Assistant Professor in Composition/Theory Position

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada University of Saskatchewan Full time

Assistant Professor in Composition/Theory Position

The University of Saskatchewan invites applications for a tenure-track position in Composition/Theory at the rank of Assistant Professor within the School for the Arts. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in composition, theory, and related subject areas.

The position may include graduate supervision and the development of new undergraduate and/or graduate level courses. The successful candidate will actively participate in ongoing research, scholarly, and artistic work, provide leadership in the composition and theory areas, and undertake administrative activities and responsibilities corresponding to rank.

The University of Saskatchewan is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome all candidates, including those who demonstrate leadership with respect to Indigenization and/or a strong commitment to ongoing musical artistic practice, innovative teaching, scholarship, and outreach and community engagement.

The Department of Music/School for the Arts currently resides in the College of Arts & Science, offering a dynamic combination of programs in the humanities and fine arts, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The department is playing a key role in the formation of the School for the Arts and will join that School on July 1, 2024. As part of the new School, the music area has a full-time faculty complement of nine, as well as twenty sessional instructors.

Music programs include a Performance, Individualized, and Music Education streams, graduate degrees in music education, musicology, music theory, and performance, a Jazz Certificate, a Music and Wellbeing Certificate, and a Major in Music.

Candidates will be considered who hold either a Doctorate (DMA or in composition or theory or a related music field) or a Master's in Composition with a significant and ongoing record of professional success in music composition at the international level.

The salary band for the 2023-2024 academic year is: Assistant Professor $99,945-$120,099.

This position includes a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a dental, health, and extended vision care plan, pension plan, life insurance, academic long-term disability, sick leave, travel insurance, death benefits, an employee assistance program, a professional expense allowance, and a flexible health and wellness spending program.

Applicants are invited to send a letter of introduction, curriculum vitae, a dossier of artistic and scholarly work, and a teaching dossier, including a statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of courses taught and/or developed, and other supporting materials.

Candidates are to arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent electronically under a separate cover.

All materials are to be submitted electronically to the Dean McNeill, Head, Department of Music (until June 30, 2024), or the Director: School for the Arts (post June 30, 2024).

We encourage applicants to submit a complete file before October 1, 2024. Review of complete applications will begin October 7, 2024; however, applications will be accepted and evaluated until the position is filled.

Status: Tenure Track
Employment Group: USFA
Full Time Equivalent (FTE):
Posted Date: 5/31/2024
Closing Date: Until Filled



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