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Working/Functional Title

Instructor of Music Composition

Position Summary

For Fall Semester 2025

Teach MUS 484:  Instrumentation and Basic Orchestration - This is the first in a sequence of two undergraduate courses devoted to instrumentation and orchestration.  The course provides an in-depth introduction to acoustic music technology as it relates to the craft of writing for instruments found in the symphony orchestra and wind symphony.  Scoring assignments devoted to standard chamber ensembles are regularly read and workshopped in class, providing students hands-on experience.  The course also explores the history of these instruments and provides an overview of the history of orchestration and the orchestra as a social institution.

Teach MUS283, MUS483, MUS880 - Applied composition - Applied lessons in music composition are tailored to each student's individual creative personality, strengths and needs. Student will meet with the instructor weekly throughout the semester for private composition lessons

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Masters -Music or related field

Minimum Requirements

Experience teaching applied music composition to majors and/or non-majors at the BM and MM level; composing and/or arranging for standard chamber ensembles such as string quartet, woodwind quintet, brass quintet, and mixed ensembles; experience composing and/or arranging for symphony orchestra and/or wind symphony; knowledge of the available textbooks and on-line resources on the course subjects.  Ability and agency to recruit student ensembles who can commit to workshopping students’ scoring assignments during the regular class period of MUS484.

Required Application Materials

• Letter of application
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Website

www.music.msu.edu

Department Statement

With approximately 90 faculty members, the Michigan State University College of Music serves approximately 600 majors and offers a comprehensive range of degree programs from baccalaureate through the doctorate. For more information about the College, please visit our website at www.music.msu.edu.

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.