POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH
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° Research School of Humanities Friday Forum: Oct 2007
° Postgraduate Research on Australian Composition
Current Postgraduate Students
Ian Blake
Marguerite Boland
Di Chenoweth
Lauren Davis
Cornelia Dragusin
Jennifer Gall
Wendy Hiscocks
Katrina Hunt
Harold Gretton
Thomas Lau
Nicholas Ng
Alistair Noble
Rani Olafsdottir
Lucy Pajaczkowski
Jonathan Stephens
Allan Walker
Jennifer Gall
The title of my PhD dissertation is Redefining the Tradition: The Role of Women in the Evolution and Transmisison of Australian Folk Music. This topic draws on my long term research interests in folk music performance and the debate about aunthenticity, ballad studies, social history, the hidden lives of women in history, and oral history. My most recent papers were:'Re-enactment, Re-creation and Regeneration in the Ballad of The Female Rambling Sailor' delivered at the 37th International Ballad Conference, Balmacara, Scotland, Sep. 2007 and 'Collecting Musical Lives: Women Musicians of the Northern Rivers' at the Women's History Network Conference, Winchester, Sep. 2007. You can check out my music on Myspace Music (search for “Jenny Gall”).
Nicholas Ng
Nicholas Ng is completing a PhD under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Larry Sitsky and Dr. Stephen Wild. Nicholas' doctoral thesis ( Celestial roots: the music of Sydney's Chinese, 1954-2004 ) focuses in part on the interplay of music, language and the immigrant experience in contemporary Sydney. His ethnographic research involves a mixed-method case study approach investigating the function of sacred music in identity formation within the Buddha's Light International Association Sydney (BLIA SYD) and the Australian Catholic Chinese Community (ACCC). Integrating the disciplines of composition and ethnomusicology, Nicholas demonstrates the role of this study in the sonic exploration of his cultural roots as a Chinese-Australian artist through the analysis of seven original works: a 50-minute chamber opera, Eclipse , and a number of compositions commissioned for orchestra, voice and mixed ensemble. In these pieces, Nicholas seeks to marry the ancient and modern through the use of electronic sound and acoustic instruments, such as his much-loved erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle).
Ragnheidur Ólafsdóttir (Rani Olafsdottir)
PhD in Ethnomusicology.
Residing in Hong Kong, tel. +852 2817 5131
Preliminary title of thesis : 'Re-shaping rímur. A social and musical study of the Icelandic vocal tradition.'
Advisory Panel : Dr Stephen Wild (ANU), Dr Ruth Lee Martin (ANU), Dr Gunnar Karlsson, (University of Iceland), Dr Vesteinn Olason, (University of Iceland), Dr Manolete Mora (HKU).
Publications : Söngur riddarans. Love Poet Páll Ólafsson Set To Melody. KHCD001 ncb/STEF VÍSA 01. 2001
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