Academic Staff

Dr Nicholas Bannan
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Secondary Music Education

Emeritus Professor Sandra Bowdler
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Musicology

Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson
Callaway/Tunley Chair of Music & Director, Callaway Centre
Coordinator, Research & Postgraduate Studies

Brian Dawson
Honorary Research Fellow

Dr Andrea Emberly
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Robert Faulker
Research Assistant Professor

Graeme Gilling
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Keyboard & Accompaniment Studies

Kaye Hill
Honorary Research Fellow

Dr Jonathan McIntosh
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology

Peter Moore OAM
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Applied Music Programme (Performance)
Coordinator, Wind & Percussion Studies

Dr Victoria Rogers
Associate Professor, Musicology

Professor Roger Smalley
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Composition

Dr David Symons
Acting Head of School & Course Adviser
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Music Studies Programme

Dr Chris Tonkin
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Applied Music Programme (Composition)

Emeritus Professor David Tunley
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Musicology

Dr Suzanne Wijsman
Associate Professor & Coordinator, String Studies

Paul Wright
Associate Professor & Musician in Residence

Dr Nicholas Bannan
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Secondary Music Education

Qualifications

Biography

Nicholas Bannan's earliest musical experience was as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. He went on to study Music at Cambridge University, where he specialised in vocal studies and composition. He has taught in several schools, including Eton College and the Yehudi Menuhin School. He was Director of Music at Desborough School, Maidenhead, where the choir he conducted was in demand to work with London orchestras and made frequent broadcasts on television and radio. He continued to develop his work as a composer, winning the Fribourg Prize for Sacred Music in 1986 and completing commissions for the Allegri and Grieg Quartets, the Guildhall String Ensemble, Cantemus Novum of Antwerp, and the Gentlemen of St Paul's Cathedral. He was for 12 years the conductor of The Esterhazy Singers, a London chamber choir that specialised in performing the music of Haydn and his contemporaries with the period instruments of the Esterhazy Chamber Orchestra. He also directed the contemporary music groups 1913 Ensemble and Act of Creation, and worked on electro-acoustic projects with the composer Rolf Gehlhaar and the Elektrodome company. He was a Winston Churchill Fellow in 1992, travelling through the USA in preparing a report on the training of choral directors and singing teachers.

His interests as an educator focused increasingly on means of releasing children's creativity, and he formed the partnership Compose Yourself! to provide workshop opportunities for pupils and in-service training for teachers. He carried out research at the University of Reading into the use of electronic resources in vocal education and the means by which vocal potential can be released in singers of all ages and abilities, and this has led to his Harmony Signing project, a new pedagogical system for developing aural sensitivity and creative potential through group singing. He has also worked with Alzheimer’s patients on the potential of singing for retaining social communication between carers and people with dementia. He was awarded his doctorate in 2002 for a study of the evolutionary origins of the human singing voice. From 1999 to 2005 he was Director of the Music Teaching in Professional Practice Initiative, a distance-learning programme leading to Diploma and Masters qualifications administered at the University of Reading.

Nicholas was founder-editor of the journal Mastersinger published by the Association of British Choral Directors, and Artistic Director of ABCD’s 1996 conference in Oxford. He co-edited the Ashgate publication The Reflective Conservatoire with George Odam, and is currently working with the archaeologist Steven Mithen on an edited book for Oxford University Press entitled Music, Language and Human Evolution. He continues to compose, and brings to his teaching the assumption that the purpose of engaging with the music of the past is to develop the confidence and fluency to enable original self-expression. He is a keen follower of cricket and rugby, both of which he played in his youth.

Research Interests

The evolutionary origins of music; vocalisation in song and language; music in child development; musical creativity; choral direction; musical communication and pedagogy.

Current Projects

Teaching

Supervising the PhD project of Andrew Snedden (The role of music in Christian Colleges).
Recent MMusEd completions: Sue Varley (Australian sound surround in piano learning); Michael Newton (Y10 choice of Music in the UK)

Publications

2008 ‘Language out of Music: the four dimensions of vocal learning’. The Australian Journal of Anthropology 19 (3): 272-293

2008 Bannan, N. and Woodward S., ‘Spontaneity in the musicality and music learning of children’ in Colwyn Trevarthen and Stephen Malloch (Ed.s) Communicative Musicality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 465-494 [50% authorship]

2008 Bannan, N & Montgomery-Smith, C. ‘Singing for the Brain’: reflections on the human capacity for music arising from a pilot study of group singing with Alzheimer’s patients and carers. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 128 (2): 73-78 [50% authorship]

2006 A engenharia reversa na voz humana: Examinido os pré-requisitos de adaptação para canção e linguagem (trans. B. Ilari). Cognição & Artes Musicais (Brazilian Journal of Music Cognition) Vol. 1 No 1, pp. 30-39

2006 Review of Jolyon Laycock’s " “The Changing Role for the Composer in Society: A Study of the Historical Background and Current Methodologies of Creative Music-Making” Music and Letters - Volume 87, Number 4, pp. 666-667. Oxford University Press

2005 ‘Music Teaching without words’, in Mauricio Dottori, Beatriz Ilari and Rodolfo Coelho de Souza (ED.s) Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Cognition and the Musical Arts. Curitiba, Brazil: Universidade Federal do Paraná, pp. 400-405. ISBN 85-98826-03-9.

2005 Odam, G. & Bannan, N. (Ed.s) The Reflective Conservatoire. London: Ashgate. ISBN: 0 7546 5415 X

Awards

1981 String Quartet 1 (Allegri Quartet) Radcliffe Award Commission; Horses of the Night (Collage Ensemble) Southern Arts Commission

1986 Magnificat (Chapelle Royale de Paris/Herreweghe) Fribourg Festival prize for sacred music; UK premier, the BBC Singers (1987)

1987 Round-Dance (Guildhall String Ensemble) New MacNachten Concerts Commission

1994 String Quartet 2 (Grieg Quartet of London) Holst Foundation Award

1992 Winston Churchill Fellowship, research into Choral Singing in the USA

2007 UWA Research Grant, 'Timbre and contour in the production and perception of song and language: towards an evolutionary model of human vocal communication'

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Emeritus Professor Sandra Bowdler
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Musicology

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Sydney; PhD ANU

Biography

Sandra Bowdler was born in Sydney in 1946, and attended the University of Sydney, gaining a BA Hons I with University Medal in Anthropology in 1970. Her honours thesis was based on the excavation of an Aboriginal shell midden site at Bass Point, on the south coast of NSW. She was then appointed Tutor in Prehistory at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby, and taught there from 1971-2. During that period she carried out archaeological field work in the Papuan Gulf and also on Motupore Island in Bootless Bay, Port Moresby. In 1973 she was awarded a PhD scholarship in the Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra. Her PhD research was based on field work carried out on Hunter Island in Bass Strait.

From 1977 to 1980, Sandra Bowdler was a lecturer in the Department of Prehistory at the University Of New England in Armidale, NSW. During that period, she carried out research in the New England area, including the excavation of an Aboriginal site in her backyard in Uralla. In 1981 she worked for the Forestry Commission of NSW on a project examining issues involved with Aboriginal sites on the Crown-timber lands of NSW, and in 1982 worked as an independent consultant, carrying out projects in Tasmania, NSW and Victoria.

Sandra Bowdler was appointed Professor of Archaeology at the University of WA in 1983, and continued in that position until her retirement in 2007. During that period she carried out a project of archaeological research in the Shark Bay region of WA involving Aboriginal sites dating from 30,000 years ago to the historical period. She also broadened her archaeological horizons to include Southeast Asia, and in recent times has been working with colleague Dr Jane Balme on the origins of gender with particular emphasis on the evidence from the European Palaeolithic (Stone Age). Over her career she has published over a hundred scholarly papers and books.

Music has long been a particular interest in Sandra Bowdler’s life, particularly baroque music and particularly opera. Since 1996, she has been writing music reviews, and some articles, which have appeared largely on the internet sites Andante (www.andante.com, still there but basically defunct) and The Opera Critic (www.theopercritic.com), and also in Amadeus, the Italian music magazine and Opera, the English magazine. She has also become interested in archaeological evidence for the origins of music (an interest shared with Dr Nicholas Bannan). She is currently seeking to establish a Baroque Music Festival, to be held in Perth in 2009.

Research Interests

Australian Aboriginal and Southeast Asian archaeology; Tasmanian archaeology and history; origins of gender; origins of music; eighteenth century music and history

Current Projects

Indigenous involvement in opera; representations of Tasmanian Aboriginal people in the historical period; Hoabinhian stone tool assemblages of Southeast Asia and Australia

Publications

2008 Bowdler, Sandra Pre-Agricultural Peoples, Southeast Asia. In Deborah M. Pearsall (ed) Encyclopaedia of Archaeology. Vol.1, pp.809-818. Elsevier/Academic Press, San Diego.

2008 Bulbeck, Chilla and Sandra Bowdler The Faroes Grindadr·p or pilot whale hunt: the importance of its ìtraditionalî status in debates with conservationists. Australian Archaeology 67: 53-60.

2008 Bowdler, Sandra History of Archaeology in Western Australia. In Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard (eds), Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley.

2008 Bowdler, Sandra Hoabinhian and non-Hoabinhian. In Jean-Pierre Pauteau, Anne-Sophie Coupey, ValÈry Zeitoun and Emma Rambault (eds) Archaeology in Southeast Asia: from Homo erectus to the Living Traditions. pp.59-66. Papers from the 11th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists.

