Ref 1541-2019
The School of Music in Piteå at Luleå University of Technology, seeks
to employ a PhD student in Musical Performance, specialising in
composition, programming, musical gesture and multimedia. You will be
part of a research cluster, consisting of two professors, Stefan
Östersjö and Åsa Unander-Scharin, a postdoc and two PhD students. This
cluster works on music and interactive technologies, with a particular
interest in the relation between musician’s movements and musical
creativity, and to apply such findings in intermedia productions
produced with and for the professional chamber ensemble Norrbotten NEO.
The
PhD position is in Campus Piteå at the department for music and dance
(KKL). PhD studies in Music Performance take place at Piteå, but
seminars will take place both at Campus Piteå and at the Royal College
of Music in Stockholm. The program has a strong interdisciplinary
profile and is built on collaboration with researchers and laboratories
in other departments as well as with Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm (KTH). This cross-disciplinary context constitutes the core
infrastructure for the research cluster.
Subject description
Musical
Performance is a research subject concerned in which artistic issues
relevant to musical composition, improvisation and performance are
addressed in and through the researcher’s individual artistic practice.
Research in musical performance is interdisciplinary and seeks fruitful
combinations of artistic methods, theory and practice with
methodological and theoretical approaches from other research fields.
Duties
The
position, which leads to a doctoral degree in Music Performance, is
full time during four years, with the possibility of also adding on
departmental duties, mainly teaching and supervision. As a doctoral
student, you have good opportunities to individually shape your tasks
and research focus, but will be responsible for creating an extended
instrument in collaboration with the clarinet player and PhD student
Robert Ek of Norrbotten NEO, in which motion data constitute an
important factor in the creation of new works using electronics and
visualisation through other media. With this instrument, and in close
collaboration with Norrbotten NEO, you are expected to create a series
of compositions, which will constitute the foundation for the PhD.
Regular
presence at Campus Piteå is a necessity, and the position assumes that
the PhD students spends time at campus Piteå. Doctoral seminars are held
both at campus Piteå and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Qualifications
Requirements
for admission to third cycle studies in Music Performance at Luleå
University of Technology include: 1) a degree at advanced level with a
major in Musical performance or composition 2) has completed higher
education courses worth at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 are
for second-cycle courses, or 3) in some other manner, in this country or
abroad, has acquired the equivalent qualifications.
Other
requirements for the position: documented musical activities of
international standing in contemporary classical music, electronic music
and in related genres, very good skills in oral and written
communication in English or Swedish.
For further information about a PhD studies in Music Performance see:
General curricula for the Board of the faculty of humanities and social sciences
Information
For
further information, please contact Professor Stefan Östersjö +46
761029725, stefan.ostersjo@ltu.se or the Head of Division, Sture
Kuusisalo, +46 730893020, sture.kuusisalo@ltu.se,
Union
representatives: SACO-S Christer Gardelli, (+46)920-49 1809
Christer.Gardelli@ltu.seOFR-S Lars Frisk, (+46)920-49 1792
lars.frisk@ltu.se
Luleå University of Technology works actively
with equality and diversity that contributes to a creative study- and
work environment. The core values of the university are respect, trust,
openness and responsibility.
Application
Your application should include:
a personal letter
a CV, degree diplomas and other relevant documents confirming your qualifications
documentation of your own artistic practice (scores and recordings of your compositions)
a Master’s thesis, or equivalent
a project plan (5-10 pages) for the intended artistic research project, including
the purpose, time plan, methods and form[s] of documentation of the project
Apply
for the position via the application button below where you attach your
personal letter, your CV, copies of prior degree certificates and other
documents (including sounding documentation). Commercially released CDs
or DVDs that you wish to add to your artistic documentation can be sent
to Luleå University of Technology, Registrar’s Office, SE-971 87
Luleå, Sweden. In such cases, the item must be marked with the
reference number as shown below.
In case of different
interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this
announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
Reference number: 1541-2019
Deadline for application: 13 May 2019