Mu196c-496c - Alternative Practical Study, Guitar

5 days ago


Waterloo, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:May 31, 2024

**Location**: Waterloo, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Music

**Department**: Music Academic

**Campus**: Waterloo

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:8309

**Course Code and Title: MU196C-496C - Alternative Practical Study, Guitar**

**Term**: Fall 2024 - Winter 2025

**Days/Times**: TBD (scheduled in consultation with the students)

Each student registered in MU196C-496C receive 8, half-hour lessons per term (16 lessons per year). The instructor(s) may also be responsible for 6, one-hour group components per term (12 hours total), depending on enrolment.

**Additional Course Requirements**:
**Posted on**:June 1, 2024

**Posting ends**: June 15, 2024

**Position Summary**:
Individual applied study in an alternative (non-classical) curriculum for guitar, electric guitar.

Genres may include pop, rock, soft rock, indie/alternative, jazz, blues, metal, punk, and math rock. Instructional topics may include fingerpicking and flatpicking styles, phrasing, complex chords, pedals, and improvisation techniques.

Group component class focuses on the fundamentals of the professional musician, such as: How to practice, self-assess, work with amplification equipment, giving and receiving feedback, dealing with performance anxiety, body mapping, reducing excess tension in the body, and strategies for self-care as a musician.

**Qualifications - Required**: Master’s in Music or equivalent professional experience (national or international teaching profile) or post-graduate credential. Demonstrated profile as guitarist in jazz or Contemporary Commercial Music.
**Qualifications - Preferred**:
**Qualifications - Discipline**: Guitar performance in jazz or Contemporary Commercial Music

**Qualifications - Areas of Specialization**: A minimum of 3 years of professional performing experience in CCM and/or jazz and a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in diverse genres/styles.

**Qualifications - Professional Designation**: N/A

**Qualifications - Asset**:

- Evidence of being a sought-after instructor, such as festival/competition clinician/adjudicator; guest masterclasses/workshops;
- Evidence of student success (acceptance to university music programs, awards at competitions/festivals);
- National/International performance profile as a soloist and/or collaborative and innovative musician;
- Teaching experience at the University or College level

**Salary**: Hourly rate: $73.21 - $106.37

**Application Deadline**: June 15, 2024

**Submit with Application**:
Required for All Applicants
- CV
- Student letters of support
- Statement of teaching philosophy

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching (may include but not limited to: Reference letters, teaching evaluations, list of student successes etc.)
- Verification of highest degree

Optional
- Cover Letter
- Teaching Dossier
- Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

**Applications may be addressed to**:
Music Part-Time Appointment Committee

Faculty of Music

**Questions about this posting may be sent to**:
Kirsten Yri

Chair, Part-Time Appointment Committee

**To Apply**:
**Please Note**:
For Supplementary Remuneration for large classes or multi-section courses, see Article 28.3

Members of the designated groups must self-identify to the appropriate Dean(s) to be considered for employment equity.

Members of the Contract Teaching Faculty bargaining unit:



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