Course Number and Name: MMU300H1- Fundamentals of Music Finance

Course Description: This course provides students with an introduction to music finance in areas such as accounting, budget preparation, cost estimates, pricing, cashflow, and taxes. The course examines how income and expenses flow through music enterprises, highlighting the range of options within the modern music industry.

Class Schedule: Mondays 11am-1pm in the Fall term

Months of contract: September to December 2026

Salary: $9,997.48

Estimated Course Enrollment: 20

TA support: none

Qualifications: Graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. Professional financial experience in the creative industries. Preferred qualifications: experience with project management, creating budgets, and filing taxes for music organizations; experience teaching at the university level.

Duties: Define course objectives; prepare course materials; provide clear guidelines on course requirements and regulations; teach classes as scheduled; administer and evaluate student assignments; prepare and submit final grade in accordance with policy. Maintain reasonable hours of student consultation outside scheduled class hours.

Closing Date:

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Daphne Tan

Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs

Associate Professor, Music Theory

Faculty of Music

University of Toronto

80 Queen’s Park

Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II and Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.