Part-Time Faculty, Live Coding and Algorithmic Performance

About The Department

The Electronic Production and Design Department prepares students for careers at the intersection of music, technology, performance, and innovation. Students engage with contemporary practices including electronic music production, sound design, digital instrument performance, coding, immersive audio, game audio, interactive media, and emerging creative technologies.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate courses in live coding and algorithmic performance.
• Introduce students to coding environments used in contemporary creative practice, such as SuperCollider, TidalCycles, Sonic Pi, ChucK, Max/MSP, Processing, p5.js, Hydra, or related platforms.
• Develop student understanding of programming concepts including sequencing, pattern generation, algorithmic composition, data structures, functions, control flow, and generative systems.
• Contribute to curriculum with foundational examples and exercises.
• Guide students in the creation of original live coding performances, compositions, and interactive media projects.
• Demonstrate contemporary artistic and professional applications of creative coding across music, multimedia, performance, installation, and emerging technologies.
• Provide constructive feedback, mentorship, and assessment of student work.
• Participate in departmental activities and collaborate with faculty across electronic music, performance technology, sound design, and coding initiatives as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience in live coding, creative coding, algorithmic composition, electronic music performance, or related fields.
• Demonstrated proficiency in one or more live coding and creative coding environments.
• Strong understanding of contemporary electronic music practices and digital performance systems.
• Familiarity with live coding communities, festivals, performances, research, or publications.
• Excellent communication and teaching skills, with the ability to guide students through both technical and artistic aspects of creative coding, algorithmic composition, and live performance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent professional achievement.
• College-level teaching experience.
• Experience integrating audio, visual, and interactive media through code.
• Active participation in live coding communities, festivals, performances, research, or publications.
• Familiarity with interdisciplinary approaches involving AI, generative systems, digital instruments, creative technology, or immersive media.

Pay

Part-time Faculty as of 9/1/26: $66.96-$138 per hour. Salaries for faculty positions vary by academic rank; Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Candidates are placed into a rank following the final completion of the interview process, based on qualifications, experience, and alignment with institutional needs.

Benefits

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Application Materials

Electronic applications only. Please submit the following materials in PDF or Word format at Berklee.edu/jobs.

• Letter of application
• A current resume or curriculum vitae, with worklist
• Names, titles and contact information for at least three (3) references