University of Northern Colorado - Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy (Deadline: OUF)

 * Dec. 2: Audio requested
 * Dec. 8: Phone interview
 * Jan. 23: Campus interview scheduled x3
 * Feb. 18: Offer extended and verbally accepted
 * Anyone know who got the job? It would be great to update the "schools with accepted offers" section
 * March.11-rejection email. Finalist chosen

University of Northern Colorado - Assistant Professor of Piano - Opera/Vocal Coaching

 * Dec 13  Audio requested

University of South Alabama - Assistant Professor of Piano/Collaborative (Deadline: Dec. 12, 2013)

 * Audio/video requested: Dec. 30th
 * Jan 21: Skype interview x2
 * have they moved on yet?
 * Campus visit scheduled
 * Rejection letter. Position offered and accepted by ?

University of South Florida - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: 3/15/2014)

 * Anyone know about this position? Internal candidate?
 * It looks like Dharshini Tambiah is an internal candidate: http://piano.arts.usf.edu/faculty.html
 * Also Miroslava Panayotova http://music.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=1203&z=238
 * Most schools these days have an internal candidate or solicit applications from mid-career types. It's actually pretty rare to find a "clean" posting.
 * Warning: internal candidates almost certainly will get the job. Heard from inside sources
 * Just curious-- Did anyone even receive a cursory acknowledgement from USF that their materials were received for this job?
 * Had a request for additional materials (recordings and a video explaining my class piano teaching philosophy...WTF) two weeks ago.

University of Texas - Pan American - Assistant Professor of Piano (Deadline: OUF)

 * Internal candidate?
 * I think so....
 * Does anyone have more information about this position??
 * ...meaning?
 * are they cat or dog people?
 * Milli Vanilli.
 * Jan 15: Skype Interview
 * Have they moved on yet?
 * Feb 5: Campus Interview
 * I thought I read somewhere they had offered to the internal

University of Virginia - Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano (OUF)

 * Anyone heard anything?

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay - Assistant Professor of Piano

 * January 1: Phone Interviews scheduled
 * anything happening with this?
 * They are in process

Virginia State University - Assistant/Associate Professor of Piano (Open Until Filled)

 * Anything happening with this?

Viterbo University - Assistant Professor (Deadline: January 3, 2014)

 * phone interviews scheduled week of January 21-24 (x2)
 * Jan. 31: Campus interview scheduled
 * March 11: Post-campus interview rejection email
 * 3/30: It's been a while since interviews were scheduled.  Any accepted offers/info about this search?
 * Heard a rumor that it failed.

Wichita State University - Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy (OUF)

 * Feb. 27 Campus interview scheduled

Schools with Failed or Canceled Searches
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