What are the responsibilities and job description for the Music Department: Electronic Music Lecturer Pool position at University of California - Santa Cruz?
Open date: June 16, 2025
Next review date: Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The Department of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be called upon to teach courses in the History, Theory, and Practice of Electronic Music at the lower- and upper-division course levels. Includes large lecture courses (e.g. History, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music; Artificial Intelligence and Music, etc.), major-level courses (e.g. Field Recording: Mapping and Composing Sound, Identity, and Place; Electronic Music: Synthesis & Composition I/II/III, etc.), and performance-practice workshops & performing ensembles (Workshop in Electronic Music; Recording Workshop; Live Electroacoustic Music Ensemble, etc.)
Applicants with expertise in college-level teaching and who can contribute to the inclusive pedagogies and excellence of the Music Department's undergraduate and graduate programs (Music Ph.D., D.M.A, and M.A.) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Internal candidates will be given priority consideration.
Music Department: https://music.ucsc.edu
Master's Degree (or equivalent foreign degree) in music; or four years of artistic and creative work consisting of a national and/or international record of performances, exhibitions, or installations in music venues, museums, galleries, and festivals, and evidence of scholarship in peer-reviewed journals, web, and/or book publications.
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Sample Course Syllabus
Statement of Teaching - Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.
Writing Sample - If you are hoping to teach lecture or seminar courses, it is recommended that you submit 2 separate writing samples.
(Optional)Writing Sample - If you are hoping to teach lecture or seminar courses, it is recommended that you submit 2 separate writing samples.
(Optional)Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc.
(Optional)Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc.
(Optional)
- 3-5 letters of reference required
Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation*. Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.
*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC's confidentiality statement at https://academicpersonnel.ucsc.edu/confidentiality-statements/.
Help contact: music@ucsc.edu
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