Assistant Professor (Coordinator, Music as Collaborative Practice (MCP))

Coordinator, Music as Collaborative Practice (MCP)

The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, offers a unique and adventurous 21st-century Asian environment in which we train and educate performers, composers, producers and recording engineers to take advantage of future professional and artistic opportunities both in Singapore and in the world. The Conservatory is distinctively international in terms of its faculty, student population and artistic outlook. Our mission is to be a focal point for musical activity, artistic development and research, for Singapore, the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond.

The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music is launching Music as Collaborative Practice (MCP), a renewed major grounded in a central conviction that the 21st-century musician’s most valuable asset is not virtuosity alone, but the capacity to create meaningfully alongside others. The renewed MCP makes collaboration the curriculum and as the medium through which students master instrumental and vocal technique, composition, aural training, music theory and contextual studies.

YST is seeking an outstanding, experienced music professional to serve as Coordinator of MCP. This is a full-time position. The successful candidate will be an imaginative and organised practitioner-educator with a deep commitment to collaborative music-making, strong industry networks, and the ability to build and sustain a programme that integrates real-world project briefs, vertical peer mentorship, and co-designed assessment across a four-year conservatory curriculum.

The Coordinator of MCP will be responsible for:

• Designing and managing the full operational cycle of MCP from Years 1–4.
• Building and maintaining a pipeline of partnerships with theatre companies, festivals, NUS faculties, and community organisations, ensuring a steady supply of authentic, audience-facing project commissions for student collaborative groups/ensembles.
• Recruiting, contracting, and managing a cohort of industry mentors per year, which will include film composers, music directors, sound designers, and producers to coach in residence alongside student groups/ensembles.
• Coordinating timetable white space with the Academic Office and shared co-working blocks across YST’s academic calendar so that cross-year ensembles have protected time to meet, rehearse, and deliver.
• Adapting and integrating MCP project cycles with existing YST studio and seminar structures, ensuring vertical mentorship, research–artistic balance, and progressive student autonomy across all four years of the curriculum.
• Maintaining and developing community and outreach activities, ensuring MCP networks connect YST students with Singapore’s broader musical and cultural ecosystem.
• Contributing actively in curriculum development and review, teaching, programme documentation, and ongoing collaboration with YST faculty, the Academic Office, and NUS partners to continuously improve the MCP framework.
• Continuing professional and artistic practice that inform the MCP and YST curriculum.

Rank / Salary: Tenure-track at the rank of Assistant Professor with benefits package commensurate with qualifications and experience in line with NUS appointment norms.

Enquiries about the position may be directed to the Dean’s Office at mussec@nus.edu.sg.

The selection process will commence in June 2026 and continue until the position is filled. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.