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October 10, 2010
13 new job posting in higher ed/arts teaching fall 2011
Assistant Professor of Dance
Christopher Newport University (Virginia)
(date posted: 10/08/2010)
Director of Choral Activities, Assistant Professor
The College of Idaho (Idaho)
(date posted: 10/06/2010)
Faculty, Dance (Job #1009046)
Austin Community College (Texas)
(date posted: 10/06/2010)
Scenic Designer, Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 10/06/2010)
Assistant Professor/Resident Designer in Set and Costume Design
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 10/05/2010)
Assistant Professor of Scenic Design
Elon University (North Carolina)
(date posted: 10/05/2010)
Director of Theater Program
The Hotchkiss School (Connecticut)
(date posted: 10/05/2010)
Multiple Positions
Towson University (Maryland)
(date posted: 10/04/2010)
Violin Professor
State University of New York at Fredonia (New York)
(date posted: 10/04/2010)
July 29, 2010
Royalty Free soundtrack music
July 21, 2010
JOB -- CHORAL DIRECTOR
Qualifications: Teaching experience and performance profile required, administrative experience desirable. Doctorate preferred, but equivalent career experience considered.
Rank: Non-tenure-track; initial term of appointment up to 3 years, renewable
Application: Candidate should include a cover letter, CV, and a brief statement of 2-3 pages outlining 1) what s/he perceives as appropriate vocal ensembles and performance opportunities for a Department of Music within a liberal arts environment; and 2) what particular teaching and performance responsibilities s/he would be prepared to assume in addition to directing the choral program. Application should include the names and addresses of 3 individuals who have agreed to serve as references, whom we might contact directly. Consideration of applications will begin 1 September and continue until position is filled. Send to:
Professor Dolores Pesce
Chair, Search Committee
Music Department
Washington University
Campus Box 1032
One Brookings Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63130
The Washington University Music Department is encompassed within the School of Arts and Sciences. The Department offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music programs and the following graduate degrees: Master of Music in Voice and Keyboard; Master of Arts in Composition, Musicology, and Theory; and Ph.D. in Musicology and in Theory. In addition to the music major, the Department also confers minors in music and provides lesson and performance opportunities for some 500 students per semester. Our applied music teaching staff includes members of the local jazz community and of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Our student body consists of highly motivated, academically-oriented young men and women who pursue music primarily as a means of personal enrichment and less commonly as a professional goal.
We especially encourage applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups. Washington University in St. Louis is an equal opportunity employer. Employment eligibility verification required upon hire.
casting call - reality tv
MySpace Karaoke will also be the official music engine that selects the music for the game show.
July 16, 2010
Project Applications Invited for French American Jazz Exchange
Eligible projects will be directed by a lead jazz partner from one country working with a collaborating jazz partner(s) from another country and performing with an ensemble of two to ten musicians from one or both countries. The lead and collaborating partners may perform other music genres but must be rooted primarily in jazz. The ensemble may be an established group or project-specific, with guest musicians from jazz and/or other musical genres.
The French American Jazz Exchange accepts applications from the lead partner, defined as a France- or U.S.-based professional jazz musician or ensemble.
A French applicant must have been a citizen or legal resident of France for the past five years and must reside in France or its territories. An American applicant must be a United States citizen or legal U.S. resident for the past five years, reside in the U.S. or its territories, be a CMA organizational-level member, and have no overdue reports or financial obligations to CMA.
Projects are eligible if they advance an adventurous musical idea using traditional, straight-ahead, and/or experimental concepts; create new music composed by one or both partners; explore new music by one or both partners that may not necessarily result in a finished composition; and/or bring partners together for the first time to play one partner's existing music or music by both partners.
The exchange provides partial or full funding up to $10,000 per project. Grants may be used for expenses including composing and arranging, concerts and touring, educational activities, recording, travel, production, equipment and space rental, marketing, booking and management, and visa and related legal services.
Grant application workshops will be offered in CMA's New York City office, and nationally via teleconference, in advance of the deadline.
