Associate or Full Professor in Scoring for the Screen

Northwestern University, School of Communication; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern University, School of Communication seeks an accomplished creative for the role of Associate or Full Professor in scoring for the screen. This senior faculty hire will advance a new focus for musicians in film and television, in collaboration with the Department of Music Studies in the Bienen School of Music, and will support interdisciplinary projects.

The candidate will address cross-program needs, teach courses complementing composition and music technology, and help organize

Qualifications

• Accomplished creative at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in scoring for the screen.

Responsibilities

• Offer courses that complement current composition and music technology offerings.
• Address collaborative student demand across programs, and facilitate exciting initiatives such as cross-school film screenings with live music.
• Collaborate with the Department of Music Studies and the Bienen School of Music on joint projects and curricular developments.

Job description

TheDepartment of Radio/Television/Filmexplores the history, theory, and production of media—from cinema to television to sound design to interactive media and emerging technologies. We value originality, critical analysis, creativity, and vision in both scholarly research and creative work. Our programs, courses, and research opportunities focus on the history of film, television, sound, and interactive media as well as the critical analysis of media texts, technologies, and cultures. Our faculty explore the social and cultural impact of media—and use media to convey their own messages to the world. All are dedicated to integrating the theory and the practice of media, participating in interdisciplinary dialogue, and fostering a spirit of creativity and collaboration. This prepares students who are eager to pursue careers in the media industries as writers, directors, producers, and managers who inspire, persuade, and educate their audiences.

The Department, in joint effort with the Department of Music Studies in theBienen School of Music, aims to build a new focus on musicians in the film and television industry. The schools seek to jointly hire an accomplished creative at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in scoring for the screen. Radio/Television/Film has launched a new curricular track in “Composing for the Screen” and holds the state-of-the-artHobson-Lucas Recording Studiodesigned to support recording processes. MFA students in the department’sDocumentary MediaandWriting for the Screen and StageMFA programs often collaborate with student musicians in the Bienen School of Music for their films. This senior faculty member would address this collaborative student demand across programs, offer courses that complement current composition and music technology offerings, as well as courses that may appeal to a broad range of students, and facilitate exciting initiatives, such: an ongoing series of cross-school film screenings with live music; a program pairing student filmmakers with student composers; shared events featuring top composers and other music professionals for film, TV, videogames, and other forms of media; industry outreach and professional development for musicians, composers, and sound artists.