[AMS-announce] JOBS: Two Part-Time Positions (Psychology of Music and Composition), Tufts University, Winter/Spring 2008

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Tufts University

One-Semester, Part-Time Position in Psychology of Music, Winter/Spring 2008

The Department of Psychology and Department of Music at Tufts University are seeking applicants for a part-time position to teach a course in the Psychology of Music. The individual filling this position must have a doctoral-level degree in a relevant area with a background or experience in psychological perspectives on different aspects of musical perception processing, appreciation, and abilities.   Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, two letters of reference, and a brief statement of teaching philosophy to:  Professor Robert Cook, Chair, Psychology Department, 490 Boston Ave., Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155.  

Review of applications begins October 30, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled. 

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One-Semester, Part-Time Position in Composition, Winter/Spring 2008

The Department of Music at Tufts University announces a one-semester, part-time position for a composer. We seek an imaginative, practicing composer with broad interests, exceptional promise, and a strong commitment to group and private teaching. Ph.D. or ABD in composition and teaching experience required. Duties are to teach a weekly, project-based composition seminar taken by graduate students (Master of Arts in Music candidates) and advanced undergraduate students; to offer private lessons to those same students (six to eight hours weekly); and to coach composers and performers in student works that are being performed as part of the Tufts Composers Concerts.

Please send a cover letter, CV, one representative score (recording optional), and two letters of recommendation to Composition Search, Department of Music, Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155.

Review of applications begins October 22, 2007 and continues until the position is filled.