Lecturer in Composition Jazz and Contemporary Music and Ensembles (30 - 60 %)

Publication date:09 December 2025
Workload:30 – 60%
Place of work:Bern

Job summary

Join the Hochschule der Künste Bern as a Jazz educator. Collaborate in an inspiring, transdisciplinary environment, focusing on innovative teaching.

Tasks

Teach Master students in Jazz Composition and ensemble skills.
Build your own class and guide students toward their diplomas.
Enhance students' musical skills, creativity, and reflection.

Skills

Master's degree in Jazz Composition or a related field required.
Experience in diverse music teaching methods essential.
Strong international visibility as a composer or producer.

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About the job

What you will do here

Primarily teach master students of the Jazz and Contemporary Music department in the core subjects of composition as well as stylistic ensembles
Build your own class and accompany students to their diplomas
Promote the musical skills of the students as well as their ability to reflect and creativity with regard to the music and teaching market
Support the development of a transdisciplinary-oriented university together with the faculty and participate in juries and commissions
Engage with research and mediation questions around current music practice and set your own impulses

What you ideally bring with you

Successfully completed university studies in the field of jazz composition, composition or related disciplines and extensive performance experience
International visibility as a composer, arranger and/or producer of music in the aforementioned stylistic field. Language skills in German, French and/or English
Didactic aptitude and teaching experience at university level, knowledge of the diversity of methods of current music teaching
Great stylistic breadth beyond the core jazz repertoire, experience in music mediation issues and formats and related areas
Willingness to be regularly present in Bern during the semester, as weekly on-site teaching is required. The interviews with teaching demonstration will take place on February 26 and 27, 2026.

Some of our advantages in advance

Lived and openly designed transdisciplinarity, plus a unique mix of research and teaching.
An international faculty that combines tradition with innovation, excellence with experiment and guides our students individually towards their own careers.
A corporate culture that fosters diversity, artistic openness and the transitions between disciplines, attitudes and traditions.

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The Bern University of the Arts (HKB)

At the HKB, a department of the BFH, we unite a variety of artistic and design disciplines under one roof. As an innovative art university with an inspiring atmosphere, we place great value on cross-disciplinary teaching and research in music, design and art, conservation and restoration, theater, literature and in our transdisciplinary Y Institute.