Composition

Deadline: Sunday, 1 Dec 2024

The Department of Composition Studies and Music Production at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is offering the permanent position of a

University Professor

for composition

according to § 98 UG.

Expected starting date: 1^st October 2025

Extent of employment: Full-time

Contract: Permanent employment according to the collective agreement

Salary: According to the Austrian collective agreement, the monthly gross pay is a minimum of € 6.362,50 (14 times/year). A possible higher salary, depending on qualification and previous experience, is subject to negotiation.

The professorship is currently located in the Department of Composition and Music Production in the field of Electroacoustic Composition, alongside the fields of Composition and Media Composition, where it mediates between the current Diploma Programme in Composition/Music Theory and the University Course in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music. The future Bachelor's/Master's curriculum (currently under development) aims to achieve a synthesis of the above-mentioned study structures; at the same time, a profiling of the electroacoustic-experimental is desired, to which the future incumbent will contribute with his or her representation of the subject.

Employment requirements:

• completed domestic or equivalent foreign tertiary education corresponding to the intended assignment (Diploma or Master). Tertiary education may be substituted by equivalent excellent artistic/scholarly work.
• excellent qualifications in the subject of composition, especially with focus on Electroacoustic Composition, to be demonstrated by an extensive and distinguished compositional oeuvre in the field of electroacoustic/electronic music in addition to instrumental/vocal music
• active artistic practice in the focused field
• pedagogical and didactic experience in education and/or continuing education relevant to the specific field of music composition

Desired qualifications:

• teaching experience in the sector of post-secondary education relevant to the specific field of music composition
• artistic work that can be linked to areas of computer music, live electronics, digital sound synthesis and algorithmic composition
• comprehensive knowledge of the current relevant hardware and software combined with extensive programming experience

Required pedagogical and didactic aptitude is to be demonstrated in a trial class.

Tasks:

• representation of the subject Composition with focus on Electroacoustic Composition in the development and exploration of the arts and in teaching
• teaching in central artistic subjects
• supervision of students (diploma, bachelor and master studies)
• Participation in artistic research at the mdw (including supervision of artistic dissertations)
• collaboration in the development and realisation of musical/artistic education objectives in the field of composition/music theory with regard to a new curriculum
• contributions to organizational, administrative and evaluation tasks
• auditing activities

Application deadline: 1^st December 2024

Applications must be submitted in electronic form via the mdw application portal. All application material should be sent in PDF format.

The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna pays attention to the equal treatment of all qualified applicants regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, world-view, age, or disability.

The University is particularly interested in increasing the percentage of women working in the artistic, scientific and general university personnel ranks. It therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.

The mdw is committed to the continuous development and improvement of working conditions for artistic and academic staff as well as recruiting. For these efforts, the university was awarded the HR Excellence in Research label by the European Commission.

It should be specifically mentioned, however, that applicants who are invited to the audition will not receive remuneration from the university for incurred travel and hotel expenses.

The Rector: Ulrike Sych

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The text represents the legally binding job posting from the University Bulletin (Section 20 Para 6 Item 10 Universities Act).