(Job posted 23.02.12; lapses 02.03.12)
Early Career Fellow, Popular Music
Oxford Brookes University - Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment
Starting salary: £31,948, rising annually to £34,895. Ref: 454/16958/AW
Closing date: 2 March 2012
This is a fixed-term appointment for 12 months.
You will be responsible for:
• researching and publishing at a level commensurate with entry in the Brookes' submission to the next REF
• attracting external funding to support personal research
• contributing to curriculum development in popular music
• teaching and assessing on the music programme with particular reference to popular music
• contributing to the administration of the Popular Music Research Unit.
You should have:
• an active and on-going programme of research appropriate for entry in the Brookes' submission to the next REF
• the ability to make a contribution to the research culture of the School and in particular the Popular Music Research Unit
• an ability to secure external funding for personal research
• research and teaching expertise in popular music practice and/or theory
• a postgraduate qualification or equivalent in popular music
• experience of teaching and researching in higher education.
For further information on how to apply, visit this website: https://edm.brookes.ac.uk/hr/hr/vacancies.do?id=14130437
(Studentship posted 1.3.12; lapses 9.3.12)
PhD Studentships at SARC
We are pleased to announce a number of studentships available for applicants to the PhD programme at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, School of Creative Arts, Queen's University Belfast.
The postgraduate community in the School is one of the largest in the UK or Ireland (over 100 registered PhD students in 2011-12) with students working on a range of theoretical, historical, practice-based and technical projects. Studentships are available for both national and EU applicants for the 2012-2013 academic year. In addition, an interdisciplinary studentship in Composition and Identity (supervised by Dr Simon Mawhinney and Dr Fran Brearton) is available.
Anyone wishing to be considered for one of these awards should submit their PhD application so that it reaches us by 9th March 2012. Applications should be made on line, via the Queen's Postgraduate Applications Portal (https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php)
For further information on the PhD programme at SARC please contact Professor Pedro Rebelo (p.rebelo@qub.ac.uk)
(Studentship posted 03.02.12; lapses 09.03.12)
Funded Ph.D. Studentships at City University London
The City University London is offering up to 70 funded Research Studentships to begin in October 2012.
The Music Informatics Research Group in the Department of Computing at City University would particularly like to encourage PhD applications in the area of Sound and Music Computing and Informatics.
Research interests in the Music Informatics Research Group include:
Information about the Music Informatics Research Group and the Research Studentship application procedures can be found online at http://www.city.ac.uk/informatics/school-organisation/department-of-computing/research/music-informatics-group<http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/doc/research/mi/>
and
http://www.city.ac.uk/research/resdegrees/studentships.html
The closing date for applications is the 9th March 2012.
If you are interested in applying, please get in touch with Tillman Weyde to discuss further details.
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Dr. Tillman Weyde
School of Informatics
City University London
London
United Kingdom
(Job posted 12.3.12; lapses 12.3.12)
College Teaching Associate in Music - St John's College, Cambridge
St John’s College, Cambridge seeks to appoint a College Teaching Associate in Music from 16 April 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter, to help deliver a focused, rigorous and effective academic programme to undergraduate students reading Music at the College. This is a fixed-term post which will be offered for a period of just over three years, ending 31 August 2015.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide six hours of small-group teaching per week during the twenty teaching weeks of the year (amounting to 120 hours of contact time), mentoring of students and associated examining. The appointee may also be invited to teach further supervisions, to interview candidates for admission, and/or to assume a role as Sub-Director of Studies.
The stipend will consist of a fixed element of £1,666 p.a. plus an hourly rate for supervisions. Additional remuneration will be paid for acting as a Sub-Director of Studies, for interviewing candidates for admission and for examining. The post is pensionable under the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The successful candidate will also be provided with a range of non-contractual benefits including Membership of the College and of the Combination Room.
Further particulars can be obtained by clicking on the link at http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/college-teaching-associate-music;
alternatively, for additional information please send an email to recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 761575.
Applications from job-seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to the post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit the UK Border Agency website.
The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 12 March 2012. Interviews will be held on 30 March 2012.
