Position Number: 0063905
Location: Southbank
Role type: Part-time (0.4 FTE); Fixed-term (1 February 2025 to 30 November 2026)
Faculty: Fine Arts & Music
School: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Salary: Level B – $119,231 - $141,581 p.a. plus 17% super

• Shape the future of wind ensemble performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music!
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role

The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is seeking an experienced and accomplished wind ensemble conductor to join as a Lecturer in Music, focusing on leading and teaching the Conservatorium Concert Band. 

In this role, you will inspire students by developing their ensemble skills through dynamic, imaginative teaching methods that create a productive and engaging learning environment.

Your responsibilities will include conducting the Conservatorium Concert Band during rehearsals and performances, planning concert programs, and collaborating closely with academic and professional staff, as well as instrumental teachers. You will also contribute to student assessments and auditions and ensure diversity in concert programming. The appointee will work under the supervision of the Wind Symphony director, and in consultation with other relevant academic staff in instrumental studies.

This is an Education Focussed role, and workload for this position is mainly in the planning, coordination, and delivery of the Concert Band ensemble. Additional teaching duties and increased fraction may be considered over the term of the position, depending on Conservatorium curriculum needs and appointee qualifications.

Additionally, up to 10% of workload may be devoted to research/professional activity approved by the supervisor and Conservatorium Director.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Direct the University of Melbourne Concert Band, with full responsibility for rehearsals and performances, a leading role in its repertoire selection, and oversight of parts preparation.
• Mentor individual students in close connection with rehearsal times, for occasional assistance on individual parts, preparation of spoken introductions in concerts, and other activities or expectations directly connected with Concert Band rehearsals and performances.
• Consult as needed or requested with wind/brass/percussion instrumental staff and staff who direct other wind/brass/percussion ensembles, on repertoire programming, ensemble seating, and student progress.
• Collaborate effectively with professional staff who support rehearsals and performances, preparation and distribution of parts, and hiring of casual staff when needed (e.g. for occasional sectional rehearsals).
• Develop formative and summative assessments appropriately linked to learning goals and in relation to subject aims and learning outcomes.
• Communicate specialist knowledge of different approaches, methodologies, and techniques for ensemble performance, and demonstrate as a teacher-performer role model.
• Deliver research-informed teaching by keeping up-to-date with performance and pedagogical research and debates within the practice of ensemble performance.

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a dynamic wind ensemble conductor with a postgraduate degree and experience in tertiary or secondary contexts. You have a national reputation in wind band conducting, with expertise in both established and diverse repertoire. Your proven ability to mentor students and lead high-quality rehearsals ensures standout performances.

You will also have:

• A postgraduate degree in wind ensemble conducting (doctorate preferred), and experience conducting wind ensembles, preferably in tertiary or secondary contexts.
• A national reputation in wind band conducting, and a record of activity with relevant state and national peak bodies.
• A substantial record of successful secondary and/or tertiary ensemble teaching experience.
• Detailed knowledge of the wind band repertoire, established and new, including canonical works and works that represent diverse voices, idioms, and traditions.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and conduct effective rehearsals and prepare an ensemble for high quality concert performances.
• Diverse knowledge areas and skills in music performance commensurate with serving as a teacher-performer role model.
• Demonstrated management skills, including inclusive decision making, sound knowledge of planning, budgeting and resource management and experience successfully align resources with the strategic goals of the Conservatorium and Faculty.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check.

Your New Team – The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Studying with us, working with us, or simply coming for a visit, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.

The Faculty is a place for creative people to come together to expand their minds and experiences, through which they become part of a world-wide community that motivates cultural growth. In short, we believe in the power of the artistic mind to effect change and we welcome you to share in that adventure.

What We Offer You!

In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!

Be Yourself

The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your suitability for the position as related to the key selection criteria (found in the Position Description). Please provide an additional page with links to a maximum of 5 recordings made in the last 5 years that demonstrate your conducting skills.

Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Ana Gencic via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.

Applications close: 6 OCTOBER 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Position Description: 0063905_Lecturer in Music (Concert Band)_PD.pdf

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Position Description

Applications close: 06 Oct 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time