The Oberlin Conservatory of Music invites applications for an Administrative and Professional Staff position as Technical Director for the Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) Department beginning August 1, 2017. This is a full-time, 12-month, continuing position.
About TIMARA: The TIMARA Department offers a four-year curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Music degree. There are three full-time teaching faculty, a full-time Technical Director, and a part-time teacher of studio recording. TIMARA houses approximately 25 majors and serves many other Oberlin students and faculty through courses, projects, and special events. The TIMARA studio complex includes a multi-station computer lab, a recording studio, several creative studios, a large collection of analog and digital synthesizers, and a wide variety of equipment for check-out.
About Oberlin: The Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, is the nation’s oldest continuously operating conservatory, and the only major music school in the country linked with a preeminent liberal arts college. Students are enrolled in undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Music in performance, composition, electronic and computer music, jazz, music history, and historical performance. Graduate programs leading to the Master of Music in conducting, and historical performance, and the Master of Music Education and Master of Music in Teaching are available. Performance and artist diplomas are also offered.
Oberlin College is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect of differences based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and sexual orientation. Oberlin was the first coeducational institution to grant bachelor’s degrees to women and historically has been a leader in the education of African-Americans; the college was also among the first to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty.