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Assistant Professor in Music Theory

Employer
University of Florida
Location
Florida, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Oct 25, 2022


Classification Title:

Assistant Professor in Music Theory

Job Description:

School of Music

Faculty Position Announcement

Assistant Professor in Music Theory

Full-time, 9-month, tenure-accruing faculty position

Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2023

Salary: $62,000 - $64,000. Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Eligible for comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package.

The University of Florida School of Music invites applications for a tenure-track, full-time position in Music Theory. We seek a colleague who will play an essential role in a theory program that serves the school of music broadly, enriching the study of performance, composition, and musicology. The successful candidate will be prepared to teach courses at all levels of our music theory curriculum, from building foundations for undergraduate students in the music theory sequence to offering graduate seminars in topics on the cutting edge of the field. The candidate’s area of specialization is open but should complement current strengths in our program. The successful candidate will play an integral part in future revisions to the theory curriculum and should be knowledgeable in innovative approaches to curriculum design and theory pedagogy.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to fearlessly shape that experience through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for equity on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, seeking faculty of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.  

Responsibilities:
  • Teach undergraduate and graduate courses including but not limited to courses in the undergraduate music theory/aural skills sequence, Analytical Techniques, Pedagogy of Music Theory, and graduate theory seminars

  • Supervise undergraduate honor projects and graduate theses

  • Assist in curricular revisions

  • Pursue a vigorous research agenda

  • Participate fully in shared governance through service to the School of Music, College of the Arts, and the University of Florida

SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others.  The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/music.

THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS : The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond.  We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation.  The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 130 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.  

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA : The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.

Expected Salary:

$62,000 - $64,000. Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Eligible for comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications
  • Terminal degree

  • Excellence in college-level teaching

  • Evidence of established and active research in the field of music theory

  • Evidence of success in promoting an environment that advances diversity, equity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in supervising student research projects at the undergraduate and graduate levels

  • Experience in curriculum design and development

  • Secondary area of specialization in a related field, such as composition, performance, music technology, or another area.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Application Deadline: To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by November 22, 2022. Review of applications will begin on this date and continue until an applicant pool is established. Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system.

Online applications must include the following: 
  • A detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community

  • Curriculum vitae

  • List of three references

The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time.  

Inquiries may be sent to:
Scott Lee
Chair, Music Theory Ast Prof Search Committee
Scott.lee@ufl.edu

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required:
No

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