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Eight-month teaching-term appointment in Low Brass (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

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EIGHT-MONTH TEACHING-TERM APPOINTMENT IN LOW BRASS
AT MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND SCHOOL of MUSIC

The School of Music seeks to fill a renewable eight-month teaching-term appointment in Low Brass at the rank of Lecturer or Teaching Assistant Professor, starting September 2021. Duties will include applied instruction in trombone, euphonium, and tuba at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach in at least one secondary area in keeping with the expertise of the successful candidate.

Memorial University is home to Atlantic Canada’s largest and most comprehensive school of music. At the undergraduate level the School offers Bachelor of Music programs in performance, musicologies, composition and music education (conjoint B.Mus./B.Mus.Ed.) to 150 students. At the graduate level the School offers M.Mus. programs (performance, performance/pedagogy and conducting) and M.A./Ph.D. programs in ethnomusicology to more than 50 students from across the globe. The School’s faculty of 25 performers and scholars enjoy international reputations in their fields and are active partners across the province’s vibrant musical, artistic and cultural communities. For further information regarding the School of Music, please refer to our website www.mun.ca/music.

Qualifications for the position include a doctorate in a relevant area (completed or ABD) or its equivalent in professional experience at national or international levels, demonstrated excellence as a performer on trombone, euphonium, or tuba, and a record of successful teaching. Salary for this position is dependent on qualifications and experience in accordance with the terms of the Collective Agreement.

Memorial University is the largest university in Atlantic Canada.  As the province’s only university, Memorial plays an integral role in the education and cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Offering diverse undergraduate and graduate programs to almost 18,000 students, Memorial provides a distinctive and stimulating environment for learning in St. John’s, a safe friendly city with great historic charm, a vibrant cultural life and easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities.

To apply, candidates must digitally submit the following:
i. Letter of application
ii. Full curriculum vitae
iii. Audio or video recordings of recent performances
iv. Evidence of successful teaching (e.g. video, teaching evaluations, student testimonials, etc.)
v. Names and contact information of three referees
vi. A statement describing your commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in your teaching practice
vii. Academic transcript for the last degree earned
Additional materials and references may be requested by the search committee at a later date.
All application materials must be received by June 23, 2021. Applications should be sent to:

Dr. Karen Bulmer, Acting Dean
School of Music
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1C5S7
Canada
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CLOSING DATE: June 23, 2021

Memorial University is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women; people of any sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; Indigenous peoples; visible minorities, and racialized people; and people with disabilities.  

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian Citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

https://www.mun.ca/music/positions/Teaching_term_LOW_BRASS.pdf

Call for Articles: Alternative Musicologies (Intersections, vol. 40, no. 1)

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Call for articles

Alternative Musicologies, vol. 40, No. 1

Open until July 1, 2021

Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music is calling for submissions to a thematic issue under the direction of Ariane Couture to be released in 2022.

This thematic issue proposes to reflect on new avenues of research in music with an emphasis on plurality of expertise, on transdisciplinary approaches, and on alternative practices.  

We are looking for a wide range of perspectives that represent the diversity of musicology, including innovative methods for expanding musical knowledge. We define music in its most inclusive sense to cover classical, sacred, folk, popular, and any other musical traditions from all historical periods, with a focus on any and all composers, producers, performers, audiences, and/or other practitioners and participants. We encourage contributions that analyze transformations in the production of music, the development of the music industry, changes in media (e.g. sound recordings, video, and data sharing) and the conditions for the circulation of musical ideas and practices.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of suggested topics:

  • Current events and new directions in music research;
  • The ambiguous role of the university, between the institutionalization of research (regulatory principles) and facilitating innovation in research (integrative principles);
  • Discussion of the disparity between institutionalized careers and those less recognized in the world of music
  • The decompartmentalization of musicological practices;
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion in music research;
  • Intellectual cultures in music research;
  • Ethics in music research.

This issue aims to highlight novel musicological practices, unconventional paths of musicologists and music researchers, experiences of music at the periphery, counter-knowledge, etc. from a multidisciplinary perspective, in an effort to promote a reduction of institutionalized restrictions in music research.

Submissions and requests for information can be addressed to the editor of the issue: Ariane Couture, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Proposals (300 words) must be sent to the review by July 1, 2021.

Articles, written in French or English, must be submitted by October 1, 2021, comply with the journal's editorial standards (see Editorial Protocol section), be accompanied by a biography of each author, five keywords describing the article, and a 150-word summary in French and English. Manuscripts should be a maximum of 7000 words (including footnotes and references). Authors must ensure that they have the rights to publish all illustrations, musical scores and audio and video excerpts accompanying the article online.

Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2021

Deadline for sending manuscripts for successful proposals: October 1, 2021

Expected release, Vol. 40, No. 1: 2022

This schedule may change as the publishing process for the issue's articles evolves. The title of the issue is also provisional.

Contact: https://muscan.org/fr/publications-fr/intersections-fr

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Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music, formerly Canadian University Music Review, a bilingual journal, was founded in 1980 by the Canadian University Music Society. An open-access and digitally published journal, it is the principal Canadian outlet for refereed scholarly research. The global aim of the journal is to publish research by scholars from around the world. Its particular mandate is to represent Canadian research to other Canadians, and thus to support awareness and interaction among Canadians interested in music research, as well as to represent Canadian research and Canadian music to the world.

Notice of Annual Meeting of the Standing Committee of Institutional Members 2021

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Notice of Annual Meeting of the Standing Committee of Institutional Members

ZOOM, 31-May-2021, 5:00 – 7:00 PM MDT

The Annual Meeting of the Standing Committee of Institutional Members (SCIM) will be held on Monday, May 31 2021, 5:00 – 7:00 pm MDT via Zoom.

Please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before May 31 if you or a representative of your institution plan to attend, and I will send you the Zoom invitation.

Please feel free to send agenda items to me on or before May 31. The agenda will be shared at the meeting.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you all at the meeting, at least virtually.

All the best,

Bill

William (Bill) Richards

Chair, Standing Committee of Institutional Members

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Chair, Department of Music, MacEwan University

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: SOCAN Foundation/ MUSCAN Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music

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SOCAN Foundation/ MusCan Award of Excellence
for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

*Deadline for nominations: May 15, 2021*

*New deadline for nominations: May 20, 2021*

Purpose of the Award:  To recognize, on an annual basis, a mature scholar who has established a nation-wide profile in the field of research into Canadian music and its composers. Canadian music is understood to include art music (vocal, instrumental, electroacoustic), folk, jazz, and popular (all genres).  The winner’s dissemination of research results will have demonstrably increased aural and cultural understanding of Canadian music among other musical scholars and among musical performers. It will also, whether directly or indirectly, have led to increased understanding of Canadian music among the general public for music, or among members of a younger generation of future audiences and musicians. The winner’s work may have accomplished the latter either directly (through talks and publications aimed specifically at general audiences or young people), or indirectly (through the talks and publications of later researchers who have been inspired by, and built upon, the winner’s contributions).

Eligibility for nomination:  Scholars associated with universities, colleges or research institutes, as well as independent scholars, who have disseminated, on a national as well as local level, the results of a program of sustained research related to Canadian music and its composers, are eligible for the annual SOCANFoundation/MusCan Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music. Current staff and board members of the SOCAN Foundation and the Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) are not eligible for the award. Nominees must be available to attend the awards ceremony.

Who may nominate:  An individual or a group may submit nominations for this award. Self-nominations are noteligible.  Nominations not selected for the award in one year may be reentered in the next year’s competition by means of written notice to the Chair of the Jury by the nominator, with the applicant’s approval (as per item 3 under “How to nominate”, below).  New (updated) materials may be submitted; if none are received, application materials will be considered as received in the previous year’s competition.  An application may only stand unaltered for two consecutive competitions.

How to nominate:  The materials submitted in support of the nomination are to aid the jury in recognizing the nominee’s contributions and the value of these contributions. The following items must be provided:

  • An introductory letter (up to two pages) describing why the nominee is deserving of this award

Upon review of the initial letter of introduction, the prize chair may request the following items from the nominators or nominee:

  • A curriculum vitae or a biography that includes a reverse-chronological list of the nominee’s contributions ontopics related to Canadian composers of music, and their works. Listed will be titles of published articles, chapters and books, conference papers, invited public lectures and talks, invited scholarly program notes for concerts and recordings, published reviews of concerts and recordings, workshops and other means of disseminating research results. Each title must include the date, place, occasion, name of publisher or organizer of the event. As applicable, publications, talks, workshops, etc. for both professional, scholarly audiences, and general or young people’s audiences, may be included.

  • No less than two, and no more than three, additional letters of support for the nomination, from persons connected with at least two different institutions (other than the nominating institution).

  • A letter signed by the nominee certifying that s/he agrees to be nominated and, in the event of winning the award, (i) is willing and able to attend (virtually) the award presentation to take place at Congress 2021, hosted online by the University of Alberta, May 31 – June 4, 2021, and (ii) agrees to provide and permit the publication of biographical data within a joint SOCAN Foundation/MusCan press release announcing the award winner. If nominating more than one candidate, nominators must create a separate package for each nominee.

For further information and to submit all nomination material, please submit by e-mail to

William (Bill) Richards, Chair, SOCAN Foundation/ MusCan Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please use the subject heading “SOCAN Foundation/ MusCan Award of Excellence for the Advancement of Research in Canadian Music” in all your communications regarding this award. 

The jury reserves the right not to make the award in a year where there are no suitable nominations.

The Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) supports scholarly research into Canadian composers and their music through its biannual journal Intersections, and Canadian music generally through its annual national conference. The annual conference regularly contains sessions of papers, mini-concerts and lecture-recitals related to Canadian music and, in recent years, has featured a full-scale evening concert of music by its member composers.

MusCan gratefully acknowledges the full funding of this award by the SOCAN Foundation.

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