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SUMMARY:‘Mixing It Up: A Blended Approach to Practice-based Research Tra
 ining in Music’ - Professor Paul Draper\, Australia\, Queensland Conserv
 atorium Griffith University
DTSTART:20130704T150000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Higher degree research training in music has been in existence
  at the Queensland Conservatorium for some decades now\, one early form be
 ing the PhD by Composition – somewhat prophetic in its shape and atypica
 lly framed as a amalgam of new music and exegesis. Over time more programm
 es became available\, but largely in traditional form as musicology or edu
 cation investigations of  phenomena external to the candidate. The introdu
 ction of practice-focussed research programmes in the Master of Music (M.M
 us\, 2000) and the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA\, 2005) led to an explosion
  of new kinds of projects\, methodologies and representations\, and now st
 abilising at around 85 enrolled candidates per year.\nThis seminar will un
 pack some of the issues arising from recent experiences and publications i
 n relation to teaching\, resourcing and responding to this environment. In
  particular\, it will be noted how the cohort comprises differing lifestyl
 es\, working commitments and often distance candidatures\, and to this end
 \, there are a range of relevant collaboration resources and coursework de
 signs that will be explored. Similarly for projects themselves\, there are
  aspects of milestones and examination pathways which aspire to best fitne
 ss for purpose: from performance\, to record production\, composition\, in
 stallation works and beyond. In parallel to such ‘blended’ research tr
 aining\, a number of related academic artistic research projects will be i
 ncluded in the mix\, informed as they are by recent Federal research evalu
 ation exercises in Australia (ERA).\nThe seminar will consist of a present
 ation followed by an open discussion. \n\nBio: Paul Draper (EdD) is Profes
 sor of Music Technology at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith Universi
 ty in Brisbane\, Australia. He holds a doctorate in education and has serv
 ed as the Griffith Chair in Digital Arts and as Deputy Director (Research)
  in music. He is a composer\, jazz musician and sound producer who publish
 es on higher education\, web 2.0 culture\, music making and practice-based
  research. Paul supervises a cohort of higher degree research students in 
 masters and doctoral programs and is currently head of the Doctor of Music
 al Arts program at the Queensland Conservatorium. www29.griffith.edu.au/dr
 aper\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 1S3
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