2007 Bowdler, Sandra Dealing with diversity: advantages and disadvantages in archaeological views of national identity. In Mokhtar Saidin and Stephen Chia (eds) Proceedings of the International Seminar on Archaeology and Nation Building. pp.66-71. Pusat Penyelidikan Archeologi Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

2007 Bowdler, Sandra Liang Bua in the wiser prehistoric context. In Etty Indirati ed. Recent Advances on Southeast Asian Paleoanthropology and Archaeology. pp.90-94. Proceedings, International Seminar on Sothewast Asian Paleoanthropology. Laboratory of Bioanthropology and Paleoanthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta

2006 Bowdler, Sandra Mollusks [sic] and other shells. In J. Balme and A. G. Paterson (eds) Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses. pp.316-337. Blackwell Publishing, Malden.

2006 Bowdler, Sandra Harry Lourandos' Life and Work: an Australian Archaeological Odyssey. In B. David, B. Barker and I. M. McNiven (eds) The Social Archaeology of Indigenous Australia. pp.40- 49. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.

2006 Bowdler, Sandra The Hoabinhian: early evidence for SE Asian trade networks? In E. A. Bacus, I. C. Glover and V. C. Piggott (eds) Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past? Selected papers from the Tenth Biennial Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, London, 14th - 17th September 2004. pp.355-359. Singapore: National University Press.

2006 Balme, Jane and Sandra Bowdler Spear and digging stick. The origin of gender and its implications for the colonization of new continents. Journal of Social Archaeology 6: 379ñ401.

2005 Bowdler, Sandra Movement, exchange and the ritual life in southeastern Australia. In I. Macfarlane, R. Paton and M. J. Mountain (eds) Many exchanges: archaeology, history, community and the work of Isabel McBryde. pp.131-146. Aboriginal History Monograph 11, Canberra.

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Festival Baroque Australia

Archaeology - Prof Sandra Bowdler

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Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson
Callaway/Tunley Chair of Music & Director, Callaway Centre
Coordinator, Research & Postgraduate Studies

Qualifications

BA (Hons), Newcastle (U.K.); PGCertEd, Lond.; MA & PhD, City (U.K.); PGCertCouns, Keele (U.K.); MA, Leeds

Biography

Jane Davidson’s career has spanned the university sector, conservatory education and the music profession. Her interests are in music psychology, music education, musicology, music theatre, vocal performance and contemporary dance. She has written more than 100 scholarly publications and secured a range of research grants. She has worked as an opera singer and a music theatre director, collaborating with performance groups such as Andrew Lawrence-King’s Harp Consort, Opera North, and the Portuguese Company, Drama per musica. After thirteen years at University of Sheffield, Jane began working full-time at the School of Music, University of Western Australia in January 2008.

Teaching

Jane has taught undergraduate units in Music Theatre and Vocal Performance, Improvisation, Performance Studies, Critical Responses to Music, Topics in the History of Music, Gender in Western Art Music, Psychological Approaches to Performance, Music in the Community, Music Therapy, Development of Musical Ability. She has supervised Honours, Masters and Doctoral theses, teaching associated research training programmes in Music Research Skills, Critique of Research and coordinated Graduate Study Days. She devised the MA Psychology for Musicians (Distance Learning) and MA in Music Theatre Studies for University of Sheffield and co-founded its MA in Psychology of Music. At UWA, Jane coordinates the Master of Music Practitioner Studies, working with several colleagues on course writing and delivery.

Visiting teaching posts have included: Guildhall School of Music (1992-2002); Lucerne Konservatorium (1998 -2002); Polytechnic Institute of Porto (1997-2005); Univeristy of Aveiro (1997-2005); Trinity College of Music and Royal National Institute for the Blind (2003-2006); Hong Kong Institute of Education (2004-2006).

Awards

For teaching: UWA, FAHSS High Commendation for Teaching (2008); University of Sheffield, Senate Award for Teaching Excellence (2003)
For study: Rotary International Scholarship; Worshipful Company of Cordwainers Award

Professional Service

Board member of Staff and Educational Development Association, 1993-6.

Editorial staff of New Academic (Journal of Teaching and Learning Innovation in Higher Education), 1993-6.

Assistant Editor & French-English translation for European Society for the Cognitive Sciences in Music, 1992-5; also editorial board of Musicae Scientiae, since 2001.

Board of Society for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education, 1996-2009.

Associate Editor of British Journal of Music Education, 1997-2001.

Associate Editor of Research Issues in Music Education, since 1999.

Editor of Psychology of Music 1997-2001, then editorial board of Psychology of Music, since 2001.

Vice-president of European Society for Cognitive Sciences of Music, 2003-06.

Advisory Boards for: International Conferences on Musical Perception and Cognition, 1998-2008; Swiss Science Ministry and European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music conference on music relevant to Music Colleges, Lucerne, 1999. Jane was Conference Secretary for Society for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education, 1992-6, organizing 3 international and 7 national conferences; Director of a conference on ‘Music Theatre Performance’, University of Sheffield, February 2004; Director of ‘Performance Matters’ an international conference linking European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music and Society for Education Music (ESCOM), the International Society for Music Education (ISME), Society for Education, Music and Psychology (SEMPRE) and the Music Psychology Research Centre in Porto (CIPEM), Porto, September 2005.

Jane is a reviewer of books for: Ashgate, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, British Psychological Society, Jessica Kingsley, Cambridge Scholars Press, Psychology Press, Royal Musical Association. Grant reviewer for: Arts and Humanities Research Board, Economic and Social Sciences Research Council, Arts Council of England, Australian Research Council, OzReader.

Course Examiner for: BA Music, University of Northumbria; MA in Choral Education, Roehampton University, London; MA Music Therapy, Nordoff-Robbins, City University; MEd Music Education, University of London; MMus in vocal performance, Universidade de Aveiro; Licenciatura in Vocal Studies, Universidade Catolica, Portugal.

Postgraduate Thesis Examination for the universities of Leicester, Exeter, Surrey, Cambridge, London, Leeds, Bangor, Reading, Queensland, Melbourne, Western Sydney, James Cook, New England, Wollongong, Cape Town, Tasmania, Nanyang, Singapore; Bar-Ilan, Israel.

Validation Panels: Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Masters programme; Leeds College of Music for all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Research Areas

Jane Davidson’s research is broadly in the area of performance studies, with four core areas of interest: musical development, expression in performance, music and health, and vocal studies and performance. In the area of musical development, her major output is based on two longitudinal research studies, each running for more than 10 years: study one focused on children showing exceptional skills; study two traced how children develop musical lives and identities, whether or not they persist with instrumental learning. Expressive body movement in musical performance is a central research interest, with topics ranging from the solo classical pianist and the chamber orchestra to Robbie Williams and Annie Lennox. Music and health research has resulted in publications on music therapy interventions with multiple sclerosis patients and a series of investigation into the health benefits of singing. Jane is currently investigating singing interventions for older people, especially those facing social isolation. Vocal research has included an investigation of the effects of the contraceptive pill on the female operatic singer’s voice. Two edited volumes -The Music Practitioner (Ashgate, 2004) and La purpura de la rosa: the staging of an opera, bringing the first Latin-American opera to life (DMLS, 2007) -reveal Jane’s interest in the social psychology of operatic rehearsal and production.

Jane uses both quantitative and qualitative research techniques and introduced Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to music research (see, Empirical Musicology, Oxford: 2004).

Grants

• Act, Belong, Commit to Singing: A Healthy Way to Live. 2009, Healthway, $35,000Aus

• Developing and piloting a method of referral to a social rehabilitation through singing program for older people 2008, UWA Research Grant (with Gill Lewin of Silver Chain), $19,995Aus

• Communicative Human Musicality: A cross-cultural comparative study of dance, singing and musical instrument skills in 12-15 year olds. 2008-2010, ARC Discovery Project DP 0879196 (with Victoria Rogers), $305,000Aus

• From Child to Adult Musician, 2007-09, ARC Discovery Project DP0770257 (with Gary McPherson), $240,000Aus

• Effects of the contraceptive pill on female professional voice users, 2006. White Rose Consortium Research Initiatives Fund, £40,000

• The Spanish Baroque Continuo, 2005-07, Arts and Humanities Research Council Performing Arts Research Fellowship (for Andrew Lawrence-King), £90,000

• Music and Stroke, 2004, Stroke Association (with Wendy Magee), £5,000

• Moving Musicians, 2003/04, Visiting fellowship, University of Western Sydney, $8,000Aus

• Co-ordinating piano duos, 1999, University of Sheffield Research Fund, £5,000

• Factors and Abilities Influencing the Development of Visual, Aural, and Creative Musical Performance Skills in Beginning Instrumental Instruction, 1997-99, Australian Research Council, Large Grant, (Gary McPherson and Jane Davidson), $95,000Aus

• Definitions of Practical Music as Research,1995, Arts Council of England, £6,000

• Biographical Determinants of Musical Excellence, 1991-1993, Leverhulme Trust, (John A. Sloboda, Michael J.A. Howe, Jane Davidson), £75,000

Research Publication Highlights

Books

2007 Davidson, J.W., Trippett, A. (Eds), Bringing the First Latin-American Opera to Life: Staging La purpura de la rosa in Sheffield, Durham Modern Languages Series, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, Great Britain

2004 Davidson, J.W. (Ed), The Music Practitioner, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK

Book chapters

2007 Davidson, J.W., Directing La purpura de la rosa in J.W Davidson, A. Trippett, (Eds), Bringing the First Latin-American Opera to Life: Staging La purpura de la rosa in Sheffield, PP.215-250. Durham Modern Languages Series, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, Great Britain

2007 Davidson, J.W., Trippett, A. Staging an Opera; Sheffield version, in J.W Davidson, A. Trippett, (Eds), Bringing the First Latin-American Opera to Life: Staging La purpura de la rosa in Sheffield, PP.373-375. Durham Modern Languages Series, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, Great Britain

