Open Rank Faculty: Music For New Media

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University seeks a full-time, ranked faculty member in Music for New Media to join July 1, 2027. The role includes teaching MFN courses, conducting applied composition lessons, and advising capstone projects for BM and MM programs.

Candidates should have a strong professional record in media composition, post-secondary teaching experience, and training in music technology; interactive scoring/game engine experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Professional composer with credits in film/TV/interactive media (e.g., video games).
• Post-secondary teaching experience.
• Training in music composition, music technology, film and media.

Responsibilities

• Teach MFN courses and conduct applied composition lessons.
• Advise advanced students on capstone projects.
• Contribute to curriculum development and program administration.
• Maintain an active profile in scholarship, composition, or performance.

Skills

Professional composer

Post-secondary teaching experience

Music technology training

Education

Graduate degree strongly preferred

Tools

Music scoring software

Job description

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first researchuniversity and home to nine world-class academic divisions workingtogether as one university.

Salary

$65,000 to $95,000

Johns Hopkins University: Peabody Institute: The PeabodyConservatory

Description

The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University seeks afull-time, ranked faculty member in Music for New Media (MFN)effective July 1, 2027. The new faculty member will teach andrecruit students for the BM in Music for New Media and MM in Filmand Game Scoring degree programs, which prepare students forcareers at the intersection of music, technology, and visualstorytelling across film, television, and games. Candidates shoulddemonstrate an active professional record in media composition,strong compositional praxis, fluency with modern scoringtechnologies and virtual orchestration. The successful candidatewill help shape the programs’ response to emerging technologies,including artificial intelligence, and prepare students to workcreatively, critically, and ethically with new tools and methodsthat are transforming composition, production, collaboration, andthe broader media industries. Experience with interactive scoring,game engines, and audio middleware is highly desirable, but notrequired.

The new faculty member will teach MFN courses, conduct appliedcomposition lessons, and advise advanced students on capstoneprojects. MFN faculty share oversight of the studios and contributeto departmental operations, including program administration andmanaging hardware and software tools. Peabody faculty contribute tocurriculum, program development, and institutional improvementthrough committee work. Faculty are also expected to maintain anactive profile in scholarship, composition, or performance.

Qualifications

The successful candidate should document experience as a professional composer for film, television, and interactive mediasuch as video games. The position requires demonstrated proficiencywith software commonly used in professional scoring for picture(linear/narrative and interactive). The candidate should also havepost-secondary teaching experience. Faculty must demonstratetraining in music composition, music technology, film and media, or related field. A graduate degree is strongly preferred.

• The expected academic base salary range for an AssistantProfessor is 65,000 to 75,000.
• The expected academic base salary range for an AssociateProfessor is 75,000 to 85,000.
• The expected academic base salary range for a Professor is85,000 to 95,000.

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximumsalaries for this position and is based on Johns HopkinsUniversity's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not allcandidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may varyand will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may includethe successful candidate's geographic location, skills, workexperience, internal equity, market conditions, education/trainingand other factors, as reasonably determined by theUniversity.

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