[CAUT] Position posting: MTSU School of Music

[jtanner at mozart.sc.edu]

Wim hit it on the head.  They're probably not paying for the three years
of experience.  But neither was the carpenter required to have a bachelors
degree in music, which I still say is silly.  It is a combination
management/maintenance position. They don't teach that in music school.

The people we work for still have no clue about what we do or what we are
worth outside of academia. They assume we are just like the rest of the
faculty: willing to forego family and life outside the walls of the
university to pursue a magical career in music that you have invested tens
upon tens of thousands of dollars training half your life for in exchange
for a meager standard of living for ONE.

Jeff
U of South Carolina

> I was chatting with the institute carpenter the other day. Â When he was
> hired, it was partly because he had the required TWENTY years experience.
> Â Compared to that, the mere three years required by MTSU doesn't seem
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott E. Thile <scott.thile at murraystate.edu>
> To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 1:42 pm
> Subject: [CAUT] Position posting:  MTSU School of Music
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> MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY School of Music -- Specialist/Piano
> Technician  
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> The MTSU School of Music seeks
> applications for a Specialist/Piano Technician with a full-time
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> appointment with benefits.  Duties
> include tuning, regulating and voicing 60 keyboard instruments, managing
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> keyboard inventory, and possibly developing and teaching a course in
> keyboard
> technology.  Three years experience
> in the field and a bachelors degree in music are minimum requirements;
> experience in management of keyboard inventory at a college or university
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> highly desirable.  The deadline for
> applications is April 15.
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> MTSU is an All-Steinway School, and is located in Murfreesboro, in
> metropolitan Nashville.  For a complete job description and to
> apply, please go to http://mtsujobs.mtsu.edu
> and select “Professional Job Openings,” then “Specialist - School of
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> (View).”  An Equal
> Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Middle Tennessee State
> University – A Tennessee Board of Regents Institution.
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> George T. Riordan,
> Director                
> School
> of Music
> Middle Tennessee State
> University
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> griordan at mtsu.edu   office: 
> 615-898-5924
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> MTSU P.O. Box 47
> Murfreesboro, TNÂ 
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