the Northwestern University's School of Music is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in

... is creating a tenure-track position in 

The Department is seeking someone with a background in both music, and audio and/or acoustics, who would contribute to the ongoing development and expansion of a Ph.D. program in this field. Teaching duties will entail the teaching of undergraduate courses and graduate seminars, and the supervision of Master's and Doctoral students in music technology. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. but those close to completion are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applicants able to support our work in network-based multimedia. An active research profile is required. Rank: Asst. Professor. 

Application deadline: Until filled. 

Interested parties should submit a curriculum vitae and statement of current research to: 

Wieslaw Woszczyk, Chair
Department of Theory
Faculty of Music
McGill University, 555
Sherbrooke St West
Montreal,PQ H3A 1E3
Canada. 

... now has an own international domain. This is the valid URL:

The new domain makes it easier to visit IASPM intuitively without looking up a long and complicated URL. Also, this address will continue to be valid, even if the provider for one reason or another changes. Please visit and bookmark it and (!) change the "Links" on individual and department websites and linkpages.

The World Forum on Music & Censorship has been formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its objective is to publicize the issue of censorship as it pertains to the rights of musicians. FREEMUSE will not only be theoretical but practical. It will document abuses where and when they occur and serve as a focal point to create a network of concerned musicians, individuals, organizations, institutions and media. Importantly it will also take initiatives to organize alert actions for threatened musicians and composers. It is the expressed purpose of FREEMUSE to create a global awareness of the different forms of repression of musicians.

The FREEMUSE Executive Committee consists of:

Natalie Boudjerada
Lawyer, France/Algeria
Martin Cloonan
Researcher, University of Stirling, Scotland
Ray Lema
Musician & Composer, RD Congo/Paris
Charles Onyango-Obbo
Editor, The Monitor, Uganda
Krister Malm
General Director, Swedish National Collections of  Music/Researcher,
Swedish Royal Academy of Music
Ole Reitov
Producer, The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Denmark
Gerald Seligman
Senior Director, Hemisphere/EMI Classics,USA/United Kingdom
Bashar Shammout
Tonmeister, Bertelsmann, Germany/Palestine
Morten Kjærum
Director, Danish Center for Human Rights, Denmark

For details
get in touch with:

... is looking to fill two or more faculty vacancies this year. At present there is one position in each of two concentrations. For the official copies follow these links:

... in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts, is creating a tenure-track position in

at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position will be for a productive research specialist in music technology able to provide leadership for ongoing development and expansion of a Ph.D. program in music technology, and able to contribute to a Graduate Program in Communications in the Faculty of Arts. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. but those close to completion are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applicants with a background in digital signal processing and extensive programming experience. Teaching duties will entail the teaching of undergraduate courses and graduate seminars, and the supervision of Master's and Doctoral students in music technology and in communications. Letters of reference will be requested when required. Deadline: when the position is filled. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed in the first instance to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. McGill University is committed to equity in employment.

Interested parties 
should submit a curriculum vitae and statement of research interests to 

published by the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology, has now been released. 

The contributors and articles are:

Sven E Carlsson:
Audiovisual Poetry or Commercial Salad of Images? Perspectives on Music Video Analysis - introductory notes on how to analyze music videos

Tuija Modinos:
The Language That Everybody Here Can Easily Understand - an examination on the differences and similarities between Finnish and US MTV-viewers, with an extensive account on previous music video research

Antti-Ville Kärjä: 
Arty Adverts, Puffy Pictures? Finnish Music Videos in Cinema - a survey on the material conditions of experiencing music videos in cinema settings, and their effects on the art/commercial debate

Stan Hawkins: 
Musical Excess and Postmodern Identity in Björk's Video It's Oh So Quiet - a critical analysis of a video, an artist, postmodernism and identity formation

The prize is FIM 25 (EUR 4.2, USD 4.5 appr.) + postage for a single issue, larger amounts negotiable.

All those persons and/or parties interested in obtaining copies of this particular issue of MUSIIKIN SUUNTA are encouraged to contact:

... a journal compiled and produced twice a year  by graduate students in music theory at Indiana University, is planning a special issue devoted to the topic of popular music. They are especially interested in papers that analyze popular music or that address issues of analysis in popular music. 

Contributors include Lucy Green, David Shumway, Mark Fenster, Holly Kruse, Anahid Kassabian, Richard Middleton, David Sanjek, Deena Weinstein, Bruce Horner, Gilbert Rodman, Sara Cohen, Paul Théberge, Will Straw, Cynthia Fuchs, John Shepherd, David Bracket, Thomas Swiss, Russell Potter, and Robin Balliger.

