Assistant / Associate Professor - Composition
Description:
The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto invites applications for a, tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the area of Composition beginning July 1, 2016.
We are interested in candidates with demonstrated productivity in the creation of concert music and works using audio and audio/visual technologies in digital media. Candidates must demonstrate a record of excellence in research and creative professional activity that may include a broad range of outcomes, such as significant compositions, commissions, grants, performances, recordings, reviews, media objects, technological innovations, and journal publications. Candidates should provide evidence of effectiveness in teaching, such as strong letters of reference, student evaluations, sample course materials, and ideas for program innovation. A doctoral degree in music composition or its career equivalent is required. Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
In addition to research and creative professional activity at the highest international level, job duties include undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision in studio, course, and seminar contexts, as well as contribution to the artistic and intellectual life of the Faculty through professional and administrative service typical for full-time members of the Faculty and the University.
The University of Toronto is located in the heart of one of the world’s great cities, and the Faculty of Music plays a vital part in its active music life. The Faculty of Music is an academic division of Canada's largest research university in the culturally rich and diverse city of Toronto. It offers degrees in music composition, music education, music and health, music technology and digital media, musicology/ethnomusicology/theory, and performance, including jazz and opera. There are 900 students, 600 undergraduate and 300 graduate.
All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), and a statement outlining current and future research or creative professional interests, and samples of work. If you have questions about this position, please contact [email protected]. All application materials should be submitted online.
Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format.
Applicants should also ask three referees to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to: Search Committee Chair and Dean, Faculty of Music [email protected] by the closing date of March 21, 2016. Review of applications will begin then and the position will remain open until filled.
For more information about the Faculty of Music, please visit our home page http://www.music.utoronto.ca/
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
