University Professorship for Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) - Live Electronics and Performance

Job offer

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – Institute of Composition, Theory of Music, History of Music and Conducting– is offering a position for a

University Professorship for Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) - Live Electronics and Performance

with likely commencement in the summer semester 2026 and based on § 99 of the Universities Act.

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – the KUG – with around 2,300 students at its campuses in Graz and Oberschützen, is an international university offering a wide range of courses in music and the performing arts. Located in the heart of Europe, we build on the cultural heritage of our region and at the same time explore and contribute to current trends in the contemporary arts. We engage with international developments in the arts, pedagogy and research, and explore the significance of art and culture in society. Teachers and students work cooperatively in this process. We are committed to fostering gender mainstreaming, diversity, and sustainability in order to transform the artistic and cultural sector, as well as to further develop our institution.

By filling the professorship the KUG is expanding its existing study programmes ‘Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM)’, which so far include ‘PPCM Instrumental’ and ‘PPCM Vocal’, with the aim of establishing an additional master’s programme in ‘PPCM Live-Electronics and Performance’. The core area of this professorship is interwoven with the fields of study ‘Computer Music and Sound Art’ and ‘Composition and Music Theory’ in teaching and performance practice. In this way, the KUG is establishing ‘Live-Electronics and Performance’ as an instrumental artistic subject, thus taking into account the growing importance of technology in contemporary music.

Your duties

• responsible representation and promotion of the subject in its entirety, in particular in the development and practice of its arts-based activity and artistic research

• design of a master's programme in ‘PPCM Live Electronics and Performance’

• teaching in the main artistic instrumental subject ‘Live Electronics and Performance’, including solo and chamber music activities, in the ‘PPCM Live Electronics and Performance’ course

• teaching and collaboration with students and teachers in the PPCM Instrumental and PPCM Vocal programmes, as well as in the Computer Music and Sound Art programme, in the realisation of chamber music works with live electronics

• development of repertoire with ‘post-instrumental’ performance practices

• Teaching that introduces students of Instrumental studies or Composition and Music Theory to the application of Live Electronics.

• active participation in the further development of the university’s teaching environment and its artistic and scholarly life, as well as helping to shape the academic autonomy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

• participation in organisational, administrative and evaluation duties

Your profile

• relevant tertiary qualification from an Austrian or international institution or equivalent artistic aptitude

• outstanding personality with the highest artistic qualification for the position

• outstanding pedagogical and didactic competence

• outstanding international artistic career with Live Electronics and Performance, including solo work

• experience in realising Live Electronics in various ensemble settings

• extensive knowledge of historical and contemporary repertoire with Live Electronics

• knowledge and relevant experience in the development of electronic instruments (software and hardware)

• knowledge of one of the common programming environments for Live Electronics, such as SuperCollider, PureData, MaxMSP

• active research and publication activities in the field of artistic research are desirable

• sensitivity in dealing with gender, diversity and sustainability

• if German is not the applicant’s native language, a willingness to learn German with the aim of reaching at least level B2 within a fixed period of time is assumed.

Contract: Temporary employment contract in accordance with § 25 of the collective agreement for university employees for a period of 5 years. An extension of the appointment is only permitted after an appointment procedure in accordance with § 98 of the Universities Act.

Level of employment: Part-time, employment extent of 50 % of full-employment

Salary: The collective agreement specifies a minimum monthly gross salary, currently € 3,302.15 (14x annually); a higher salary may be negotiated.

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz aims to increase the proportion of women among its artistic and scientific staff and therefore explicitly invites qualified women to apply. In the event of underrepresentation, women with equal qualifications will be given priority.

Persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses who meet the required qualification criteria are expressly invited to apply.

We look forward to receiving your written application together with documents proving the above-mentioned employment requirements.

Application deadline: 19.03.2025

Applications should be sent by e-mail with the reference number 18/25 to:

bewerbung-prof@kug.ac.at

Applicants are not entitled to compensation for the travel and lodging expenses that arise during the application procedure.

On behalf of the Rectorate

Georg Schulz