This is the final year to apply to the French American Jazz Exchange program in its current configuration. Visit the CMA Web site this winter for more information on possible new grant opportunities for French/American jazz collaborations.
Guidelines and application are available at the CMA Web site.
July 14, 2010
reposting to facebook
The entries and exercises are from several years ago when I first started writing this blog - the first series of exercises is based in music - using music to inspire, support and enhance our work. If you'd like to check out those postings, they are still here, in the archives. Just scroll down and click on the November link all the way at the bottom.
If you're on Facebook and you prefer to use that site, I will be posting the old entries, one per day. I will not be doubling the information here since it is all in the archives.
Here is an example of what will be reposted:
a sense of place
“I think actors sometimes don’t give their characters a sense of place.” ~ Kevin Bacon
I have no idea what Kevin Bacon means in this quote. Is it an actor’s job to develop the sense of place or is it the writer’s job? Is the viewer responsible for understanding a painter’s sense of place or is that the painter’s job? Does a composer have the responsibility to develop place within his melody? Does that burden fall to a director or a scenic designer or a costume designer? What is this “sense of place” – how does an artist establish it, use it, need it? Can music help us establish a sense of place?
Who knew that Kevin Bacon was such a philosopher?
TODAY’S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Pick a specific place – such as a country, an island, a city, a house, a town, a club, a state, a region – and explore its music. Perhaps you pick Jamaica and spend the day listening to Bob Marley. Maybe you pick the Louisiana bayou and spend the day researching Zydeco. Maybe you loved Puerto Rico so download some salsa. Maybe your childhood home always had classical music playing in the kitchen. Use that as your inspiration. What is the music that defines a specific place you are writing about, singing about, composing for, painting, sculpting, shooting, designing for, inspired by?
July 03, 2010
deadlines for grants
Operating grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to arts and culture organizations that have budgets of $150,000 or less and serve the Chicago metropolitan area....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 13, 2010
American Composers Forum Announces National Composition Contest
The Finale National Composition Contest will provide chamber music composers with up to $3,500 and the chance to have their original piece performed by the ensemble eighth blackbird....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 15, 2010
NAMM Foundation Accepting Applications for 2011 President's Innovation Award for Exemplary College Students
A cash award and opportunities to network with industry laureates and professionals will be given to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the music products industry....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: September 30, 2010
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
Grants of $2,500 will be awarded to nonprofits that have started education and talent development programs that coincide with the foundation's mission of nurturing aspiring songwriters and composers....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: August 1, 2010 (Letter of Intent)
June 30, 2010
pittsburgh pirates want local musicians to play at games
the pittsburgh pirates have begun featuring local musicians for entertainment during their home games.
they kicked off their local music initiative in april, starting with hometown band the aviation blondes. each band featured gets a song played during the sixth-inning break while its name and song title are displayed on the jumbotron.
all songs are currently hand-picked by eric wolff, the pirates' manager of in-game presentations.
for more information, click on title above.
subsidiary rights back in the hands of artists
a victory for the dramatists guild.
read the full article at variety - click on title above.
universal music publishing
February 08, 2010
grants and deadlines
Grants of $2,000 will be awarded to ALA members working to develop programs that address critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science....

Posted on February 5, 2010
Deadline: April 30, 2010
Institute of Museum and Library Services Accepting Applications for 2010 Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Program
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages working to improve existing library services or implement new services, particularly those relating to the goals of the Library Services and Technology Act....
Posted on February 5, 2010
Deadline: May 30, 2010
Kresge Community Arts Program Offers Grants for Projects in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park
One- or two-year grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individuals, community groups, and service agencies working on community projects, especially those that engage underserved and new audiences as well as children, teens, and families....
Posted on February 4, 2010
Deadline: March 12, 2010
Joyce Foundation Releases the Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards
Grants of $50,000 will be awarded in the areas of dance, music, visual arts, and theater to arts organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis....
Posted on February 4, 2010
Deadline: April 5, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
Emerging Jewish Artists in New York City Invited to Apply for Six Points Fellowship
Project grants and stipends of up to $20,000 will be awarded to nine individual artists in New York City between the ages of 22 and 38 working in the visual, music, or performing arts and developing projects with a Jewish focus, theme, or elements....
