The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy
Journal Article
Donn, R., Stillie, B., & Moir, Z. (2024)
The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy. Music Education Research, 26(1), 58-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2024.2309204
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of...
Music classroom as the shifting ground for patriotism: National Anthem Law in Hong Kong
Conference Proceeding
Cheng, L. (2020)
Music classroom as the shifting ground for patriotism: National Anthem Law in Hong Kong. In Proceedings of the 20th International Seminar of the ISME Commission on Policy: Culture, Media and Education (65-72
Music as an expressive art form can convey meaning and carry emotional associations. It can promote universal values such as anti-war and equality, or political ideology inclu...
When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance
Book Chapter
Stillie, B. (2019)
When Is A Drummer Not A Drummer? Developing Coordination , Musicianship And Creativity Through Electronic Drum Performance. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G. Dylan Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education Perspectives and Practices (189-201). London: Bloomsbury Publishing
Many drummers now embrace technology to enhance and extend their setup, and what they can offer their band. Thus, it is important that drum kit education addresses this phenom...
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018)
Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. doi:10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1
This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary sch...
Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra
Conference Proceeding
Lee, C. (2018)
Digital Ensemble Skills in a Laptop Orchestra. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Computer Music Conference (267-270
The emerging practices and growing number of laptop orchestras associated with university music programs raise questions about the capability of the laptop orchestra to develo...
Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra
Conference Proceeding
Cheng, L. (2016)
Digital Musicianship Training for Classically Trained Music Students in a Laptop Orchestra. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art (40-43
Laptop orchestra is a music platform that focuses on collaborative music making within a computer-mediated environment. It is usually formed by an interdisciplinary team with ...