The Western Australia New Music Archive: 1970 - today: finding, accessing, remembering, performing. This project sees the creation of the Western Australian New Music Archive, a digital repository of and interface to Western Australian music composed from 1970 to the present day. A partnership between peak state and national bodies, the project will also involve the performance and recording of works from the archive.
Making Music Work: Sustainable Portfolio Careers for Australian Musicians. This project plans to explore the conditions and strategies needed for musicians to sustain successful portfolio careers. Most musicians have ‘portfolio careers’, combining aspects of performance, recording, creation, music direction, teaching, community activities, health, retail and a presence in online environments. This phenomenon — often across music genres — is widespread but not well understood. The project involve ....Making Music Work: Sustainable Portfolio Careers for Australian Musicians. This project plans to explore the conditions and strategies needed for musicians to sustain successful portfolio careers. Most musicians have ‘portfolio careers’, combining aspects of performance, recording, creation, music direction, teaching, community activities, health, retail and a presence in online environments. This phenomenon — often across music genres — is widespread but not well understood. The project involves surveys and 12 in-depth case studies of individual musicians or ensembles that will aim to identify key success factors and obstacles. This information is intended to inform opportunities for training, development and support.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0346553
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$280,000.00
Summary
AusStage: Australian Performing Arts Gateway, Phase Two - Enhancement and Information Retrieval. AusStage is a web-based database of performing arts activities in Australia, from 1788 to the present, which was initially funded as a pilot project by the ARC in 2000. Phase Two will develop AusStage into a major research resource and an international pioneer in the dissemination of performing arts information. It will expand the existing database from 7,000 to 100,000 entries, enrich its quality ....AusStage: Australian Performing Arts Gateway, Phase Two - Enhancement and Information Retrieval. AusStage is a web-based database of performing arts activities in Australia, from 1788 to the present, which was initially funded as a pilot project by the ARC in 2000. Phase Two will develop AusStage into a major research resource and an international pioneer in the dissemination of performing arts information. It will expand the existing database from 7,000 to 100,000 entries, enrich its quality with new types of digitised data, add a sophisticated search engine and position itself as an Australian Subject Gateway. AusStage Phase Two will become a worldwide resource for academic researchers, the industry and the general public.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE100100028
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$650,000.00
Summary
AusStage Phase 4: Harnessing collective intelligence and pioneering new visual methodologies for innovative research into Australian live performance. AusStage is the Australian internet hub for research on live performance, linking researchers in universities, industry and government. It stimulates smart information use, promotes collaboration on innovative methodologies, integrates access to collections, and provides a substrate for excellent research in the humanities. AusStage meets the nati ....AusStage Phase 4: Harnessing collective intelligence and pioneering new visual methodologies for innovative research into Australian live performance. AusStage is the Australian internet hub for research on live performance, linking researchers in universities, industry and government. It stimulates smart information use, promotes collaboration on innovative methodologies, integrates access to collections, and provides a substrate for excellent research in the humanities. AusStage meets the national need for public access to reliable information on live performance. Live performance attracts major transnational capital to Australia: its skills, innovation and creativity export Australian creativity abroad, and promote the strengths of Australian society to international audiences. The development of new performance is a key mechanism whereby Australia's national culture is generated and renewed.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775527
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$300,000.00
Summary
AusStage: Gateway to Australian live performance, phase 3 - enhancing collaborative research methodologies through digital networking technologies. AusStage provides an accessible information gateway for investigating live performance as a wealth-creating industry, a generator of social capital and an indicator of cultural vitality. Australia stages some of the most ambitious, innovative and socially significant live events. Live interaction at communal events is essential to the cultural life o ....AusStage: Gateway to Australian live performance, phase 3 - enhancing collaborative research methodologies through digital networking technologies. AusStage provides an accessible information gateway for investigating live performance as a wealth-creating industry, a generator of social capital and an indicator of cultural vitality. Australia stages some of the most ambitious, innovative and socially significant live events. Live interaction at communal events is essential to the cultural life of the nation and innovative live performances project images of Australian culture to audiences here and overseas. AusStage uses new technologies to monitor the evolution of Australian live performance, to track innovation and excellence in the live performance industry, and to develop new methods of collaborative e-research.Read moreRead less
