Job Posting: Lecturer in Music (Royal Holloway University of London)

JOB POSTING: LECTURERSHIP IN MUSIC
ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
DEADLINE: 11 MAY 2009

Department of Music Lectureship X0409/4164
£38,666 - £45,756 inclusive of London Allowance

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway was rated the highest UK Music Department in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Music, specialising in any area or areas of historical musicology and/or musical theory and analysis. The post is tenable from 1 September 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter. You will have a record of academic achievement in research and will be expected to play a full part in the delivery of the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes; to engage in research, publication and other research-related activities; and to participate fully in the administration of the Department.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr James Dack (Head of Department),
Tel: 01784 443532; Fax: 01784 414490; E-mail: j.dack@rhul.ac.uk

Further details and an application form are available from our website, http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Personnel/JobVacancies.htm or from the Human Resources Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX (fax: 01784 274900, telephone 01784 414241, or email: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk).

Theatre Applications - Performance with a Purpose: an International Conference (CSSD)

THEATRE APPLICATIONS
PERFORMANCE WITH A PURPOSE: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
IN ASSOCIATION WITH RIDE: THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
21 - 23 APRIL 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

DEADLINE: 5 OCTOBER 2009

Theatre Applications concerns the uses and purposes of theatre and performance in education, community, therapeutic and institutional settings. It addresses applied, social and community theatre, and forms of performance that are intended to make a difference to participants’ lives. Theatre Applications provides scholars, practitioners, participants and funders with an opportunity to engage in debates about changing artistic practices, new circulations of power and new conceptions of the political in theatre.

Theatre Applications aims to address the following themes:
- Aesthetics and the purposive practitioner
- Cultural geographies of dislocation, place and space
- Memory, commemoration, histories and presence
- Political contexts, commitments and constructions
- Advocacy, self-advocacy and creative agency
- Witness, testimony, authorship and ownership

Theatre Applications is about theatre that has a social agenda. The conference seeks to raise questions about ‘client groups’, constituencies and the work of community-based practitioners. It explores a range of performance modes that encourage people to speak, and to reflect on their place in time, history and geography. It aims to examine instances where theatre effects change – in individuals, communities and cultures. It encourages papers, practices and interventions that consider the infrastructures of production, artistic strategies and creative processes. Contributions to the conference may address different sorts of personal and social engagement in and through performance, and the changing roles of actors, spectators, participants and producers of applied theatre.

Theatre Applications features

- Keynote presentations by eminent practitioners and scholars
- Round tables featuring invited guests from relevant industries and the academy
- Papers
- Performances
- Installations
- Residencies by artists exploring new applied practices
- Workshops
- A Theatre Applications archive that includes testimony and showreels
- Publishers’ stands
- Some activities within the conference are site-specific and take place in locations in London. Social and networking activities include a drinks reception, a conference dinner and evening cabaret. Throughout, delegates can relax and chat at Central’s celebrated and convivial conference bar.

Proposals are invited that address the themes of the conference. The precise meaning of the term ‘Theatre Applications’ is open to interpretation by contributors.

Proposals should specify one of the following formats:

- 20-minute paper presentation
- 2-hour workshop
- Round table
- Installation
- 3-day practitioner-residency with a work-in-progress outcome
- Contribution to the Theatre Applications archive (in digital form)

Proposals should be 300 words in length, with a 150-word biography of the key presenter(s). Proposals should be submitted to the conference organisers at theatreapplications@cssd.ac.uk by 5 October 2009.

In keeping with Central’s conferences, Theatre Applications is both an industry expo and a sharing of new thinking, where cutting-edge practices and new scholarship connect.

Selected papers and other outcomes will be published in RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (Routledge). RiDE is the leading international scholarly journal in Applied theatre and performance, It has been re-named to reflect new practices and questions in the field – 'applied theatre and performance' indicates a desire to question the relationships between performance practice, performance theories, theatre practice and theatre scholarship – debates that are collectively concerned with education, social change or political engagement. The conference will provide a platform for discussion and reflection on these issues and papers presented will be considered by the journal.