... is planning to release a special issue consisting of articles on 

The editors are interested in reading proposals that deal with the politics and aesthetics of language and language choice in a full range of popular musics, Western or non-Western, contemporary or of the past. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary perspectives are encouraged to send submissions (rhetoric, linguistics, political science, cultural studies, musicology, ethnomusicology, sociology, folklore, communications, etc.).

Topics may include (but are not limited to): the dissemination of English through popular music in post-WW II Europe; language choice and the crossover phenomenon; vocal style and the simulation of regional dialect in country musics; French and native languages in the popular musics of the Francophone world; the politics and aesthetics of diction; language choice in Asian or Latin American heavy metal; dialect singing in the Tin Pan Alley tradition; the relationship between Tejano and Nashville style country music; the aesthetics of incomprehensibility (singing in or listening to a language one does not understand); Global Pop and World English; pop and language choice in Asia; dialect and class in popular music; language choice in African diasporic musics; regionalism and dialect in Indian pop; dialect appropriation, diction, language choice, and the speech-song continuum; British and American Englishes in 1960s rock; the politics and aesthetics of standard and regional dialects; code switching in popular music; dialect and the creative use of diction; nationalism and language choice in Quebec.

If your proposal is oriented towards rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, general popular culture, and general humanities, ask for details:

Michael T. Carroll
English Dept., Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701
USA

If your proposal is oriented toward musicology, ethnomusicology, or the social sciences, ask for details:

Harris M. Berger
Music Program, 405 Academic Bldg.
Texas A & M University
College Station, Texas 7783-4240
USA

... is planning to release a special issue consisting of articles on 

Preference is given for a convergence of technical, cultural and historical frameworks: eg the role of instruments in the formation of race, gender, class and other sites of identity formation; the role of instruments in composition and musical practices; musical instruments as objects of material culture and technological endeavor.
Deadline is June 30 2000.

The prize is FIM 25 (EUR 4.2, USD 4.5 appr.) + postage for a single issue, larger amounts negotiable. All those persons and/or parties interested in obtaining copies of this particular issue  contact 

This theme issue gathers Nordic perspectives on rock studies. It questions the prevailing Anglo centrism of studies in popular. All the articles in this theme issue demonstrate the need to take into account the multiplicity and particularity of place. Both the historical and the ethnographical cases analyzed in the articles address the importance of grounding all understanding of rock music in concrete, historically constituted social worlds. The editors of this theme issue are: Johan Fornas, media studies Stockholm, and Lisbeth Ihlemann musicologist Copenhagen. 

The price for single issues is 110 SEK, ?11, or $ 15. Subscription for volume 1999 (4 issues) costs SEK 410/?41/$55 for institutions SEK300/?30/$40 for individuals and SEK200/?20/$30 for students. This issue can be obtained from the distributor 

Article-length essays wanted on the subject of musical instruments and their role in popular music. Method and approach are open, as is the choice of instrument(s), but preference will be given to papers that blend technical consideration of instruments and the music they produce with a strong sense of cultural and historical context and that strive for methodological and theoretical sophistication. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): the role of musical instruments in the formation of race, gender, class and sexual identities; the impact of instruments upon the formation of musical communities and the preservation of musical traditions; the place of instruments within the composition of music and the practice of musicians; or the consideration of musical instruments as objects of material culture and technological endeavor.

Deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is June 30, 2000. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, and should follow the MLA Handbook for style. Send manuscripts to:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for a Lectureship in Music specializing in the teaching of Contemporary Rock Music. The successful applicant will have scholarly credentials and considerable experience in the rock music industry, preferably including performing experience, and will be required to provide leadership in course development in addition to teaching and undertaking research. The position is a fixed-term contract for three years in the first instance. The appointment will be made in the Lecturer's Salary Range $45,000 - $55,500.

Application should be by letter and include an up-to-date curriculum vitae and the names of three persons willing to supply, upon request, confidential references for the applicant. Deadline for applications: 5 September 1999 Further information may be obtained either by following  this information or by getting in touch with

The text examines basic music theory concepts from a popular music perspective. It is a self-contained workbook which includes written tasks (with answers), music reading practice, aural exercises, and practical activities designed to help the student assimilate theoretical concepts. The accompanying CD provides numerous examples which illustrate the principles discussed in the book. Price: $49.95 Aust plus postage

Anyone interested can contact the publisher as below.