PMU1+1-4+1Y1 Chamber Music - Woodwinds

Date Posted: 06/16/2025
Req ID: 31633
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)


Description:

PMU1+1-4+1Y1 Chamber Music - Woodwinds.

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Course Description: Instruction in small ensemble performance, e.g. woodwind quintets, mixed chamber groups.

Class Schedule: Coaching times TBA dependent on coordination of student timetables. September 2025 to April 2026.

Salary: $6,481.66

Estimated Course Enrollment: Anticipated number of woodwind sections: 6 (Dependent on student enrollment) Student enrollment sub-divided into multiple chamber ensemble sections as assigned by the coordinator. It is understood that the organization and number of chamber ensemble sections is tentative, pending final course instrumentation, determinations and enrollment. Hiring of coaches will take into account instrument specialization needs to be determined by the coordinator in consultation with the Performance Office.

TA support: yes

Qualifications: Graduate degree in performance or equivalent professional experience. Extensive knowledge of chamber music repertoire and materials. Active performance career combined with demonstrated excellence teaching chamber music at the university level. Hiring of woodwind chamber music instructors will take into account a breadth of instrument specialization needs as determined by the coordinator in consultation with the Performance Office. In the interest of ensuring diverse coaching expertise, no instructor will be assigned more than one chamber ensemble.

Duties: Duties include one hour of coaching each week with the assigned chamber ensemble (time TBD). The Woodwind Chamber Music schedule includes five Friday 1pm masterclasses in the Fall term and five in the spring term. Coaches are required to attend the masterclasses and participate in the coaching and evaluation of students in the course. Masterclass dates TBA. If a coach has a conflict with the attendance at a scheduled masterclass, a suitable substitute should be arranged in consultation with the Chamber Music Coordinator.

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Daphne Tan
Associate Dean, Academic & Student Affairs
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Faculty of Music
University of Toronto
80 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5

These jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3+02 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Closing Date: 07/04/2025, 11:5+PM ET
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Job Category: Sessional Instruction