Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre (COA370)

The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre with specific skills in musical directing, vocal coaching and piano accompaniment, and an ability to take on the role of Programme Leadership.

As a new member of staff at the University of Lincoln the successful candidate will be situated within the School of Fine & Performing Arts, part of the College of Arts. The School currently offers Undergraduate programmes in Dance, Drama & Theatre, Fine Art, Music, and Technical Theatre & Stage Management, alongside a suite of M-level programmes and MPhil/PhD opportunities. Our new BA (Hons) Musical Theatre will welcome its first students in September 2020.

The School of Fine & Performing Arts' resources include the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, a 444 seat public theatre venue which also houses rehearsal studios. The School has a growing reputation and a rich legacy of developing small-scale theatre and performance groups who tour their work to regional venues, community clients, and national festivals usually including the Edinburgh Fringe.

Beyond the main curriculum, the School usually offer students a range of technique classes, professional platforms to develop new work, opportunities to join our public-facing performance groups The Lincoln Company and the Lincoln Dance Collective, and involvement in practice-as-research projects. We take pride in an ethos of internationalism, interdisciplinarity and collaboration, and we are committed to supporting diversity.

The School also maintains healthy research and professional practice cultures, and the University holds a gold standard in the Teaching Excellence Framework, actively supporting colleagues in contributing to their Scholarship and Professional Practice or Research profiles.

The new BA (Hons) Musical Theatre offers an exciting degree with a balance of practice and theory, and a focus on learning through doing. Each semester’s work focuses on the rehearsal and performance of a musical theatre production, with appropriate contextual and reflective learning opportunities developing critical, contextual and technique-based skills. Dedicated industry-related opportunities at levels 2 and 3 equip students with the knowledge, experience and skills to move into the changing landscape of professional theatre when they graduate, or to pursue alternative pathways as freelance practitioners; in other arts-related areas; in teaching or training provision; or in continuing their studies. 

As Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre, the successful candidate's principal contribution to teaching will be on the Musical Theatre programme. Their primary duties will be to teach and assess student work across a range of both practical and theoretical modules; to provide practical expertise in mounting student productions as a musical director; to accompany students in audition, rehearsal and performance environments; to fulfil the role’s minimum requirements in either research or scholarship and professional practice; and to fulfil appropriate administrative duties. They may also be expected to make a contribution to the school’s BA and/or MA Music programmes

The successful candidate will also be expected to take on the role of Programme Leader for BA Musical Theatre and will be responsible for leading the ongoing development and continuation of the Musical Theatre area. This will include engaging with and supporting academics in developing Musical Theatre modules, establishing links at an institutional level within and beyond the academic community to promote the programme and fulfilling programme leadership requirements in line with university protocols.

Closing Date: 27 May 2020
Category: Academic