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Description

The Music Department at the University of Saskatchewan invites applications for a ten-month term position in Choral/Music Education at the rank of Assistant Professor (salary $86,844), effective September 1, 2015. This in-scope position carries with it comprehensive benefits plus a relocation package.  Qualifications and experience: doctorate in relevant academic field preferred (ABD considered) at the time of appointment and evidence of post-secondary teaching experience.

Duties include conducting the University of Saskatchewan Greystone Singers and University Chorus as well as teaching classes in music education and music including Choral Literature and Choral Pedagogy. The successful candidate is required to participate in administrative functions commensurate with the rank of Assistant Professor and will be assigned such duties by the Head of the Department of Music.

With a present complement of nine full-time faculty members and twenty-two sessional instructors, the Department of Music offers a B.Mus. (Performance and Individualized, and Music Education (including Honours) streams), a B.A. (Major in Music), as well as graduate degrees in close affiliation with three Colleges: Arts and Science, Education, and Graduate Studies and Research.  It has an established record of national and international interdisciplinary activities including a number of academic pursuits, performing ensembles, and a variety of outreach and engagement activities.  For more information about the Department of Music visit http://www.usask.ca/music/.