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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*

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.

CFP: 22nd Annual Western U Graduate Symposium on Music

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The Society of Graduate Students in Music at Western University is pleased to announce its 22nd annual Graduate Symposium on Music (WUGSOM), August 20th – 21st, 2021. This year the keynote speaker will be Dr. Philip Ewell (Hunter College of the City University of New York). His talk is titled “Confronting Antisemitism in American Music Studies.” An abstract is below:
 
With the possible exception of discrimination against women, antisemitism is arguably the world’s oldest form of discrimination. For many centuries, and for millennia if one believes ancient religious texts, Jews have faced unspeakable horrors for simply being Jewish. In American music studies, however, because Jews have had a measure of success, especially in the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it’s easy to be lulled into the false belief that antisemitism is not a thing, is not operative in what we do in our American music institutions. This is untrue. In this talk I’ll discuss how antisemitism most certainly exists in our music institutions and in our interpretations of the music we teach and play, after which I’ll offer a few ideas on how to confront antisemitism in American music studies.
 
This year WUGSOM is once again virtual, and our conference will be held entirely online! The program committee invites graduate students of from all institutions and all disciplines to submit proposals for papers on any aspect of music, including but by no means limited to music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, music cognition, music education, composition, and performance. We welcome papers on any topic and encourage a diversity of excellence in research across many fields. The deadline for submission is Friday, May 21st, 2021 at 4:00 pm EST.
 
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes, with a 10-minute question period. All submissions must include the title of the paper and a proposal not exceeding 350 words. Proposals should not include supplementary materials or figures and should not include your name or other identifying information. Please send submissions in MS Word format (.doc or .docx) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. In your cover email, please include your name, university, program, year in program, and preferred email address.
 
For more info, please see: http://sogsim.com/conference-2021/.

CFP Dialogues: Analysis and Performance

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The inaugural edition of the symposium Dialogues: Analysis and Performance will be held October 7–9, 2021, at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. We invite proposals on any topic related to the analysis and performance of music, especially encouraging those engaging with repertoire or performance practices from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Applicants may choose—but are not obliged—to base their proposal around any of the following questions:

  1. How can the concerns, choices, and pursuits of music performance inform the practice of music analysis?

  2. How can the concerns, choices, and pursuits of music analysis inform the practice of music performance?

  3. What sites of intersection provide promise for collaborative research between music theorists, musicologists, and performers?

  4. How can research in contemporary music appeal to a broader segment of the artistic and academic communities?

  5. How do trends and conversations in contemporary culture influence the intersection of analysis and performance?

  6. What challenges or appeals does contemporary music in particular present to the integration of analysis and performance?

Proposals can be submitted for paper presentations (20 minutes) or lecture recitals (30 minutes). All presentations will be appended by a 10-minute question period. We expect the symposium to proceed in a hybrid in-person/virtual format, and presenters will be given the option of which presentation format they prefer.

Submissions must include the following information, in a single PDF document, free of any information that may identify the author to the program committee:

  • Session type (paper or lecture recital)

  • Presentation title

  • An abstract of 300 words maximum

  • (Optional) up to two pages of supplementary materials, including diagrams, examples, and bibliography. Example captions must not appreciably extend beyond the maximum word count for the abstract.

For submission instructions, please see: https://www.analysisandperformance.org/callforproposals. 

We strongly encourage those proposing lecture recitals to get in touch with the conference organizers (via the conference email below) prior to submission, to ensure that your proposal will be feasible. Grand pianos, stereo audio playback, and visual projection devices will be available in all presentation spaces, and any tech requirements beyond these will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2021. The program committee will communicate results by July 1, 2021. At least one author of an accepted proposal must register for the symposium in order to present.

Questions regarding the submission process should be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Program Committee: Andreas Borregaard, Michèle Duguay, Ben Duinker (chair), Robert Hasegawa, Aiyun Huang, and Ryan McClelland.

Job Posting: Music Producer and Instructor in the Digital Audio Arts at the University of Lethbridge (Lethbridge, AB)

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Job Title: Music Producer and Instructor in the Digital Audio Arts

Rank: Instructor III

POSITION

The University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Music invites applications for an Instructor appointment (as Music Producer and Instructor in the Digital Audio Arts), commencing as early as July 1, 2021. The appointment is for a 3-year term. Primary teaching duties will be within the Digital Audio Arts (DAA) major of the Department of Music.

