Music Theory/Composition

For Music Theory and Composition jobs that begin in Fall 2014.

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Current ethno/musicology page: Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2013-14

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Composition
Columbia University (until filled) Assistant Professor of Composition

Montclair State University (deadline unspecified) Asst./Assoc. Professor of Composition

Princeton University (deadline Nov. 1 **REVISED**) Assistant Professor of Composition

Soochow University (deadline Nov. 1) Assistant Professor of Music Composition

Texas State University (deadline Nov. 4)  Asst. Professor of Composition

Washington University of St. Louis (until filled) Asst. Professor of Composition
 * (10/24) Additional Materials Requested via Email

Theory Only
Colby College (deadline 11/22): Faculty Fellow in Music Theory (one-year)

College of St. Rose (review begins immediately): Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Florida Gulf Coast University (10/30): Assistant or Associate Professor of Music Theory

Ithaca College (deadline 11/15): Assistant Professor of Music Theory

New York University (deadline 12/1): Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Oberlin College (deadline 11/30): Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Scripps College(review begins October): Visiting Lecturer of Music Theory, Spring 2014

Texas Woman's University (deadline 11/5): Assistant Professor

Tufts University (deadline 10/21): Assistant Professor of Music Theory
 * (10/25) Applications acknowledged by e-mail

University at Albany (deadline 1/31): Assistant Professor of Music Theory
 * (10/25) Snail mail acknowledgment of application

University of British Columbia (deadline 10/15): Assistant Professor of Music Theory
 * (10/23) Applications acknowledged by e-mail
 * They will be using this page rather than emails to update about the progress of the search.

University of Missouri (deadline 10/15): Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Theory

University of North Georgia : Assistant Professor of Music Theory

University of North Texas (deadline 10/21): Assistant Professor of Music Theory

University of Oklahoma (review begins 11/1): Assistant Professor of Music Theory
 * Snail mail acknowledgment of application with AA survey

University of Texas San Antonio (deadline 10/1): Assistant Professor of Theory and Aural Skills
 * (10/22) Additional materials requested

University of Waterloo (deadline 11/1): Assistant or Associate Professor of Music Theory

Composition, Theory, Etc.
Boise State University (OUF) : Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Composition

California State University, Northridge (OUF): Assistant Professor

[http://apply.interfolio.com/22335 Dartmouth College (deadline October 7th) Open-rank position in Sonic Arts or related discipine. ]

Dartmouth College (deadline 10/1): Assistant Professor of Music

Rocky Mountain College (deadline 10/31): Assistant Professor of Music Theory and History

Texas Christian University (deadline 10/15): Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition
 * (10/8) Calls made to candidates
 * (10/16) Skype interviews scheduled

University of California Los Angeles (deadline 11/30): Assistant Professor

Ursinus College : Visiting Assistant Professor (theory, technology, and string performance)

Wesleyan University (deadline 9/20): Assistant Professor of Theory and Musicology
 * (10/24) Skype interviews conducted

West Chester University (deadline 12/15): Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition

Music Technology
Eastern Kentucky University (deadline 11/1): Assistant Professor of Music (music technology)

University of California, San Diego (deadline 11/8) Lecturer in Computer Music and Audio Engineering

University of California, Santa Cruz (until filled) Asst. Professor of Sound Art and Design

Carnegie Mellon University (deadline 12/1) Asst. Teaching Professor of Sound Media

New Wiki
9/25 - Thanks to whoever set up this new wiki! Wikihost has been down for weeks now. That was a pretty seemless transition, and this new editting interface is much more easier/faster.(x2)

9/25b - I believe we should adopt the layout guidlines from Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2013-14 (which are in turn from Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2013-14 ). What do you guys think? Right now, our page looks clean enough, but once job searches start being updated, it might get messy without a contingency plan.

