Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - Research Publications
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ItemFrom Acoustic Scenery to Sonic Dramaturgy: Music in Radio-Specific Drama of Weimar Republic Germany(Brill, 2023)Weimar Republic Germany (1919–1933) witnessed the development of experimental dramatic forms created specifically for the radio, celebrated for their technical and dramaturgical innovation, including the Hörfolge, which montaged pre-recorded sounds, narration, and dramatic scenes in a non-linear narrative, and the Tonfilm, in which sound was recorded on the film used for audiovisual sound film, but without images. I argue that these dramatic forms also emerged out of the practice and discourse of music in earlier, more conventional genres such as radio-specific opera (Funkoper) and the fully musical radio play (musikalisches Hörspiel). First, I examine the discourse surrounding early radio plays and the way music shaped ideas about creating drama specifically for the radio. Second, I analyze Walter Goehr’s Malpopita (1931), Walter Gronostay’s Mord () and Glocken (1930s) and Eugen Kurt Fischer’s Trommel, Trommel, Gong (1932) as examples of early radio play productions.
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ItemNew Objectivity and the Middlebrow(Oxford University Press, 2022)There is much about the New Objectivity in music that might suggest understanding it as middlebrow. Emerging in the mid- to late 1920s, it combined elements of modern art music composition with jazz and popular culture in the name of accessibility, thus seeming to bring together Andreas Huyssen’s categories of modernism and mass culture. This chapter argues, however, that the New Objectivity’s emphasis on function and its rejection of the ideology of artistic autonomy disqualify it from the category of the middlebrow. It analyzes the New Objectivity as a middlebrow-like relational category between another “Great Divide” described by Huyssen: avant-garde and culture industry. This approach refocuses our attention on the relationship between Dada and the New Objectivity and also provides new insight into how the New Objectivity navigated the shifting cultural landscape of Weimar Republic Germany until its basic premises became untenable in the early 1930s.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableWorking with Families: Emerging Characteristics(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableMusic Therapy and Other Music-Based Interventions(Springer International Publishing, 2022)The interest in music and musical abilities of autistic children have been observed since the earliest descriptions of the condition. Music is a universal language known for millennia and music-based interventions including music therapy have found several applications in the fields of developmental psychology and mental health over the last decades. This group of complementary therapies aims to help the clients to optimize their health, using various facets of musical experience and the relationships formed through them. Several psychological theories and neurobiological models may explain the specific mechanisms through which music-based interventions work for autistic individuals. The present chapter aims to describe the sensorimotor, attentional, emotional, and social processes underpinning the potential effectiveness of music therapy in this population and to provide an overview of the most recent literature findings. At the end of the chapter, an account of the autistic giftedness and talent for music is presented.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableForeword by Dr. Grace Thompson [to Music Therapy with Autistic Children in Aotearoa, New Zealand](Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
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ItemExploring the order and disjuncture of music projects in places affected by war(Routledge, 2022-11-04)This chapter explores the gap between the aspirations and actualities of musical-social projects in conflict-affected settings. Applying a conceptual lens of order and disjuncture and drawing on perspectives of participants from projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Timor-Leste, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, it examines three episodes where internal and external forces created a rupture in the idealised ‘order’ of a project. However, rather than seeing the resulting experience of disjuncture as anomalous, the chapter argues that disjuncture is more productively understood as the norm, and an important source of insight about the potential and limitations of music as an agent of change in complex and conflicted settings.
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ItemPreparing for Change: Getting Ready for Offering Online Music Courses(IGI Global, 2018-05-11)Transforming music education for twenty-first century learning involves more than offering online courses within School of Music programs. Teaching and learning music online requires strategic support from both institutions and faculty members. As such, this chapter identifies ways post-secondary music education administrators can address strategic elements of sustainability (i.e., longevity) and innovation. Central aspects of collaboration through network theory, the Community of Inquiry framework, and systems thinking can better position higher education music programs to embrace the complexities of innovative technologies for sustainability. By incorporating strategic determination and the strengths of its past, music education can welcome its innovative compliments such as new pedagogical frameworks and online learning technologies to effectively prepare our students for their futures.
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ItemEnhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning(IGI Global, 2019)A current trend in practicum or field experience programs is online and blended learning approaches being implemented alongside traditional classroom experiences. Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) should be integrated in the design of these online environments in order to better support learning needs of all students. Instructors must also have confidence and competence in designing and facilitating learning within technology-enabled environments. This chapter reports on research conducted using design-based research to support instructor capacity development within field experience in a Bachelor of Education program. Three strategies are identified and discussed to enhance instructor's capacity: scaffolded support, modeling UDL practice in the online environment, and coaching to foster developing capacity using UDL. The chapter concludes by reporting on a new study that emerged as a result of this work, along with recommendations for practice.
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ItemGraduate student online orientation program: A design-based research study(Athabasca Press, 2020-10)This book provides a comprehensive overview of current practices and opportunities for blended learning success.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableDesigning an Online Graduate Orientation Program: Informed by UDL and Studied by Design-Based Research(Routledge, 2019)As online learning programs experience growth in higher education, institutions must ask how students are being oriented to online learning. Orientation or preparation programs can provide students with opportunities to become fmiliar with the technologies being used in online classrooms. In this chapter, the authors report on an online graduate orientation program grounded in the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Using a design-based research (DBR) methodology, they developed an online orientation program and studied the iterations of its implementation. Drawing on this research, they discuss the various strategies and activities that align to each of the UDL principles. The chapter advocates for a greater understanding of UDL and its application in online learning environments for both students and instructors.