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2141 Pianist Accompanist

POSITION IDENTIFICATION

TITLE Pianist Accompanist

CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 2141

GRADE 42

CLASSIFICATION Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Department Head, Theatre and Dance Department

MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR Dean, College of Arts and Letters

GENERAL FUNCTION

The primary duty of the Pianist Accompanist is to serve as the audition, rehearsal, and production pianist for musical theater productions during the academic year as well as during Summer Tent Theater. The Pianist Accompanist provides appropriate piano accompaniments for musical theater classes, musical theater workshops, and, as scheduling permits, dance technique classes. The Pianist Accompanist also serves as Musical Director and Outreach Coordinator for Syncopation, which includes coordinating program development and rehearsal, communication with schools and the community, performance scheduling, and other miscellaneous duties pertaining to the ensemble. Additional accompanying responsibilities within the Theater and Dance Department include, but are not limited to, the scholarship auditions, Musical Theater and Theater Performance BFA Reviews. Opportunities exist for the Pianist Accompanist to occasionally serve as Musical Director for mainstage productions.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A Bachelor's degree is required.

Experience: At least two years of experience in accompanying or as a musical director for musicals is required. Experience in a variety of musical styles is preferred.

Skills: Professional performance ability in a wide variety of musical styles is required. Excellent sight-reading skills are required. Ability to teach vocal scores to actors is required. Piano improvisational ability is preferred. Excellent interpersonal skills are required. Strong oral and written communications skills are required.

Effort: Auditory acuity within the normal range is required. Visual acuity necessary to read published music and professional music manuscripts is required. Ability to work outdoors in the summer is required.

Other: The scope of the job frequently requires working evenings and/or weekends, particularly during rehearsals of musical theatre productions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Supports the academic and aesthetic goals of the University's Musical Theatre and Theatre and Dance programs by providing appropriate accompaniments for musical theatre classes, musical theatre workshops, and dance classes, serving as the audition, rehearsal, and production pianist for mainstage musical theatre productions at the University, serving as the audition, rehearsal, and production pianist for Summer Tent Theatre, and providing appropriate accompaniments for musical theatre scholarship auditions and BFA reviews.

2. Contributes to the overall success of the Department of Theatre and Dance by performing other essential duties and responsibilities as assigned.

SUPERVISION

The Pianist Accompanist is under the general supervision of the Department Head of Theatre and Dance.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

MAY 2007

JOB FAMILY 4

Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery

Level 3 - 1500 Points: Entry-level knowledge of the principles, concepts, practices, and methods of an administrative, managerial, technical, or professional specialty. Knowledge permits employee to carry out basic recurring tasks and routine portions of assignments or to carry out less demanding professional elements of assignments in professional or technical areas including accounting or auditing, financial management, business administration, human resources, law, engineering, science, or medicine, while gaining familiarity with the University's policies and goals, business practices, and/or accounting systems. This level of knowledge permits the employee to schedule and carry out the steps of a limited operation or project, or to complete stages of a multi-phase project. Alternatively, knowledge at this level might also permit the employee to carry out recurring tasks and routine assignments requiring moderate experience in specific areas within higher education. Knowledge at this level is typically acquired through a combination of formal education and/or training and experience that includes a requirement for a college degree in a specific technical or professional specialty. Knowledge requirements may also include a limited amount of related work experience. Alternatively, equivalent knowledge requirements at this level include a non-technical or general Bachelor's degree requirement with a moderate level of additional related work experience or a non-specific Master's degree requirement with some related work experience.

Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility

Level 1 - 50 Points: Typically, little, if any, supervision of others is required. The job may require irregular but occasional responsibility to direct the work of student workers and/or temporary or part-time workers. The nature of supervision is largely confined to assigning tasks to others and does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities. The amount of time spent on directing the work of others is normally a small portion of total work time.

Factor 3: Interactions with Others

Level 3 - 250 Points: The purpose of interactions is to advise or counsel others to solve recurring and structured problems, and/or to plan or coordinate work efforts with other employees who are working toward common goals in situations where relationships are generally cooperative. Interactions are moderately structured and routine and may involve employees in different functions, students, and/or the general public. These types of interactions require normal interpersonal skills.

Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines

Level 2 - 250 Points: The employee carries out a group of procedures using the general methods and desired results indicated by the supervisor. Typically, standard operating procedures, handbooks, and/or reference manuals exist for most procedures, but the employee must select from the most appropriate of several guidelines and make minor adjustments to methods. Unforeseen situations are normally referred to others for resolution. Assignments are related in function and objective, but processes, procedures, or software varies from one assignment to another. Based on the assignment, the employee uses diverse, but conventional, methods, techniques, or approaches. Employees in jobs at this level may perform work that is moderately complex, but normally performed within a fairly narrow and specific functional area.

Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility

Level 2 - 400 Points: Work involves services including collecting, processing, and disseminating information and providing advice to others. Work activities may be complex and likely affect the accuracy, reliability, or acceptability of further processes or services to the extent that others rely on the advice given in order to make decisions. Work activities typically affect the efficiency of the department but have relatively minor effects on operations within the cost center. Individuals in jobs at this level are often responsible for actively documenting, monitoring, and controlling expenditures. Incumbents may recommend minor expenditures, but have no substantive authority over budgets.