Professor John Rink
Faculty of Music
University of Cambridge
(Job posted 23.02.12; lapses 16.03.12)
Research Fellow in Music with Artificial Intelligence Job reference: A2462
Closing date: 16 March 2012
Salary £31,000 pa
FULL TIME, fixed term for 54 months (4.5 years)
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in Music with AI at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) in Plymouth University, UK (http://cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/).
This appointment is part of an ambitious EPSRC-funded research project aimed at advancing our understanding of the relationship between emotions, patterns of brain activity and associated musical information. The objective is to build a Brain-Computer Music Interface (BCMI) system to monitor emotions, and modify them automatically and adaptively via a controlled computer music generation system. This project will be developed in collaboration with the Cybernetics Research Group at the University of Reading (Dr Slawomir J Nasuto).
Your main tasks will be (but not necessarily limited) to (a) design and implement intelligent algorithms for generating music in real-time, (b) provide technical assistance for composers-in-residence, (c) support the design of listening experiments and analysis of brain scanning data.
You will be expected to have an interdisciplinary background linking music technology, artificial intelligence and psychology of music, preferably with a PhD or equivalent, in an allied discipline. Solid computer programming skills and previous experience with implementation of algorithms for generative music in real-time, are essential requisites. Knowledge of experimental psychology methods and analysis of experimental data is welcomed. Familiarity with the burgeoning field of Brain-Computer Interface would be advantageous.
This is a full time position working 37 hours per week, and is fixed term for 54 months (4.5 years). The commencement date is 1 May 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.
For more information and instructions for application please visit
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/jobs
Or alternatively contact HR Recruitment Services quoting Job reference A2462:
+44 (0)1752 588255
(Studentship posted 03.02.12; lapses 18.03.12)
City University London, Centre for Music Studies Music MA Scholarships
The Centre for Music Studies at City University London has an outstanding international reputation for postgraduate teaching and research. For 2012/13 we are delighted to be able to offer seven MA scholarships for students entering our taught MA programmes. These scholarships will take the form of full-fee waivers for the duration of the programme. The pathways offered are:
For course details go to: www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/music-ma
If you want to learn more about these courses please sign up for our next open day which will take place on the 15th February:
www.city.ac.uk/events/2012/february/postgraduate-open-evening-school-of-arts
Available Scholarships
In order to be considered for one of these awards your application must include:
The deadline for applications is 16:00 on Friday 18 March.
If you have specific questions regarding the pathways offered or the application process please contact us: music@city.ac.uk
*depending on the number and quality of applications we may offer a combination of partial and full-fee waivers.
(Job posted 23.2.12; lapses 21.3.12)
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music Perception and Cognition
Faculty of Music, St Aldate's, Oxford
Grade 7: salary in the range £29,249 - £31,020 per annum
Fixed-term for two years
A research and teaching appointment in Music Perception and Cognition is available for an outstanding academic at an early stage of their career. The successful candidate will take up the appointment between 1 September 2012 and 1 January 2013. Academic mentoring will be provided by the Faculty of Music and the Department of Experimental Psychology and support for further development in academic practice, learning and teaching will be available. The fellowship will have a college association and an entitlement to research support funds of up to £8,000.
Eligible candidates will hold a masters degree and either have completed a PhD or, in national educational systems where the PhD does not apply, be a candidate for the appropriate doctoral examination; be at an early stage of an academic career, and if holding a doctorate have completed it within the previous four years from 1 October 2012 (excluding justified career breaks). Candidates who already hold a permanent academic appointment will not be considered.
You will pursue a research project in any aspect of Music Perception and Cognition and you will be expected to produce significant publications. Applications are particularly encouraged in fields that involve cross-modal approaches, and that would serve to strengthen research collaborations between music and psychology at Oxford. You will be expected to teach for 2-3 hours per week on average. You will be provided with office space in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and have fellowship of a new institute of advanced studies for the Humanities in Oxford.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Candidates will be asked to upload a covering letter, research proposal, CV, and the details of two referees. In addition, candidates are asked to email a sample of recently published, or soon to be published, work (of no more than 30 pages) to administrator@music.ox.ac.uk.
To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please go to: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 21 March 2012. Interviews will be held during the first week of April.
(Studentship posted 03.02.12; lapses 01.04.12)
Canterbury Christ Church University
AHRC Professional Preparation Master’s Studentship (Musical Performance or Composition)
Canterbury Christ Church University invites applications for an AHRC studentship in musical performance or composition. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the Professional Preparation Masters scheme, the award will cover course fees and (for UK award holders) provide a tax free stipend of £8,845 (2011-12 rates). The award will be held in the Department of Music and Performing Arts. The successful candidate’s programme will commence in September 2012, and last one calendar year.
The closing date for the AHRC studentship applications is 1 April 2012.
The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed our Music department’s international standing. Research by nine members of staff was included, of which the great majority (75%) was judged to be at least internationally recognised, and 10% world- leading. The university has subsequently invested strongly in Music’s staffing and facilities, in order to support its growing international research reputation. Three new members of full-time staff were appointed in 2011-12 in order to develop the department’s research profile, including Professor John Irving as Head of Music and Performing Arts. From October 2012 we will enjoy substantial additional practical and seminar space (including a new building for Music and a refurbished concert hall). Significant targeted investment in the department’s research environment has allowed the development of a strong series of research seminars and the hosting of several recent international conferences, attended by Krzysztof Penderecki (2009) and Arvo Pärt (2011). The department is noted for its collaborative research work, most especially with the Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival, offering its postgraduate composers and performers opportunities to participate in masterclasses, performances and workshops with, for example, Jonathan Harvey, Mark Anthony Turnage, Peter Hill, the London Sinfonietta, and Ensemble Klang. In addition to the department’s team of expert academic staff, Visiting Professors of Composition include Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Paul Patterson.
The successful candidate will pursue the MMus full time, with a specialism in performance or composition. Candidates should hold a good first degree in Music and must apply for the MMus programme simultaneously or in advance of applying for an AHRC studentship. Further information about the Music Department at Canterbury Christ Church University are available at www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-humanities/music/.
Home (UK) students and those EU students who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years are eligible for a full award comprising fees and an annual maintenance grant. Other EU students are eligible for a fees-only award. Please note that if you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you will not be eligible for this funding. To see if you would be eligible for a full or fees only award, and for further information on the AHRC Studentship scheme, please refer to the AHRC's website www.ahrc.ac.uk
For further information, please contact the MMus programme director, Dr Kim Burwell at kim.burwell@canterbury.ac.uk. Application forms for the MMus programmes are available from, and should be returned direct to the Music Department, via Lucy Ross, at lucy.ross@canterbury.ac.uk (tel. 01227 782244).
(Studentship posted 03.02.12; lapses 01.04.12)
Canterbury Christ Church University
AHRC Doctoral Studentship (PhD) in Musicology, Performance or Composition
Canterbury Christ Church University invites applications for an AHRC studentship in musical performance or composition. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the Doctoral scheme, the award will cover course fees and (for UK award holders) provide an annual tax free stipend of £13,590 (2011-12 rates). The award will be held in the Department of Music and Performing Arts. The successful candidate’s programme will commence in September 2012; the award will be held full-time for three calendar years.
The closing date for the AHRC studentship applications is 1 April 2012.
The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed our Music department’s international standing. Research by nine members of staff was included, of which the great majority (75%) was judged to be at least internationally recognised, and 10% world- leading. The university has subsequently invested strongly in Music’s staffing and facilities, in order to support its growing international research reputation. Three new members of full-time staff were appointed in 2011-12 in order to develop the department’s research profile, including Professor John Irving as Head of Music and Performing Arts. From October 2012 we will enjoy substantial additional practical and seminar space (including a new building for Music and a refurbished concert hall). Significant targeted investment in the department’s research environment has allowed the development of a strong series of research seminars and the hosting of several recent international conferences, attended by Krzysztof Penderecki (2009) and Arvo Pärt (2011). The department is noted for its collaborative research work, most especially with the Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival, offering its postgraduate composers and performers opportunities to participate in masterclasses, performances and workshops with, for example, Jonathan Harvey, Mark Anthony Turnage, Peter Hill, the London Sinfonietta, and Ensemble Klang. In addition to the department’s team of expert academic staff, Visiting Professors of Composition include Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Paul Patterson.
