The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is offering a research studentship for three years, to the value of £15,000 per annum (to cover fees and subsistence) to an applicant of outstanding ability to participate in a PhD programme of specialist research activity. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of Professor Rita McAllister, an international specialist in the music of Sergei Prokofiev, in producing, for publication and dissemination, the first comprehensive and scholarly edition of the music for Prokofiev’s late opera War and Peace. In this s/he will have the support of the Prokofiev Foundation and the benefit of the mentoring skills of the publishers Boosey and Hawkes in London.
The successful applicant will possess at least a good first degree, and preferably also a Masters qualification, in Music; s/he will be a fluent Russian reader and speaker; s/he should have some relevant editing experience and be able to use the Sibelius music notation programme; s/he should also be prepared to work meticulously in transcribing music manuscripts and other archival material.
The deadline for application is 9 January 2012, but candidates are encouraged to apply for early consideration. The studentship will commence in September 2012, and will be held for 36 months. Interviews will take place in February 2012.
Applicants are encouraged to direct informal enquiries by email to Professor McAllister at [log in to unmask] Application forms can be obtained from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s website: http://www.rcs.ac.uk/postgraduate/research.
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