Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantships

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship Category Descriptions FTE (full-time equivalent)

Title	Duties May Include	Eligibility	Contact
Band (0.5 FTE)	Assist with Marching Mizzou including some travel, administrative support to the three concert bands, teaching/assisting with rehearsal clinic and basic conducting classes	Applicants in a primary band instrument area or wind conducting	Dr. Brian Silvey Director of Bands silveyba@missouri.edu
Band (0.25 FTE)	Duties include possibly assisting with Marching Mizzou (including some travel), administrative support to the three concert bands, and teaching/assisting with music education and ensemble courses.	Applicants in a primary band instrument area or wind conducting	Dr. Brian Silvey Director of Bands silveyba@missouri.edu
Editorial Assistant (0.25 FTE)	Assist the Editor of Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. Duties include managing journal submissions, electronic filing and organization, maintaining databases, and other administrative tasks as assigned. Additional opportunities could include teaching/assisting with music education and ensemble courses.	Applicants for the MM or PhD in Music Education preferred; other primary instrument areas and wind conducting considered.	Dr. Brian Silvey Associate Professor of Music Education silveyba@missouri.edu
Percussion, Drumline (0.5 FTE)	Teaching and providing support to the Marching Mizzou Drumline including drumline camp, band camp, rehearsals, and game day support	Applicants for the MM in percussion	Dr. Amy Knopps Director of Athletic Bands knoppsa@missouri.edu
Choral Conducting (0.25 FTE)	Conducting a choral ensemble, assisting with rehearsal conducting, assisting in the management of the choral area	Applicants in voice or choral conducting	Dr. Paul Crabb Director of Choral Activities crabbrp@missouri.edu
Composition Area (0.25 FTE)	Administrative support to the Managing Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) and composition faculty. This may include the administration of the Creating Original Music Project (COMP), an outreach program directed at composers in grades K-12, teaching, or assisting with other applicable administrative tasks.	Applicants from any area; preference given to composition applicants	Dr. Jacob Gotlib Managing Director Mizzou New Music Initiative gotlibj@missouri.edu
Missouri String Project (0.25 FTE)	Administrative support for the Missouri String Project in the form of regular office hours	Applicants for the MM in string performance or PhD/master’s music education with a string background	Professor Leslie Perna Director of the Missouri String Project pernal@missouri.edu
Community Outreach (0.25 FTE)	Administering the Hidgay program by organizing performances around the community, communicating with students/faculty, promoting the groups	Applicants from any major area	Joanna Griffith Director of Marketing and Community Outreach griffithjs@missouri.edu
Music Education (0.25-0.50 FTE)	Teaching music skills or methods courses for elementary and early childhood education majors, teaching beginning folk guitar class, and assisting faculty in the music education area.	Applicants for the MM or PhD in music education	Dr. Wendy Sims Director of Music Education simsw@missouri.edu
Music Theory (0.25 FTE)	Assisting freshman or sophomore theory classes, or teaching Fundamentals of Music (for non-music majors)	Applicants for the MM in composition or music theory or other areas with appropriate skills. Applicants interested in an assistantship in music theory must arrange for an interview and should plan to do so while on campus for their primary audition audition or interview for School of Music admission.	Dr. Neil Minturn Composition/Theory Area Coordinator minturnn@missouri.edu
Musicology (0.25 FTE)	Assisting music history faculty in the preparation of courses, serving as the teaching assistant for a large-enrollment course for non-majors, or teaching courses for non-music majors	Preference given to applicants for the MA in musicology	Dr. Judith Mabary Musicology/Ethnomusicology Area Coordinator mabaryj@missouri.edu
New Music Ensemble (0.33 FTE)	Being a member of the NME includes 6 hours/week rehearsal, performances on and off campus throughout each semester, expected performance at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, held in July each year, (an additional $500 is added for the summer) Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, at-large position	2020-2021 needs: flute, violin, and cello Applicants for the MM in performance. Applicants in other areas, such as composition, music theory, etc., may also apply but must demonstrate performance skills at the MM level. MM performance audition procedures will be followed for all applicants, though candidates for these assistantships must perform one or more additional, representative works of new music. See here for audition material.	Dr. Jacob Gotlib Managing Director Mizzou New Music Initiative gotlibj@missouri.edu
Trumpet (0.25 FTE)	Rehearse and perform with the MO Brass Quintet.	Applicants for the MM in trumpet performance	Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin Professor of Trumpet akhmadullini@missouri.edu
Piano (0.25 FTE)	Teaching music majors in group piano, teaching majors and non-majors in individual applied lessons, studio accompanying, choral accompanying, assisting in the pedagogy library.	Applicants for the MM in piano, or piano pedagogy	Dr. Janice Wenger Keyboard Area Coordinator wengerj@missouri.edu
Voice (0.25 FTE)	Teaching of non-majors, assisting with opera workshop, helping with administration of vocal program	Applicants for the MM in voice	Professor Steven Tharp Voice Area Coordinator tharpst@missouri.edu
Tuba (0.25 FTE)	Rehearse and perform with the MO Brass Quintet.	Applicants for the MM in tuba performance	Dr. Angelo Manzo Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium manzoan @missouri.edu