Graduate Teaching Assistantships

Graduate Teaching 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
Percussion, Concert (0.25 FTE)	Teaching non-majors, teaching the percussion techniques/methods class, maintaining the instrument inventory, serving as the percussion solo/ensemble librarian, administrative support for the percussion studio	Applicants for the MM in percussion	Dr. Megan Arns Assistant Professor of Percussion a rnsm@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
Creating Original Music Project Assistant (0.25 FTE)	Administrative support to the Managing Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) in the administration of the Creating Original Music Project (COMP), an outreach program directed at composers in grades K-12.	Applicants from any area	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
Higday 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	Emily Edgington Director of Community Music @ Mizzou edgingtone@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	Applicants for the MA in musicology	Dr. Michael J. Budds Musicology/Ethnomusicology Area Coordinator buddsm@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	2019-2020 needs: clarinet, violin, piano, percussion, and an at-large position awarded to an instrumentalist or vocalist demonstrating exceptional abilities in new music performance 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
Orchestral Conducting (0.25 FTE)	Rehearsal and performance conducting, administrative support for the orchestra program.	Applicants for the MM in orchestral conducting	Professor Barry Ford Director of Orchestral Activities fordbm@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 Christine Seitz Voice Area Coordinator and Director of Show-Me Opera seitzc@missouri.edu