Department Summary:

Drake University's Department of Music (School of Fine Arts) is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The Music Department's mission is to provide a center for the student and understanding of music that develops students' intellectual, practical, and expressive abilities by emphasizing professional preparation, collaborative learning, critical thinking, and musical communication. Drake University seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.

Drake offers the best of both worlds: a department that is large enough to support a vast range of musical activities, but small enough that students receive highly personal attention. We provide ourselves on providing big-school opportunities in a small-school environment, and our graduates are well-trained and well-rounded musicians who are highly competitive in a wide range of vocational fields.

Job Summary:

Drake University seeks candidates with experience in Music Production/Recording Techniques. The candidate will have training in music recording technology and will teach fundamentals of digital audio recording, including signal path, microphones, DAWs, recording software, effects, mixing, and final output. Students will work with the 32‑channel Behringer X32 system and ProTools on the DCommand Console in the Turner Jazz Center. Position starts Spring of 2027 and meets 1x per week in person.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and minimum 5 years experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous Music production and Recording Techniques experience

Master's degree