Absolute Pitch (AP) is the ability to identify pitches without external references (Parncutt & Levitin, 2001). It is a rare ability that is more prevalent among musicians. This qualitative study explored the perceptions ...

This study aimed to uncover the strategies being used to teach West-African music in cross-cultural, community settings in Australia. It examined the motivations that govern the decisions to teach and learn traditional ...

This is a study of the ways in which refugee and asylum seeker learners benefit from engaging in community music programs during resettlement or detention. It explores the means by which music learning can address the ...

This study provides a detailed view of current practice in relation to the New South Wales Board of Studies Music 2 Syllabus Mandatory Topic, ‘Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus)’. It closely examines various ...

This study investigated what are considered to be gender appropriate musical behaviours from the perspective of adolescents, with a particular focus on listening behaviours and musical preferences. Gender stereotypes in ...

This study explores the relationships between school musical culture, adolescent musical preference and music teaching strategies in secondary school, in order to determine the extent to which these are factors influencing ...

This qualitative case study explores the ways in which Deaf students involve themselves with music, in a variety of contexts and from multiple perspectives, including the students’ own perspective. A Sydney school offering ...

This study explores the relationships between formative musical experiences, narrative constructions of music teacher identity and the influence of these identity constructions on the decision to become a classroom music ...

This study examines the viability of transmission and maintenance of Karen indigenous music and dance in an Australian non-formal context. Qualitative in design, the research comprised an ethnographic case study of an ...

This study examined the contextual and philosophical pretexts underpinning the learning and teaching of music indigenous to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Papua New Guinean peoples through the eyes of six Australian ...