[AMS-announce] JOB: Music History, University of Delaware (for 2008-2009 academic year)

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Dear Colleagues:

Please note--this opening if for Fall *2008*--we are just getting an 
early start!

Please feel free to pass this along.  Interested applicants can feel 
free to address and questions to me.

Russell Murray, U. of Delaware, remurray at udel.edu

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NOTICE OF VACANCY

POSITION: Music History (Tenure Track)

QUALIFICATIONS:  	
?	PhD in Historical Musicology.
?	Specialization in music after 1600.
?	Evidence of successful college-level teaching.
?	Established record of research in musicology and potential for 
continued scholarly activity.
?	Secondary area (e.g. ethnomusicology, women?s studies) helpful.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
?	Teaching three courses per semester.  Primary teaching 
responsibilities will come from courses in the following areas: core 
undergraduate history courses (introduction and sequence); graduate 
methods and topics courses; upper-level literature courses (symphonic, 
chamber, and contemporary).
?	Maintaining active research and publication profile.
?	Collegial participation in departmental, college and university 
activities and governance.
?	Contribution to the department?s recruitment and retention goals.

RANK: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

SALARY:	Commensurate with rank and experience.


THE UNIVERSITY:	The University of Delaware is a private, state-assisted 
research university, enrolling approximately 20,000 students.  The city 
of Newark, with a population of approximately 30,000 is located in 
northeastern Delaware, fourteen miles southwest of Wilmington, the 
principal city of the state.  Students and faculty have easy access to 
cultural events in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

THE DEPARTMENT:	The Department of Music is an accredited institutional 
member of the National Association of Schools of Music.  We offer the 
Bachelor of Music degrees in Applied Music, Music Education, and Theory 
and Composition; the Bachelor of Arts with a major in music and 
concentration in Music Management and Master of Music degrees in 
Performance, Teaching and Composition.  The Department comprises 60 
full- and part-time faculty and professionals.  The Department of Music 
enrolls approximately 340 undergraduate majors, minors, and graduate 
students.

APPLICATION: Send letter of application, current CV, three recent 
letters of recommendation, examples of scholarly writing, and a teaching 
portfolio (including video of classroom teaching).  The curriculum vitae 
and letters of recommendation will be shared with departmental faculty. 
  Materials will not be returned except by prior arrangement.

Russell Murray, Music History Search Committee Chair
c/o James Prodan, Department Chair
Department of Music
University of Delaware
Newark, DE  19716

DEADLINE: All materials must be postmarked by October 15, 2007

DATE OF APPOINTMENT:  	1 September 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:  Visit the Department?s 
home page on the Web at www.udel.edu/music/

The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer that 
encourages applications from minority groups and women.