Village Savant™

The Department offers comprehensive undergraduate programs in audio design and production,
audio for visual media, live sound reinforcement, audio system contracting, and acoustics.
The successful candidate will hold a terminal degree (or posses exceptional professional credentials) in Fine Arts, Media Arts, Music or a related field and will be expected to take a leadership role in further developing a fine art component to the Audio Design and Production Concentration. Candidates should demonstrate substantial depth of knowledge and professional experience in: the production of recorded “audio art”, audio/electronics/computer theory, contemporary audio production techniques, and literature of audio art. Qualification will also include undergraduate teaching experience and a record of professional performances and/or exhibitions of work.

Duties will include teaching core audio theory and production courses, teaching and curriculum development in aural awareness, aesthetics of sound production and techniques of audio art. Columbia faculty members are expected to take an active role in student advising, participate in college and departmental governance and maintain an active career as a practicing artist. Recent graduates must demonstrate exceptional promise in lieu of extensive professional and teaching experience.

Columbia College Chicago is a diverse, open admissions, urban institution of over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students emphasizing arts and communications in a liberal education setting.

Candidates should submit a letter of application, current curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation and a single CD, DVD or tape with a variety of short excerpts of their artistic output. Deadline for applications is February 1, 2006 and should be addressed to:

Audio Artist Search
c/o Elliott Scott
Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics
Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605