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College of Visual and Performing Arts
Director, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
The College of Visual and Performing Arts enthusiastically invites applications for the position of Director of the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts. This 12-month administrative appointment offers an exciting opportunity to lead one of the region’s premier performing arts venues and to contribute to the vibrant cultural life of the university and the Shenandoah Valley. The Director provides visionary leadership and operational oversight for the Forbes Center, ensuring excellence in programming, audience development, and facility management.
School of Art, Design and Art History
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School of Music
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Music: Music Theory
JMU’s School of Music invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Music in Music Theory. Responsibilities may include teaching aural skills and music theory courses at all levels of the curriculum, contributing as a leader to curricular revision in aural skills, teaching upper-level electives that may focus on the candidate's areas of scholarly interest, and maintaining an active research agenda and service profile.
School of Theatre and Dance
Technical Director - School of Theatre and Dance
JMU School of Theatre and Dance (STAD) is inviting applications for a Technical Director. STAD has approximately 300 students and offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Theatre, Musical Theatre, and Dance. Housed in the award-winning Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, the School has a collegial environment and provides practice-based training within a liberal arts tradition. This position will lead and participate in construction, load-in, and strike of scenery, properties, and rigging for all STAD productions, and changeovers for student driven studio productions.
