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UCLA Ethnomusicology 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer: Music & Dance of Tibet Ensemble Apply now to UCLA Ethnomusicology 2025-26 Part-Time Lecturer: Music & Dance of Tibet Ensemble

Job #JPF10479

+ Ethnomusicology / Herb Alpert School of Music / UCLA

Position overview Position title: Lecturer

Salary range: See Table #15 for the salary range for this position.

https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/\_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t15.pdf

A reasonable estimate for this position is $70,977 - $92,609.

Review timeline: Applications close on August 31, 2025 with an anticipated hire date of January 1, 2026.

Application Window

Open date: July 10, 2025

Next review date: Sunday, Aug 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Sunday, Aug 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Department of Ethnomusicology invites applications for a part-time lecturer position in Music and Dance of Tibet ensemble for the Winter and Spring quarters of the 2025-26 academic year.

Candidates must have advanced expertise in the performing arts of Tibet: dance-songs from different regions, Tibetan opera, songs, and dranyen. The candidate will be expected to direct performance ensembles on Tibetan dance-songs, solo songs, and dranyen within a framework of native pedagogy, having students develop performance technique and musicality. The position also requires an ability to develop curriculum on Tibetan performing arts and the capacity to interact with the Tibetan community on various cultural and educational initiatives. Candidates should have extensive experience teaching Tibetan performing arts.

Candidates should submit: a cover letter stating interest in the position, a comprehensive curriculum vitae and a statement of teaching philosophy. In addition, please provide names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required.

The application deadline is August 31, 2025.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Advanced expertise in Tibetan dance-songs, opera, songs, and dranyen.

• Extensive experience in teaching Tibetan performing arts

• Expertise directing performance ensembles.

• Experience interacting with the Tibetan community on various cultural and educational initiatives.

Preferred qualifications

-A bachelor's degree is preferred

-University teaching experience preferred

Application Requirements

Document requirements

+ Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

+ Cover Letter

+ Statement of Teaching

+ Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

+ UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:

Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles

Expand our reach as a global university

Enhance our research and creative activities

Elevate how we teach

Become a more effective institution

Prompt for candidates for recruitment:

Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service

+ Misc. Online Audio and/or Video Links (Optional)

+ Statement of Research (Optional)

Reference requirements

+ 3-5 required (contact information only)

Contact information only required for a minimum of 3 individuals.

Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10479

Help contact: [email protected]

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

+ “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA