Texas Tech University

Job Description:

Texas Tech University School of Music announcesTeaching Assistantships in Horn.

Basic information regarding the Assistantships in horn:

Duties may include teaching brass fundamentals to music education majors, teaching applied horn lessons and perform in either a graduate brass quintet or graduate woodwind quintet. Total work load is 10 hours a week.  This is a two year (four semester) assistantship for M.M. and a three year (six semester) for doctoral program.  The assistantships are by semester but are renewable if work is satisfactory.  The pay is approximately $865 a month for 9 months plus a waiver for course/university fees, and are eligible for health insurance coverage.  Successful applicants are considered Texas Residents, which will allow the student to be "in-state".

Outside employment opportunities: Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Lubbock Ballet Orchestra, other orchestras in the area; Amarillo, Big Spring, Hobbs, Plainview, Roswell, etc.  Private lessons/Studio, many of the High Schools and Middle Schools hire horn teachers for lessons, sectionals, and group master classes. There are 4 high schools in Lubbock, 3 high schools in the immediate outskirts of town, and 12 middle schools in Lubbock.

Links containing further information:
http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/techhornsociety/Home.html
http://www.ttu.edu/
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/music/ (Look for the graduate program scroll menu at the top)

For further information please contact: Christopher M. Smith, Associate Professor of Horn (information below).

Christopher M. Smith
Associate Professor of Horn
Box 42033
Lubbock, Tx. 79409-2033
Office: (806) 742-2270 Ext. 272
Fax: (806) 742-2294
e-mail: christopher-m.smith@ttu.edu