Post-doc Opportunity: Research Assistantship in Music Psychology (King's College London)

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP IN MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
DEADLINE: 20 MAY 2009

Applications are invited for a three-year post-doctoral Research Assistantship in music psychology at King's College London. The project, which belongs within the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, will document through interviews, and analyse, performers' reported experiences of the way music ‘takes shape' and the ways in which a sense of shape influences detailed decision-making in performance.

Salary range: £25,623 - £33,432

Further details are available from
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=7806

Lowens 2008 Book Award Competition - Society of American Music

LOWENS 2008 BOOK AWARD COMPETITION
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2009

We invite you to submit books published in the year 2008 for consideration for the Irving Lowens Book Award of the Society for American Music. The Society annually awards the prize for the book judged as the best in the field of American music. Any book on American music with a year 2008 imprint is eligible.

We define the term "American music" in its broadest, most inclusive sense. We view it as composed of the music of all of North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) in its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including art and popular cultures, ethnic groups and minorities, along with its ramifications on cultures elsewhere in the world.

The Lowens Book Award represents our most prestigious honor and carries with it a monetary prize as well as a citation that will be presented at the national conference in the spring of 2009. A list of previous award winners, from 1983 to the present, may be viewed at the SAM website at http://american-music.org/awards/LowensBookAward.php.

Since each of the five members of the committee must review every book under consideration, we would appreciate your sending five (5) review copies to the members of the committee. Nominations and questions and may be directed to the chair of the committee, Larry Hamberlin (lhamberl at middlebury.edu).

DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2009

Funded PhD Studentships (University of Plymouth)

COMPUTER MUSIC & MUSIC TECHNOLOGY PHD STUDENTSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH
DEADLINE: 29 MAY 2009

The University of Plymouth is offering a number of full-time PhD studentships (UK Tuition fees and stipend of £13,290).

Candidates interested in the field of computer music and music technology, including composition and performance with new technologies, are welcome to apply.

Please see the following webpage for more details: http://neuromusic.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/jobs.html

The deadline is 29 May 2009

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your application on an informal basis before you submit it. We would be happy to advise.

Prof Eduardo Miranda (eduardo.miranda AT plymouth.ac.uk).
ICCMR, University of Plymouth

CFP: International Forum for Young Musicologists 2010 (Japan)

INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR YOUNG MUSICOLOGISTS 2010
MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
14 - 17 MAY 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

Applicants are requested to choose one or more from the following twelve key words: 1) Acculturation, 2) Conflict, 3) Discrimination, 4)Hegemony, 5) Languages, 6) Nation, 7) Politics, 8) Propaganda, 9)Religion, 10) Tradition, 11) Values, 12) War, and submit a theme proposal in 100 words as well as an individual paper proposal in 250 words with a title.

Eligibility: Musicologists of any age or nationality who will complete a doctoral dissertation in the near future, or who were awarded a Ph.D. within the past five years or so.

Deadline of the Submission of Proposals: July 31, 2009, by e-mail attachment, addressed to the Chair of the committee, msj-ifym at ml.keio.jp.

For more information:
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/msj4/ifym/callforpapers.html

CFP: Interdisciplinary Humanities (journal)

INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES
PUBLISHED BY THE HUMANITIES EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
SPECIAL ISSUE: MUSIC IN CONTEXT (REQUEST FOR READERS)
CALL FOR PAPERS

I am interested to locate readers for a special issue of Interdisciplinary Humanities entitled "Music in Context." Our scholarly journal is published twice each year and usually includes a special interest issue. Currently, we seek specialists to read a paper in the following areas of interest:

Hollywood Musicals
Film Music
Electro-Acoustic Music
Dance Hall Music
Music (Iconography) and Painting
17th Century France
19th Century Opera
18th Century Instrumentation
Chinese-Western Musical Relationships
20th Century Arts.

If you are interested to review a submission and recommend it, or not recommend it, for publication, please email me at your earliest convenience.

Regards,
Steve Husarik
shusarik at uafortsmith.edu

Post-doc Opportunity: The FABRICA project (Toulouse)

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN MUSICOLOGY 2009/2010
FABRICA PROJECT, UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE
DEADLINE: 31 MAY 2009

The FABRICA project (FAux – BouRdon, Improvisation et Contrepoint mentAl) is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship for the academic year 2009/2010.

