Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Recent submissions
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Music-Based Language Learning in Remote Australian Indigenous Schools
Published 2011-09-06In response to the disproportionately low educational outcomes of students in remote Indigenous schools, this study examined the potential for musical activities to provide a platform for the learning of Standard Australian ...Open AccessThesis -
Informal Learning and teacher education students: Changing perceptions towards and educational paradigm shift
Published 2011-09-06This qualitative study is aimed at investigating the effects of teacher education students’ introduction to Informal Learning in a conservatoire setting, their perceptions of their preparation and willingness to use it in ...Open AccessThesis -
"Into the Woods": The Experiences and Preparation of Teachers Who Direct Secondary School Musical Theatre
Published 2011-08-19This study examines the personal investment of four NSW Independent secondary school music and drama teachers who direct musical theatre productions. It considers these teachers’ attitudes and beliefs regarding the social ...Open AccessThesis -
Italian traditional music in Adelaide
Published 1987-01-01This article questions the framing of Italian and other immigrant music traditions within Australian folklore studies. It discusses the fundamental diversity of regional musical cultures brought by Australia's immigrants ...Open AccessArticle -
“An ample and very poetical narrative”: the vicissitudes of “La Pia” between the literary and oral traditions.
Published 2005-01-01In the nearly seven hundred years since Dante's Purgatorio first appeared, the story of “La Pia” (Purgatorio V, 130-136), a Sienese woman who died under mysterious circumstances in the Maremma region, has generated much ...Open AccessBook chapter