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CALL FOR FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS
Orpheus Research Centre in Music, Ghent Belgium

Position: Artistic Research Fellow in Music
Closing date: 2 June 2008
 
The Orpheus Research Centre in Music [ORCiM] is a department of the Orpheus Institute and 
promotes research that is embedded in and incorporates musical practice. Its aim is to provide 
musicians investigating their artistic queries with an international research environment and to 
promote the kind of research that enhances the art of music making, and the understanding of it.

The ORCiM is currently developing research in the following areas:
- the musician’s listening
- the musician’s analysing
- the musician’s act of creation
- the performer’s relation to notation
For a more detailed description: http://www.orpheusinstituut.be/en/research-centre/principal-
research-areas 

The ORCiM welcomes innovative projects which can move the area of artistic research in music 
forward. Therefore it is considering recruiting:
Artistic Researchers in Music / Part-time to full-time visiting research fellowships

You are:
- a musician
- dealing with research questions which are answerable through artistic inquiry
- a fluent English writer and speaker
- affiliated with an institution envisaging a collaboration with us (optional).
 
We offer you:
- the opportunity to disseminate your findings through a variety of channels
- a visiting research fellowship of three months to one year
- a gross annual salary ranging from 25000 to 45000 euros commensurate with experience.
 
To apply send us by 2 June 2008 at the latest:
- your CV including details of any publications and/or recording
- a letter of motivation
- a description of your research interests
- names and contact details of two referees who will be contacted and who can write
 knowledgeably about you.
 
CONTACT
Orpheus Research Centre in Music
 c/o Orpheus Institute
Korte Meer 12 B - 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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http://www.orpheusinstituut.be/en/research-centre

Orpheus Instituut has been providing postgraduate education for  
musicians since 1996 and introduced a doctoral programme for  
performers and composers in 2004. It acts as a forum where musicians  
can expand their artistic training by conducting practice-based  
research. The Orpheus Instituut is respected as an artistic research  
centre where musicians can take on the artistic and social challenges  
of the future.

Orpheus Research Centre in Music [ORCiM]
ORCiM was founded in 2007 by the Orpheus Instituut. ORCiM contemplates  
the grounds for artistic research, develops and implements new tools  
for artistic research and generates new research on specific topics in  
musical practice. The aim of ORCiM is to provide musicians  
investigating questions of artistic relevance with an appropriate  
research environment and to promote the kind of research that enhances  
the art of music making and our understanding of it.