FABRICA aims to investigate the repertories and performing traditions variously called ‘faux-bourdon’, ‘improvised counterpoint’ or ‘cantare super librum’ as a specific case study in the broader context of orality and literacy in musical creation, as well as the relationships between improvisation and composition in Western music. As a result, FABRICA will undertake systematic research into the polyphonic practices of ecclesiastical chant, from the first appearance of faux-bourdon and improvised counterpoint treatises until the last evidence of such practices around the middle of the 20th century.

One of the principal goals of the project lies in the creation of a database giving access to a catalogue of sources, in particular those of the French Faux-bourdons (16th-20th century) and European theories of improvised counterpoint (15th-18th century).

The FABRICA project is hosted by the University of Toulouse – Le Mirail (France). It is sponsored by a grant from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) for the period 2009-2012, and develops a scientific partnership with the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) and the Ensemble Gilles Binchois (France).

Ideally, candidates for this position will already have worked on musical sources in their dissertation (Middle Ages to 19th century) and will speak and write French fluently. The fellowship requires the fellow to work at Toulouse within the research group in charge of the program.

Responsibilities: building the catalogue of sources and helping to create the FABRICA database ; participating in the organization of conferences in Toulouse and Barcelona ; developing a documentary body of sources and secondary bibliography.

Period of employment : from September 2009 to August 2010.
Salary : E 1600 / month.

Applicants should send a short statement (1/2 pages) and a detailed CV by May 31, 2009 to fabrica at univ-tlse2.fr

A more detailed presentation of the project can be sent on demand. For any further question, please write to the same e-mail address.

Job Posting: Research and Development Position in Speech Recognition, Processing and Synthesis (IRCAM)

JOB POSTING: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POSITION IN SPEECH RECOGNITION, PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS
IRCAM, PARIS

The position is available immediately in the Speech group of the Analysis/Synthesis team at Ircam. The Analysis/Synthesis team undertakes research and development centered on new and advanced algorithms for analysis, synthesis and transformation of audio signals, and, in particular, speech.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
A full-time position is open for research and development of advanced statistics and signal processing algorithms in the field of speech recognition, transformation and synthesis.
http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn.html (projects Rhapsodie, Respoken, Affective Avatars, Vivos, among others)

The applications in view are, for example,
- Transformation of the identity, type and nature of a voice
- Text-to-Speech and expressive Speech Synthesis
- Synthesis from actor and character recordings.

The principal task is the design and the development of new algorithms for some of the subjects above and in collaboration with the other members of the Speech group. The research environment is Linux, Matlab and various scripting languages like Perl. The development environment is C/C++, for Windows in particular.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE:
O Excellent experience of research in statistics, speech and signal processing
O Experience in speech recognition, automatic segmentation (e.g. HTK)
O Experience of C++ development
O Good knowledge of UNIX and Windows environments
O High productivity, methodical work, and excellent programming style.

AVAILABILITY:
The position is available in the Analysis/Synthesis team of the Research and Development department of Ircam to start as soon as possible.

DURATION:
The initial contract is for 1 year, and could be prolonged.

EEC WORKING PAPERS:
In order to be able to begin immediately, the candidate SHALL HAVE valid EEC working papers.

SALARY:
According to formation and experience.

TO APPLY:
Please send your CV describing in a very detailed way the level of knowledge, expertise and experience in the fields mentioned above (and any other relevant information, recommendations in particular) preferably by email to:

Xavier.Rodet@ircam.fr (Xavier Rodet, Head of the Analysis/Synthesis team)
Or by fax: (33 1) 44 78 15 40, attention of Xavier Rodet
Or by post to: Xavier Rodet, IRCAM, 1 Place Stravinsky, 75004 Paris, France

TITRE DU POSTE :
CDD EN RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPPEMENT EN RECONNAISSANCE, TRAITEMENT ET
SYNTHESE DE LA PAROLE

Le poste est disponible immédiatement dans le groupe Parole de l'équipe Analyse/Synthèse de l'Ircam. L'équipe Analyse/Synthèse mène des recherches et développements centrés sur des algorithmes nouveaux et avancés pour l'analyse, la synthèse et la transformation des signaux sonores, et en particulier de la parole.