9/25c - I'm happy someone got this page started up and think organizing it like Musicology/Ethno is a great idea. There's one aspect I don't think we should emulate--pasting the whole job posting under school headers. It's a cluttery waste of space when hyperlinks generally work just fine (as they had at the comp/theory wiki). Also, am I totally wrong for thinking that this isn't the first time wikihost just went AWOL? Maybe I'm misremembering, but couple of years ago we were faced with a similar problem. No matter. The old MT/Comp wiki is dead, long live the new MT/Comp wiki!

9/27 - Question about this new wiki: is there a way to tell that it's been edited without combing through the whole thing? The old wiki had a little counter thingy (that's a technical term) on the side that indicated the last time it was edited. I'm wondering if there's something similar here — something I'm missing, some link to click that'll take you to the counter thingy, something of that nature. Later in the job season, things can (hopefully) get rather unwieldy, so a counter thingy would save a lot of people a lot of time.

9/27b - It looks like we're not doing the statistics section (how many jobs people are applying for and what stage they are in their careers)? This information is interesting, but not particularly useful or accurate because it relies on self-reporting. For what it's worth, I'm currently on a 1-year VAP and I haven't submitted any applications yet.
 * An RSS feed has been added to the top of the page, so you can track most recent changes to the page. Hope this helps. (09/27)

9/30 - (I'm 9/27): I'm glad to see that there's an RSS feed, and yes, this is what I had in mind. However, I see that each change is accompanied by an IP address (the string of numbers punctuated by decimal points). I'm not tech savvy, but I do know that if you google an IP address, it'll tell you the location of the post, i.e. where the person is when they post. You can change the IP address through what I've heard called a "proxy server," but I don't know what that entails. Googling mine will narrow my institution down pretty darn quick (even down to location on campus), but (as far as I know) won't tell you precisely who I am. Or does it? I don't know. Googling the others narrows them down in terms of institution as well. For grad students, this is probably less of a problem; for faculty, this is probably more of a problem because if they say, for example, that they are on a tenure-track job but looking for a change, it's not too difficult to go directly to that institution's faculty page and see who's an "Assistant Professor." Obviously, the concern is anonymity. I, myself, am not planning to post much — really at all. But it could be an issue when things heat up a little bit later in the season: when people post that they've had interviews, etc.

Thoughts?

10/3 - Since the RSS feed went up and poster 9/30 pointed out the ability to determine an editor's location through IP address, we've seen a decline in edits. Who knows if those are actually connected, but if people are more comfortable contributing without their IPs not showing up on the wiki front page, I'm fine with removing the feed. (Another reason for the lack of activity may simply be that most theorists/composers don't know about the new location of this page. Any way to spread the word?)
 * A: Whenever you make an edit on this site, your IP address is recorded; it is always readily available in the page history (see drop down menu, arrow next to the edit button). It is true that the RSS feed makes the IP more visible, but be aware, it is always visible to those who know how to find it. If you are worried about hiding your IP address, the solution is to create a Wikia user account, which will mask your IP address. For instructions on creating an account, go to Create a Wikia account. This is the recommended procedure for taking care of this problem, if it is a concern (otherwise, I would recommend not posting from an institutional IP address; a user account is a better solution, though). --Una74 (talk) 02:49, September 30, 2013 (UTC)

10/5 - I like the RSS feed. We could announce the new page on SMT announce.

College of St. Rose
(10/22) Any movement here yet?

Texas-Chrisitian University
(10/14) Anybody have info on the process going on here? The deadline above says 10/15, but a poster has already indicated that they "contacted candidates" on 10/8.

(10/15) The deadline was 10/1. TCU has also taken the listing down.

(10/28) I didn't interpret 10/1 as a "deadline." It said, "application review will begin October 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled." HR took down the ad on the 2nd or 3rd I think. Usually an OUF search will remain open longer than a few days past the first review date.

(10/28) I believe the search technically still is open, but they are proceeding quickly in order to make a hire before winter break.