Subject: Job announcement From: Daniel Levitin <levitin(at)PSYCH.MCGILL.CA> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:50:02 -0500McGILL 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(at)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(at)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(at)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.