Eastman School of Music, Musicologist
Eastman School of Music
Position: Musicologist, full-time, tenure-track.
Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate and graduate courses, advise dissertations, contribute to the discipline through scholarship and research, participate in the musical and intellectual life of a comprehensive music school within the University of Rochester, a private research institution.
Rank: Assistant Professor
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Qualifications: Demonstrable excellence in teaching. Primary scholarly specialization in Western music since 1880; a secondary interest is desirable in one or more of the following areas and repertories: American music; analysis, criticism, and cultural theory/studies; folk and non-Western musics; jazz and popular music. Evidence of, or potential for, scholarly achievement on an international level; Ph.D. completed by September 1999.
Review of applications begins 15 November 1998 and will continue until position is filled.
Applications materials: Letter of application, curriculum vitae, and dossier (or transcript and three letters of recommendation). Please send no other materials at this time.
Please send applications to:
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester is an EO/AA employer.
BUTLER UNIVERSITY - Associate Professor of Music Theory, appointment effective Auguest 1, 1999. The position is tenure track and the salary competitive. The Jordan College of Fine Arts, Department of Music, is seeking a colleague with a distinctive record of teaching at the undergraduate and preferably graduate levels and of scholarship in music analysis or theory pedagogy. A completed Ph.D. in music theory or the equivalent is required. Responsibilities include primary attention to the undergraduate theory core and master's teaching, advising master's theses in music theory and history, and contributing scholarship regularly. Serving on appropriate committees and occasionally in interdisciplinary teaching is expected, as Butler is a private, comprehensive university with a strong liberal arts component. Additional teaching might respond to personal interests and departmental needs, especially in world music and jazz. Initial interviews will be held at 1998 SMT-Chapel Hill and AMS-Boston but are not required. Women and other minority candidates are invited to apply. Applications should be received by 1/15/99. Send a letter of application, three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, and supportive credentials to Dr. James Briscoe, Chair of Theory Search, Jordan College of Fine Arts, Butler University, 4600 Sunset, Indianapolis, IN 46208. EOE/AA.
If more information is desired regarding the position or the university, interested persons are more than welcome to contact me (Jeff) via email or phone! Thank you.
Jeffrey L. Gillespie
Jordan College of Fine Arts
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
317-940-6416
jgillesp@thomas.butler.edu
POSITION/RANK: Assistant Professor of Music Theory, full-time
Contract: one-year, renewable. Tenure track
Salary: $30,829-$53,779
Appointment date: September 1, 1999.
INSTITUTION: Hunter College, CUNY, Department of Music
QUALIFICATIONS: Doctoral degree in music theory and evidence of success as a college teacher and emerging scholar. Highly desirable: advanced piano skills and ability to read scores fluently at the keyboard; expertise with MIDI and music-publishing programs (such as Finale); experience in composition.
DUTIES: Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory and analysis. Administrative duties include committee and placement exam assignments, and may also include, in time, direction of the music theory program or direction of undergraduate or graduate studies.
SEND: Application letter, detailed resume, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references. Please do not send any other materials at this time.
DEADLINE: December 15, 1998.
CONTACT:
Professor George B. Stauffer, Chair
Department of Music
Hunter College of CUNY
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Email: george.stauffer@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-772-5020
Fax: 212-772-5022.
University of Southampton
(Full) Professorship in Music
The Department of Music, University of Southampton, anticipates advertising a Professorship in Music in approximately two months' time. We are giving advance notice of the position so that prospective applicants may discuss it, if they so wish, with Professor Mark Everist (the Head of Department) at the upcoming AMS meeting at Boston.
We shall be seeking an outstanding scholar with an international reputation in any musicological or music-theoretical area. (We are unlikely to appoint a composer to this position, since we are currently appointing to a separate professorship in that area.) The appointment will be a permanent one and will be at the equivalent grade to an American full professorship; salary will be negotiable but not less than $60,000 (equivalent). Appointment will be from 1 October 1999 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Southampton Department of Music has an outstanding research profile with a wide range of strengths ranging from medieval to contemporary music, including popular and film music. Theory and the study of performance are also stongly represented. For further details, visit the Department's web site at http://www.soton.ac.uk/~musicbox/index.html
If you would like to receive details of the post when available, please email either Mark Everist (me@soton.ac.uk) or Nicholas Cook (ncook@soton.ac.uk). If you would like to speak with Mark Everist at the Boston meeting, please email him in advance to arrange a time, failing which he may be contacted via the message board.
POSITION/RANK: Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
INSTITUTION: University of Connecticut
QUALIFICATIONS:
Masters degree or equivalent professional experience; demonstrated
success and a record of achievement in performance, teaching, and
composition or arranging.
JOB DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Nine-month, tenure-track position to begin August 23, 1999. Conduct
and administer university jazz ensembles and coordinate the jazz
program. Teach courses in improvisation, arranging, jazz history for
music majors and non-majors, and/or other subjects in the jazz area.
Teach in an appropriate applied jazz area and supervise adjunct jazz
faculty. Organize, coordinate and coach small ensembles as needed.
Participate actively in departmental recruitment and outreach efforts.
Assist with student advising, serve on department, school and
university committees and perform other service as appropriate to the
position.
