What are the responsibilities and job description for the Artist-in-Residence (Music ) position at Regent University?
Artists-in-Residence: Music and Worship Arts
Regent University's School of Communication and the Arts seeks full-time, professional-track Artists in Residence focusing in live and recorded music and worship event production. Artists in Residence will serve in the Department of Music and Worship Arts to teach undergraduate and graduate courses across several degree programs, and in the Regent Center for Performing Arts to provide services in audio, video and lighting for concerts, events, professional music recordings, and other world-class offerings from the university. These positions will be located at Regent University's Virginia Beach, VA campus.
Regent University is one of the nation's leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.
The School of Communication & the Arts offers degrees in film and television production, animation, theatre, journalism, graphic design, communication studies, and music to students studying on campus in Virginia Beach, VA, and online around the world. The School has been ranked #19 nationally for film and television production programs by the Broadcast Education Association (2025) and #5 for Best Online Bachelor's in Graphic Design by TechGuide (2024). Operating from a $35 million, 140,000-square-foot Communication & Performing Arts Center featuring professional-grade studios and a 712-seat theatre, the School of Communication and the Art prepares students to craft redemptive stories that align their artistic vision with their Christian calling.
Work Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Regent University is one of the nation’s leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.
The School of Communication & the Arts offers degrees in film and television production, animation, theatre, journalism, graphic design, communication studies, and music to students studying on campus in Virginia Beach, VA, and online around the world. The School has been ranked #19 nationally for film and television production programs by the Broadcast Education Association (2025) and #5 for Best Online Bachelor's in Graphic Design by TechGuide (2024). Operating from a $35 million, 140,000-square-foot Communication & Performing Arts Center featuring professional-grade studios and a 712-seat theatre, the School of Communication and the Art prepares students to craft redemptive stories that align their artistic vision with their Christian calling.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will be energetic, entrepreneurial audiovisual storytellers with demonstrated music and event production experience across multiple areas of expertise with an appropriate degree and the ability to teach and support students pursuing careers in music and worship arts.
Half of the Artist is Residence duties will be teaching music production courses at the undergraduate levels, and half of the duties will be in service of the production of music events and recordings for the Regent Center for Performing Arts, a professional/academic incubator of redemptive music and theatre. Required production duties will be in audio production and post production, video production and post production for live events, and lighting and live event technologies for music and worship arts production. Candidates will have demonstrated expertise in at least one these needed fields, as well as the potential to teach and serve across the curriculum.
Please submit CV including a links to portfolio of current work, cover letter, and unofficial transcripts along with your application.
Expectations include 1) a dedication to Christ-centered teaching and learning; 2) a record of or potential for academic scholarship; 3) the ability to teach undergraduate-level courses; 4) facility with online instructional technology; and 5) a willingness to embrace the College and University Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith.
Benefits
Regent offers a wide range of generous benefits including health, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition incentives; fully vested retirement plans; life and disability insurance options, time off, and more. All regular faculty and staff serving at Regent and working a minimum of 30 hours per week will receive an attractive benefits package.
Regent University does not discriminate in employment in its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age or veteran status. For full Non-Discrimination Policy click here.
Regent University's School of Communication and the Arts seeks full-time, professional-track Artists in Residence focusing in live and recorded music and worship event production. Artists in Residence will serve in the Department of Music and Worship Arts to teach undergraduate and graduate courses across several degree programs, and in the Regent Center for Performing Arts to provide services in audio, video and lighting for concerts, events, professional music recordings, and other world-class offerings from the university. These positions will be located at Regent University's Virginia Beach, VA campus.
Regent University is one of the nation's leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.
The School of Communication & the Arts offers degrees in film and television production, animation, theatre, journalism, graphic design, communication studies, and music to students studying on campus in Virginia Beach, VA, and online around the world. The School has been ranked #19 nationally for film and television production programs by the Broadcast Education Association (2025) and #5 for Best Online Bachelor's in Graphic Design by TechGuide (2024). Operating from a $35 million, 140,000-square-foot Communication & Performing Arts Center featuring professional-grade studios and a 712-seat theatre, the School of Communication and the Art prepares students to craft redemptive stories that align their artistic vision with their Christian calling.
Work Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Regent University is one of the nation’s leading academic centers for Christian thought and action, offering over 150 associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and enrolling more than 13,000 students worldwide. Regent offers high-quality, in-demand and affordable degree programs while remaining committed to its foundational mission to educate Christian leaders to change the world.
The School of Communication & the Arts offers degrees in film and television production, animation, theatre, journalism, graphic design, communication studies, and music to students studying on campus in Virginia Beach, VA, and online around the world. The School has been ranked #19 nationally for film and television production programs by the Broadcast Education Association (2025) and #5 for Best Online Bachelor's in Graphic Design by TechGuide (2024). Operating from a $35 million, 140,000-square-foot Communication & Performing Arts Center featuring professional-grade studios and a 712-seat theatre, the School of Communication and the Art prepares students to craft redemptive stories that align their artistic vision with their Christian calling.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will be energetic, entrepreneurial audiovisual storytellers with demonstrated music and event production experience across multiple areas of expertise with an appropriate degree and the ability to teach and support students pursuing careers in music and worship arts.
Half of the Artist is Residence duties will be teaching music production courses at the undergraduate levels, and half of the duties will be in service of the production of music events and recordings for the Regent Center for Performing Arts, a professional/academic incubator of redemptive music and theatre. Required production duties will be in audio production and post production, video production and post production for live events, and lighting and live event technologies for music and worship arts production. Candidates will have demonstrated expertise in at least one these needed fields, as well as the potential to teach and serve across the curriculum.
Please submit CV including a links to portfolio of current work, cover letter, and unofficial transcripts along with your application.
Expectations include 1) a dedication to Christ-centered teaching and learning; 2) a record of or potential for academic scholarship; 3) the ability to teach undergraduate-level courses; 4) facility with online instructional technology; and 5) a willingness to embrace the College and University Identity and Mission statements and subscribe to a statement of Christian faith.
Benefits
Regent offers a wide range of generous benefits including health, life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition incentives; fully vested retirement plans; life and disability insurance options, time off, and more. All regular faculty and staff serving at Regent and working a minimum of 30 hours per week will receive an attractive benefits package.
Regent University does not discriminate in employment in its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age or veteran status. For full Non-Discrimination Policy click here.