Music Theory/Composition 2015–16

For Music Theory and Composition jobs that begin in Fall 2015.

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Composition
Berklee College of Music - (Review begins 10/17)

Williams College - (inside candidate? There was a VAP position last year...) **see below

Theory Only
Stetson University (review begins 9/15) Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Baldwin Wallace University (review begins 10/1) Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Florida State University (deadline 10/15) Assistant Professor of Music Theory

University of Michigan (deadline 10/15) Assistant Professor of Music Theory

University of Oregon (deadline 10/15) Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Composition, Theory, Etc.
Brown University (review begins 10/03) Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory

University of Notre Dame (review begins 11/15) Assistant Professor of Music Theory
 * (9/14) Application acknowledged via snail mail

Webster University (review begins 10/15) Assistant Professor of Music (Music Theory & Composition)

Music Technology
Colorado College (review begins 10/10) Assistant Professor of Music Technology (tenure-track)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ) (deadline: November 1, 2014), Music and Theater Arts Section, Assistant Professor of Music (tenure track), Music Technology specialization

School-Specific Discussion
Williams College


 * (9/13) To the 9/9 poster, yes there was a search and hire for VAP last year, but that doesn't mean there will be an inside candidate. Sometimes VAPs don't get past the first round, they aren't interested in staying, and/or they get an offer elsewhere. Also, a top choice in a VAP search may have accepted a VAP or TT position elsewhere, so they might be the top choice for the TT search the next year. Besides, candidates for a TT search are typically much stronger than the candidates for a VAP position.
 * The current VAP at Williams is pretty impressive, however, having just returned from a year at the American Academy in Rome and being a current Guggenheim fellow.  Still, stranger things have happened...
 * Yes, the issue of inside candidates is a tough one. Everybody says that inside candidates don't always have an advantage, but it's hard to believe that when you see them getting the job again and again. Last year it seemed as if every inside candidate got the job (Tufts, NYU, UNC-Greensboro, UT-San Antonio, UNT, Florida Gulf Coast, ...). But I suppose the best we can do as job seekers is to try not to think about inside candidates and apply the same as we would anyway.
 * (9/16) Word on the street has been that Williams would like to keep their VAP and that the VAP would accept if an offer is made. This isn't to say that there is no point in applying, situations often change, but the deck seems to be stacked against outside candidates in this case. Which brings about the possibility of a perhaps more productive question: Has the VAP become a sort of audition for TT?
 * (9/16) (2) Situations do change.  And unless "word on the street" comes directly from a majority of search committee members at Williams, I'm not sure how much it means.  Search committees can be fickle, candidates can be too if they get offers elsewhere.  I've seen both happen.  I personally know an "inside candidate" a few years back who appeared to be qualified and well-loved by almost everyone in the department (and students too!), was warmly encouraged to apply by faculty members on and off the search the committee, and didn't even get an interview.  Departmental and administrative politics can also interfere with hiring what appears to be an "obvious" inside candidate.