Employment OpportunitiesThe School of Music is conducting searches for three full-time positions this academic year: a tenure-line position for a Director of Choral Activities and one-year sabbatical replacements in music history and violin. Please find below descriptions of all three positions and instructions for application, along with weblinks of interest. For more information please feel welcome to contact Keith Ward, Director of the School of Music. VIOLINAPPOINTMENT: Full-time, one-year leave replacement; begins Fall Term 2008. RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will teach studio violin. Assignment may include coaching chamber music or teaching a course in aural skills, depending on the qualifications of the candidate. Participation in departmental governance expected. QUALIFICATIONS: Master of Music required, Doctorate in Music preferred. Record of excellence in violin teaching and performance, and commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education also required. RANK AND SALARY: Visiting Assistant Professor; salary commensurate with education and experience. APPLICATION: Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials postmarked no later than April 16, 2008 to ensure consideration. To apply, submit letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference (no recordings or video at this time) to: Violin Search University of Puget Sound 1500 North Warner #1007 Tacoma, WA 98416-1007 DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIESAPPOINTMENT: Full-time, tenure-line position; begins Fall Term 2008. RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will direct choral ensembles, including the Adelphian Concert Choir. Teaching responsibilities will include conducting and may include courses in applied or academic areas of the candidate's specialization. The candidate will also be responsible for directing on-campus choral festivals and providing leadership in recruitment. Other duties include continuation of professional development, advising students, and participation in departmental and university governance. QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate (ABD considered) in music, with emphasis in choral conducting preferred. Record of successful choral conducting and commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education required. RANK AND SALARY: Assistant or Associate Professor; salary and rank commensurate with education and experience. THE PROGRAM: An accredited institutional member of NASM, the School of Music (www.ups.edu/music) offers a comprehensive program for undergraduates with degrees in performance, music education, music business, and the liberal arts. The School of Music is a vital part of campus cultural life providing over 100 events per year, including ensemble performances, recitals, stage productions, workshops, and master classes. Founded in 1932, the Adelphian Concert Choir has a longstanding tradition of choral excellence. THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Puget Sound is an independent, residential liberal arts college with approximately 2500 undergraduates and 150 graduate students enrolled in three masters programs. The university, as a community of learning, maintains a strong commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly engagement, and fruitful student-faculty interaction. Puget Sound seeks to develop in its students capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and co-curricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others, an appreciation of commonality and difference, the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas, thoughtful moral discourse, and the integration of learning, preparing the university's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives. Puget Sound's web site may be found at www.ups.edu. APPLICATION: Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials postmarked no later than November 26, 2007 to ensure consideration. TO APPLY: Submit letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference (no recordings or video at this time) to Choral Director Search University of Puget Sound 1500 North Warner #1007 Tacoma, WA 98416-1007 MUSIC HISTORYAPPOINTMENT: Full-time, one-year sabbatical replacement position; begins Fall Term 2008. RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach undergraduate courses in music history for majors and non-majors, including a Western history survey up to World War I. Standard teaching assignment is three courses per semester. Participation in departmental governance expected. QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. (ABD considered) in music history, with demonstrated breadth of interests. Commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education also required. RANK AND SALARY: Visiting Assistant Professor; salary commensurate with education and experience. THE PROGRAM: An accredited institutional member of NASM, the School of Music (www.ups.edu/music) offers a comprehensive program for undergraduates with degrees in performance, music education, music business, and the liberal arts. The School of Music is a vital part of campus cultural life providing over 100 events per year, including ensemble performances, recitals, stage productions, workshops, and master classes. THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Puget Sound is an independent, residential liberal arts college with approximately 2500 undergraduates and 150 graduate students enrolled in three masters programs. The university, as a community of learning, maintains a strong commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly engagement, and fruitful student-faculty interaction. Puget Sound seeks to develop in its students capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and co-curricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others, an appreciation of commonality and difference, the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas, thoughtful moral discourse, and the integration of learning, preparing the university's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives. Puget Sound's web site may be found at www.ups.edu. APPLICATION: Search and selection procedures will be closed when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials postmarked no later than February 1, 2008 to ensure consideration. TO APPLY: Submit letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to: Music History Search - 911 University of Puget Sound 1500 Nroth Warner #1007 Tacoma, WA 98416-1007 LINKS OF INTERESTFacts about the School of Music
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