The Tensed Computer Improviser and the workmanship of risk: Small-dataset machine learning and real-time interactive musical improvisation by Taylor Brook

Posting date: Monday September 21, 2026

2026 Winter Term 2:  January 1, 2027 – April 30, 2027

The School of Music is pleased to advertise a teaching opportunity for the second term of the current academic session, 2026W.

• MUSC 444/532J: Establishing a Career in Music (Term 2 ONLY)

Applications should include:

• statement of interest indicating teaching competencies
• curriculum vitae (detailing post-secondary teaching experience)
• evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. sample teaching evaluations)
• names and contact emails of three referees
• where applicable, the URL to a website that demonstrates your work

Positions are subject to final budgetary approval and contingent upon student enrolments. Sessional Lecturer appointments are governed by UBC’s Collective Agreement, Part 7 “Conditions of Appointment for Sessional Lecturers.” Within the School of Music, the minimum salary will be $10,946.25  per 3-credit course, or, in the case of Sessional Lecturers whose principal duties comprise private music lessons (one-on-one instruction),studio classes or equivalent practical activity, pay shall be calculated as set out in the Collective Agreement, Part 2, Appendix F.  

Preference will be given to applicants with a Doctorate or Masters degree in Music, with previous teaching experience at the college or university level. 

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 

Deadline for applications: Wednesday October 21, 2026