7 faculty fine and applied arts music jobs found in Los Angeles, CA

POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s programs in the Music Industry invite applications for part-time lecturer positions for the 2022-23 academic year. Salaries commensurate with applicant qualifications and experience; percentage of appointment commensurate with number of classes taught. Applicants should have an established regional, national, and/or international reputation as a music industry professional; expertise and experience in the development of music industry curriculum is preferred. Responsibilities will include individual student teaching supervision and assigned undergraduate and graduate courses in the School of Music. Applicants with a graduate degree in Musicology or related fields will be preferred. The application deadline is August 31, 2022 for Fall quarter, November 30, 2023 for Winter quarter and February 28, 2023 for Spring quarter. The anticipated appointment date of October 1st, 2022 for Fall quarter, January 1,...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA Department of Musicology invites applications for part-time lecturer positions for the 2022-23 academic year. Salaries commensurate with applicant qualifications and experience; percentage of appointment commensurate with number of classes taught. Applicants should have an established regional, national, and/or international reputation as a music educator with expertise and experience in the development of music history curriculum including its meaning and importance to contemporary culture as well as its impact. Responsibilities will include individual student teaching supervision and assigned undergraduate and graduate music history courses. A Doctorate in Musicology is required. The application deadline is August 31, 2022 for Fall quarter, November 30, 2022 for Winter quarter and February 28, 2023 for Spring quarter. The anticipated appointment date of October 1st, 2022 for Fall quarter, January 1, 2023 for Winter quarter and April 1,...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA Department of Music invites applications for a part-time lecturer position in opera/vocal coaching. Salary commensurate with applicant qualifications and experience; percentage of appointment commensurate with studio size and opera production needs. Responsibilities will include individual and ensemble coaching of graduate and undergraduate students. Candidates should have experience coaching (at minimum) English, German, Italian, and French languages and diction, with expertise and knowledge of the operatic repertoire of all eras. Extensive experience in preparing and performing new works is required. Additionally, applicants should have an established regional, national, and/or international reputation as a coach and rehearsal pianist. Applications should include a cover letter stating interest in the position and a philosophy of teaching, a letter stating contribution to diversity, comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, online...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Department of Ethnomusicology invites applications for a part-time lecturer position in the Music and Dance of Ghana during the 2022-23 academic year. Candidates must have advanced expertise in group and solo performance of a diverse mixture of Ghanaian music and instruments, focusing on drums and drum ensemble, including but not limited to agboba, apentemna, atoke, axatse, donno, gankogui, kaganu, kidi, sogo, atumpan drums, and Nigerian talking drum. University teaching experience preferred. Candidate will be expected to direct performance ensembles and teach lecture classes and seminars related to Ghanaian music. The position also requires expertise in developing curriculum, in addition to interacting with the Ghanaian community on various cultural and educational initiatives. PhD in Ethnomusicology or related field is preferred. Applicants should submit a cover letter stating interest in the position,...

Description NYU's Los Angeles Program is seeking a local, part-time instructor to teach an undergraduate course focused on the historical and critical understanding of the intersections between place (and the place’s context) and music for undergraduate students. The course will be under the sponsorship of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. The course, titled  Today was a Good Day - LA Music from Central Avenue to the Hollywood Bowl , is expected to be taught in the Fall 2023 semester (September - December) and will take place in the academic center in the Fairfax/La Brea area of Los Angeles.  The instructor should use the city of LA and its particular resources and strengths (in person if feasible and safe, COVID-wise), inviting students to write about an excursion, bringing a guest speaker to class, etc. Course content is expected to be intellectually rigorous (at least 100pp of reading), in alignment with the Interdisciplinary...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance is creating a pool of candidates to teach courses in all areas of the department. Members of the pool would be called upon to teach lower division, upper division or graduate students during the 2022-2023 academic years, as needed and dependent upon funding. CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES - Applicants must be able to teach in any or all of the following areas: cultural studies, performance studies, folklore, material culture studies, popular culture studies, critical theory, ethnography, and research/methodology. PUBLIC/COMMUNITY ARTS – Applicants must be able to teach in any or all of the following areas: community arts, public sector folklore, arts education, arts activism, arts outreach and service learning. DANCE TECHNIQUE - Applicants must be able to teach any or all of the following: beginning to advanced levels of dance of selected cultures or practices (e.g.,...

POSITION DESCRIPTION The Visual and Performing Arts Education Program (VAPAE) in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture offers an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental series of courses designed to introduce undergraduates to the key issues and methodologies in the field of arts education for multiple publics and to a broad range of possible career paths including K-12 teaching, museum education, socially-engaged arts practice, creative arts therapies, teaching artistry and arts advocacy. VAPAE is committed to creating a diverse pool of candidates for potential part-time teaching positions in arts education during each academic year. In particular, VAPAE is now interested in meeting qualified candidates to teach its Arts Ed 20: Introduction to Community Engagement through the Arts course in the Spring 2023 quarter. This course provides an introduction to the fields of community engagement and community arts informed by the core philosophies of the progressive...