Careers

Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Endowed Chair in Performance Studies

Recruitment Period: August 16 – November 2, 2018

The Department of Music in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is pleased to invite applications for a senior-level, tenured, professorial position as inaugural holder of the Leo M. and Elaine Krown Klein Endowed Chair in Performance Studies. This permanent endowed chair — the first in the history of the Department of Music — will support a distinguished, senior-level professor with a demonstrated record of excellence as a scholar, musician, and teacher. The chair holder’s primary role will be to lead and teach in a distinctive MM/DMA graduate program centered on the performance of Western art music and built around a suite of core courses in bibliography, notation and performance, analysis, and historical performance practices.

APPLICATION: Applications must be submitted to the UC Recruit website online at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03969

Kenny Burrell Chair in Jazz Studies – UCLA Global Jazz Studies

Recruitment Period: October 1 – December 1, 2018

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music seeks to appoint an accomplished senior faculty at the full professor level to be the inaugural holder of the Kenny Burrell Chair in Jazz Studies and a key faculty in establishing the School’s new Global Jazz Studies major.  Global Jazz Studies, an interdepartmental Bachelor of Arts program, is an extension of the former jazz studies concentration established by Burrell in 1996.  The new program focuses on the study of jazz from a world perspective, recognizing the importance of learning traditional, contemporary, and global approaches to performance, composition, and scholarship, as well as the African American musical heritage of jazz.  Responsibilities for the position include teaching undergraduate (and eventually graduate) students in one or more of the following areas: analyses of early and contemporary jazz styles; composition, arranging, and theory; and cross-cultural perspectives in jazz.  Responsibilities may also include directing a student ensemble.  Candidates are expected to have an exceptional background in scholarship, performance, composition, or other creative areas.  Additionally, academic leadership and fundraising skills are essential for advancing the new program.  Candidates must be eligible for a split appointment in one of the School’s three cognate departments: Ethnomusicology, Music, or Musicology.  The successful candidate must also demonstrate a strong commitment to furthering the values of diversity in our university community through exemplary teaching, research and service.  Candidates with a doctorate or its professional equivalent in academic and creative experience are preferred.  A bachelor’s degree is required.

APPLICATION: Applications must be submitted to the UC Recruit website online at:https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF04084
DEADLINE: Application deadline: December 1, 2018

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy