Assistant Professor of Practice, Music Technology

Assistant Professor of Practice, Music Technology

Thornton School of Music
Faculty
Los Angeles, California

USC Thornton School of Music

Department of Music Technology

Assistant Professor of Practice in Music Technology, Non-Tenure Track

The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor of Practice in Music Technology, non-tenure track. The appointment begins August 15, 2022. This is a non-tenure track (RTPC) position with an initial period of appointment of three years; the appointment is renewable beyond the initial period.

Combining the benefits of a world-class conservatory and a leading research university, the USC Thornton School of Music offers students the opportunity to pursue a thorough music education in a real-world context. Thornton offers students a full range of musical disciplines across a demanding innovative curriculum and the opportunity to work with a faculty of national and international renown.

The student body at USC is extraordinarily diverse: it is racially and ethnically a majority/minority population with a full range of expressions of gender, ability, and sexual identities, which we embrace as a source of institutional strength and community pride. The University's commitment to building an academic environment hospitable to this wide range of diversity is full and complete. To that end, we are seeking to create as diverse a pool of candidates as possible, one which reflects the broad diversity of identities and experiences that comprise the country and the field of music technology.

The Music Technology department offers a Bachelor of Music in Music Production and undergraduate and graduate minor fields in audio recording and music production. The department also offers a wide range of recording, desktop music, and studio production courses to Thornton majors and non-majors. The department promotes artistic, technical, and leadership growth and development by mentoring and challenging students in their study, performance, and music production in a wide variety of contemporary musical styles.

The ideal candidate for this position will have significant professional experience in audio engineering for music, including tracking, editing, mixing, and mastering as applied to a broad range of musical styles such as pop/rock, dance, urban, jazz, and classical. Additional expertise in live sound; audio for games, tv or film; and audio systems design and object-based audio mixing is highly desirable. Successful applicants are also expected to have a record of accomplishment working in a highly diverse environment and promoting social justice, equity, and inclusion in their work and approach to the profession.

Required qualifications: demonstrated professional success as an audio engineer; exceptional skill level with music software (Pro Tools), audio consoles, control surfaces, and signal processors; substantial experience mentoring students or interns who aspire to enter the audio production profession.

Preferred qualifications: a master's degree in a related music or audio field and a minimum of three years teaching at the college or university level in the areas of recording arts and music production.

Principal duties will include teaching courses at a variety of experience levels in recording arts, including 1) studio and remote recording; 2) computer-based recording, editing, and mixing; 3) signal processing and mastering; 4) live sound fundamentals, FOH and monitor mixing; 5) digital audio theory and audio systems design; 6) mentor final projects.

Interested candidates must apply through the USC online system at www.usc.edu/jobs , and are asked to provide:

• A letter of application
• Curriculum vitae or resume
• A one-page diversity statement tied to the candidate's teaching philosophy
• Three letters of reference

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2021, and the position will remain open until filled.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance.

To Apply, visit:
https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/assistant-professor-of-practice-music-technology/1209/19382442496

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