The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts (HASOM) seeks to appoint a full-time faculty member to its innovative community of creative music artists, with primary responsibilities anchored in music performance and recording production technology. HASOM’s vibrant mix of offerings allows students to acquire the musical fluency necessary to work across conventional boundaries, expand their artistic and cultural horizons, and develop a global creative vision.

 

HASOM offers BFA and MFA Programs in Music with Specializations in Performer-Composer, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices, Jazz, InstrumentalArts (all standard instruments), VoiceArts Music Technology, World Music Performance, and Musical Arts/Experimental Pop. Specializations are also offered on the MFA level include African Music and Dance, Indonesian Music and Dance, North Indian Music, and World Percussion Finally, a unique DMA Performer-Composer Program brings advanced practitioners into this community of artists. See website for further information about the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts: http://music.calarts.edu/.

 

CalArts seeks to employ faculty who can engage our diverse communities of learners at the highest levels of artistic endeavor and critical thinking. Across the range of practitioners from artists to scholars and librarians, we welcome candidates who possess a demonstrated worldview and cultural competency to support teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students of varied backgrounds, capabilities, perspectives, social identities, and gender expressions. CalArts is an equal opportunity employer.

 

A Technical Faculty position at CalArts involves both teaching and technical work in proportions designated each year to serve the needs of the school. A candidate for this position should possess a substantial, documented technical background, be thoroughly conversant with state-of-the-art techniques, and be able to engage with both undergraduate and graduate students across all curriculum specializations in the school. Professional music production and recording experience with a wide variety of musical styles will be expected. The candidate must have a strong, documented professional background in relevant music technologies and college level teaching experience.

 

Responsibilities include:

• Class preparation, classroom instruction, and grading;
• Instruction in music recording and technical event production;
• Individualized instruction for student projects;
• Acting as technical producer for HASOM designated performance, recording, and related projects;
• Training student production crews to help service, along with faculty and staff, the music event production needs of the school;
• Overseeing and developing technical facilities in HASOM recording studios and performance venues,
• Overseeing other instructional technology facilities as directed,
• Helping to guide curriculum development in music technology areas,
• Student mentoring and providing mentor reports at the end of each year,
• Attending faculty meetings,
• Committee service,
• Maintain professional practice, and
• Various other duties, as assigned by the HASOM Dean.

 

Requirements:

• A combination of appropriate professional and educational training,
• Evidence of five years professional experience, and
• Two years of college-level teaching experience.

 

How to Apply

 

Application requirements in PDF form:

• Cover letter explaining interest in the position and describing professional background, and artistic and educational philosophies,
• Detailed curriculum vitae including record of projects and web links,
• Statement of practice,
• Statement of teaching philosophy,
• A statement that addresses past and/or potential contributions to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning community,
• Names and contact information for three recommenders,
• List of courses or subject areas previously taught or within the candidate’s ability to teach and/or three brief course proposals,
• Related administrative experience.

 

Do not send work samples at this time.

 

Application screening will begin in April 2019, and the position will remain open until filled. The anticipated start date for the position is September 2019. Electronic submissions should be sent via email as PDF files to: musicinfo@calarts.edu with MUSIC TECHNICAL FACULTY in the subject line.

 

CalArts has a multidisciplinary approach to its studies of the arts through six schools: Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater. CalArts encourages students to explore and recognize the complexity of the many aspects of the arts. It is supported by a distinguished faculty of practicing artists and provides its BFA, MFA, and DMA students with the hands-on training and exposure necessary for an artist’s growth. CalArts was founded in 1961 and opened in 1969 as the first institution of higher learning in the United States specifically for students interested in the pursuit of degrees in all areas of visual and performing arts.