[NewMusic] [Fwd: Job Announcement] (fwd)

[Matt J. Ingalls]

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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:01:08 +0200
From: Frank Ekeberg <frankh at notam02.no>
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Subject: [Fwd: Job Announcement]


The Mills College Music Department is seeking applicants and nominations
for the Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition. This full-time
appointment, beginning in August 2007, is at the rank of Full Professor
for a period of three years with the possibility of a three-year
renewal.  The candidate must have an outstanding international profile
as a composer, a broad knowledge and interest in all forms of
contemporary musical expression, a strong interest in teaching
composition on both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and a
commitment to the education of women.

The Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition was established in 1979 in honor
of Darius Milhaud, who taught at Mills from 1941 to 1971. Composers who
have held the Milhaud Chair include Betsy Jolas, Lou Harrison, Gordon
Mumma, Kenneth Gaburo, Anthony Braxton, Conlon Nancarrow, Iannis
Xenakis, Annie Gosfield, Joëlle Léandre, Alvin Curran, and Pauline
Oliveros.

The Mills Music Department, which includes the Center for Contemporary
Music, has an international reputation in composition, improvisation,
electronic and computer music, and performance. The Department provides
a broad spectrum of courses for undergraduates, leading to the B.A.
degree in music; and for graduates in three programs, leading to the
M.A. degree in Composition, the M.F.A. degree in Performance and
Literature (with specializations either in improvisation or
solo/chamber music), and the M.F.A. degree in Electronic Music and
Recording Media.

Please send resumes, supporting materials, and three letters of
recommendation by December 15, 2007 to:

Search Committee/Milhaud Chair
Department of Music
Mills College,
Oakland, CA 94613.

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mills is a selective liberal arts
college for women with coeducational graduate programs (see
www.mills.edu). The College is set in a 127-acre wooded campus, with
the surrounding San Francisco Bay area offering a stimulating,
cosmopolitan environment. Persons of color and those committed to
working in a multicultural environment are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE

--
David Bernstein
Professor of Music
and Head of the
Music Department
Mills College
Oakland, California