Music Department: Electronic Music Lecturer Pool

Music Department:
Electronic Music Lecturer Pool

Position overview

Position title: Pre-six Electronic Music Lecturer

Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach a standard five-credit course is $8,872-$10,912 (based on salary points 1-8). Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year.

Percent time: Variable, based on the course load assigned.

Anticipated start: Appointments are contingent on the hiring unit’s instructional need and the availability of funding.
This recruitment is valid for initial appointments made in fall quarter 2025 through fall quarter 2026. Initial appointments with effective dates outside of this recruitment period will require an alternative open recruitment.

Position duration: Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Open date: June 16, 2025

Most recent review date: Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

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.

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Basic qualifications (required at the time the application is submitted)

• 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.

Document requirements

• 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)
• Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
• Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc. (Optional)

Reference requirements

• 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 .

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