2007 Davidson, J.W., Jordan, N., "Private Teaching, Private Learning?": An exploration of music instrument learning in the private studio, junior and senior conservatories in International Handbook of Research in Arts Education Part 1, Springer, The Netherlands

2006 Davidson, J.W., McPherson, G., Playing an Instrument in The Child as Musician, Oxford University Press, New York

2006 Davidson, J.W., Coulam, A., Exploring jazz and classical solo singing performance behaviours: A preliminary step towards understanding performer creativity in Musical creativity: Current research and theory in practice, Oxford University Press, New York

2006 Davidson, J.W., Burland, K., Musician identity formation in The Child as Musician, Oxford University Press, Oxford

2006 Davidson, J.W., "She's the One": Multiple functions of body movement in a stage performance by Robbie Williams in Music and Gesture, Ashgate, Aldershot

2005 Davidson, J.W., Bodily communication in musical performance in Musical Communication, Oxford University Press, Oxford

2004 Davidson, J.W., Making a Reflexive Turn: Practical Music-making Becomes Conventional Research in The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK

2004 Davidson, J.W., What can the Social Psychology of Music offer Community Music Therapy? in Community Music Therapy, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK

2004 Davidson, J.W., Goodman, E., Strategies for ensemble practice in Musical Excellence: Strategies and techniques to enhance performance, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2004 Davidson, J.W., Analysing music as social behaviour in Empirical Musicology, Oxford University Press, New York, USA

2004 Coimbra, D.C.C., Davidson, J.W., Assessing vocal performance in The Music Practitioner: Exploring practices and research in the development of the expert music performer, teacher and l, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK

2004 Burland, K., Davidson, J.W., Tracing a Musical Life Transition, in J.W. Davidson (Ed) The Music Practitioner: Exploring practices and research in the development of the expert music performer, teacher and listener, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, UK

2004 Davidson, J.W., Music as social behaviour in Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects, Oxford University Press, New York, USA

2002 Lehmann, A.C., Davidson, J.W., Taking an acquired skills perspective on music performance in The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2002 Davidson, J.W., Developing the ability to perform in Musical Performance: A Guide to Study and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK

2002 Davidson, J.W., Communicating with the body in performance in Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK

2002 Davidson, J.W., The solo performer's identity in Musical Identities, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2002 Borthwick, S.J., Davidson, J.W., Developing a Child's Identity as a Musician: A "Family" Script perspective in Musical Identities, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2002 Davidson, J.W., Correia, J.S., Body movement in The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2002 Gembris, H., Davidson, J.W., Environmental influences in The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

2002 Pitts, S.E., Davidson, J.W., McPherson, G.E., Developing effective practice strategies: case studies of three young instrumentalists in Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music, Routledge Falmer, London, UK

2001 Davidson, J.W., Pitts, S.E., Musik und geistige Fähigkeiten in Macht Musik wirlich kluger? Musickalisches Lernen and Transfereffekte, Wissner Verlag, Augsburg, Germany

1998 Clarke, E. F. & Davidson, J. W. The body in music as mediator between knowledge and action. In: W. Thomas (Ed.).Composition, Performance, Reception: Studies in the Creative Process in Music, pp 74-92, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1997 Davidson, J. W. The social psychology of performance. In D. J. Hargreaves & A. C. North (Eds.). The Social Psychology of Music, pp 209-226, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1997 Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A. & Sloboda, J. A. Environmental factors in the development of musical performance skill in the first twenty years of life. In: D. J. Hargreaves & A. C. North (Eds.). The Social Psychology of Music, pp188-203, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1996 Davidson, J. W.& Sloboda, J. A., The young performing musician. In: I. Deliege, & J. A. Sloboda (Eds.). The Origins and Development of Musical Competence. Oxford University Press, vol 127, 40-45.

1995 Davidson, J. W. What does the visual information contained in music performances offer the observer? Some preliminary thoughts. In R. Steinberg (Ed.). The Music Machine: Psychophysiology and Psychopathology of the Sense of Music, pp105-113, Berlin: Springer Verlag.

1995 Davidson, J. W. & Sloboda, J. A., L’ interprète en herbe. In I. Deliège, & J. A. Sloboda (Eds.). Naissance et développement du sens musical, pp 199-221, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

Refereed Journal Articles

2007 Liao, M.Y., Davidson, J.W., 'The use of gesture techniques in children's singing', International Journal of Music Education, 25, 1, pp. 82-96.

2007 Davidson, J.W., Lai, V., 'Shanghai Street: Arts in and of a City', The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1, 7, pp. 109-119.

2007 La, F.M.B., Ledger, W.L., Davidson, J.W., Howard, D.M., Jones, G.L., 'The Effects of a Third Generation Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill on the Classical Singing Voice', Journal of Voice, 21, 6, pp. 754-761.

2007 Davidson, J.W., 'The activity and artistry of solo vocal performance: Insights from investigative observations and interviews with western classical singers', The Journal of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Special Issue 2007, pp. 109-140.

2007 Blank, M., Davidson, J.W., 'An exploration of the effects of musical and social factors in piano duo collaborations', Psychology of Music, 35, 2, pp. 231-248.

2007 La, F., Davidson, J.W., Ledger, W., Howard, D., Jones, G., 'A case-study on the effects of the menstrual cycle and the use of a combined oral contraceptive pill on the performance of a western classical singer: An objective and subjective overview', The Journal of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, Special Issue 2007, pp. 85-107.

2007 Davidson, J.W., 'Qualitative insights into the use of expressive body movement in solo piano performance: a case study approach', Psychology of Music, 35, 3, pp. 381-401.

2006 Davidson, J.W., Faulkner, R.S.C., 'Men in Chorus: Collaboration and competition in homo-social vocal behaviour', Psychology of Music, 34, 2, pp. 219-238.

2005 Kurosawa, K., Davidson, J.W., 'Non-verbal interaction in popular performance: The Corrs', Musicae Scientiae, 19, 1, pp. 111-136.

2005 Lã, F., Davidson, J.W., 'Investigating the Relationship between Sexual Hormones and Female Western Classical Singing', Research Studies in Music Education, 24, pp. 75-87.

2005 Magee, W.L., Davidson, J.W., 'Music Therapy In Multiple Sclerosis: Results of a Systematic Qualitative Analysis', Music Therapy Perspectives, 22, 1, pp. 39-51.

2005 Bailey, B., Davidson, J.W., 'Effects of group singing and performance for marginalised and middle-class singers', Psychology of Music, 33, 3, pp. 269-303.

2005 Davidson, J.W., 'Before, during and after examinations in England: The interaction of teacher, student and parents', Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, 3, 1, pp. 64-81.

2005 Davidson, J.W., 'A British Academician', Musicae Scientiae, 9, 2, pp. 213-221.

2005 Faulkner, R.S.C., Davidson, J.W., 'Men's Vocal Behaviour and the Construction of Self', Musicae Scientiae, VIII, 2, pp. 231-255.

2004 Magee, W.L., Davidson, J.W., 'Singing in Therapy: Monitoring Disease Process in Chronic Degenerative Illness', British Journal of Music Therapy, 18, 2, pp. 65-77.

2003 Bailey, B., Davidson, J.W., 'Amateur Group Singing as a Therapeutic Instrument', Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 12, pp. 18-32.

2003 Davidson, J.W., Edgar, R., 'Gender and race bias in the judgement of western art music performance', Music Education Research, 5, 2, pp. 169-182.

2003 Moore, D.G., Davidson, J.W., Burland, K., 'The social context of musical success', British Journal of Psychology, 94, pp. 529-549.

2003 Ford, L., Davidson, J.W., 'An investigation of members' roles in wind quintets', Psychology of Music, 31, pp. 53-74.

2003 Kokotsaki, D., Davidson, J.W., 'Investigating musical performance anxiety among music college singing students', Music Education Research, 5, pp. 45-60.

2002 Davidson, J.W., 'Understanding the expressive movements of a solo pianist', Musikpsychologie: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie , 16, pp. 7-29.

2002 Magee, W.L., Davidson, J.W., 'The Effect Of Music Therapy On Mood States In Neurological Patients - A Pilot Study', Journal of Music Therapy, 39, 1, pp. 20-29.

2002 McPherson, G.E., Davidson, J.W., 'Musical Practice: Mother and child interactions during the first year of learning an instrument', Music Education Research, 4, pp. 141-156.

2002 Williamon, R.A., Davidson, J.W., 'Exploring co-performer communication', Musicae Scientiae, VI, 1, pp. 53-72.

2002 Burland, K., Davidson, J.W., 'Training the talented', Music Education Research, 4, pp. 121-140.

2002 Davidson, J.W., Good, J.M.M., 'Social and Musical Coordination between Members of a String Quartet: An Exploratory Study', Psychology of Music, 30, 2, pp. 186-201.

2002 Bailey, B., Davidson, J.W., 'Adaptive characteristics of group singing: perceptions from members of a choir for homeless men', Musicae Scientiae, VI, 2, pp. 221-256.

2002 Coimbra, D.C.C., Davidson, J.W., Kokotsaki, D., 'Student's experiences of mid-year examinations', Music Education Research, 4, pp. 168-181.

2002 Davidson, J.W., Borthwick, S.J., 'Family Dynamics and Family Scripts: A Case Study of Musical Development ', Psychology of Music, 30, pp. 121-136.

2001 Davidson, J.W., Correia, J.S., 'Meaningful musical performance: a bodily experience', Research Studies in Music Education, 17, pp. 70-83.

2001 Davidson, J.W., Pitts, S.E., '"People have talents": A case study of musical behaviour in an adoptive family', British Journal of Music Education, 18, 2, pp. 161-171.

2001 Davidson, J.W., 'The role of the body in the production and perception of solo vocal performance: A case study of Annie Lennox', Musicae Scientiae, V, 2, pp. 235-256.

2001 Davidson, J.W., Coimbra, D.C.C., 'Investigating performance evaluation by assessors of singers in a music college setting', Musicae Scientiae, V, 1, pp. 33-54.

2001 Kokotsaki, D., Davidson, J.W., Coimbra, D., 'Investigating the assessment of singers in a music college setting: the students' perspective', Research Studies in Music Education, 16, pp. 15-32.

2001 Burland, K., Davidson, J.W., 'Investigating social processes in group musical composition', Research Studies in Music Education, 16, pp. 46-56.

2001 Davidson, J.W., Pitts, S.E., Correia, J.S., 'Reconciling Technical and Expressive Elements in Young Children's Musical Instrument Teaching: Working with Children', Journal of Aesthetic Education, 35, 3, pp. 51-62.

2001 Davidson, J.W., 'David Helfgott: A Psychologist's Perspective', Research Studies in Music Education, 16, pp. 66-70.

2000 Pitts, S.E. and Davidson, J.W. Supporting musical development in the primary school: an English perspective on the Australian band system. Research Issues in Music Education., 14, 76-84.

2000 Pitts, S.E., Davidson, J.W. & McPherson, G.E. Developing effective practice strategies: case studies of three young instrumentalists. Music Education Research., 2, 45-56.

1999 Davidson, J.W. Sketching a social psychology of music learning and performance. Journal of Music Perception and Cognition, 5(1): 44-55.

1999 Davidson, J.W. Self and desire: A preliminary exploration of why students start and continue with music learning. Research Studies in Music Education, 12: 30-37.

1999 Davidson, J.W. & Scutt, S. Exam Interactions. Ensemble: The Journal of the Music Masters’ and Mistresses’ Association, 51: 10-17.

1999 Davidson, J.W. & Scutt, S. Researching Music Examinations. British Journal of Music Education, 16:1, 79-95.

1998 Howe, M. J. A., Davidson, J. W. & Sloboda, J. A. Innate gifts and talents: Reality or myth? Behavioural and Brain Sciences. 21 (3): 399-407.

1998 Howe, M. J. A., Davidson, J. W. & Sloboda, J. A. Natural Born Talents Undiscovered. Behavioural and Brain Sciences. 21 (3): 432-442.

1998 Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., Moore, D. M., & Sloboda, J. A. The role of teachers in the development of musical ability. Journal of Research in Music Education, v46(1), 141-160.

1997 Davidson, J.W. Themes and Discussions in Musical Development Research. Polish Journal of Developmental Psychology. Spring Issue, 7, 34-42.

1997 Davidson, J.W. & Smith, J.A. A Case Study of Newer Practices in Music Education at Conservatoire Level. British Journal of Music Education, 14, 3, 251-269.

1996 Sloboda, J. A., Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., & Moore, D. M. The role of practice in the development of expert musical performance British Journal of Psychology), 87, 287-309.

1996 Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A., Moore, D. M., & Sloboda, J. A. The Role of Parental Influences in the Development of Musical Ability. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 14, 399-412

1995/6 Davidson, J. W., Howe, M. J. A. & Sloboda, J. A. The role of parents and teachers in the success and failure of instrumental learners. Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education. 127, 40-45.

1995 Howe, M. J. A., Davidson, J. W., Moore, D. M., & Sloboda, J. A. Are there early signs of musical excellence? Psychology of Music, 23, 162-176.

1994 Davidson, J. W. What type of information is conveyed in the body movements of solo musician performers? Journal of Human Movement Studies, 6, 279-301.

1994a Sloboda, J. A., Davidson, J. W. & Howe, M. J. A. Is everyone musical? The Psychologist, 7 (7), 349-354.

1994b Sloboda, J. A., Davidson, J. W. & Howe, M. J. A. Musicians: Experts not geniuses. The Psychologist , 7(7), 363-365.

1993 Davidson, J.W. Visual perception of performance manner in the movements of solo musicians, Psychology of Music, 21, 103-13.

1993 Howe, M.J.A., Sloboda, J.A. & Davidson, J.W. What makes a musician? Upbeat, 16: 8-9.

Brian Dawson
Honorary Research Fellow

Qualifications

B App Sc (Lib Stud)

Biography

Brian’s archival and research work at The University of Western Australia began in 2005 when he joined the cataloguing team at the Callaway Centre working on the ARC-funded Preserving Australia’s Sound Heritage. This was followed by another ARC project in 2006/07, Sound Footings, for which he was Project Manager. In 2007/08 he worked with W/Prof Jane Davidson as researcher/writer for Creative State, a TV reality series on opera. In 2008 Brian commenced working on the ARC-funded project Communicative Human Musicality as an Honorary Research Fellow and Project Manager.

For much of his career Brian has worked as a music librarian and senior manager at the State Library of Western Australia. Allied to this is his performing arts career in musical theatre, and he has written the book and lyrics to Nostradamus (Perth Concert Hall, 2002) and the lyrics to The Last Maharajah (Hoxton Hall, London, 2008).

Research Interests

Brian’s research interests include archival research techniques, and the life and work of ethnomusicologist John Blacking. He is also researching the evolution of the musical theatre ‘book’ with reference to the works of American dramatist Peter Stone.

Current Projects

A bibliography of the works of John Blacking as part of the Communicative Human Musicality project.

Publications/Presentations

How Organised is Man? The Research Practices of John Blacking (31st National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne, December 2008)

Links

Callaway Centre Projects

• Blacking Collection Project
• Communicative Human Musicality
• Preserving Australia’s Sound Heritage
• Sound Footings

Dr Andrea Emberly
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology), University of Washington
M.A. (Ethnomusicology), University of Washington
MMus, Illinois State University
BMus, University of Alberta

Biography

Andrea Emberly completed her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Washington in 2009 where she focused on the musical cultures of childhood in Venda and Pedi cultures in Limpopo, South Africa.  Her dissertation explores the intersections of local, national and global influences on children’s musical cultures including community music making, handclapping games, school music curriculums and television programs.  She conducted field research in South Africa from 2005-2007 and recently returned to South Africa to collect additional research as a part of the Communicative Human Musicality Project at The University of Western Australia. 

Andrea is from Alberta, Canada and came to The University of Western Australia in September 2009. In her former life she studied classical trumpet performance at the University of Alberta and Illinois State University.  She was inspired to shift her focus to ethnomusicology and now enjoys learning new handclapping games from the around the world and watching Bert and Ernie sing songs in different languages.

Research Interests

Andrea’s research interests include the study of children’s music with special regard to children’s musical cultures in South Africa.  She has conducted fieldwork in South Africa since 2005 focusing on children’s musical identities in both Pedi and Venda cultures. In addition to her work in South Africa, Andrea has conducted research on the use of music in children’s “edutainment”, specifically the program Sesame Street and its South African version Takalani Sesame.  In addition, Andrea is interested in children’s ethnographies and teaching children to use video and photographic equipment to record and document their own musical histories.

Current Projects

Andrea is working as a part of the Communicative Human Musicality Project focusing on Venda children’s music and revisiting the work of John Blacking.

Publications

2010.   “Venda Children’s Musical Cultures in Limpopo, South Africa.”  In Oxford Handbook of Children’s Musical Cultures. Trevor Wiggins and Patricia Campbell, eds.  Forthcoming book chapter.

2010.  Book Review: Musical Sense and Meaning: An Indigenous African Perception by Meki Nzewi, Israel Anyahuru, and Tom Ohiaraumunna in The World of Music. 

2009.  “Mandela went to China … and India too”: Musical Cultures of Childhood in South Africa.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington.

2009.   “Children’s Music from the Limpopo Province, South Africa.”
Ethnomusicological Video for Instruction and Analysis (EVIA) video annotations, analyses and metadata. Joint effort of Indiana University and University of Michigan. To be accessed at www.eviada.org. Forthcoming.

2004.  “Examining the Study of Children’s Musical Culture in Ethnomusicology.”  United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. www.unesco.org.

Presentations

2009.  “Visualizing Ethnomusicology: Roundtable on the Role of Video in Ethnography.”  Borderless Ethnomusicologies - Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

2009.  “Media and Children’s Musical Cultures in South Africa.”  HITS: Harnessing Images, Text, and Sound for Education in the Context of Culture, Multimedia, Technology and Cognition Conference.  University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI.

2009.   “Children’s Musical Cultures in Limpopo: Diversity and Creativity.”  AIRS (Advanced Interdisciplinary Research in Singing) Inaugural Conference.  University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI.

2008.  “The Impact of Media on Children’s Musical Cultures in South Africa.”
Beyond Discipline - Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Conference, Middletown, CT.

2007.  The 5th World Summit on Media and Children, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2006.  “Finding the Way to Sesame Street: Takalani Sesame and the Musical Landscape of South Africa.” 27th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 
2004.  “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street: Popular Music and Meaning in Children’s Lives.” This Magic Moment: Capturing the Spirit and Impact of Music – Pop Conference.  Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington.

2003.  “Mediated Music and Childhood.” At the Crossroads - Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Conference, Miami, Florida.

2003.  “Examining the Study of Children’s Musical Culture in Ethnomusicology.”
Music – Culture – Society: The Legacy of John Blacking, Callaway Centre, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
 
2003.   “Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?” Society for Ethnomusicology Northwest, Annual Conference, Eugene, Oregon.

Awards

Aluka Award for Innovative Teaching in African Studies (2008).

