November 4, 2024
UBC School of Music
Sessional Teaching Opportunities
Winter Session 2024, Term 2: January 1, 2025 – April 30, 2025
The School of Music is pleased to advertise sessional opportunities for Term 2 of the 2024W academic session:
• MUSC_V 153: University Singers (Lower Years)
MUSC_V 453: University Singers (Upper Years)
MUSC_V 553: University Singers (Graduate Students)
*Please note that MUSC_V 153/453/553 are co-located, and must be taught by the same person
• MUSC_V 544: Seminar in Conducting & Repertoire
• MUSC_V 512D: Directed Individual Studies: Advanced Choral Conducting
• MUSC_V 593F: Choral Conducting (one-on-one instruction)
Interested applicants should apply directly through our online portal here. Information about the UBC School of Music is available here.
Applications should include:
• statement of interest indicating teaching competencies
• curriculum vita (detailing post-secondary teaching experience)
• evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., sample teaching evaluations)
• names and contact emails of three referees
• where applicable, the URL to a website that demonstrates your work.
Positions are subject to final budgetary approval and contingent upon student enrolments. Sessional Lecturer appointments are governed by UBC’s Collective Agreement, Part 7 “Conditions of Appointment for Sessional Lecturers.” Within the School of Music, the minimum salary will be $10,425 per 3-credit course, or, in the case of Sessional Lecturers whose principal duties comprise private music lessons (one-on-one instruction) or studio classes, pay shall be calculated as set out in the Collective Agreement, Part 2, Appendix F.
Preference will be given to applicants with a Doctorate or Masters degree in Music, with previous teaching experience at the college or university level.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Deadline for applications: Monday, November 18, 2024