Full-Time Faculty Position in Sound Recording at Bennington College

Bennington College seeks a teacher-practitioner in Sound Recording for a full-time faculty position to begin in fall 2025. Candidates should have professional studio experience with recognized artistic accomplishment in the field. Responsibilities will include teaching five courses per year in recording, mixing, and live sound, advising students, and service to the community. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a range of musical styles, as well as collaboration across genres and disciplines. There is additional interest in candidates who may have experience in sound design in theater, dance, or sound art contexts. A significant focus will be on facilitating creative and experimental student projects. Candidates ideally should have some record of teaching sound engineering and sound design.

The applicant would join a department of teacher-practitioners, and an environment where students grow as critical and versatile musicians. Our curriculum centers around original work and performance across a range of styles, genres, traditions, and sound practices. We seek a committed teacher who will add to the breadth and depth of our offerings and contribute to the musical life of our campus community. Faculty are expected to maintain a presence on campus and attend performances, the music program's weekly Music Workshop, and other events. The successful candidate should be comfortable working with students, colleagues, and staff of all backgrounds and gender identities, while modeling tolerance and inclusivity  in their teaching, performing, and interactions on campus. 

Bennington College is a small residential liberal arts college in southern Vermont, long distinguished for its progressive approach to higher education. The College was founded in 1932 on the principle of active engagement in learning, which is manifest in individualized plans of study developed by students together with faculty. Bennington’s open curricular structures facilitate innovative teaching across traditional disciplinary boundaries and small class sizes enable student-centered and engaged learning within the classroom. Faculty members at Bennington are teacher-practitioners whose professional work is in ongoing dialogue with their teaching and advising, and fully engaged student advising and college service are expected. 

Bennington serves a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically/racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. Our staff and faculty also reflect diverse and intersecting backgrounds and identities. All employees are expected to be respectful and responsive to these differences in the service of building community that promotes student and employee success and community cohesiveness. Each individual (faculty, staff and students) will be accountable for upholding these values. The College’s approach to pluralism and inclusivity—both as fields of inquiry and practice—is to prioritize flexible thought, and to invite the examination of access, value, power, and privilege through its institutional policies and areas of study. We encourage applicants from diverse realms of interest, backgrounds, experience, and accomplishment to apply.

Candidates should apply online by submitting: 1) a letter of application; 2) a curriculum vitae including contact information for three references; 3) a statement of teaching philosophy; 4) links to, or examples of, relevant recent professional work; and 5) a brief statement on the candidate’s potential to contribute to an increasingly diverse and inclusive environment through teaching, research, and/or service.

Review of applications will begin on January 1st and will continue until the position is filled. This position requires the successful completion and acceptable results of a background check. 

Last updated on Oct 25, 2024