Ethnomusicological Video for Instruction and Analysis Digital Archive Fellowship, Indiana University (2008).

The Graduate School Travel Fellowship for Excellence and Innovation, University of Washington (2003, 2008).

Huckabay Teaching Fellowship (2007/2008).

Doctoral Fellowship – Social Science and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2005-2007).

Irvine Fellowship, University of Washington (2004).

Chester Fritz Fellowship for International Study (2003).

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grants (2003, 2005).

Milner Music Fellowship, University of Washington (2002).

Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Academic Scholarship (2000).

Links

• Communicative Human Musicality
• Evia Digital Archives
• Society for Ethnomusicology

Dr Robert Faulkner
Research Assistant Professor

Qualifications

Biography

Robert Faulkner joined UWA School of Music staff in 2006. Apart from his work as a Research Fellow he has also been active in music education undergraduate courses and as tutor for the new Masters degree in Music Practitioner Studies. Previously he played a leading role in music education in Iceland, where he lived for more than a decade, developing national curriculum both in general school music and in community/instrumental music school contexts. Innovative music education work has included children composing and improvising, closing the gap between instrumental and classroom music provision, and the instigation of the first world music performance project of its kind in Icelandic schools - Zimbabwean marimba, mbira, dance and song. He has extensive experience at every level of music education from kindergarden through to adult music education: Head of Music at a London inner city comprehensive; head of a rural community music school in Iceland; part-time lecturer in Music Education at the University of Akureyri and at the Icelandic Academy of Arts in Reykjavik; and Deputy Chair of the Icelandic Music Schools Examinations Board. He has directed both children and adult choirs, notably the male voice choir Hreimur which has sung all over Europe and made several recordings.

Born in England, Robert studied singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, before obtaining an Honours degree in music (GRSM) and licentiate diploma (LRAM) in singing from the Royal Academy of Music where he was a member of the opera class and studied piano with Peter Uppard and orchestral conducting with Maurice Miles. Robert was awarded the Royal Academy’s Peter Latham Scholarship for his musicological thesis on Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Tippett’s King Priam. After completing a postgraduate certificate in music education at the University of Reading and MA with Distinction in music psychology at Sheffield University, Robert was awarded his PhD at Sheffield University. His thesis, an investigation into vocal identity and the role of singing in Icelandic men’s everyday lives, spans phenomenological psychology, ethnomusicology, music sociology and gender studies.

Apart from articles in leading international journals, based both on his PhD research and research investigating children’s composing, Robert has also written teachers’ handbooks and journal articles in Icelandic. He has given papers and workshops in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Northern Ireland and Canada, as well as in Australia.

Research Interests

Music and everyday life, singing, music education and development, creativity, music teaching and learning, assessment of performance, social psychology of music, Interpretative Phenomenology, multi-disciplinary research methods.

Current Research Projects:

• Music in Our Lives! - a 13-year longitudinal, multi-methods investigation tracing musical journeys from initial instrumental tuition in primary school wind bands to young adulthood. Chief Investigators are Jane Davidson (UWA) and Gary McPherson, (University of Illinois), world leaders in music psychology and music education respectively. Recent findings have been presented at international conferences in 2008 and a book - Music in Our Lives: Redefining musical development, ability and identity is forthcoming. The research project is supported by an Australian Research Council Grant.

• Music in the construction of gender identity amongst teenage girls in Western Australia: music in school and out of school - a qualitative investigation using visual auto-ethnographic and narrative methods. Robert Faulkner is Chief Investigator and the project has been supported by a University of Western Australia Research Grant.

• Singing, everyday life and well-being - combines research on Icelandic Men and singing and work with community choirs in Western Australia examining singing’s function in the construction and maintenance of Self and impact on well-being

• Music teaching and learning - strategies relating to creative systems theories, creativity, peer teaching (composing & improvising in the classroom/ Zimbabwean marimba).

Teaching

Publications

Faulkner, Robert, McPherson, Gary E., Davidson, Jane. (Forthcoming) Music in our lives: Redefining musical development, ability and identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Faulkner, Robert (Submitted) Icelandic Men and Me: Sagas of Singing, Self and Everyday Life. Wesleyan University Press.

Faulkner, Robert (2008). Men’s ways of singing. In Ki Adams, Andrea Rose and Leon Chisholm (eds.), Sharing the voices: the phenomenon of singing IV: proceedings of the international symposium, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, June 26-29, 2003. St. John’s, NL, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Faulkner, Robert (2007). Zimbabwean Music in an Icelandic School Community – Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development, Strategies and Effectiveness in Peer and Cross-age Pupil Teaching. In, Andrea Stanberg, Jonathan McIntosh & Robert Faulkner (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4oth Anniversary National Conference, Australian Society for Music Education, July 2007, p. 94-98.

Faulkner, Robert., Stanberg Andrea., & McIntosh Jonathan. (Eds) (2007). Proceedings of the 40th Anniversary National Conference, Australian Society for Music Education, July 2007.

Faulkner, Robert. & Davidson, Jane.W. (2006) Men in Chorus: Collaboration and competition in homo-social vocal behaviour. Psychology of Music 34, 2, 219-37.

Faulkner, Robert. & Davidson, Jane.W. (2004) Men’s Vocal Behaviour and the Construction of Self. Musicæ Scientiæ: The Journal of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music VIII, 2, 231-56.

Faulkner, Robert. (2003) Group Composing: pupil perceptions from a social psychological study. Music Education Research, 5, 3, 2003.

Faulkner, Robert. (1994). Hver parfnast tonlistar? Heimili og skoli 1, 2. Reykjavík. (Who needs music? – Home and School)

Faulkner, Robert. Hardardóttir, Anna., & Sigurjonsdottir, Snjólaug. (1993). Samstarf almennra kennara og tónmenntakennara. Uppeldi og menntun, 2. arg. Rannsoknarstofnun Kennarahaskola Islands. (Working together: General teachers and music teachers – Development and education, Office for Research, University of Iceland, Institute of Education)

Faulkner, Robert & Ólafsson, Sigmar (1990). Mega allir vera með? Ny menntamal 2, 8. (Can everybody join in – New Educational Issues)


Awards

Peter Latham Scholarship Royal Academy of Music

University of Western Australia Research Grant - Music in the construction of gender identity amongst teenage girls in Western Australia: music in school and out of school.

University of Western Australia Publication Grant for preparation of monograph -Icelandic Men and Me: Sagas of Singing, Self and Everyday Life - under contract with Wesleyan University Press, USA.

Africa on Ice Project Grants and Awards. A range of grants and awards from national partners & sponsors in support of Iceland’s first World Music in Schools project.

Graeme Gilling
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Keyboard & Accompaniment Studies

Qualifications

LRSM
MusB (Hons) – Canterbury, New Zealand
MusM - UWA

Biography

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Graeme studied the piano with Iola Shelley - one of New Zealand's foremost pianists - and composition at the University of Canterbury, completing a Bachelor of Music with Honours in Composition.

In 1983, he came to Western Australia to pursue postgraduate studies in collaborative piano with Professor Roger Smalley at the University of Western Australia. After completing his Masters Degree in 1985, Graeme free-lanced as a recitalist and teacher, working with many distinguished international artists such as Gerald English, Raphael Wallfisch, Bonita Boyd, Michel Debost, Jane Rutter and Gordon Hunt.

Graeme has also worked with the WA Ballet Company, WA Arts Orchestra, and the WA Opera Company as soloist and repetiteur, and toured through Asia with the University Collegium Musicum choir in 1991.

Since 1986, Graeme has also been the pianist with the WA Symphony Orchestra, and performed in both the WASO Chamber Music Series and with the WASO New Music Ensemble directed by Professor Smalley. In this role, he also maintains an association with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, having performed with them in their 2000, 2001, 2007 and 2008 orchestral seasons, as well as in their 2007 Contemporary Series in a performance of the Bartok Sonata for two pianos and percussion.

Throughout his time in Perth, Graeme has maintained a keen interest in teaching and as part of this interest, became an examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board in 1986. This association has developed and he has served as Chair of AMEB(WA) since 2008, and also represents the organisation on the Federal Board. Having maintained a close association with UWA as a teacher and performer since graduating, he was appointed to the staff of the School of Music at the University of Western Australia in 1995 and became Head of Keyboard and Accompaniment Studies there at the beginning of 1998, whilst continuing to perform, teach, examine and adjudicate regularly.

Research/Performance Interests

The main focus of his performance activities continues to be on collaborative work, including orchestral, vocal, chamber music and two-piano repertoire. A highlight for 2009 was performing in the WA Symphony Orchestra's first live, streamed internet broadcast of the Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances and the world premiere of James Ledger's Arcs and Planes. Other highlights for 2009 have been well-received orchestral performances with the WA Symphony Orchestra of Stravinsky's Petrushka, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, a second world premiere, that of James Ledger's Chronicles, as well as of other works such as Richard Strauss's rarely performed Piano Quartet.

Graeme is Co-Chair of the biennial WA Piano Pedagogy Convention (a joint venture between the WA Music Teachers’ Association and UWA and is now in its 10th year), as well as Director of the inaugural Keyed-Up! For Summer piano summer school held at UWA in December 2008. This project was a great success and will be held again in 2009, becoming an ongoing annual event for the School of Music.

Current Projects

Blackwood Project – an exciting Australia Council funded collaborative arts project involving piano, voice, clarinet, painter and poet, to premier and be recorded in 2009/10.

Commission/collaboration with composer Dr Chris Tonkin on a new piano trio and recording thereof with fellow Darlington Ensemble members, Semra Lee (violin) and Jon Tooby (cello).

