Job Description
Assistant Professor, Piano (Internal Only - Teaching and Service)
Department of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications
Competition No. 24.04.125
Category
Closing Date
Full-Time Tenure-Track Commensurate with qualifications and experience A review of applications will begin May 10, 2024 and continue until a suitable candidate is found
About Us
MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.
Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 59 programs to more than 18,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.
The Department of Music in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2024. This internal competition is conducted under Article 33.5.7.10 of the Collective Agreement, where recruitment to the “Teaching and Service” stream is restricted to Members currently holding Sessional Extended appointments in the Department of Music.
MacEwan University’s Bachelor of Music focuses on the performance, interpretation, creation, production and culture of jazz and contemporary popular music and offers seven routes of study: Performance major; Composition major; Recording and Production major; General, without minor; General, Music Technology and Production minor; General, Music Career Management minor; General, Music Education minor; General, Song Writing minor.
The Department of Music is situated within the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications (FFAC) of MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2017, the Department moved to a new state-of-the-art facility at MacEwan University’s main campus in close proximity to the downtown arts district. MacEwan Music has been part of the city’s vibrant arts community since the early 1970s, and its Bachelor of Music degree builds on its reputation as one of the finest post-secondary music programs in Canada.
The successful candidate must have a national profile as a keyboard instrumentalist with a demonstrable record of performances, live and recorded, and will have proven experience and mastery in a broad range of styles. Primary responsibilities will include classroom teaching in the candidate’s area(s) of expertise, piano masterclasses, ensemble directing, and private lesson instruction. Piano duties include student advising, recruiting, overseeing courses, curricular development and planning, adjudicating auditions and juried recitals, and organizing concerts and other events associated with the piano area. Secondary teaching areas will be required based on the successful candidate’s teaching expertise, professional experience, and departmental needs.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching dossier. Three (3) letters of reference, quoting the competition number and candidate name, should be sent directly from referees to careers@macewan.ca .
Successful candidates will be required to ensure that MacEwan University has copies of their official transcripts.
Questions about this opportunity may be addressed to Raymond Baril, Chair, Department of Music BarilR0@macewan.ca.
This position is included under the Faculty Association collective agreement.
MacEwan University is committed to fostering the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion within our community, and we are dedicated to removing barriers that have been historically encountered and are currently experienced by some members of our society. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, visible minorities, women, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, and members of all equity-deserving groups. We believe that the diversity of our students, staff, and faculty serves as a strength of our institution and benefit to society. We are committed to ensuring full and inclusive participation for all in our community.
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