DESCRIPTION DU POSTE :
Un poste à plein temps est ouverte en recherche et développement d'algorithmes avancés de statistique et de traitement du signal, pour le reconnaissance, le traitement et la synthèse de la parole. http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn.html (projets Rhapsodie, Respoken, Affective Avatars, Vivos, entre autres)

Les applications visées sont, par exemple,
- Transformation d'identité, de type et de nature de voix
- Synthèse de voix expressive, à partir du texte
- Synthèse à partir de corpus d'acteurs et de personnages.
La tâche principale est la conception et le développement de nouveaux algorithmes pour certains des sujets ci-dessus et en collaboration avec les autres membres du groupe Parole.

L'environnement de recherche et Linux, Matlab et divers langages de scripting comme Perl. L'environnement de développement est C/C++ pour Windows notamment.

EXPÉRIENCE ET COMPÉTENCE REQUISES :

O Excellente expérience de recherche en statistique, traitement de la parole et du signal
O Expérience en reconnaissance, segmentation automatique de la parole (e.g. HTK)
O Expérience de développement en C++
o Bonne connaissance des environnements UNIX et Windows
O Haute productivité, travail méthodique, et excellent style de programmation.

DISPONIBILITÉ :
Le poste est disponible dans l'équipe "Analyse/Synthèse" du département Recherche et Développement de l'Ircam pour commencer aussitôt que possible.

DURÉE :
Le contrat initial est de 1 an, et pourra être prolongé.

AUTORISATION DE TRAVAIL DANS LA CEE :
Afin de pouvoir commencer immédiatement le candidat DOIT AVOIR un permis de travail dans la CEE.

SALAIRE : Selon formation et expérience.

CANDIDATURE :
Priere d'envoyer un CV décrivant de façon très détaillée le niveau de connaissance, d'expertise et d'expérience dans les domaines mentionnés ci-dessus (ainsi que tout autre information pertinente,recommandations en particulier) de préférence par e-mail à :

Xavier.Rodet@ircam.fr (Xavier Rodet, responsable de l'Équipe Analyse/Synthèse)
Ou par fax à : (33 1) 44 78 15 40, à l'attention de Xavier Rodet
Ou par voie postale à :
Xavier Rodet, IRCAM, 1 Place Stravinsky, 75004 Paris, France

Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music

2010 DENA EPSTEIN AWARD FOR ARCHIVAL AND LIBRARY RESEARCH IN AMERICAN MUSIC
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
DEADLINE: 1 JULY 2009

The Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music was created in 1995 through a generous gift from Morton and Dena Epstein to the Music Library Association. Requests are currently being accepted for one or more grants to be awarded for the year 2010. The amount to be awarded is $2100. The decision of the Dena Epstein Award Committee and the Board of Directors of the Music Library Association will be announced at the MLA annual meeting in San Diego, California, which will be held March 20-24, 2010.

A grant may be awarded to support research in archives or libraries (both nationally and internationally) on any aspect of American music. There are no restrictions as to applicant's age, nationality, profession, or institutional affiliation. All proposals will be reviewed entirely based on merit. Awards may be presented to an individual applicant or divided among multiple applicants. At its discretion, the committee may choose not to award a grant during any particular year. An
applicant who has not received an Epstein Award for the first year of application may resubmit a proposal in the two following years for any one project. An applicant may receive only one award for any one project.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

1. A brief research proposal (under 10 pages) that includes:

a) a description of the project
b) a detailed budget for the project, indicating:
1) the amount of funding requested (capital purchases such as computer equipment and furniture are ineligible)
2) justification for the funding
3) additional sources of funding
c) a demonstration of how the applicant's research will contribute to the study and understanding of American music

2. A curriculum vitae of the applicant.

3. Three letters of support from librarians and/or scholars knowledgeable about American music.

The committee will accept both electronic and print submissions. If submitting by mail, please include four copies of all documents. If submitting electronically, proposals must be in Microsoft Word or PDF and be sent as e-mail attachments.

If submitting electronically, please send required documentation to Cheryl Taranto, chair of the Dena Epstein Award Committee, at cheryl.taranto@unlv.edu.

If mailing print submissions, please send the required documentation to the chair of the Dena Epstein Award Committee at the following address:

Cheryl Taranto, Ph.D.
Music Librarian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Pkwy.
Box 7002
Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7002

The deadline for receipt of proposals and letters of support is July 1, 2009.