The successful candidate will pursue the PhD full time, with a specialism in musicology, performance or composition. The department’s key research strengths presently include twentieth-century music; theory and analysis; baroque and classical music; historical performance practice; performance studies (including performance pedagogy and performance psychology); composition. Candidates should hold a good first degree in Music and must apply for the PhD programme simultaneously or in advance of applying for an AHRC studentship. Further information about the Music Department at Canterbury Christ Church University are available at www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-humanities/music/.
Home (UK) students and those EU students who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years are eligible for a full award comprising fees and an annual maintenance grant. Other EU students are eligible for a fees-only award. Please note that if you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you will not be eligible for this funding. To see if you would be eligible for a full or fees only award, and for further information on the AHRC Studentship scheme, please refer to the AHRC's website www.ahrc.ac.uk
For further information, please contact the PhD programme director, Dr Eva Mantzourani at eva.mantzourani@canterbury.ac.uk Application forms for the PhD programmes are available from, and should be returned direct to the Music Department, via Lucy Ross, at lucy.ross@canterbury.ac.uk (tel. 01227 782244).
RNCM Research Degrees Programme and Studentships 2012-2013
The RNCM is firmly established as a leading centre for advanced study not only in music performance and composition, but also in theoretical and applied music research. Its MPhil / PhD programme provides an opportunity to conduct high-level research within the dynamic, creative, and supportive environment of an internationally recognised conservatoire.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees are validated by Manchester Metropolitan University and awarded by RNCM. There are four specialist pathways:
• Composition in a variety of media and genres
• Musicology, including the historical, analytical and cultural study of music
• Music Psychology, including both quantitative and qualitative research in the fields of expert music performance and training; music education and pedagogy; music and health
• Performance, including performance practice and practice-as-research.
The RNCM currently offers (i) an AHRC-funded Postgraduate Research Studentship, (ii) an RNCM Postgraduate Research Studentship, both of which include full tuition fees and an annual maintenance stipend of £13,590 pro rata (in line with UK Research Council funding rates), and (iii) an RNCM Postgraduate Research Studentship that covers full tuition fees only. These studentships are offered for three years (full-time) or six years (part-time), subject to a satisfactory annual review of progress. They are awarded competitively to suitably qualified applicants who have accepted either a full-time or part-time place on the MPhil / PhD programme, beginning their studies in September 2012.
The deadlines for formal applications to the MPhil / PhD programme, if you are NOT applying for a studentship, are: 1 June to start in September, and, exceptionally, 1 November to start in January and 1 February to start in April.
For applicants wishing to be considered for studentships (AHRC, RNCM and RNCM fees-only award), the deadline for formal applications to the MPhil / PhD programme, with completed cases for support and referees’ reports, is 5pm on Friday 2 March 2012. To be considered for a research studentship you will need to submit a clearly articulated case for support, of no more than 750 words, in addition to the research proposal that accompanies your formal application. The case for support should state how the MPhil / PhD programme will contribute to your long-term career aims and provide evidence that you are capable of pursuing and successfully completing the programme by detailing your preparation for the programme, if appropriate, and relevant previous experience.
Successful candidates must have applied for a place on the MPhil/PhD programme, have been offered it, and have formally accepted it by 23 April 2012 to be eligible to take up the studentship.
Note that award holders must be citizens of the European Union or have been ordinarily resident in the UK for three years
Details of how to apply can be found on the RNCM’s website http://www.rncm.ac.uk/research-mainmenu-52/postgraduate-research-degrees-mainmenu-182.html. Alternatively, please contact research@rncm.ac.uk
Royal Holloway, University of London Music Department invites applications for postgraduate study from September 2012.
Scholarships available on a competitive basis include:
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grants for MPhil/PhD study in any aspect of Music Studies, covering fees and maintenance for UK students, or fees only for EU students. Further information about AHRC scholarships, and the AHRC application form can be found here:http://www.rhul.ac.uk/studyhere/postgraduate/feesandfunding/scholarships/ahrc.aspx
• Music Department Master's Scholarship, funding up to £6,000. All applicants are eligible. Please send enquiries to Music.PGAdmissions@rhul.ac.uk
* We expect to announce several further scholarships for MPhil/PhD study in December. See the department website for details.
Further scholarships are open to applicants across Royal Holloway as a whole.
• For Postgraduate Research degrees:http://www.rhul.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/feesandfunding/sourcesoffunding.aspx
• For Postgraduate Taught degrees:http://www.rhul.ac.uk/studyhere/postgraduate/feesandfunding/sourcesoffunding.aspx
Students wishing to be considered for scholarships for MPhil/PhD study should submit applications by 1 February 2012 Students wishing to be considered for scholarships for study at Masters level should submit applications by 1 March 2012
For further enquiries please contact Anna Morcom, anna.morcom@rhul.ac.uk
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/music/home.aspx
(Studentship posted 23.02.12; lapses 30.04.12)
Canterbury Christ Church University
PhD Scholarships
We welcome applicants for full-time PhD scholarships (a stipend of £11,700 pa and free tuition for three years). Applications are invited across a range of subjects and themes, including MUSIC.
Further information and prospectus:
www.canterbury.ac.uk/StudyHere/Postgraduate/PostgraduateResearch/MPhilPhDScholarships.aspx
The closing date: 30th April 2012. Start date: 1st October 2012.
The Graduate School, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK,
e-mail: graduateschool@canterbury.ac.uk
(Jobs posted 19.10.11)
We are pleased to announce three positions in Music Information Retrieval on the NWO-funded project COGITCH (COgnition Guided Interoperability beTween Collections of musical Heritage). COGITCH's general objective is to create generic methods to index distributed musical sources by developing an interoperable system. In developing retrieval methods, the project will take a top-down approach, working from musical knowledge and cognitive psychology towards the identification and processing of audio features. COGITCH involves three intertwined strands of research objectives:
1. to design and develop a novel crowdsourcing infrastructure to enable listeners to collaboratively provide annotations and to derive cognitively relevant features; 2. based on these cognitively relevant features, to invent and implement new music thumbnail extractors and music similarity methods; 3. using content-based retrieval methods, a generic interoperable search infrastructure is created to access the music collections the Meertens Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
The participants in COGITCH are Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Meertens Institute, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and NPO. The project will be executed by a team consisting of a PhD student, a Scientific programmer and a Postdoc. A description of the COGITCH project is available at:
http://www.cs.uu.nl/research/projects/music/.
VACANCY 1: PhD Student (4 years, Utrecht University)
The task of the PhD student will be to design novel, cognition-informed, retrieval methods for musical audio. These methods include:
1. method(s) for musically-informed segmentation of musical audio 2. method(s) for identifying musically relevant thumbnails 3. feature extraction and similarity algorithms for musical audio The PhD student is expected to deliver a completed PhD thesis within 4 years.
Candidates should have:
- Masters degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or any other relevant discipline
- programming experience
- proven affinity with and knowledge of music (notation, basic theory) Official vacancy page:
VACANY 2: Scientific programmer (4 years, Utrecht University)
The task of the scientific programmer will be to design and implement the music search engine and its components, integrating components created by the PhD student and Postdoc, and using the technical infrastructure of the Meertens Institute and Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Specific tasks include:
1. creating a generalizable interoperability framework, connecting the music collections of Meertens Institute and Sound and Vision 2. integrating MIR components into this framework 3. creating a user interface 4. contributing to the optimization and finalizing of software components for release Candidates should have:
- Masters degree in Computer Science, or HBO (polytechnics) degree
- experience in developing audio or music applications
- experience with C++ and Java, databases (MySQL), internet programming, webservices, and user interface design Official vacancy page:
VACANCY 3: Postdoc (3 years, University of Amsterdam)
Tasks: A web-based environment, so-called ITCH environment (Identification, Tagging and Characterisation of Hooks) will be designed and constructed to obtain large amounts of judgments from the lay audience on what makes a fragment of music easy recognizable and/or stick in one’s mind. This will allow for evaluating —in an empirical and controlled way— the explanatory power of cognitive models of melody and rhythm perception in their prediction of what structural (e.g., pitch, key, rhythm, meter) and non-structural (e.g., associative, emotional,
cultural) aspects of a melody play a role in the memorization, recall and appreciation of music. Next to coordinating the development of the ITCH environment, the candidate will occasionally contribute to courses related to music cognition and the computational humanities.
Requirements
- Completed Doctoral degree in a relevant field, such as music cognition, music technology, cognitive science or computer science
- Keen interest in the field of music cognition and/or music technology and a strong ambition to do scientific research
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals or with established academic journals
- Demonstrable skills in computational modeling
- Excellent academic writing and presentation skills
- Excellent social and organizational skills Official vacancy page:
http://cf.hum.uva.nl/mmm/index.html?vacancies/postdoc-COGITCH.html&target
(Jobs posted 19.10.11)
Two Lectureships at the Sonic Arts Research Centre
This is a unique opportunity to join the interdisciplinary team at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at the newly created School of Creative Arts, Queen's University Belfast.
The aim of this position is to produce high-quality research and publications in sonic arts and to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the area of research and other areas across the curriculum. Relevant fields of research expertise include sonic arts, music technology, digital signal processing for audio, new media, performance technologies, music information retrieval, interaction design, recording and production.
The postholder will be based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre and will contribute to the curriculum of the BSc Music Technology and Sonic Arts, the MA Sonic Arts and will be involved in PhD supervision.
For more information and job details please visit https://hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=5490621TTM&WVID=6273090Lgx&LANG=USA
Sonic Arts Research Centre
School of Creative Arts
Queen's University Belfast
(Studentships posted 19.10.11)
Vacancy: 1-2 Ph.D. Research Fellowships at the Centre for Grieg Research, University of Bergen
The Centre has just been established at the University of Bergen.
The purpose of the Centre is to do research and contribute to educate researchers in relation to Edvard Grieg´s life and works, and also have a broad outlook towards the music and musical life of Western Norway. The Centre should be interdisciplinary both towards research topics and institutions and aim for a high international standard in close contact with scholars and institutions abroad. The Centre collaborates closely with the national Music Heritage Project. See http://www.griegforskning.no/news/om/information-in-english
The Centre now has now announced an opening for 1-2 Ph.D. research fellowships for promising young scholars working towards a degree within the main goals of the Centre. The fellowships run for 4 years.
The official announcement and further information are found at
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=78167
both in Norwegian and English.
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music of the University of Sydne, is currently seeking a Dean and Principal.
Further information, including an information booklet setting out the selection criteria, can be obtained from Sharon Collins at Korn/Ferry International on 61 2 9006 3531 or at sharon.collins@kornferry.com
DEAN AND PRINCIPAL
SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
REFERENCE NO. 1091/0611
The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and enjoys a prestigious reputation internationally. One of its 16 faculties is the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM), <http://sydney.edu.au/music/> established in 1915 and with a long list of distinguished alumni. The SCM is located in Macquarie Street in the heart of Sydney in world-class refurbished heritage facilities that include two major concert halls. It actively collaborates with leading international music conservatories and universities, and enjoys a range of long-term collaborations that include Opera Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The SCM prepares gifted students of all backgrounds and nationalities for a professional career in music through artistic, innovative performance and scholarship at the highest level. A recognised leader in musical education, the SCM offers degrees in performance, composition, music education, musicology, jazz, conducting and opera. In addition, the SCM contributes a vibrant generalist program to students of the University via its Arts Music Unit.
Applications are invited for the position of Dean and Principal, which becomes vacant when the term of the current Dean, Professor Kim Walker, concludes at the end of this year. The new Dean and Principal will provide leadership and support for the SCM's teaching and research activities and will be responsible for the general management of the SCM, including its staff, finances and physical resources.
To succeed in this position, you will be an outstanding musical educator with a distinguished record as a performer, composer, musicologist, or music education researcher, who respects and understands the range of scholarly interests represented in the SCM and has the capacity to promote them. You will have a track record of extensive management experience ideally within the higher education sector, and high level management skills, including the ability to effectively manage significant budgets and the full range of HR matters. Your capacity to think strategically and oversee strategy development and implementation will see you provide leadership and vision.
The Dean and Principal is a member of the Board for the Division of Architecture and the Creative Arts which links the SCM with the Sydney College of the Arts and the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. You will also be a member of the University's Senior Executive Group (SEG), comprising the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, representatives of the seven divisions (including the Deans of the 16 faculties) and senior general staff.
The initial appointment will be for five years with opportunity for renewal subject to assessment of performance. The successful applicant will also hold the title of Professor.
A salary package commensurate with the responsibilities of the position will be negotiated. Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment for new appointees.
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