Job Description
- Oversee the Music Business program, establish a progressive vision for the program, hire qualified part-time faculty, manage student-run record labels, coordinate/develop recruitment activities and special events, and advance innovative curricular initiatives.
- Teaching in the candidate’s areas of expertise, which may include established courses such as artist management, publishing and copyright, music industry contracts, music distribution, entrepreneurship, business communications, concerts and touring, record label operations, music marketing, and management.
- Work with areas across the School of Music, the University, and the community to develop, maintain, and grow interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships.
- Develop courses that advance students in programmatic, departmental, and college goals to ensure that students are future-ready.
- Technological proficiency with online/remote learning platforms (e.g. Canvas) and ability to integrate technology in the classroom
- Supervise, maintain, and develop the student internship program.
- Contribute to the University of Memphis Popular Music Division’s visibility through engagement in significant professional activities including maintaining regional, national and international visibility in creative activity, conference presentations, publications, services to the school/college/university/community, and student mentorship.
With the opening of the new Scheidt Family Music Center in 2022, the School has solidified its place as the most comprehensive school of music in the region. The 82,000 square-foot Music Center boasts state-of-the-art facilities, including a 900+ seat concert hall. The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and is housed in the College of Communication and Fine Arts. www.memphis.edu/music .
Preferred and Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree in music or a field related to music business and/or significant professional experience preferred.
- Proven track record of professional development.
- Significant experience and success in the music and creative industries on a national/international level.
- Demonstrated knowledge of methodologies, developments, emerging and current trends within the industry.
- Evidence of prior teaching experience and student successes is preferred.
- A strong interest in and experience with community engagement, music entrepreneurship, music leadership, and/or other nontraditional career models is desirable.
- Demonstrated commitment to working with an inclusive student population and their ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and collective mission, vision and operating standards of the School of Music.
Application Details (to apply use the Apply Now button below.)
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Complete contact information (address, phone, and email) for four professional references
For further information contact:
Professor Elise Blatchford
Chair, Assistant Professor of Music Business Search Committee
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
e.blatchford [at] memphis.edu
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The UofM is dedicated to providing the highest quality of education to a diverse student body that includes members who are of all ages, racial and ethnic heritages, backgrounds (including a significant proportion of students who are Pell eligible), as well as veterans and first-generation college students. Academic degree programs at the undergraduate, masters, doctoral and professional levels as well as certificate programs are offered on the main campus in Memphis, the Lambuth campus in Jackson and through UofM Global. The UofM awards approximately 4,700 degrees and certificates annually. Talented and innovative faculty have developed both undergraduate and graduate programs that are ranked in the top 25 nationally. Our metropolitan setting has enabled us to build a nationally recognized internship program that facilitates the placement of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the community in nonprofit and for-profit organizations that specialize in healthcare, government, transportation and logistics, music and entertainment, medical devices, banking and the arts.
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