Posted on February 4, 2010
Deadline: March 1, 2010 (Letter of Intent)
National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Avant-Garde Masters Grants
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to public and nonprofit film archives working to preserve a film or films by a single filmmaker, or in support of a cinematic movement significant to the development of avant-garde film in America....
Posted on February 4, 2010
Deadline: March 19, 2010 (Registration)
National Endowment for the Arts Seeks Design Proposals for New "Art Works" Logo
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded for graphic representations depicting the logo "Art Works" in three themes: embodying works of art, art as inspiration or challenge, and the contributions of arts workers....
Posted on February 3, 2010
Deadline: February 26, 2010
January 22, 2010
grants
Awards in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships will be given to students or film programs that excel in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, or film....

Posted on January 21, 2010
Deadline: Various
Applications Invited for 2010 International Ibsen Scholarships
Scholarship funds of up to $150,000 will be awarded to individuals, organizations, or cultural institutions working to encourage critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen....
Posted on January 21, 2010
Deadline: April 15, 2010
Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2010 Joyce Awards
Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis....
Posted on January 21, 2010
Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)
Knight Foundation Announces Dates for 2010 South Florida Knight Arts Challenge
Grants totaling $20 million over five years will be awarded to fund innovative projects in the arts benefiting Miami-Dade and Broward counties; nonprofits, companies, and individuals are eligible to apply and must supply matching funds....
Posted on January 20, 2010
Deadline: March 15, 2010
January 07, 2010
teaching the arts
Assistant Professor, Fine and Performing Arts - Music
(date posted: 01/06/2010)
THEATRE FACULTY
(date posted: 01/06/2010)
Multiple Positions
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Multiple Positions, Faculty and Admin
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Multiple Positions
0 (
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Assistant/Associate Professor of Directing/Acting
Wagner College (
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Multiple Positions
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Multiple Positions
Indiana University-Purdue University at
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
Multiple Positions
(date posted: 01/04/2010)
January 02, 2010
teaching the arts
Southeast Missouri State University (Missouri)
(date posted: 12/21/2009)
2010 Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Positions
Santa Barbara City College (California)
(date posted: 12/19/2009)
Multiple Faculty Positions
MiraCosta College (California)
(date posted: 12/19/2009)
Assistant Professor of Dance Production and General Education
Western Michigan University Department of Dance (Michigan)
(date posted: 12/18/2009)
Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting
Rider University (New Jersey)
(date posted: 12/17/2009)
Visiting Assistant Professor of English in the University Theater
Colgate University (New York)
(date posted: 12/16/2009)
December 18, 2009
teaching the arts
Southern Oregon University (Oregon)
(date posted: 12/14/2009)
Assistant Professor in Dance
Case Western Reserve University (Ohio)
(date posted: 12/14/2009)
Assistant or Associate Professor of Ballet/Dance Education
University of Texas at Austin (Texas)
(date posted: 12/14/2009)
Multiple Faculty Positions
MiraCosta College (California)
(date posted: 12/14/2009)
Head of the Department of Dramatic Arts/Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre
University of Connecticut (Connecticut)
(date posted: 12/12/2009)
Music Industry Chair
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (New York)
(date posted: 12/09/2009)
Assistant Professor - Theatre & Dance
Lamar University (Texas)
(date posted: 12/09/2009)
Instructor - Theatre & Dance
Lamar University (Texas)
(date posted: 12/09/2009)
October 22, 2009
teaching the arts
Director of the Arts Center University of Texas at Brownsville (Texas) (date posted: 10/21/2009)
Assistant Professor/Director of Choral Activities Michigan Technological University (Michigan) (date posted: 10/21/2009)
Assistant/Associate Professor -- Movement/Acting DePaul University (Illinois) (date posted: 10/20/2009)
Multiple Positions Available State University of New York College at New Paltz (New York) (date posted: 10/20/2009)
Adjunct Professor- Costume Design 1 University of Denver (Colorado) (date posted: 10/20/2009)
