Assistant/Associate Professor, Music Technology at Skidmore College

Summary

The Department of Music at Skidmore College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant / Associate Professor, specializing in Music Technology, to begin in Fall 2025.  We seek an innovative artist-scholar with a broad understanding of music technology who will complement and deepen our existing strengths in the Music Department. We welcome candidates committed to liberal arts education who will help us build a future-oriented approach to music studies.  The successful candidate will be able to draw on a number of resources to enrich our offerings in music technology, including our technology classroom, the Grossman Recording Studio.  The workload includes overseeing this state-of-the-art space for music creation. 

Education and experience:

We seek candidates with a terminal degree in Music (PHD or DMA) who relish the opportunity to work with undergraduate students at all levels and who value the role of music technology within a liberal arts Music context. 

Candidates should be able to teach in at least one of the following areas: musical composition (including digital musical production, sound design, songwriting, or film / videogame scoring), sound recording and engineering, popular music studies, or the history of sound recording and electronic music. We are particularly interested in candidates who have active career practices in a variety of styles and genres, engagement with broader intellectual concerns and conversations, and an interest in collaborating with faculty and students in a highly interdependent department and across the Skidmore campus. 

All tenured and tenure-track faculty at Skidmore are expected to design and teach an interdisciplinary seminar for first-year students as part of Skidmore’s First Year Experience (FYE) Program.  Faculty at Skidmore are also expected to participate fully in the life of the College. 

Skidmore College is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community whose members may develop their abilities to live in a complex and interconnected world. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including in their teaching, scholarly / creative work, and service.  Applicants with global and interdisciplinary approaches to music are especially encouraged to apply. 

Required documents needed to apply:

Applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, examples of their scholarly and / or artistic work, and contact information for 3-5 references. Letters of application should clearly state the applicant’s creative, scholarly, and teaching interests; the applicant’s interest in teaching within a liberal arts setting; and the applicant’s understanding of and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Application materials should be submitted online HERE.  Applications received before February 1 will receive full consideration. Consideration after that date will be at the discretion of the search committee.  Please note that we will be holding first-round screening interviews virtually. 

Pay Rate:  $75,000 to $110,000, depending on rank

Pay Ranges:  The hiring rate for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience.
• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
• Academic discipline (faculty pay ranges reflect 9-month annual salary).
• Unique applicable skills.

About Skidmore College:

Skidmore is a highly selective liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York with curricular strengths across the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. Our approximately 2500 undergraduate students come from almost 50 states and over 40 countries.  Skidmore College continually strives to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment.  We are especially interested in applicants who can strengthen the diversity of our academic community, and candidates are encouraged to speak directly about this issue in their application materials.

EEO STATEMENT

Skidmore College is committed to being an inclusive campus community and, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, familial status, dating violence, or stalking, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Employment at Skidmore College is contingent upon an acceptable background check result.

CREATIVE THOUGHT MATTERS.