Duties

Teach composition lessons and related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and contribute to the activities of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) and the initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts (iARTA). Courses will include computer music and intermedia, and may also include other areas of the candidate’s specialization. Participate fully in academic and professional activities.

Qualifications

An active, accomplished composer with experience teaching at the college level. Earned doctorate in composition at the time of appointment or equivalent experience required. Experience with experimental music and intermedia highly preferred.

Rank, Salary

One-year, full time Visiting Assistant Professor; salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

Starting Date

August 28, 2011

Materials

All applicants must apply online at facultyjobs.unt.edu. Upload cover letter, curriculum vitae, up to four representative scores (in pdf format as “Other Document”), statements of research interests and teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references. Audio and video recordings may not be uploaded to this website, but should be sent to Dr. Joseph Klein at the address below. Electronic submission of recording materials strongly encouraged, either on CD-/DVD-ROM, or uploaded to personal/professional website.

Application All applicants must apply online at facultyjobs.unt.edu

Mail recordings to:
Composition Search
c/o Dr. Joseph Klein, search committee chair
UNT College of Music
1155 Union Circle #311367
Denton, TX 76203-5017
Email: joseph (dot) klein (at) unt (dot) edu

Deadline

The search will remain open until closed.

Information

E-mail: joseph (dot) klein (at) unt (dot) edu
Phone: (940)565-4926
Fax: (940)565-2002

EMPAC – the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY – offers two unique one-week workshops this summer, each suited for advanced undergrads, graduate students, and professionals:

Composing for Large Scale Multi-Channel Loudspeaker Environments offers the opportunity to work in a very large 24-channel speaker set-up plus two “smaller” rigs (16 and 8 channels) while studying with Hans Tutschku (Harvard), one of the foremost composers for such configurations. This is a workshop with an emphasis on hands-on work, as well as discussion of participants’ pieces, aesthetics, and technology. June 5 – 10, 2011

Physical Modeling for Digital Audio Workstation Plug-ins is your chance to get an introduction on using computers to generate physical models of analog audio circuits with plug-in guru David Amels (Bomb Factory) as instructor. Participants will work together to reverse engineer and model the Shure Level-Loc (limiter/compressor unit) with a Shure SM57 microphone attached – and then integrate it as functional VST plug-in. The best way to learn with an expert in the field! July 18 – 23, 2011

Download PDF: http://empac.rpi.edu/workshops/2011/EMPAC_Workshops_Announcement.pdf

For more information: http://empac.rpi.edu/workshops/

The Walden School’s Teacher Training Institute offers unique professional development opportunities to help music educators sharpen their musicianship skills, enrich their teaching with imaginative activities, and more effectively guide the creative voices of their students. Weekend workshops and weeklong intensives are designed for composers, college professors, public and private school music teachers, and private instructors interested in learning proven methods for introducing or further developing composition and improvisation activities in the classroom or studio. Interactive sessions with master teachers include daily classes in musicianship, computer music, solfege, rhythms, and improvisation and provide participants with innovative ideas and specific teaching tools based upon an original music pedagogy, initially developed by Grace Newsom Cushman, that has had proven success for more than 50 years.

The 2011 Teacher Training Institute runs from August 3 – August 10. Please visit our website (www.waldenschool.org/teacher/)  for more information and for an application.

Walden’s renowned Young Musicians Program provides thorough and creative theoretical training for young musicians ages 9 to 18. The school is deliberately small, and a student to faculty ratio of 4 to 1 ensures that coursework is geared to the individual student, beginner through advanced, and that a creative and supportive musical community is formed and nurtured. During the five-week program, students attend classes in music history, analysis, computer musicianship, jazz and other topics to complement their thorough training in Walden’s core curriculum of musicianship and composition. At weekly composers forums, student improvisations and compositions are performed by faculty, students, and visiting artists and a guest moderator leads discussion about the pieces. The Walden School Concert Series features performances by world-class artists and ensembles that interact closely with students. All students and faculty participate in The Walden School Chorus which meets daily and performs a concert at the end of the session. Dances, swim trips, weekly mountain hikes, and ‘open mic’ nights balance this rigorous musical training and are integral to the Walden experience.

The 2011 Young Musicians Program runs from June 25 – July 31. Please visit our website (www.waldenschool.org/summer/) for more information and for an application.

Kansas City Kansas Community College and Lewis University are pleased to announce a call for submissions for the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held September 29-October 1, 2011 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system. Acclaimed saxophonist Elizabeth Bunt will be the featured performer and composers are encouraged to submit works for her consideration.

For complete submission guidelines, please visit http://www.emmfestival.org

Fellow Boston Composers,

Northeastern University is a sponsor in this year’s Together Festival, a week-long series of electronic music events around Greater Boston. We will be hosting two days of panel discussions along with one electroacoustic music concert. The concert will take place on Thursday April 21, 1pm at the Fenway Center.

