Job Description

Part-Time Position in Fine Arts (EXTERNAL)




St. Thomas University invites applications for an instructor to teach the following course in


Fredericton:







Semester 2 (January - April 2026)

FNAR-3613-A Music in Film & TV

(T, Th 1:00-2:20 PM) This course will explore the ways in which music


contributes to the overall audiovisual message. Films will be analyzed with a special focus on the


relationship between the narrative, image, and sound; film will be understood both as a text and as an


interpretive argument, with a special focus on the role that music, and sound in general, play in these


discursive/rhetorical functions. The ultimate goal of the course is to develop an understanding of the


technical and aesthetic issues involved in music-image synchronization and a critical aural and analytical


habit for the soundtrack of films. (Maximum enrollment: 30)




St. Thomas University is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution with a full-time enrolment of 1,600. Its


students graduate with Bachelor of Arts, Applied Arts, Education, and Social Work degrees. The faculty


members are distinguished teachers, researchers and scholars, and the university holds two Canada


Research Chairs.




A PhD in Music Composition, or imminent completion is preferred; a Master's degree and professional


experience in film scoring is required. Each applicant is to submit a curriculum vitae, along with pertinent


documentation (ex. teaching portfolio etc.) and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to


to Dr. Martin Kutnowski, Director of the Fine Arts Program, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B


5G3. Electronic applications may be sent to martink@stu.ca




Closing date:

June 16, 2025,

or when the position is filled. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that


their completed applications are received by this date.




St. Thomas University encourages applications from all qualified candidates and is committed to the

principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion, including employment equity for the following under-

represented groups identified in the Canadian Employment Equity Act: women, aboriginal persons,

members of visible minority groups and persons with disabilities.



St. Thomas University is situated on the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, W?last?kewiyik /

Maliseet whose ancestors along with the Mi'Kmaq / Mi'kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati

Tribes / Nations signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown in the 1700s.



2025 St. Thomas University. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada