Bates College, Faculty Position, Music
Music Postdoctoral Fellowship R2083
Location: Lewiston, Maine
the link to apply via Interfolio is http://apply.interfolio.com/28101
The Department of Music, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, invites applications for a two year postdoctoral fellow for pedagogical innovation and curriculum renewal in the humanities funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowship begins August 1, 2015 and concludes July 31, 2017. The ideal candidate will have combined strengths in music theory, psychology of music, and pedagogy and will assist the department in the innovative redesign of our four semester theory sequence.
Over the two-year period, the successful applicant will teach five music courses within the context of a highly integrated liberal-arts program of composition, performance, theory, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. The candidate will teach three courses in 2015-2016 (one each in the fall and winter semesters and one in the five-week spring term), and two courses in 2016-2017 (one each in the fall and winter semesters), including core courses in our music theory curriculum, and at least one new course in the specialization of the candidate. We seek applicants whose teaching and research bridges musical skills and methodologies (from among theoretical, experimental, and fieldwork-based research, composition, and performance) and who can help us raise the cognitive component of our music theory course sequence. The halftime teaching load provides release time to help balance research and teaching. Funds for travel to conferences are also available. A completed doctorate in music cognition, composition, music theory, or a related field of music scholarship is expected, along with a serious commitment to professional achievement as a scholar.
Applicants should submit the following materials: a letter of application and a complete dossier, including a C.V., writing sample, teaching statement, and three letters of recommendation. Consideration of applications will begin on January 15 and continue until the position is filled. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Bates is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. For more information about the college, please visit the Bates website: www.bates.edu
Qualifications
A completed doctorate in music cognition, composition, music theory, or a related field of music scholarship is expected, along with a serious commitment to professional achievement as a scholar.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit the following materials: a letter of application and a complete dossier, including a C.V., writing sample, teaching statement, and three letters of recommendation. Consideration of applications will begin on January 15 and continue until the position is filled.
Apply via Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/28101
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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