SALARY RANGE: negotiable
ITEMS TO SEND:
letter of application, resume, three current letters of recommendation
and a list of references. Do not send recordings, video tapes or
scores until requested.
DEADLINE: until position is filled
CONTACT:
Dr. Robert Stephens
University of Connecticut
Department of Music U-12
876 Coventry Road
Storrs, CT 06269-1012
860-486-3731 phone
860-486-3796 fax
rstephens@finearts.sfa.uconn.edu
Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington
Head, Music Library
Located fifty miles south of Indianapolis, the Bloomington campus of Indiana University supports 26,000 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate, professional, and non-degree students.
Indiana University's School of Music is widely respected as one of the world's most comprehensive institutions for musical studies. Central to this program is a faculty of 140 teachers and scholars and a select student body. The facilities of the School of Music include six buildings housing offices and studios, practice rooms, choral and instrumental rehearsal rooms, three recital halls, the Musical Arts Center, and the Music Library which is part of the IU Libraries system.
The recently completed William and Gayle Cook Music Library is recognized nationally as one of the finest music libraries in the United States. It occupies a four floor 55,000 square foot facility and featuring state of the art technology. The collections number more than 537,000 items. The staff includes six librarians, two professional staff, seven clerical staff, and approximately seventy student assistants. Further information about the Music Library is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/muslib.html.
The Music Library is one of nineteen Bloomington campus libraries. Librarians have tenure-track academic appointments; support staff are represented by the Communications Workers of America.
Responsibilities: The head of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library is responsible for leadership and overall management of the library, including supervision of staff, service to the School of Music in respect of performance, research, and teaching, service to the campus and growth and management of the collections. The head reports operationally to the Executive Associate Dean of the University Libraries and works with the Libraries Director for Information Technology on technology matters and with the Dean of the Libraries and Dean of the School of Music in all development matters. The head supervises the development of the Variations Project with the technological support of the University's Digital Library Program. (The Variations Project is conceived as a digital library of music information, including text, images, sound, and music notation, accessible through a graphic user interface.) The head directs the Specialization in Music Librarianship (offered through the School of Library and Information Science) and has the capability of teaching in the School of Music. Although the Music Library is administered by the University Libraries, the head is responsible for maintaining a close relationship with the music faculty and administration through the Music Library Advisory Committee and other committees within the School. The head is an ex officio member of the Music Library Advisory Committee which is chaired by a member of the music faculty.
Other significant duties include setting standards for and evaluating staff; overseeing all functions of the Music Library, including public and technical services and collection development; preparing and overseeing the Music Library budget; developing Music Library policies; and interpreting and applying general library policies. The head of the Music Library oversees assistance to faculty, students and off-campus users, and guides the direction of technology development in the Music Library. The head also maintains a dialogue with users of the Music Library regarding programs and issues.
The Head of the Music Library is expected to make contributions in the areas of professional development, research/creative activity and service.
Qualifications: MLS degree and graduate degree in music or a combination of equivalent education and experience; substantial experience in music librarianship; Demonstrated ability to work both creatively and pragmatically in a changing environment; a record of accomplishment in both music and music information technology using digital library concepts; solid experience in the leadership and supervision of a diverse staff; outstanding oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
Salary and Benefits: Salary negotiable and competitive, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and rank. Rank will be either Associate Librarian or Librarian. This is a tenure track academic appointment in the Libraries, which includes eligibility for sabbatical leaves. Benefits include a university health care plan, TIAA/CREF retirement/annuity plan, group life insurance, and liberal vacation and sick leave.
To apply, send letter of application, professional vita, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of four references to:
Lila Fredenburg, Libraries Human Resources Officer
Indiana University Libraries
Main Library C-201
Bloomington, In 47405
812-855-8196
fax: 812-855-2576
e-mail: lfredenb@indiana.edu
Review of applications will begin no later than November 23, 1998. The search will remain open until the position is filled.
For further information concerning Indiana University: http://www.indiana.edu/iub.
Indiana University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
Western Michigan University seeks nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the College of Fine Arts. Located in Kalamazoo, WMU is a Carnegie Doctoral I university with an enrollment of 26,500 students, 25% at the graduate level. Six colleges employ approximately 775 faculty.
The College of Fine Arts consists of the School of Music and the Departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre. Music and Art offer graduate as well as undergraduate programs. The College has 110 faculty and staff, more than 1800 majors and minors, and 4000 other students enrolled each year. The College has state-of-the-art facilities for rehearsal, production, and performance.
As the College's chief academic and executive officer, the dean reports to the provost and is responsible for instructional programs, maintaining accreditation, promoting the creative and scholarly work of the faculty, leading fund-raising efforts, and extending the college's outreach locally, in the state, in the nation, and abroad. The successful candidate will have an appropriate terminal degree (or equivalent background and experience), a record of scholarly and/or artistic achievement suitable for tenure and a full professorship in one of the units of the College, a strong grasp of the instructional, scholarly, artistic and performance components of the mission of a college of fine arts, and demonstrated administrative and leadership ability.
Send applications and nominations to:
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. WMU is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified women and members of under-represented groups to apply.
For more information about Western Michigan University, please visit WMU's Web site at:
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