Associate ProfessorJames Humberstone

Associate Professor in Music Education

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Research projects & supervision summary

The Weight of Light, a new song cycle with libretto by Nigel Featherstone. Commissioned by the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium, production by Caroline Stacey and The Street theatre, Canberra.

Changing the world(view): stimulating international music educator change through provocation. Ongoing research project, first chapter currently in review. Click through to read the draft abstract.

Odysseus: Live, Homer'sThe Odyssey reimagined in spoken word poetry, hip-hop and film with full orchestra and choir.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • PROJECT
    Community of Practice: Inclusive Melodies
    1 Feb 2025
    Project leaders:
    • Lee GSK
    Collaborators:
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A waste of time? Or an effective learning tool? - Assessing the effectiveness of a digital games-based learning approach in music education
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    An appraisal of the poly-technical works of Benjamin Britten
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    An authoethnographic account of conducting a multicultural youth choir : Creating an ethical model for choirs of diversity.
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    Cogniti the Socratic AI Tutor and its Impact on Student Learning in a Conservatory Musicology Course
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    Developing a new theoretical conceptual approach to literacies to improve primary teacher confidence in music
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    Dropping out of Music: Student Music Attrition within Selective and Non-Selective High Schools in NSW Australia
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    Dynamic Polytemporality
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    Effective Music Teaching in New South Wales: How School Music Programs Promote Consistent High Achievement in the Higher School Certificate
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    Gendered Fields of Music: A Bourdieusian Inquiry into Chinese Higher Music Education
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    Learning and Creating Music in the Digital Age: Degrees of Formality in the Music Classroom
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    Mind the Gap: Planning Modelling and Consultation in Online Music Professional Learning
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    Pluralism in Music Education
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    Providing Inclusive, Responsive, and Relevant Music Education: Hearing the Voices of Australian Music Students
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    Riding the Wonky Donkey of Evidence-Based Practice: Resisting the Neoliberalisation of Education Through Active Work in the Music Classroom
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    Technology in music education in the time of a pandemic
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    The Factors in the Relationship Between a Recording Artist and a Record Label That Influence the Quality of the Artist-Label Relationship.
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    The Last Renaissance Man: A Cross-Disciplinary Study in Composing An Orchestral Live Documentary
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    The use of generative AI tutors in a range of music courses
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    The Use of TikTok in Music Education: A Multiple Case Study
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    Vernacular Music Education in the Digital Age: Constructing a Blended Teaching Model for Jiangnan Sizhu in Secondary School Music Education
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    Violin Performance Teaching and Learning: The development of technology and its role in violin pedagogy
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    Well-Tempered Pianists: Beginner Piano Pedagogy in Independent Australian Studios.