Job announcement

[Daniel Levitin <levitin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

McGILL UNIVERSITY -  FACULTY OF MUSIC
NEW POSITIONS IN SOUND RECORDING

Faculty Position in Sound Recording (Associate Professor)

The Department of Theory invites applications for a tenure-track
appointment in Sound Recording at the rank of Associate Professor.  The
appointment will begin July 1, 2002.  The position is subject to final
budgetary approval.   Applicants should have international-level
professional experience and achievement in music recording.

The Faculty is looking for a world-class specialist in studio practices
and production who is able to teach graduate-level advanced recording
technologies and multichannel audio techniques, with and without video.
Candidates should have an impressive discography, and an internationally
recognized position and substantial contacts in the recording industry.
The position will entail training M.Mus. students in technical and
practical aspects of music recording.  Management of recording and
production facilities including production business development would be
expected of the successful applicant.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, discography, and statement
of research interests, and arrange to have three letters of reference
sent to Professor Wieslaw Woszczyk, Chair, Department of Theory, Faculty
of Music, McGill University, 555 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A
1E3.  Inquiries welcome: (514) 398–4540; (514) 398–1540 fax;
wieslaw@music.mcgill.ca.  Review of applications will begin May 15,
2002.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however
Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.  McGill
University is committed to equity in employment.



Faculty Position in Sound Recording (Assistant or Associate Professor)

The Department of Theory invites applications for a tenure-track
appointment in Sound Recording at the rank of Assistant or Associate
Professor.  The appointment will begin July 1, 2002.  The position is
subject to final budgetary approval.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. or
equivalent experience in the research and development side of the sound
recording industry.

We seek a productive scholar with an active research profile, and a
dynamic, motivated teacher who will contribute to the ongoing
development and expansion of a Ph.D. program in sound recording.
Teaching duties will entail the teaching of graduate seminars and the
supervision of doctoral research projects and dissertations.  Preference
will be given to applicants whose specialization is in one or more of
digital audio and video, high resolution multichannel audio, perception
and multi-sensory interactions, synthetic auditory environments,
transducers, broadband networks and wireless systems, intelligent
systems, signal processing, coding, etc.  Applications are welcome from
individuals whose formal training is in Science or Engineering and whose
research focus is in one of the aforementioned domains.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, selected recent
publications, and statement of research interests, and arrange to have
three letters of reference sent to Professor Wieslaw Woszczyk, Chair,
Department of Theory, Faculty of Music, McGill University, 555
Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A 1E3.  Inquiries welcome: (514)
398–4540; (514) 398–1540 fax; wieslaw@music.mcgill.ca.  Review of
applications will begin May 15, 2002.  All qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be
given priority.  McGill University is committed to equity in employment.



Development Engineer and Laboratory Supervisor
McGill Recording Studios and Laboratories

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology
(CIRMMT) is seeking a development engineer with a degree in electrical
and computer engineering and vast experience in the design of state of
the art hardware, software and embedded digital processing systems for
advanced audio applications.  Superior expertise in analog, digital and
network systems and knowledge of principal operating systems and DSP are
required.

The position entails four areas of responsibility:
1) Design, development and testing of advanced audio, network, video and
control equipment for the recording Studios and Laboratories
2) System integration of technical facilities into a  coordinated
communication and research unit
3) Maintenance and development of the studios and laboratories
4) Coordination and supervision of a team of technicians and students,
training of technical staff, and participation in CIRMMT research
projects and demonstrations

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and a description of
relevant projects, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent
to Professor Wieslaw Woszczyk, Director of the Centre for
Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT),
Faculty of Music, McGill University, 555 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC
H3A 1E3.  Inquiries welcome: (514) 398–4540; (514) 398–1540 fax;
wieslaw@music.mcgill.ca.  Review of applications will begin May 15,
2002.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however
Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.  McGill
University is committed to equity in employment.


CIRMMT
The Faculty of Music has received a $6.5 million grant from the Canada
Foundation for Innovation, the Quebec Government, and private sources in
support of the infrastructure for a Centre for Interdisciplinary
Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT).  The Centre will be a
world-class facility for innovative research in sound recording and
music technology, a first for Canada, and is part of a planned $41
million Faculty of Music building expansion project.  Members of this
centre will be
drawn from the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine, and Science as well
as from the Faculty of Music.  More recently, the CIRMMT has been
awarded a $2.2 million grant from Valorisation Recherche Québec for a
four year research project on real-time communication of high resolution
multi-sensory content using broadband networks.  The Faculty of Music is
a major Canadian music school with strength in both performance and
research, with music media and technology a Faculty and University
priority.