JOB: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jazz (lecturer/senior lecturer)

LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN JAZZ
SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC
REFERENCE NO. 2051/1212A

Full-time, continuing, remuneration package: $104K-$147K (which includes salary, leave loading and up to 17% super)

The jazz course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music is Australia’s oldest and highly regarded jazz program. Students are able to study all aspects of jazz performance and the requisite skills that inform professional practice including jazz harmony and arranging, jazz ear training, jazz history, principal study and jazz analysis. There are three large ensembles and 11 small ensembles, and dedicated improvisation classes in which the jazz cohort participate. Many of the students who have passed through the jazz program are at the vanguard of the music scene both domestically and internationally.

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music invites applications for the position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Jazz Studies. You will teach music skills and music performance at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels encompassing principal study, jazz improvisation classes, jazz history, jazz harmony and arranging, and ensemble classes, and make an important contribution to the research strengths of the faculty, including regular publications and performances.

To be successful, you will have a Masters in Music or equivalent professional experience, tertiary teaching experience in harmony and arranging, jazz history and music performance as well as evidence of an active research profile.

For more information and to apply, search via reference number 2051/1212A at http://sydney.edu.au/recruitment

CLOSING DATE: 30 September 2013 (11.30pm Sydney time)

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged. The University of Sydney has also established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

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