Teaching

Piano/Keyboard Studies, Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music

Publications

Various broadcast recordings for ABC Classic-FM, most recently, with soprano Caitlin Hulcup, the Chansons madecasses by Ravel (March 2009)

CD's:

1994 - The Young Violinist vol.1 with Graham Wood, violin

1996 - The Young Violinist vol.2 with Graham Wood, violin

CD's as a Member of the WA Symphony Orchestra

1987 - Roger Smalley - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Winner of International Rostrum of Composers (Vox Australis; VAST 003-2)

CD's as a Member of the WA Symphony 20th Contemporary Ensemble

2003 - Roger Smalley - Kaleidoscope (ABC Classics; ABC 980 047-5)

Awards

Australia Council grant funding the Blackwood project

Links

ABC


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Kaye Hill
Honorary Research Fellow

Qualifications

B App Sc (Lib Stud), AALIA

Biography

Kaye joined the UWA School of Music in September 2005 as a consultant to undertake an extensive review of the activities of the Junior Music School. She went on to become Project Manager for the implementation of a library database for the Callaway Centre Archive as part of the sequentially funded ARC projects, Preserving Australia’s Sound Heritage (2005) and Sound Footings (2006/07). Since 2006 she has worked to establish archival strategies and principles for the integration of the John Blacking papers and other collections into the Callaway Centre Archive. She has also been a website consultant for the Callaway Centre. In 2008 Kaye commenced working as an Honorary Research Fellow and Project Manager on the ARC-funded project Communicative Human Musicality.

Prior to joining The University of Western Australia, Kaye’s career has focused on various roles at the State Library of Western Australia, including management of the State Music Library and the organisation’s Internet and Online Services area.  Kaye has also been active at the National level as President of the International Association of Music Libraries (Australian Branch) (1989 – 1996), as a member of the National Library of Australia’s Kinetica Advisory Committee (1998 – 2003), and their Music Reference Group (1995 – 1996).

Research Interests

Kaye’s research interests include archival research techniques, and the life and work of ethnomusicologist John Blacking.

Current Projects

A bibliography of the published and unpublished works of John Blacking as part of the Communicative Human Musicality project.

Publications/Presentations

Hill, Kaye. ‘Archivist Meets Ethnomusicologist: Reconstructing the John Blacking Papers’, paper presented to the 31st National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne, 5 December 2008.

Hill, Kaye and Hilton, Graham. ‘Information and Beyond', paper presented to the INTAMEL Conference, Perth, 24 September 1997.

Hill, Kaye and Hilton, Graham. ‘The Virtual Public Library’, paper presented to the Online and On Disc Conference, Sydney, 21 January 1997.

Hill, Kaye. Editor and producer, Intermezzo: Newsletter of IAML (Australian Branch), January 1993 - September 1996.

Hill, Kaye and Hilton, Graham. ‘Information Technology Report: Library and Information Service of Western Australia’, LASIE, Vol.26, Nos.1-3. July - December 1995. pp. 34 - 39.

Hill, Kaye and Hilton, Graham. ‘Opening a New Window on the World of Information’, paper presented to the Western Australian Local Government Librarians' Association Conference, Perth, 8 September 1995.

Hill, Kaye. ‘Do Not Disturb: CDP in Progress’, paper presented to IAML Australian Branch Conference, Perth, 29 September 1990, and later published in Continuo, Vol.20, No.1, May 1991. pp. 9 - 19.

Awards

Nominee for the StateWest Achievement Awards for Western Australian public sector employees (Individual Category – Employees in Managerial/Professional position), 2002.

Special Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the Library & Information Service of Western Australia’s new Website, December 1999.

Special Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the implementation of Project Information Access, Library & Information Service of Western Australia, February 1996.

Links

Callaway Centre Projects

• Blacking Collection Project
• Communicative Human Musicality
• Preserving Australia’s Sound Heritage
• Sound Footings

Dr Jonathan McIntosh
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology

Qualifications

PhD (Social Anthropology) Queen’s University Belfast
BA Hons (Ethnomusicology/Music) Queen’s University Belfast
LRSM (Flute – Performance) Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, London
ABRSM Ad. Cert – Distinction (Flute – Performance) Advanced Certificate of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London

Biography

Jonathan McIntosh was educated at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland, in ethnomusicology, music and social anthropology, and was awarded his PhD in 2007. Jonathan also lectured and tutored on both the QUB Ethnomusicology and Social Anthropology undergraduate pathways whilst a postgraduate student. In addition, he directed several university world music ensembles, including: two Balinese gamelan ensembles (gamelan gong kebyar and gamelan gender wayang), a Balinese dance group (tari lepas), a Central Javanese gamelan ensemble, as well as a Korean percussion group (samul nori). Shortly before leaving QUB, Jonathan received a high recommendation from the Vice-Chancellor of the University for a Balinese masked dance performance (topeng) presented at a Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ Showcase event. Moreover, as a classical performer, Jonathan has held the position of principal flute with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland; he has also performed with Camerata Scotland.

In 2006, Jonathan came to The University of Western Australia to establish the first ethnomusicology programme at any tertiary institution in Western Australia. In the School of Music, he coordinates ethnomusicology units which are open to both music students and students from other degree courses. He also teaches on the Musicology Honours programme and the Master of Music Practitioner’s Studies degree. Currently, Jonathan is a member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, the International Council for Traditional Music, the Society for Ethnomusicology, and National Secretary for the Musicological Society of Australia.


Research Interests

Jonathan’s research spans the areas of movement, music and power in ethnomusicology and anthropology. Since 2003, he has conducted fieldwork on children’s practice and performance of dance, music and song in Bali, Indonesia, returning most recently in 2008 to research children’s dance competitions. Jonathan also conducts research in the area of applied ethnomusicology, particularly in relation to the use of gamelan in community music settings. He has also acted as a consultant for the Curriculum Council of Western Australia. In 2009, he will conduct a new project focusing upon the musical experiences of Indonesian Australian adolescent boys living in Perth, Western Australia.

Current research projects:

• A monograph entitled Moving Through Tradition: Children’s Practice and Performance of Dance, Music and Song in Bali, Indonesia


• An article on Balinese children’s songs for the journal Musicology Australia


• Music in the Everyday Lives of Indonesian Australian Adolescent Boys in Perth, Western Australia – a project examining how Indonesian Australian adolescent boys use music to construct identities and ethnicities. This project is supported by a University of Western Australia Research Grant


• Research on John Blacking (1928-1990), particularly the application of his work with Venda children to the context of Bali, Indonesia. This research is supported by an ARC Discovery grant, Communicative Human Musicality: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Dance, Singing and Musical Instrument Skills in 12–15 Year Olds. Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson and Associate Professor Victoria Rogers are Chief Investigators for this project.

Research Grants

2009. The University of Western Australia Research Development Grant: Music in the Everyday Lives of Indonesian Australian Adolescent Boys in Perth, Western Australia: An Ethnomusicological Analysis. AU$12,000 awarded.

Publications

Chapters in Books

2010 forthcoming. Performing Emotional Connections in a Balinese Landscape: Exploring Children’s Roles in a Barong Performance in Keramas, South-Central Bali. In Performing Emotions, Gendering Places edited by F. Magowan and L. Wrazen. Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press. Chapter accepted for publication 3 September 2009.

2010 forthcoming. Preparation, Presentation and Power: Children’s Performances in a Balinese Dance Studio. In Dancin’ Culture: Anthropology, Knowledge and Transformation edited by J. Skinner and H. Neveu Kringelbach. Oxford and New York: Berg. Chapter accepted for publication 12 February 2007.

2006. Gamelan. In Literacy, Equality and Creativity: Resource Guide for Adult Learners edited by T. Lambe, R. Mark, P. Murphy and B. Soroke. Belfast: School of Education (Lifelong Learning), Queen’s University Belfast, pp. 58-63. ISBN 0853898901.

Articles in Refereed Journals

2010. Dancing to a Disco Beat? Children, Teenagers and the Localizing of Popular Music in Bali, Indonesia. Asian Music (in press, 41/1).

2009. Indonesians and Australians Playing Javanese Gamelan in Perth, Western Australia: Community and the Negotiation of Musical Identities. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 10(2): 80-97. ISSN 1444-2213.

2006. How Playing, Singing and Dancing Shape the Ethnographer: Research with Children in a Village Dance Studio in Bali, Indonesia. Anthropology Matters 8(2): 1-17. Available at http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2006-2/index.htm

2005. Playing with Teaching Techniques: Gamelan as a Learning Tool Amongst Children with Learning Impairments in Northern Ireland. Anthropology in Action 12(2): 12-27. ISSN: 0967-201X.

Edited Conference Proceedings

2007. McIntosh, J., Faulkner, R., and A. Stanberg (eds.). Celebrating Musical Communities: Australian Society for Music Education XVI National Conference Proceedings. Perth, WA: Australian Society for Music Education Inc. (WA Chapter). 264 pp. ISBN 978-0-9803792-0-4.

Reviews/Multimedia

2010 forthcoming. Book Review: Cravath, P. 2007. 'Earth in Flower: The Divine Mystery of The Cambodian Dance Drama'. International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter. 

2007. Book Review: Boynton, S., and R. Kok (eds.). 2006. ‘Musical Childhoods and the Cultures of Youth’. Ethnomusicology Forum 16(1): 176-9. ISSN 1741-1912.

2006. Website Review: Campagnoli, M. 2005. Baka Pygmies: Culture, Music and Rites of Initiation in the Central African Rainforest. Yearbook for Traditional Music 38: 180-1. ISSN 0740-1558.

2006. Book Review: Reily, S. A. (ed.). 2006. ‘The Musical Human: John Blacking’s Ethnomusicology in the Twenty-First Century’. Ethnomusicology Forum 15(2): 315-8. ISSN 1741-1912.

