The Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) and Yale Divinity School (YDS) invite applications for a faculty position with the Interdisciplinary Program in Music and the Black Church who will also serve as its associate director. The successful candidate will be appointed at the rank of lecturer, senior lecturer, or professor in the practice, depending on education and professional experience, for terms of three to five years in length, beginning as early as July 1, 2025. A candidate’s appointment is renewable upon successful performance reviews. The position is for a scholar and musician to teach courses and develop student ensembles (choral and instrumental) focused on Black sacred music with particular emphasis on the Gospel tradition, who will also share administrative duties for the program. Since its 2021 founding, Music and the Black Church has presented a host of courses, symposia, and concerts in addition to launching initiatives like the Church Music Skills program, which trains students in gospel voice, keyboards, and percussion. The successful candidate will provide musical and intellectual leadership by pursuing an artistic/scholarly agenda, guiding the overarching planning and development of the Program, supporting student advising, organizing events and lectures, partnering with other ISM and Divinity School programs, and fostering and strengthening connections with the broader Yale and New Haven communities. The successful candidate is expected to teach two courses per year that center the practice of Black Sacred Music as well as direct the ensembles in a robust schedule of concerts, touring, and recording.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline is required, but graduate training in both music and religion is highly preferred. Significant and celebrated experience in Black Sacred Music, is also expected. Three to five years college/university teaching experience strongly preferred.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit to Interfolio a cover letter, curriculum vitae, five videos of representative performances, and names of three persons from whom letters of reference may be obtained. Applications will be reviewed beginning March 1, 2025.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.
Questions
Please direct any questions about this position to Rachel Segger, ISM’s manager of academic and student affairs. In addition to replying to your individual messages, we will post answers to frequently asked questions on this page beginning later this week