What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Teaching Professor in Music Composition Job at UC Santa Barbara in Cal position at UC Santa Barbara?
The Department of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara seeks applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor position in Music Composition (tenure-track), with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. We seek a composer who has achieved national or international recognition, will be an effective educator, and will collaborate in our undergraduate and graduate composition programs. The ability to interact productively with faculty and students in ethnomusicology, music theory, musicology, and performance is highly desirable. The Department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service as appropriate to the position. Of particular interest are candidates with interdisciplinary interests in the arts, humanities, sciences, or engineering, who will thrive in a department with strengths in traditional composition, electroacoustic and computer music. The department is especially interested in candidates with significant experience in audio production, music technology, digital arts, and / or multimedia. Experience in commercial, popular and film music is also of interest. Duties will include teaching undergraduate and graduate composition, theory and audio technology or production courses, as well as classes in other related areas, assisting in the coordination of the undergraduate program in composition, maintaining and upgrading the electronic and visual music studios, and collaborating in the organization of the Corwin concert series.
The Department offers the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, and composition, and the B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees in performance. As a faculty known for its interdisciplinary culture, we encourage applicants whose scholarship and teaching can engage students across sub-disciplines in music, as well as programs across campus, including the Media Arts and Technology Program, and the College of Creative Studies.
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