2005. Book Review: Stige, B. 2002. ‘Culture-Centered Music Therapy’. The World of Music 47(2): 169-73. ISSN 0043-8774.

2004. Multimedia/Collaborative Research: Dance in Bali. DVD and student workbook (with Jungle Run Productions). A three-part documentary on Balinese Dance: Volume 1 ‘Learning the Dance’ and Volume 2 ‘Upon the Sacred Stage’. Ubud, Bali: Jungle Run Productions. Distributed by TMW Media Group.

2003. Book Review: Nettl, B. 2002. ‘Encounters in Ethnomusicology: A Memoir’. The World of Music 45(3): 134-37. ISSN 0043-8774.

Awards

2007. The University of Western Australia Supplementary Travel Grant for New Academic Staff.

2002-2005. Queen’s University Belfast Postgraduate Study Scholarship.

2001. Sir Hamilton Harty Music Bursary for Performance Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

1997/8-1999/2000. James McMorran Bursary Award, Nairn, Highland, UK

Teaching

In the School of Music, Jonathan coordinates ethnomusicology units open to both music students and students from other degree courses. He also teaches on the Musicology Honours program and the Master of Music Practitioner’s Studies degree.

MUSC1010 Music in World Cultures (available semester 1, 2010)

MUSC3010 Popular Music and Culture (available semester 2, 2010)

MUSC3020 Music, Identity and Place (available semester 2, 2010)

MUSC3050 Explorations in Ethnomusicology (not available 2010)

MUSC3060 Hypermedia and Ethnographic Representation (not available 2010)

MUSC3070 Music in Southeast Asia (available semester 1, 2010)

Supervision

Jonathan is currently supervising musicology honours students as well as postgraduate students.

Jonathan would welcome applications from prospective postgraduate students interested in working on music, dance/human movement, ethnography, ethnomusicology, Asian performing arts, community music-making, transnational performance and cross-cultural creativity.

Links

British Forum for Ethnomusicology
International Council for Traditional Music
Musicological Society of Australia
Society for Ethnomusicology

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Peter Moore OAM
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Applied Music Programme (Performance)
Coordinator, Wind & Percussion Studies

Qualifications

BA (Open) FTCL LRAM LTCL ATCL

Biography

Peter Moore was born in the UK and received his formal musical education at Trinity College of Music London.

After leaving college in 1972 and up until 1984 he played in many British professional orchestras as Bassoon and Contra Bassoon, but his most substantive appointment was as Co-Principal Bassoon with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (1974 – 1984).

Peter emigrated to Western Australia in 1984. His first position was as a Lecturer in Music based in Kalgoorlie, part of an outreach programme offered by the then West Australian College of Advanced Education. In 1986 he was appointed 2nd Bassoon/Contra Bassoon with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) and in 1987 moved to the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts as lecturer in Bassoon and member of the wind quintet Ensemble Vasse.

Peter, having received a Scottish Arts Council award, began a conducting career in 1980 which continues to flourish to this day. In 1988 he was appointed conductor and musical director for the West Australian Youth Music Association (WAYMA) a post he still holds.

In 1991 Peter became Principal Bassoon with the Australian Chamber Orchestra a position he held till 2005. At the same time, a keen interest developed in playing and researching the Baroque and Classical Bassoons to such an extent that Peter has been Principal Bassoon with The Brandenburg Orchestra for the past four years. The Brandenburg Orchestra is a specialised orchestra which plays on period instruments, reflecting the performance practices and traditions utilised at the time of composition. The Orchestra is based in Sydney, but tours regularly interstate and overseas.

Also in 1991, Peter became a Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia. This position includes being the conductor of the University Orchestra, again a position he still holds.

Peter Moore conducts and presents concerts, both educational and artistic. In the past five years he has conducted for:

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, The Hong Kong Sinfionetta, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and The Sydney Sinfonia. He has conducted opera for The Academy of Performing Arts Perth, as well as conducting for the West Australian Ballet.

As a bassoonist/contra bassoonist Peter has played principal on a casual basis for The West Australian Symphony, The Tasmanian Symphony and The Sydney Symphony.

He has also been conductor and overall musical director for the National Music Camp of Australia, run by the Australian Youth Orchestra (1999 and 2000).

Peter has been involved in many commercial recording projects including music for the ABC, UWA, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and The Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

He was invited to be on the panel for the final of the 2009 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award in Adelaide.

In December 2009 Peter will conduct the West Australian Youth Orchestra on its fourth international tour, and in March 2010 he will be director of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s ‘Young Symphonists’ programme.


Research/Performance Interests

Early music and historical performance practice. Reed development for the early bassoons.

The training of musicians through rehearsal techniques, practically based through youth orchestras.

Current Projects

Presentation of education concerts for primary and secondary school children

Teaching

Bassoon/Contra Bassoon/Classical/Baroque Bassoon

Conducting, Aural and Chamber Music.

Publications

‘Discover Music with Uncle Peter’ (booklet and CD)

‘Open the door to Music’ introducing your child to music

(both with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra)

Awards

The Order of Australia Medal (for Music Education)

The Australian Centenary Medal

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Dr Victoria Rogers
Associate Professor, Musicology

Qualifications

BA, Dip.Ed, M.Phil, PhD (W. Aust), AMusA

Biography

Victoria Rogers is a graduate of The University of Western Australia, having being awarded a BA, Dip. Ed., M.Phil. and PhD. As an undergraduate, Victoria was the recipient of University Choral Society prizes for Music 20 and Music 30; she was also awarded a Hackett scholarship, which she declined in favour of a fifteen-year career as a professional cellist. This career led her to full-time appointments in the WA Symphony Orchestra and the State Orchestra of Victoria (the latter as co-principal cellist), and to casual appointments in the Sydney, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. In 1996 she won an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) for doctoral study, which she completed in 2000.

Victoria joined the staff of the School of Music upon completion of her PhD, first as Manager then as Director of the Callaway Centre, a research centre based in the School of Music. She established a state-of-the-art archival facility and procured over half a million dollars of Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for the development of the Callaway Centre’s archival collections. Since 2006 she has held the positions of Lecturer, then Associate Professor, in Musicology in the School of Music.


Research Interests

Victoria’s main area of research is early to mid-20th-century music, with a particular focus on Australian music. Her PhD dissertation was on the music of the Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks; this research has subsequently been rewritten as a book entitled The Music of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, to be published by Ashgate in 2009. Victoria has also written journal articles on the music of Glanville-Hicks and has co-edited a book on the work of the ethnomusicologist John Blacking, entitled The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society (to which she also contributed two co-authored chapters).

Current research projects:

• Further research on the music of Glanville-Hicks, specifically a structural analysis of the music for the last of her ballets, A Season in Hell;
• A book entitled The Pianism of Eileen Joyce, co-authored with Emeritus Professor David Tunley;

• An invited book chapter on the history of music at UWA (for the forthcoming UWA Centenary History);

• Further research on John Blacking through an ARC Discovery grant, including a study of Blacking’s work as a social and political activist, and analysis of his compositions. This research is sponsored by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant; co-researchers include Professor Jane Davidson and Dr Jonathan McIntosh.

Research Grants
2008 ARC Discovery Grant: Communicative Human Musicality: A cross-cultural comparative study of dance, singing and musical instrument skills in 12–15 year olds. $305,000 awarded.

2008 UWA Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Publication Grant towards preparing the final manuscript for the book The Music of Peggy Glanville-Hicks (Aldershot: Ashgate, in press). $2,000 awarded.

2006 ARC Linkage Infrastructure Grant: Sound Footings: creating a web-based research infrastructure of major music archives. Partner organisations: Monash University and the National Library of Australia. $175,000 awarded.

2005 UWA Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme Grant for preparing the 2006 ARC Linkage Infrastructure (LIEF) grant application. $10,277 awarded.

2004 UWA Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Publication Grant towards the cost of publishing The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society, Perth: UWA Press, 2005. $1,200 awarded.

2004 ARC Linkage Infrastructure Grant: Preserving Australia’s Sound Heritage: creating a web-based research infrastructure of major music archives. Partner organisations: Monash University and the National Film and Sound Archive. $338,933 awarded.

2004 UWA Research Grant for writing the book The Music of Peggy Glanville-Hicks. $15,000 awarded.

2003 UWA VCDF, FAHSS & School of Music funding for digitising the film (moving and still images) and music recordings in the Callaway Centre’s John Blacking Collection. $15,000 awarded.

2003 UWA VCDF Grant towards the cost of hosting the international conference Music-Culture Society: a three-day symposium celebrating the work and legacy of John Blacking. $5,000 awarded.

2002 WA Lotteries Grant: Management Plan for the Peter Burgis Australian Performing Arts Archive. $3,767 awarded.

Teaching

Victoria’s teaching encompasses Western music history, tonal and post-tonal harmonic and structural analysis, Introduction to Research for honours students, and the supervision of honours and postgraduate students.

Publications

Rogers, Victoria, The Music of Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Aldershot: Ashgate, in press.

Rogers, Victoria and Symons, David (eds.), The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society, Perth: UWA Press, 2005.

Rogers, Victoria and Symons, David, ‘Introduction’ in Victoria Rogers and David Symons (eds.) The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society, Perth: UWA Press, 2005.

Rogers, Victoria and Malacari, Gillian, ‘Blacking and His Time: The Influenced and the Influential’ in Victoria Rogers and David Symons (eds.) The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society, Perth: UWA Press, 2005.

Rogers, Victoria, ‘East Meets West in Peggy Glanville-Hicks’s The Transposed Heads’, Context Numbers 27–28 (2004), 51–70.