We are soliciting electroacoustic works from composers around the Boston area for inclusion in this concert. Submissions may be:

• Stereo or multi-channel works (up to 8 channels)
• Works for live instrument(s) and electronics
• Works for live electronics

This call is only for composers currently living and/or studying in the Boston area. Composers must attend the concert if their work is accepted. Student works are encouraged.

Submission packages must include:

• A recording of the work on CD or DVD (if available)
• A score (if applicable)
• A composer’s bio (250 word max)
• A program note (250 words)
• A performer’s bio (250 word max) – if applicable
• A description of technical requirements for performance
• For submission of mixed works, a statement as to whether the performer(s) will be provided by the composer.

Incomplete submissions and works-in-progress will not be considered.

Submissions should be mailed to:

Mike Frengel

Northeastern University

Department of Music

351 Ryder Hall

Boston, MA 02115

The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 21, 2011. Works chosen for performance will be announced by Monday March 28, 2011.

For more information about the Together Festival go to: http://www.togetherboston.com/

The first issue of the 2011 Newsletter is here! The current issue contains a review of the EMPAC Fall 2010 concerts, Member News, and announcements from SEAMUS.  You can download your copy from here: www.seamusonline.org/newsletter/2011-1.pdf

Enjoy!

University College Cork (UCC) seeks an outstanding appointee for the full-time permanent position of Professor of Music to lead research in music, contribute to UCC Music’s national and international profile, and play a critical role in attracting external research funding.  The appointee will assume a leadership role in the further development of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the discipline.

The staff complement of Music comprises scholars, composers, improvisers, and performers, presenting a symbiosis of music scholarship, composition, and performance to an extent unique in Ireland.  The Department embraces multiple disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, anthropology of music, critical studies, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, film studies, performance studies, composition and music technology.

A model music department of the 21st century, the Department has an ethos that is centred on the understanding that all kinds of music are equally worthy of study and performance. As such, the Department delivers a diverse research-led curriculum. Music’s research achievements show excellence at national and international levels, particularly in the areas of composition, ethnomusicology including Irish traditional music, historical and critical musicology. The appointee will be expected to play a pivotal academic leadership role in further developing the strengths of the department and to be an effective contributor to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, doctoral supervision and administrative elements of the School.  The appointee will be expected to act as Head of Department/School.

The appointee will have a doctorate in Music or a cognate subject or equivalent evidence of a scholarly reputation of international standing in Music.  A significant track-record of sustained internationally published research (or equivalent in composition) is required along with a proven record of seeking and obtaining substantial funding for research.  S/he will have the requisite communication, management, administrative and leadership skills to manage an active and developing department.

For informal discussion, contact Dr. Melanie Marshall, School of Music and Theatre at   +353 21 4904629 or   Ml.Marshall (at) ucc.ie

For further information and application details, please see http://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/academic/

Department website: http://www.music.ucc.ie/

Closing date: 8 April 2011

Kansas City based pianist Kari Johnson has opened a Call for Scores for possible performance and inclusion in a research paper. In an attempt to make electroacoustic performance more popular among pianists, Ms. Johnson is researching works for piano and live electronics, with a focus on works that use Max5 or Max/MSP. Works may be selected for performance in the 2011-2012 concert season and/or inclusion in a research paper and presentation.

• Deadline: Preferential treatment will be given to works received by March 21, 2011
• Deadline type: receipt
• Entry fee: none
• Open to: no restrictions

Qualifications:
· Composers may submit any number of scores
· Submissions must be for piano and live electronics
· Works must use Max5 or Max/MSP
· Chamber works with piano will not be considered.
· Works including video will be considered

Process for submission:
· All submissions should be electronic and sent to karijohnsonpiano@gmail.com
· Submissions should include:
o A PDF file of the score as an attachment to: karijohnsonpiano@gmail.com.
o A Zip file of the Max Patch. You may upload the file to a website for download (including yousendit, mega-upload, or any other server).
o An mp3 or link to a recording or MIDI realization is encouraged.
o contact information
o brief bio
o program notes

Attendance: Attendance at events is not required.

Notification: You will only by contacted if more information about your work is required or if your work is chosen for programming or reference in the paper. You will not be notified if your work is not selected for performance.

Questions: Please email questions to karijohnsonpiano (at) gmail.com

The Walden School is pleased to announce its Creative Musicians Retreat, to be held June 11-19, 2011 at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts (USA). Designed for composers, improvisers and performers (18+), the workshop will allow participants to engage in creative music-making through musicianship, composition, improvisation, computer music, choral singing and more. All participants will have the opportunity to write for our Ensemble-in-Residence, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). This year, electro-acoustic composer and former SEAMUS President, Russel Pinkston will be composer in residence.

For more information and to download an application, please visit the program website www.waldenschool.org/retreat or contact us at retreat@waldenschool.org or call The Walden School at (415) 648-4710.