Open Positions Westmont College (California) (date posted: 10/19/2009)
Chair of the Division of Fine Arts Friends University (Kansas) (date posted: 10/19/2009)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Theatre DePaul University (Illinois) (date posted: 10/19/2009)
Assistant Professor of Theatre Southern Arkansas University (Arkansas) (date posted: 10/19/2009)
October 18, 2009
teaching the arts
Theatre Scene Lighting Design Ashland University (Ohio) (date posted: 10/14/2009)
Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty in Theater Columbia College Chicago (Illinois) (date posted: 10/14/2009)
Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty in Musical Theater Columbia College Chicago (Illinois) (date posted: 10/14/2009)
Teacher/Director, Theatre/Dance Winona State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 10/13/2009)
Theatre Manager Vincennes University (Indiana) (date posted: 10/12/2009)
Faculty Positions: Economics/Finance; Theatre; Religion; Rhetoric and Composition; Mathematics; Biology; Biology/Botany; Criminal Justice; Engineering Technology Management University of South Carolina Upstate (South Carolina) (date posted: 10/12/2009)
Multiple Positions Miami Dade College (Florida) (date posted: 10/12/2009)
Faculty Positions: Art History; Health, Exercise Science and Sport Management; Theatre Arts,
Theatrical Design and Technology University of Wisconsin-Parkside (Wisconsin)
grants
Grants will be awarded to nonprofit film organizations and to higher education film programs working to provide film workshops, seminars, training, and education opportunities to college students and adults....
Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: January 15, 2010
USArtists International Offers Funding for Artists to Perform at Festivals Abroad
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to cover the festival participation expenses for selected American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists with nonprofit status....
Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: January 8 and May 3, 2010
Creative Work Fund Invites Letters of Inquiry From San Francisco Artists Collaborating With Nonprofits
Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded for two-year projects featuring one or more performing or visual artists collaborating with a nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay Area...
Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: November 6, 2009 (Letters of Inquiry)
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Arts Program Accepting Applications for Fund for National Projects
Grants of up to $200,000 will be awarded to individual nonprofits and consortia working to strengthen the health of the dance, jazz, presenting, or theater arts fields....
Posted on October 15, 2009
Deadline: November 1, 2009, and May 1, annually (Letters of Inquiry)
October 06, 2009
teaching the arts
Baylor University (Texas)
(date posted: 10/06/2009)
Music Education/Instrumental Music Education (Band Specialist)
Baylor University (Texas)
(date posted: 10/06/2009)
Professor of Bassoon
Baylor University (Texas)
(date posted: 10/06/2009)
Director of The School of Theatre and Producer, Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Illinois State University (Illinois)
(date posted: 10/05/2009)
Multiple Positions
Kenyon College (Ohio)
(date posted: 10/05/2009)
Assistant Professor of Dance
Cornish College of the Arts (Washington)
(date posted: 10/05/2009)
Multiple Positions
Texas State University at San Marcos (Texas)
(date posted: 10/05/2009)
Assistant Professor
Pepperdine University (California)
(date posted: 10/03/2009)
Assistant Professor of Voice/Opera Workshop
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (North Carolina)
(date posted: 10/02/2009)
Assistant/Associate Professor
University of Oklahoma at Norman (Oklahoma)
(date posted: 10/01/2009)
September 22, 2009
grants
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to organizations and individuals working to advance archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas....
Posted: September 16, 2009
Deadline: October 1, 2009 (Letter of Inquiry)
National Museum of the American Indian Seeks Submissions of Films on Native American Veterans
On Veterans Day 2009, the museum will show four-minute films that illustrate the impact and meaning of participation in the military for Native people; films may be documentary, experimental, animation, or other genres....
Posted: September 16, 2009
Deadline: October 18, 2009
New York Foundation for the Arts Announces New Award for Excellence in Painting
Awards of $20,000 will be given to two New York State painters who have already applied to NYFA's Artists' Fellowship Program; after 2010, these awards will be presented on a biennial basis....
Posted: September 16, 2009
Deadline: November 3, 2009