JOB OPENINGs
Composition | Trumpet | Trombone | Guitar
Open Rank Professor of Composition(Posted 10/28/2026)
LINK: https://apply.interfolio.com/195520
Description
Open Rank Search: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Composition
The Department of Music at Stony Brook University invites applications for a full-time appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor of Composition to begin August 30, 2027.
We are searching for a composer who is actively creating work of high artistic caliber and whose recognition nationally or internationally is appropriate to their professional stage and potential academic rank. The successful candidate, regardless of rank, must also demonstrate a commitment to excellent teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and the ability to take part collegially and effectively in departmental and university service.
In addition to teaching composition lessons and seminars, composers at Stony Brook teach courses in analysis and music theory in Western classical music at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate should therefore demonstrate interest in teaching music theory and analysis. Our composition faculty represents a variety of aesthetics, and some composers also contribute to areas such as computer music, performance, and improvisation.
Applicants must hold a DMA or PhD in Composition or demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
Required Qualifications
● DMA or PhD in Composition or equivalent professional experience.
● Ability to teach composition lessons and undergraduate and graduate music theory and analysis courses.
Preferred Qualifications
● National or international reputation as a composer, or the demonstrated potential to achieve distinction in the field.
● Administrative experience.
Application Instructions
Applicants must hold a DMA or PhD in Composition or demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
● Cover Letter that includes teaching philosophy and a narrative of compositional career.
● CV that includes a list of works and performances alongside teaching and service experience (as appropriate).
● A list of electronic links to three works (including scores, videos, recordings, or other documentation as appropriate) that do not require passwords, permissions, downloads, new accounts, or advertisements.
● Contact information for three references including phone contact and email addresses. Recommenders will not be contacted until after the initial stage of the search.
APPLY HEREArtist Faculty in Trumpet(posted 11/03/2026)
LINK: https://apply.interfolio.com/196784
Position Description
The Department of Music at Stony Brook seeks a trumpet instructor with an exemplary reputation; profound understanding of their craft; strong ability to communicate their vision; well versed in the solo, chamber music, and orchestral literature. The appointee will be an excellent trumpet instructor in the performance of classical music, with a deep knowledge of, and commitment to, the music of our time and skill in its performance. We seek a trumpet instructor who will successfully recruit and teach trumpet students on the masters and doctoral levels, who will coach chamber and brass ensemble music. Experience performing music of the Baroque era will be considered an asset. The appointee will be open-minded, inspirational, and dedicated, and serve as a mentor to their students while having a positive effect on the Department of Music community.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
●National and/or international reputation as an outstanding trumpet performer and teacher, experienced in the solo, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire of the Western classical tradition.
●Experience teaching and mentoring graduate students (MM and DMA).
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience teaching undergraduate students.
· Experience coaching chamber music.
· Experience in coaching and directing brass ensemble music.
· Experience performing contemporary music.
· Demonstrated success recruiting undergraduate and graduate trumpet students.
· Experience in the performance of Baroque music.
Application Instructions
Applicants should complete the Academic Jobs Online application. Electronic submission of material is required. Please include these materials: 1) cover letter, explicitly addressing required and preferred qualifications for the position, 2) C.V. 3) list of three recommenders with current email and phone contact information, and 4) recordings, links to recordings or live performance recordings.
Artist Faculty in Trombone(Posted 11/03/2026)
LINK: https://apply.interfolio.com/196791
Position Description
The Department of Music at Stony Brook seeks a trombonist with an exemplary reputation; profound understanding of their craft; strong ability to communicate their vision; well versed in the solo, chamber music, and orchestral literature. The appointee will be an excellent trombonist in the performance of classical music, with a deep knowledge of, and commitment to, the music of our time and skill in its performance. We seek a trombonist who will successfully recruit and teach trombone students on the masters and doctoral levels, and who will coach chamber and brass ensemble music. The appointee will be open-minded, inspirational, and dedicated, and serve as a mentor to their students while having a positive effect on the Department of Music community.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
●National and/or international reputation as an outstanding trombonist, experienced in the solo, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire of the Western classical tradition.
●Experience teaching and mentoring graduate students (MM and DMA).
Preferred Qualifications
●Experience teaching undergraduate students.
●Experience coaching chamber music.
●Experience in coaching and directing brass ensemble music.
●Experience performing contemporary music.
●Demonstrated success recruiting undergraduate and graduate trombonists.
Application Instructions
Applicants should complete the Academic Jobs Online application. Electronic submission of material is required. Please include these materials: 1) cover letter, explicitly addressing required and preferred qualifications for the position, 2) C.V. 3) list of three recommenders with current email and phone contact information, and 4) recordings, links to recordings or live performance recordings.
Artist Faculty in Guitar(Posted 11/03/2026)
LINK: https://apply.interfolio.com/196865
Position Description:
The Department of Music seeks a guitar instructor to serve as part-time artist-in-residence, teaching guitar performance to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the MM and DMA programs and supervising the teaching of undergrads. Applicants should have a stellar reputation as a performer, profound understanding of their craft, and experience teaching advanced students. Appointee will be expected to have a deep knowledge of the entire classical guitar repertoire from the Renaissance through music of the 20th and 21stcenturies, as well as a strong interest in electric guitar. Additional fields of interest will align with the College of Arts and Sciences vision of interdisciplinary initiatives and can include Jazz, popular music, improvisation, historical guitar, theorbo, and Latin American as well as other styles of music. Appointee should also demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity in their recruiting efforts.
Responsibilities:
Faculty will teach weekly acoustic guitar and/or electric guitar lessons to advanced undergraduate and graduate students throughout the academic year, give regular studio classes, sit on audition panels and juries, and be available for chamber music coaching. A strong academic background is desired as the appointee will also help to prepare students for lecture recitals on guitar and participate in the supervision of students’ doctoral work.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
●National and/or international reputation as an outstanding guitarist, in the entire spectrum of literature for the classical guitar.
●Experience teaching guitar to advanced students.
●Strong background in the playing and teaching of various styles of music, which may include some of the following: Jazz, Latin American, popular music, new music (including electric guitar).
Preferred Qualifications
· Demonstrated experience performing and teaching at least one of the following: improvised music or historical plucked instruments.
· Interest in the cultural and social context of guitar in Western and non-Western Music.
· Demonstrated experience recruiting and working with students who are in degree programs offered by the Stony Brook Music Department (BA in Music, MM, DMA).
Application Instructions
Evaluation and interview procedures
The committee will review the files of all applicants. Each file will include 1) A letter of application explicitly addressing required and preferred qualifications, 2) A c.v. that includes performance and teaching background, and 3) Links to recordings and/or videos of live performance 4) A list of 3 references whom the committee can contact. The screening of applicants will begin on December 10, 2026 and applications will be accepted until the position is filled, with selection of candidates beginning on January 15, 2026.