One-Year Music Faculty Position
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Singapore |
Position: | Assistant Professor, Instructor, Lecturer, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Temporary, Visiting Assistant Professor |
Yale-NUS College, a collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University, is seeking one faculty member in music in any of the following fields: Composition, Music Theory, and Music from 1900 to the present. Interest in and ability to teach basic to intermediate western music theory in a liberal arts context is desirable. This search is being held at the assistant professor rank and is tenable for one year with the possibility of renewal for another year following review.
Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. Demonstrated ability to teach outside of one’s discipline is a plus. The successful candidate may be asked to coordinate Student Music, which involves: coordinating student music groups; providing opportunities for co-curricular music experiences on campus; leading a chamber ensemble; and liaising with other arts administrators and faculty on campus and in the wider Singaporean arts community. For information about the curriculum, please refer to http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/curriculum/common-curriculum.
Salary, benefits, and leave policies will be competitive at an international level.
Candidates are encouraged to apply in advance of March 15, 2015, when the Search Committee will initiate its review. Consideration will be ongoing until the position is filled. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview via Skype, and finalist candidates may be invited to Yale-NUS College campus early in April 2015. For general inquiries, please refer to http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg, or email Rajeev Patke, Search Committee Chair, Division Director, and Professor of Humanities: at yale-nus.college@yale.edu.
Yale-NUS College values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. For additional information about the College and the faculty hiring process, including submission guidelines, and to apply, please visit our website at: http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/careers/faculty/. To directly access the application portal, please visit: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/YaleNUS.
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Website: | https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/YaleNUS |
Primary Category: | Music and Music History |
Secondary Categories: | None |
Posting Date: | 02/13/2015 |
Closing Date | 05/13/2015 |