XIII.E   Off-campus Professional Engagements

The full-time faculty in the School of Music are encouraged to continue their professional pursuits as performing artists, composers, scholars, and teachers. In addition to their teaching, members of the faculty are also obligated to participate in auditions and interviews for admission to the School, degree recitals, juries, student advisory meetings, and MMA and DMA auditions and examinations. To ensure that all responsibilities to the students and programs of the School are met and that a reasonable balance of teaching and professional activity is maintained, faculty must receive approval for travel leave each semester. The normal allowance is three weeks per semester, and all lessons and classes must be satisfactorily assigned or rescheduled.

This requirement is not intended to restrict unduly the freedom of faculty to engage in professional activities, and permission will normally be granted automatically. Official notification of absence is necessary to enable the School to respond to inquiries that arise while faculty members are away, and it is important in the orderly administration of the School. Also, off-campus professional activities may be combined with University business, and prior approval by the Dean will have an important bearing on questions of liability in the event of death or injury while traveling.

The full-time faculty in the School of Music are encouraged to continue their professional pursuits as performing artists, composers, scholars, and teachers. In addition to their teaching, members of the faculty are also obligated to participate in auditions and interviews for admission to the School, degree recitals, juries, student advisory meetings, and MMA and DMA auditions and examinations. To ensure that all responsibilities to the students and programs of the School are met and that a reasonable balance of teaching and professional activity is maintained, faculty must receive approval for travel leave each semester. The normal allowance is three weeks per semester, and all lessons and classes must be satisfactorily assigned or rescheduled.

This requirement is not intended to restrict unduly the freedom of faculty to engage in professional activities, and permission will normally be granted automatically. Official notification of absence is necessary to enable the School to respond to inquiries that arise while faculty members are away, and it is important in the orderly administration of the School. Also, off-campus professional activities may be combined with University business, and prior approval by the Dean will have an important bearing on questions of liability in the event of death or injury while traveling.