The School of Drama seeks a dynamic and experienced voice, accent, and speech instructor to join our renowned faculty. The ideal candidate will be passionate about teaching, have a strong foundation in somatic approaches, and be knowledgeable and highly skilled in teaching and coaching Accents.
Responsibilities:
- Teach various courses, including first-year speech, third-year accents, fourth-year voice, and high school conservatory voice.
- Provide coaching support for productions.
- Collaborate with faculty and staff on curriculum development and other initiatives.
- Advise and mentor students.
- Participate in faculty governance, service, and creative research.
Required Qualifications
MFA or equivalent professional experience.
- 3-5 years of teaching experience.
- Expertise in voice, speech, and accents.
- Strong foundation in somatic approaches to speech, accents, and voice.
- Knowledge of major vocal pedagogies such as Linklater, Fitzmaurice, Colaianni Speech, Knight-Thompson, Roy Hart, Rodenburg, Berry, or degree from Central School, etc.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse populations.
- A commitment to student success.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Directing experience
- Experience in a conservatory setting.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a top-ranked creative and performing arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, N.C. Founded in 1963 as America’s first public arts conservatory, UNCSA celebrates more than 50 years of training wildly creative, gifted and hardworking young artists to do what they love, and do it brilliantly!
UNCSA Mission
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts provides gifted emerging artists with the experience, knowledge, and skills needed to excel in their disciplines and in their lives, and it serves and enriches the cultural and economic prosperity of the people of North Carolina and the nation. UNCSA is the state’s unique professional school for the performing, visual, and moving image arts, training students at the high school, undergraduate, and master’s levels for professional careers in the arts.
About UNCSA School of Drama
The highly-ranked School of Drama has produced some of the most versatile and successful actors in theatre, film and television over the past fifty years. The School offers rigorous conservatory training grounded in classical values and offering technical skills that shape today’s in-demand actor. At this top drama program, you will perform constantly in both small workshops and major productions in a variety of styles and learn directly from outstanding full-time faculty and acclaimed guest artists, including award-winning UNCSA alumni. Students receive invaluable on-camera training, and opportunities to explore creative entrepreneurship; showcases in New York, LA, Chicago and Atlanta offer coveted exposure to industry professionals.
School of Drama Mission Statement
The School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts trains talented artists to become dynamic, versatile, and accomplished. Students develop through rigorous practice, creative techniques, and generative work. We provide tools to hone their unique artistic voice, develop their creative process, and foster innovation. We strive to build a just, humane, and diverse school that prepares each student to thrive in a broad range of artistic careers.
