Live Coding & Algorithmic Performance Educator (Part-Time)

Berklee College of Music; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 287,000; Part time

Job summary

Berklee College of Music’s Electronic Production and Design Department seeks a part-time faculty member to teach Live Coding and Algorithmic Performance. The course explores programming as a creative and performative practice, enabling students to generate, manipulate, and perform music, visuals, and interactive systems through code in real time.

The successful candidate will be an active practitioner with expertise in live coding, creative coding, algorithmic composition, and digital

Qualifications

• Professional experience in live coding, creative coding, algorithmic composition, electronic music performance, or related fields.
• Demonstrated proficiency in one or more live coding and creative coding environments.
• Strong understanding of contemporary electronic music practices and digital performance systems.
• Familiarity with live coding communities, festivals, performances, research, or publications.
• Excellent communication and teaching skills, with the ability to guide students through both technical and artistic aspects of creative coding, algorithmic composition, and live performance.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate courses in live coding and algorithmic performance.
• Introduce students to coding environments used in contemporary creative practice, such as SuperCollider, TidalCycles, Sonic Pi, ChucK, Max/MSP, Processing, p5.js, Hydra, or related platforms.
• Develop student understanding of programming concepts including sequencing, pattern generation, algorithmic composition, data structures, functions, control flow, and generative systems.
• Contribute to curriculum with foundational examples and exercises.
• Guide students in the creation of original live coding performances, compositions, and interactive media projects.
• Demonstrate contemporary artistic and professional applications of creative coding across music, multimedia, performance, installation, and emerging technologies.
• Provide constructive feedback, mentorship, and assessment of student work.
• Participate in departmental activities and collaborate with faculty across electronic music, performance technology, sound design, and coding initiatives as appropriate.

Skills

Live coding

Creative coding

Algorithmic composition

Electronic music performance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

SuperCollider

TidalCycles

Sonic Pi

ChucK

Max/MSP

Processing

p5.js

Hydra

Job description

Berklee College of Music’s Electronic Production and Design Department seeks a part-time faculty member to teach Live Coding and Algorithmic Performance. The course explores programming as a creative and performative practice, enabling students to generate, manipulate, and perform music, visuals, and interactive systems through code in real time.

The successful candidate will be an active practitioner with expertise in live coding, creative coding, algorithmic composition, and digital