The University of Lethbridge (uLethbridge) is a comprehensive and research-intensive university founded on the principles of liberal education, where inspired scholars integrate research and creative activity with teaching. Founded in 1967, on traditional Blackfoot land, it is a place where student engagement in learning, creative activities, and research takes place every day. With campuses in Lethbridge and Calgary, uLethbridge offers more than 150 undergraduate and 60 graduate programs to more than 8,900 students in the faculties of Arts & Science, Education, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, the Schools of Liberal Education and Graduate Studies, and the Dhillon School of Business.

The University of Lethbridge recognizes that diversity enriches our campus and our community and is fundamental to excellence in teaching, learning, and research. ULethbridge is, therefore, committed to creating and supporting environments dedicated to equity, diversity and inclusion. The University as a whole must embrace equity as a core value to be truly inclusive of the communities of which we are a part, and this requires ongoing intentional and systemic action. Through recruitment and support of individuals who further enhance our diversity, the University strives to create an inclusive and supportive community where students, faculty, and staff feel welcome, are treated equitably, and can thrive.

In accordance with Section 10.1 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, selection for the position will be limited to racialized persons/persons of colour. Candidates will be asked to self-identify as part of the application process.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Department of Music is seeking an industry professional and/or scholar working at the national or international level. Substantive professional experience in Audio Engineering and Music Production is required. A Master's degree or Doctorate in Music Production or a related music field is considered an asset.

The successful candidate will be required to contribute to the ongoing development of the department's undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music and the Digital Audio Arts, as well as participate actively in collegial governance at the department, faculty, and university levels.

Teaching duties will include introductory to advanced courses in modern recording techniques, electronic popular music production, technical ear training, and audio workstation skills development. Successful candidates will be expected to broaden the popular music course offerings in the department, and to develop audio production activities in the areas of Black musics, including but not limited to hip-hop and EDM. Additional teaching assignments in other areas of Music and the DAA will depend upon the candidate’s field of expertise and could include courses such as: Traditional Recording Techniques, Location Recording, Audio Spatialization Techniques, Applied Research in the Digital Audio Arts, and Mixing for Film and Digital Media.

Interested individuals should submit an application via the University of Lethbridge HR PeopleAdmin site (https://uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/4716) that includes a cover letter describing interest in the position and areas of teaching expertise at any level including mentorship. Applicants must also include a current curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy (which should demonstrate awareness of and engagement with anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies), and samples of recent recordings, and/or research and creative activity. Applicants should also provide the names and contact information for three qualified referees, which will be asked to submit letters of reference directly via the PeopleAdmin site.

All electronic documents, images, audio, or video must be accessible via links online and active throughout the period of the search and/or be submitted using an established internet-based file transfer service.

 

The Faculty of Fine Arts, housed in the Centre for the Arts and providing state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, offers degree programs in Music, Art, Drama and New Media. The faculty focuses on excellence in teaching, research and creation within a liberal arts education context. For more information about the Music Department, the Digital Audio Arts Program and facilities, or the City of Lethbridge, please visit the following websites.

www.uleth.ca/finearts/music

www.digitalaudioarts.ca

www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/space/studio-one

www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/space/audio-editing-suites

www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/space/music-technology-lab

www.lethbridge.ca

The University acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions can have on a candidate’s record of achievement. We encourage applicants to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions have had on their record.

The University of Lethbridge invites applications from all qualified candidates; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given preference.

The University of Lethbridge is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, including through all aspects of the hiring process. If you require support during the hiring process, please contact Human Resources at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that accommodations can be put in place to support you.  All private information received in relation to your request for support will be kept confidential; only information required to facilitate the accommodation will be shared with the selection committee.

Review of applications will begin on May 1, 2021 and will continue until a successful candidate is selected. This position is subject to approval by The University of Lethbridge Board of Governors.

Please address applications by email or regular mail to: 

Dr. Mary Ingraham, Dean 

Faculty of Fine Arts 

University of Lethbridge 

4401 University Drive 

Lethbridge, AB Canada T1K 3M4 

Tel: (403) 329-2126 

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