[AMS-announce] JOBS: Music Theory, Musicology, University of Ottawa

[Announcements for the AMS]

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA – DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
The Department of Music at the University of Ottawa invites applications for two tenure-track
Assistant Professor positions commencing on July 1, 2009. For more detail on our programs, please
visit http://www.music.uottawa.ca/.

Professor of Music Theory: Candidates must hold the PhD in music theory in an area of music
scholarship pertinent to undergraduate and graduate training and to research in music theory at the
University of Ottawa.

Professor of Musicology: Candidates must hold the PhD in an area of music scholarship pertinent to
undergraduate and graduate training and to research in musicology at the University of Ottawa.

The department's principal research areas include the history and theory of music in European and
North-American contexts, the theory and criticism of musical performance, and music pedagogy and
cognition. The successful candidate must maintain a program of research and publication sufficient for
the direction of thesis students in their field of specialization at the level of the Masters degree.
Teaching duties will be primarily in French and will include core undergraduate courses in music
theory or history, as well as upper-level electives and graduate courses in music theory, musicianship,
musicology, or music history. The successful candidate must participate in the administration of the
department. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and consistent with the
Collective Agreement.

Candidates should submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae, and should arrange for three
confidential letters of recommendation from qualified referees to be sent under separate cover to the
following address:

Stéphane Lemelin, Chair
Department of Music
University of Ottawa
50 University
Ottawa ON K1N 6N5

Deadline: October 15, 2008 or until position filled.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian citizens and permanent residents
will be given priority. Equity is a University policy; women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible
minorities and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The University of Ottawa is justly proud of its 150-year tradition of bilingualism. Through its Official
Languages and Bilingualism Institute, the University provides training to staff members and to their
spouses in their second official language. At the time of tenure, professors are expected to have the
ability to function in a bilingual setting.