Music Business/Music Industry
Non Tenure Track, Instructor Rank.
Millikin University, Decatur, IL


Millikin’s School of Music, with over 300 music majors (100+ in music industry studies) invites qualified individuals to apply for a position in Music Business/Music Industry.  The curriculum includes a music core coupled with class work in the Tabor School of Business and courses that uniquely blend the two fields.  Millitrax Studio, a state-of-the-art recording facility and video-editing suite is key to the commercial music degree in particular, and the music industry program in general.  Master’s degree preferred, industry experience considered.

Qualifications include: teaching at the collegiate level, music industry experience.

Responsibilities include teaching Introduction to the Music Industry; Seminar: Topics in Music Business; Legal Issues in Music; internship supervision; possible management of First Step Records, a student-run record label and music publishing entity. Other teaching duties, depending on the candidate’s secondary area, could include courses in recording technology, computer applications in music (including Pro Tools), or other traditional areas in music such as applied music, jazz, theory.  Participation in recruitment, advising, and faculty governance is expected.

Start date: August 2008.

Send letter of application, CV, three recent letters of recommendation, complete undergraduate and graduate transcripts to:

Dr. David Burdick, Chair; Music Business Search Committee
Millikin University School of Music
1184 West Main Street;  Decatur, IL  62522
(email: dburdick@millikin.edu).

For full consideration materials should be submitted by May 9, 2008.  EOE.