Associate Professor Kim Burwell
PhD, MA听(University of Kent at Canterbury, UK);听BMus (University of Durham, UK);听FTCL (Trinity College of Music London), DSCM (Newcastle Conservatorium of Music), LMusA (Australian Music Examinations Board).
My interests are related to musical performance skills, knowledge and acquisition.听
My monograph, Studio-based instrumental learning, is part of the Psychology of Music series sponsored by the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE). I have also published research studies investigating teaching and student behaviour in instrumental lessons, and student approaches to individual practice.
Current supervisions include work on music studio learning in cross-cultural contexts, jazz pedagogy, and the psychological impact of performance-related injury. I have supervised a range of postgraduate studies, including music performance anxiety, the life and work of Pierre Sancan, piano memorisation, advanced practice skills, theoretical and professional literature related to the studio, and feminist pedagogy in music.听
After completing my first degree in Australia, I studied piano with Ronald Smith, and performed particularly as an accompanist and chamber musician, in UK, Canada and the Middle East. With further degrees in composition and performance, I completed my听PhD with a thesis investigating instrumental teaching and learning in Higher Education.听As a听lecturer听at Canterbury Christ Church University, I established and led undergraduate and postgraduate courses in music performance and pedagogy, before coming to 91色情片 to establish the specialist undergraduate pathway in music studio teaching. 听
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Much of my research has been empirical, investigating studio lesson behaviours and student approaches to practice through filmed observations, interview and questionnaire studies. I have become increasingly interested in more theoretical aspects of studio pedagogy: the 'apprenticeship' model,听authoritative discourse in the studio, and the isolation of studio practices. I am currently investigating power relations in music teaching and learning, and the nature of authoritative instruction in the studio.
In July 2018 I was Sydney Hub Co-organiser for the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) combined with the 10th triennial conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), at 91色情片. The innovative conference format had live and virtual presentations streamed among hubs in Australia, Austria, Canada and Argentina.
My research publications include papers in the International听Journal of Music Education, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education, Musicae Scientiae, British Journal of Music Education, Research Studies in Music听Education,听Psychology of Music, Music Education Research, Orfeu, and Scientia Pedagogica Experimentalis.听
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My Research Supervision
Nancy Yi Sun (in progress)听Exploring piano teaching and learning in a cross-cultural environment in Australia听
Theo Bonny (in progress)听Jazz pedagogy in raising secondary student classroom engagement. (Joint 1st supervisor, with Associate Professor John Napier]
Tam Nguyen (in progress) The psychological impacts of injuries on musicians: musician and educator applications.听[Joint supervisor, with Professor Emery Schubert]
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My Teaching
The Music pedagogy stream in the Bachelor of Music programme includes听Music studio teaching,听Becoming a performer, and听Educating the musical novice. I also coach Chamber music ensembles, within Performance lab courses.