Rogers, Victoria, ‘Rethinking Peggy Glanville-Hicks’, Musicology Australia Vol. 26 (2003), 65-103.

Rogers, Victoria, Review of Peggy Glanville-Hicks: A Transposed Life by James Murdoch, Musicology Australia Vol. 26 (2003), 142–146.

Rogers, Victoria, A Music Outreach Programme for the UWA School of Music. A report commissioned by the School of Music (1999), 1–34.

Rogers, Victoria, Baldock, Cora and Mulligan, Denise, What Difference Does it Make? A Pilot Study of Women in the Performing and Visual Arts in Western Australia. A report commissioned by the Australia Council and the (then) WA Department for the Arts (1993), 1–132.

Rogers, Victoria, Patterns and Practices: Grants and Gender in the Arts. A report commissionedby the (then) WA Department for the Arts (1990), 1–55.

Awards

Australian Postgraduate Award for doctoral study

University of Western Australia Hackett Scholarship

University of WA Choral Society Prize for Music 20

University of WA Choral Society Prize for Music 30

Professor Roger Smalley
Senior Honorary Research Fellow, Composition

Biography

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Dr David Symons
Acting Head of School & Course Adviser
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Music Studies Programme

Qualifications

Biography

Dr Chris Tonkin
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Applied Music Programme (Composition)

Qualifications

Biography

Chris Tonkin was born in Perth, Western Australia. He holds degrees in composition from the University of Western Australia, Rice University (Houston, Texas) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. In 2004/2005, he spent a year at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris, and has since focused on interactive pieces for live performers and computer, developing several works in following years at the Centre for Research in Computing in the Arts in San Diego, California.

He has received grants from the Australia Council, the Australasian Performing Rights Association and the Ian Potter Foundation, and commissions and performances from the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Canada, 2002), Fondation Royaumont (France, 2003), IRCAM (France, 2005), Ensemble Offspring (Sydney, 2005, 2008), the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea, 2006), the Australasian Computer Music Association (Sydney, 2008), and the Percussive Arts Festival (Texas, USA, 2008).

In January 2008, Chris returned to Australia to take up a position at the School of Music at UWA as lecturer and Head of Composition Studies and Music Technology. His scores and recordings are held at the Australian Music Centre in Sydney.

Research Interests

Music composition; interactive computer music

Current Projects

Teaching

Undergraduate composition; supervising 2 Masters students and 1 DMA student in composition; computer music composition

Publications

1999 'Three Piano Pieces' (solo piano); Score, Australian Music Centre

2001 'Widdop, Phaetons, Relic' (violin, piano, percussion); Score, Australian Music Centre

2001 'Abitus' (soprano and chamber ensemble); Score, Australian Music Centre

2002 'Relic' (chamber orchestra); Score, Australian Music Centre

2003 'Point-Counterpoint' (chamber orchestra); CD Recording, ATMA Classique

2005 'IN'; bass drum and live electronics

2009 'Headspaces' (cello and live electronics); Score and CD ROM, Australian Music Centre (upcoming)

2009 'Vocalise' (djembÈ and live electronics); Score and CD ROM, Australian Music Centre (upcoming)

Awards

2000 ICMC International Composition Competition - first prize for piano pieces "Canopy, Stasis, Ethereal".

2002 Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Forum 2002 - Jury Prize for "Point-Counterpoint"

2004 APRA Professional Development Award - Classical Music Category

2004 Australian Council for the Arts - Skills and Arts Development Grant

2004 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant


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Emeritus Professor David Tunley
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Musicology

Biography

David Tunley joined The University of Western Australia in 1958 as the first full-time lecturer in Music. He was appointed to a Personal Chair in 1980 and to the Chair of Music in 1989. As a scholar David Tunley is internationally recognised as the leading authority on the 18th-century French cantata, and his book on the subject has become the classic study. His books and many articles as well as contributions to the New Grove Dictionary and the New Oxford History in Music, cover a wide range of research including French music from the 17th to 19th centuries, Australian and British music in the 20th century and aspects of music education.

Early in his career he received a French Government scholarship to study composition with the celebrated French teacher Nadia Boulanger. He has created various community events such as the York Winter Music Festival which ran for ten years, and more recently the Terrace Proms. He was the founder conductor of the University Collegium Musicum whose annual Christmas Concert is still one of the musical highlights of the year. Recognition of his work has come through the Australian Academy of the Humanities of which he became a Fellow in 1980. He took early retirement in 1994 in order to devote himself more fully to his research and has been an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Music since this time. His most recent publications are 18th century French Cantata (2nd enlarged edition) in 1997 and The Bel Canto Violin: the life and times of Alfredo Campoli, 1906-1993 (1999), François Couperin and 'The Perfection of Music' (2004), William James and the Beginnings of Modern Musical Australia (2007) and in 2001; awarded the Australian Centenary Medal.

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Dr Suzanne Wijsman
Associate Professor & Coordinator, String Studies

Qualifications

BMus, BA(hons)-Oberlin (Violoncello and Religion)
MA-Michigan (Near Eastern Studies)
MMus, DMA-Eastman (Violoncello Performance and Literature)

Biography

Cellist Suzanne Wijsman was born in the USA and received her formal musical education at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, International Cello Centre and the Eastman School of Music. Her cello teachers included Paul Katz, Jane Cowan, Steven Doane and Richard Kapuscinski. She also received a BA with Highest Honors in Religion from Oberlin College, and an MA in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan.

The recipient of a Fulbright Award for study in the UK, Suzanne has performed extensively in the USA, Australia and Europe, in chamber music or as recitalist. In the USA she was a member of the Augustine String Quartet from 1985-1989, which won prizes in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Cleveland Quartet Competition, was a semi-finalist at the 1989 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and twice received fellowships to the Aspen Centre for Advanced Quartet Studies, as well as the Yale summer school at Norfolk. Her chamber music studies were with members of the Cleveland, Tokyo and Juilliard Quartets. From 1990-96, Suzanne played with the acclaimed Stirling String Quartet, which toured several times in Australia for Musica Viva, internationally to Italy and South Korea, and presented frequent concerts and ABC radio broadcasts. She also served as a lecturer as the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, and was invited to serve as a visiting faculty member at the Eastman School of Music in 1992.

Since joining the staff of the School of Music in 1997, Suzanne has performed with Ensemble Arcangelo, Western Australia’s premier early music group, as well as in numerous local chamber music concerts. She has been a chief investigator in a research project on French baroque music funded by the Australian Research Council, recording and researching French baroque chamber music with Ensemble Battistin on the series of 5 CDs, The Perfection of Music: Masterpieces of the French Baroque, recently released by ABC Classics. She has presented papers on musicians’ health issues at conferences in Australia and the USA and will be spending part of 2009 in residence at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies as a visiting scholar, working on an exciting project focused on Bodleian MS Opp. 776, a 15th-century Hebrew illuminated manuscript with numerous illustrations of musicians.

Cello students taught by Suzanne Wijsman have won competitions and prizes, and gone on to high level postgraduate studies interstate and overseas, and to perform professionally in leading orchestras and ensembles, such as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Juniper Chamber Orchestra and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Equally important, others have gone on to become excellent studio and school teachers in Western Australia and elsewhere.

Research/Performance Interests

Current Projects

Teaching

Cello, String Studies, Chamber Music, Postgraduate supervision

Publications

New Grove Dictionary of Music (Macmillan, 2001): articles on Violoncello, Violoncello Fingering, Kraft family, John Gunn, Joseph Lincke

Recordings
The Perfection of Music: Masterpieces of the French Baroque Series:

French Cantatas (ABC Classics, 2007)

The Concert Français (ABC Classics, 2007)

The Concert Spirituel (ABC Classics, 2007)

The Palais-Royal (ABC Classics, 2008)

The Musicians’ Table (ABC Classics, 2009)


Awards & Grants

Academic:
• Teaching Assistantships, Eastman School of Music, 1984-90

• Oberlin College Alumni Award for post-graduate studies, 1984

• George G. Cameron Fellowship, Univ. of Michigan, 1983

• Rackham First Year Humanities Fellowship, Univ. of Michigan, 1982

• Fulbright Award, for study at the International Cello Centre (Scotland), 1981-82

Research:

• FAHSS Teaching and Learning Performance Fund competitive grant (with Paul Wright and Sarah Wiin): Feldenkrais-Based Movement Training for Musicians: A Supplemental Learning Activity in Tertiary Performance Teaching and Learning (2008)

• ARC Linkage Grant (with Prof. David Tunley, Paul Wright, Stewart Smith-ECU): The French Baroque Music Project (2003-2009)

• UWA Research Grant: The Biomechanics of Cello Bowing (with Prof. Tim Ackland and Dr. Jacque Alderson, School of Human Movement and Exercise Science (2004)

• ARC Small Grant: The Early History of the Violin Family in Poland (2000)

• Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant: IMS Symposium, Budapest (2000)

• Centre for Teaching and Learning grant: The Use of Digital Video in Music Performance Education (2001)

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Paul Wright
Associate Professor & Musician in Residence

Biography

As an exponent of both the modern and the eighteenth century violin, Paul Wright is one of Australia's most versatile instrumentalists. Paul was born in Adelaide in 1959. At the age of 8 he began violin studies with Lyndall Hendrickson and, three years later, was awarded a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. He went on to study at the Guildhall School in London, and in 1978 was accepted as a student at the Juilliard School in New York, where he studied under Ivan Galamian.

He has performed with many ensembles in Australia and America including the Australian String Quartet, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra in California. Paul has been a soloist with many major Australian orchestras since 1989. Since 1991 he has directed Ensemble Arcangelo, an eighteenth century instrumental group based in Perth.