The French Baroque Music Project: from Scholarship to Performance. This project will conduct performance-oriented research into unresolved issues of French baroque performance practice and little-known French baroque repertoire. In addition to research resulting in scholarly publications, the project will comprise the editing and publishing of scores in modern notation, and the realisaton of the results of research in live performance and CD recordings. The holistic approach of this project is ....The French Baroque Music Project: from Scholarship to Performance. This project will conduct performance-oriented research into unresolved issues of French baroque performance practice and little-known French baroque repertoire. In addition to research resulting in scholarly publications, the project will comprise the editing and publishing of scores in modern notation, and the realisaton of the results of research in live performance and CD recordings. The holistic approach of this project is highly innovative as it involves a team of research personnel including musicologists and scholar-performers with complementary expertise, and ABC Classics as the industry partner. This will enable research results to be communicated not only by journal articles and publication of scores, but also by the production of four commercially distributed and marketed CDs.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR200200311
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$271,936.00
Summary
Diversifying Music in Australia: Gender Equity in Jazz and Improvisation. Emerging research demonstrates that the Australian Jazz and Improvisation Cultural Sector is not gender-inclusive and poses career development challenges for diverse communities. This project aims to develop new knowledge in historical and contemporary practices of inclusion, exclusion and participation in order to identify the individual, collective and institutional facilitators and constraints on gendered participation. ....Diversifying Music in Australia: Gender Equity in Jazz and Improvisation. Emerging research demonstrates that the Australian Jazz and Improvisation Cultural Sector is not gender-inclusive and poses career development challenges for diverse communities. This project aims to develop new knowledge in historical and contemporary practices of inclusion, exclusion and participation in order to identify the individual, collective and institutional facilitators and constraints on gendered participation. The project's significance lies not only in its contributions to the sector's policy and practice, but also its mentoring of an emerging generation of researchers. The intended outcomes are recommendations for industry and education policy, practice and further research that will benefit the sector's sustainability. Read moreRead less
Communicative human musicality: A cross-cultural comparative study of dance, singing and musical instrument skills in 12-15 year olds. The project aims to investigate musicality as a positive bodily, mental, social educational experience, and so fits with National Research Priority 2. It will develop international links and offer potential for understanding ethnic groups, and contribute also to areas of social policy by suggesting recommendations specific to children. By stimulating a theorisati ....Communicative human musicality: A cross-cultural comparative study of dance, singing and musical instrument skills in 12-15 year olds. The project aims to investigate musicality as a positive bodily, mental, social educational experience, and so fits with National Research Priority 2. It will develop international links and offer potential for understanding ethnic groups, and contribute also to areas of social policy by suggesting recommendations specific to children. By stimulating a theorisation of music as a social science, it will generate new research, and bring important unpublished materials to the academic community. Forging international collaborations and stimulating postgraduate study, the project will place UWA at the cutting edge of international scholarship.
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Fine Tuning: A Reconciliation of Indigenous and Western Musical Traditions. Focusing on central Australian song lines, the project strengthens our knowledge, understanding and application of the intricate tuning systems that underpin traditional Indigenous musical practices. Employing a unique methodology that combines Indigenous and contemporary Western musical performance practices with cutting-edge digital technologies, the project will show how the highly nuanced and sophisticated tunings at ....Fine Tuning: A Reconciliation of Indigenous and Western Musical Traditions. Focusing on central Australian song lines, the project strengthens our knowledge, understanding and application of the intricate tuning systems that underpin traditional Indigenous musical practices. Employing a unique methodology that combines Indigenous and contemporary Western musical performance practices with cutting-edge digital technologies, the project will show how the highly nuanced and sophisticated tunings at the heart of Indigenous music-making can be preserved when transposed to contemporary Western art music contexts. In so doing, the case is made for a more genuine, equitable dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous music-makers, to the mutual benefit of musicians, audiences, and society at large. Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0453614
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$338,933.00
Summary
Preserving Australia's Sound Heritage: creating a web-based research infrastructure of major music archives. Preserving Australia's Sound Heritage aims to facilitate access to and research on the Peter Burgis Australian Performing Arts Archive and the Archive of Australian Jewish Music. A collaborative project between The University of Western Australia, Monash University, Curtin University and ScreenSound Australia, PASH will create a web-based catalogue of the sound carriers in the collections ....Preserving Australia's Sound Heritage: creating a web-based research infrastructure of major music archives. Preserving Australia's Sound Heritage aims to facilitate access to and research on the Peter Burgis Australian Performing Arts Archive and the Archive of Australian Jewish Music. A collaborative project between The University of Western Australia, Monash University, Curtin University and ScreenSound Australia, PASH will create a web-based catalogue of the sound carriers in the collections and will digitise a selection of rare and/or fragile recordings. This project is one of national scope. It will open up new research material, enable national and international web-based access to these resources, stimulate research and lead to greater awareness of Australia's sound heritage.Read moreRead less