Music Department: Performance Practice & Performing Ensembles Lecturer Pool

Position overview
Position title: Ensembles Pre-six Lecturer
Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach a standard five-credit course is $8,872-$10,912 (based on salary points 1-8). Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year.

Percent time: Variable, based on the course load assigned.

Anticipated start: Appointments are contingent on the hiring unit's instructional need and the availability of funding. This recruitment is valid for initial appointments made in fall quarter 2026 through fall quarter 2027. Initial appointments with effective dates outside of this recruitment period will require an alternative open recruitment.

Position duration: Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Application Window

Open date: June 17, 2026

Most recent review date: Friday, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Friday, Aug 6, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Department of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be called upon to teach various performance practice workshops & performing ensembles at the lower- and upper-division course level. We seek applications from outstanding candidates with relevant teaching experience who can teach performing ensembles (e.g., Sundanese/Balinese Gamelan; Jazz Big Band & Combos; Mariachi Ensemble; Wind Ensemble; Ghanaian Drumming Ensemble, etc.) that are specific to the applicant's background, interest, and expertise. We also seek applications from outstanding candidates with relevant teaching experience who can teach performance practice workshops (e.g. North Indian Music Workshop; Songwriting Craft & Practice; Beginning Spontaneous Composition & Improvisation; Music and the Ocean; Hip-Hop Workshop, etc.) that are specific to the applicant's background, interest, and expertise.

Applicants with expertise in college-level teaching and who can contribute to the inclusive pedagogies and excellence of the Music Department's undergraduate and graduate programs (Music Ph.D., D.M.A, and M.A.) are strongly encouraged to apply.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration.

Music Department: https://music.ucsc.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at the time the application is submitted)
Master's Degree (or equivalent foreign degree) in music; or four years of artistic and creative work consisting of a national and/or international record of performances, exhibitions or installations in music venues, museums, galleries, and festivals, and evidence of scholarship in peer-reviewed journals, web, and/or book publications.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter - Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and the courses you are a qualified to teach required.
Sample Course Syllabus
Teaching Statement - Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.
Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc.
Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc.
(Optional)
Example of Performance Work - For example, provide a recording link & description, a link to your online portfolio, etc.
(Optional)
Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Evaluations of Teaching (Optional)
Example of Student Work (Optional)
Example of Student Work (Optional)

Reference requirements

3-5 letters of reference required

Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation*. Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.

All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC's confidentiality statement.

Apply link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02103

Help contact: music@ucsc.edu

About UC Santa Cruz

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Job location

Santa Cruz, California

To apply, visit https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02103

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