Ms Helen English

Biography

I have been engaged in research since early 2007, following the completion and award of an MA (Music) in 2006. My primary areas of research are:

Music practices in the 19th century,

Music and Society

Australian music,

Social Justice and Gender studies

Music & technology.

Recent research has been on popular entertainment in Newcastle and I have co-authored a book chapter "Popular Entertainment in Newcastle, NSW, 1875-1877" in A World of Popular Entertainment, Scholar's Press, 2012. I have a forthcoming paper: "Newcastle in the 1870s: audience identity, power and cultural ownership" in Crossroads: an Interdisciplinary journal, UQ.

My creative work has been shown in Hobart and Leeds ("Margery's Times: Margery Through the Looking Glass") and New York ("New Adventures of Mark Twain"). I am currently working on a paper on for presentation at Perspectives on Power conference at UQ. A related paper "Reviewing History through Sound: Fact or Fiction?" is forthcoming in the NZMS/MSA conference proceedings, Auckland.

In the area of Teaching and Learning, I am interested in the Transition to University and am currently collaborating on a case study with other Australian Universities

Qualifications

• Master of Arts (Music), University of Newcastle, 2006
• Diploma in Music, Guild Hall School of Music and Drama

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Research

Research keywords

• Australian music
• music and gender
• music and society

Research expertise

Sonic Art - soundscapes representing temporality. 19th c. music practices in Australia, specifically the Newcastle region. The Historical Performance Practice movement in UK and Australia

Collaboration

"The efficacy of PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) for a diverse student cohort" - a collaboration with University of Melbourne, Monash University UTAS, UNITEC, NZ and UQ

Languages

• French
• Italian

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
190409	Musicology And Ethnomusicology	100

Appointments

Executive Officer NACTMUS (National Council for Tertiary Music) (Australia)

01/04/2003

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

Program Convenor, Software expertise: Word, Excel, Publisher, Finale, Sibelius. Auditions, enrolments, orientation, credits, mentoring, completions

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Australian Music
• Keyboard
• Musicology

Teaching expertise

Australian Music, Music history, Piano playing and associated skills, 19th c. music, Baroque

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