Assistant Teaching Professor: Music Composition, Theory and History Job at Socie

Assistant Teaching Professor: Music Composition, Theory and History

GENERAL INFO

Job #: 077938

Pay Range: $60,000 - $70,000

Hours: Determined by the Director

Job Type: Full-time

Job Description:

The Setnor School of Music, within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Theory. This is a three-year appointment starting on August 18, 2025, with the possibility of renewal based on exceptional performance and institutional need.

We seek an accomplished musician with expertise teaching music theory who is gaining national or international recognition through their ongoing creative and scholarly work. Experience teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in music theory, ear training, and analysis is required. The ability to teach jazz theory and arranging, although not required, would be highly valued.

An approach to teaching and learning that demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion is required. We seek a candidate committed to advancing a holistic, continually evolving lexicon of music.

The Setnor School is especially interested in candidates whose personal and professional experience, teaching, and creative activity will contribute to the advancement of equity, diversity, and cultural wealth at the Setnor School of Music.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

1. Terminal degree (PhD or DMA) required
2. Previous college teaching experience

Job Specific Qualifications:

1. Broad-minded and resourceful teacher
2. Experience with music technology
3. Commitment to excellence and engagement in 21st-Century pedagogy
4. Artist-scholar with a developing national profile, with promise toward an international profile
5. Demonstrated success in recruiting
6. Ability to synthesize culturally and historically diverse content into teaching and research
7. Evidence of outstanding artistry as a composer or performer
8. Organizational and leadership abilities
9. Commitment to working collegially
10. Commitment to culturally responsive teaching, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement

Responsibilities:

Teaching undergraduate courses in theory and ear-training, advising master's theses, and applied instruction based on the candidate's areas of expertise. Candidates will be expected to teach upper-level coursework in at least two of the following areas: electroacoustic media/interactive software, counterpoint, orchestration, contemporary analysis, and performance/arranging/improvisation.

Serve on committees in the Department/School, College, and University. This may include recruitment, program development, community outreach, student advising, mentoring of student organizations, and participating in accreditation- and assessment-related activities.

Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution.