Part-time Staff: Jazz Impact Director

An HLC-AQIP accredited institution, Lakeland Community College is one of Ohio’s premier two-year colleges, offering more than 130 degree and certificate programs to prepare students for a high-demand career or transfer to a four-year university. We are located within 25 miles of world-class activities in the Cleveland area. The college attracts over 10,000 credit students annually, yet we maintain an average student-to-faculty ratio of 18:1. Courses are offered at a variety of days and times as well as online. Read more at:  http://www.lakelandcc.edu/web/about/lakeland.

Lakeland Community College seeks a music director of Lakeland Jazz Impact, a full jazz big band composed of students in grades 8-12 teaching and presenting big band jazz music for three to four ticketed concerts per season at the Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center on the Lakeland Campus in Kirtland, Ohio.  Jazz Impact also performs in other venues as determined by the director.  This position will begin with the Fall 2026 semester in August 2026, with possible duties prior to the start of the semester related to recruitment, repertoire selection, and administrative preparation.  Since the late 1960s, Lakeland Jazz Impact has drawn some of the finest young musicians in Northeast Ohio and challenged them to engage with big band jazz music, including solo improvisation and ensemble performance. Members are recruited from area middle- and high-school programs, and the band consistently performs music appropriate to college and university ensembles.  Jazz Impact alumni have gone on to careers in music and music education in Northeast Ohio and beyond. The band rehearses on Wednesday afternoons during the Spring and Fall semesters and gives on-campus performances on Sunday afternoons.

• →Hold a Master’s degree in music education or jazz studies, or possess equivalent experience
• →possess demonstrated ability to organize and lead an advanced high school, collegiate, or adult jazz ensemble
• →possess demonstrated ability to lead and work productively with children ages 13-19
• →pass required background checks for employment by the State of Ohio