Senior Lecturer in Music Performance

pLUCA School of Arts is a creative hub for almost 5,000 people: more than 4,000 students and 800 colleagues. LUCA offers them an educational and research environment to further develop their creative talent. We do this by offering higher education in the broad domain of the arts, and through artistic research, embedded within an associated Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven. LUCA has campuses in four cities: Ghent, Brussels, Leuven and Genk. LUCA is a member of the KU Leuven Association and the European University Alliance FilmEU. /ppCampus Lemmens in Leuven hosts research in drama and music that supports the programmes in drama (acting/creating and writing/creating) and music (composition, conducting, instrument/vocal studies, jazz, music pedagogy, and music therapy). /ppIn the context of the expertise network Artistic Practices, to be appointed within the team Music Performance, LUCA is looking for a Senior Lecturer who will contribute further to the development and expansion of artistic research within the field of music performance, while strengthening the connections between research, artistic practice and education. /ppThe proposed start date is 1 September 2027. /ppMain

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Campus Lemmens, Leuven. /ppUnit website /ph3Research /h3pAs a senior lecturer, your appointment is equally divided between research (50%) and teaching (50%). /ppTogether with colleagues, you will build a group of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. You achieve research output of an international level and attract external resources for additional research. You participate and strenghten the research culture of the campus through seminars, symposia and collaborative initiatives and disseminate research outcomes through artistic presentations, performances, publications, and other relevant platforms for artistic research. You engage in artistic dialogue with composers and other creators and explore how performance mediates between the creative process and the listening experience. You contribute to the development of collaborative research projects and applications for external funding. /ppThe status of special guest lecturer in the arts allows you to be a supervisor of doctorates in the arts and research projects within KU Leuven. /ph3Research topics may include, but are not limited to: /h3ulliinnovative approaches to musical performance practice; /liliresearch into performance processes, rehearsal methodologies, and artistic interpretation; /liliartistic experimentation with repertoire, style, and performance formats; /liliinterdisciplinary artistic practices connecting music performance with other artistic disciplines; /liliperformance as a space for interaction between performer, composer, audience, technology, and society; /liliartistic research into the dialogue between creation, performance, and listening, including collaborative practices between performers and composers; /lilihistorically informed, contemporary, or experimental approaches to performance practice. /li /ulpThe research should build on an excellent and active artistic practice and demonstrate relevance for the development of music performance as an artistic and research discipline. /ph3Teaching /h3pYour assignment also includes teaching tasks within LUCA Music Drama. These are mainly situated within the programmes in instrumental/vocal studies, composition and conducting. /ppDepending on the profile and expertise of the candidate, these tasks may relate to principal study teaching in instrumental and vocal studies, collaborative performance, piano accompaniment or related domains within the music programme. Specific expertise in interdisciplinary artistic collaboration or related performance practices may constitute an additional asset. /ppThe assignment is broader than teaching, supervising and evaluating students. Together with colleagues, you develop teaching and learning activities, tailored to the student audience and within the context of the curriculum and the profile of the program. Together with colleagues, you develop teaching and learning activities tailored to the student population and embedded within the curriculum and profile of the program. You actively contribute to educational quality and act as an ambassador for LUCA towards prospective students and alumni. You support the development and coordination of study tracks within the music programme. /ppYou design and deliver teaching that introduces students to a wide range of artistic and theoretical perspectives, including non-Western, Indigenous, diasporic, and marginalized voices. /ppAcademic, social and internal service, professional development and international networking are also part of the assignment. /ppFinally, you are expected to take on a leading role within LUCA at specific moments. /ph3Profile /h3pYou hold a Doctorate in the Arts or have a PhD related to music performance. /ppYou are an actively performing musician with a strong artistic profile demonstrated through perfor