: Research

Research

This site acts as a conduit to and from music makers, researchers, organisation and projects that value music and sound as a way of building community, personal and social identity and social and cultural capital.

The network documents innovation, publishes books and scholarly articles, makes resources available free to all and facilitates relationships and partnerships between researchers, organisations, schools and communities.

We welcome you to join the network by submitting your email address to Steve Dillon. Please visit the links in the blogroll to see the diversity of the networks members and associations.

Primary goals:

1. Create an international collaborative research network to connect researchers globally and provide opportunities for collaborative research and sharing of best practice.
2. Develop digitised and trans-disciplinary research methodologies, infrastructure and templates/models for storing, appraising and publishing peer refereed research in multimedia form and act as a resource production clearinghouse.
3. Develop and facilitate partnerships for a series of funded research projects focused on creating and evaluating innovative music curriculum and experience design in communities and schools in partnership with network partners.
4. Create postgraduate research concentrations at associated institutions in the network. Provide postgraduate and in-service music education training for teachers and community music coaches.
5. Facilitate a series of publications, seminars, symposia and conferences around the theme: Meaningful music making for life.
6. save to DISC is a non-institutional, not for profit collaborative network.

PUBLICATIONS

save to DISC supports and encourages an open source approach to the sharing of knowledge. You are free to download any publications on this site please use the reference listed below in any citation. Note that because of copyright some of the articles may be a pre-publication version.

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Music, Meaning and Transformation: Meaningful Music Making for Life, is the first in a series of six books for the network it examines the musical experiences that students find meaningful and the ways in which teachers, parents and community music leaders might provide access to meaningful music education. Link to: Amazon.com

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Book Number two in the series: Navigating Music Education Edited by Dr Julie Ballantyne andBrydie Leigh Bartleet it features some of the most influential music educators in the world today.
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Link to Steve Dillon’s QUT ePrints page.

Songs of Resilience Book number 3 in the Meaningful music making for life series Edited by Dr Andy Brader.

jam2jam is a new instrument for collaborative media performance and applies the principles from Music Meaning Transformation and Computer in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality to networked learning and generative technology.

The Australasian CRC for Interaction Design ( ACID) Presents Network Jamming with

jam2jam a documentary about research into generative arts. See youtube clips

MixDex Lite

Andrew Sorensen the innovative author of Impromptu has released the first in a series of iPhone/ iPod Touch music applications. Get your free version of MIXDEX from the Apple store today!

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Podcasts

New Internationalist radio interview with Brian Procopis (Sweet freedom) and Steve Dillon about Music, health and social Justice.

“Music and Intimacy: A long street in London and beyond” Susan Hawkins investigates music and health in aged populations and her own unique mesh of art and social work.

Jam2jam at the Apple Createworld podcasts

Roger Gonzales: iLatin Jazz: ABC Radio National 10th August 2008.

Youtube Channel

Books

Brown , A. (2006) Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality, New York, Routledge

Brown, Andrew R. (2009) Making Music with Java, Lulu.co

Brown, A. & Dillon, S. C. (1985) Pop Percussion, Sydney, Peter Leyden Publishing. (Out of Print: Digital version due for release by Exploding Art Music Productions 2010)
Brown, A. & Dillon, S. C. (2001a) Retro Rock Charts, Sydney, Currency Press.
Brown, A. & Dillon, S. C. (2001b) Sound Reflections: Your music learning diary, Brisbane, Exploding Art Music Productions.

Dillon, S. C. (2001) student-as-maker(PhD Thesis)

Dillon, S (2007) Music, Meaning and Transformation (Vol. 1) Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Brown, A., Dillon, S. & Purcell, K. (2006). Reading and Writing Rock (2nd ed). Sydney: Science Press.

Brown, A., Dillon, S. & Purcell, K. (1995). Rock Music Essentials (2nd ed). Sydney: Science Press

Farmer, Belle ( Editor) Springboards - one of the best resources for music education ever written in tight recipe book style. Download.

Harrison, S.D. (2008). Masculinities and Music: Engaging Men and Boys in Making Music. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK. (ISBN 1443800201)
Book Chapters:

Dillon, S. (2009) ‘Examining meaningful engagement: Musicology and virtual music making environments.’ In Elizabeth Mackinlay, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Katelyn Barney (Ed), (2009) Musical Island’s, Vol. 2, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Dillon, S.& Hirche, K. (2009) ‘Switched on Orff: Navigating technological contexts and experience design in music education. ‘ In Bartleet, J. B. B.-L. (Ed), Navigating Music and Sound Education, Vol. 2, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Dillon, S., & Brown, A. (2007). Networked improvisational musical environments: Learning through online collaborative music making. In J. Finney & P. Burnard (Eds.), Embedding Music Technology in the Secondary School London, Continuum International Publishing Group.

Dillon, S. (2006h). Maybe we can find some Common Ground: Indigenous Perspectives, a music teachers’ story. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol 36.

Dillon, S. (2006f). jam2jam: Networked Improvisational Musical Environments. In M. Moore & B. W. Leung (Eds.), School Music and Teacher Education: A Global Perspective in the New Century (Vol. , pp. 19-30). Hong Kong: Department of CAPE, the Hong Kong Institute of Education & International Society for Music Education (ISME)

Dillon, S., & Brown, A. (2006). The Art of ePortfolios: Insights from the creative arts experience. In A. J. a. C. Kaufman (Ed.), Handbook of Research on ePortfolios: Concepts, Technology and Case Studies (pp. 418-431). Indianapolis: Idea- Group Inc.

Dillon, S. (2005). Meaningful engagement with music technology. In E. Mackinlay, D. Collins and S. Owens (Eds.) Aesthetics and Experience in Music Performance. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 329-341.

Dillon, S., & Chapman, J. (2005). ‘Without a song you are nothing’ Songwriter’s perspectives on Indigenising tertiary music and sound curriculum. In E. Mackinlay, D. Collins & O. Samantha (Eds.), Cultural diversity in music education: Directions and challenges for the 21st century (pp. 189-198). Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.

Dillon, S. (In press). Examining meaningful engagement: Musicology and virtual music making environments. In E. Mackinlay (Ed.), ISLANDS: Musicological Society of Australasia (Vol. 2). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Journal Articles:

Berry, P. (2008) Open Access to University music: The challenge of Youtube and Ning. Paper presented at the conference for Scandanavian Music Librarians- October 15-16 2008 in Borĺs.

Brown, A(2006) An Introduction to Music Analysis with Computer

Brown, A & Dillon, S. (2006) ePortfolios in Arts learning and assessment., Music Education Research and Innovation. 12 (1), 7-36. The Art of ePortfolios

Bruel, S. (2010). Network Jamming. Pro Audio Asia, 9 May-June 2010, 118-119.

BURNARD, P., DILLON, S., SAETHER, E. & RUSINEK, G. (2008) Inclusive pedagogies in music education: a comparative study of music teachers’ perspectives from four countries. International Journal of Music Education, 26, 133-150.

Dillon, S., Adkins, B., Brown, A. R. & Hirche, K.(2009) Communities of sound: generative music making and virtual ensembles. International Journal of Community Music.

Dillon, S. (2009) Pedagogies of inclusion: a case study examining the struggle of three Australian music teachers engaging with inclusive practice in schools and communitiy music education. Unpublished

Dillon, S. (Dec. 2006) “Jam2jam: Networked Jamming,” M/C Journal, 9(6). Retrieved 02 Feb. 2007 from .

Dillon, S. (2006). Assessing the positive influence of music activities in community development programs. Music Education Research, 8 (2), pp.267-289.

Dillon, S. (2005). Construir comunidades culturalmente sostenibles mediante actividades musicales expresivas. Revista Electronica Complutense de Investigacion en Educacion Musical. 2. (Building culturally sustainable communities through expressive music making: The music teacher as cultural manager.)

Dillon, S. (In progress). Pedagogies of inclusion: a case study examining the struggle of three Australian music teachers engaging with inclusive practice in schools and community music education. Presented in ISME Symposium, Bologna Italy 2008)

Dillon, S. (In Progress). The Virtual Ensemble. Paper presented at the International Society for Music Education: Music Technology Symposium. To be submitted to the Journal of Music, Technology and Education.

Dillon, S., Adkins, B., Brown, A. R., & Hirche, K. (2009). Communities of sound: generative music making and virtual ensembles. Paper presented at the International Society of Music Education: Community Music Activities Commission. Submitted to the International Journal of Community Music.

Dillon, Steve C., and Andrew R. Brown. 2010. The Educational Affordances of Generative Media in Arts Education. Paper read at International Association for Technology, Education and Development (IATED), at Valencia, Spain.

Humberstone, James (2009) Kiravanu: Opera for children embedded into a K-6 programme Paper to be given at the XVII national conference of the Australian Society for Music Education, Launceston, 11th July 2009.

Citation: Laor, L. (2010). “On the seashore of endless worlds, children play” Dillon’s Music, meaning and transformation: A review essay. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 11(Review 2). Retrieved [date] from http://www.ijea.org/v11r2/.

Nalder, G., Dillon, S., Smith, J., & Brown, A. R., (2004) Art Education for a ‘tele-matic’ future. Australian Art Education, Journal of the Australian Institute of Art Educators. 27(1), pp. 56-71.

Spirovski, D. (2005) Stories of transformation through meaningful music making. Queensland Journal of Music Education, 1, 1.

savetoDISC Projects and Special issues

Network partners undertaking collaborative research examining Inclusion in music education:

5 Articles in Research Studies in Music Education: June 2008, Volume 30, No. 1 (PDF Available through Sage Publications.

Dillon, S. (under review) Pedagogies of inclusion: a case study examining the struggle of three Australian music teachers engaging with inclusive practice in schools and community music education. International Journal of Education and the Arts.

Note: Further publications from this 4 year study are undergoing editorial.
Conference Papers:

Adkins, Barbara A. and Dillon, Steven C. and Brown, Andrew R. and Hirche, Kathy L. and Gibbons, Craig R. (2007) The role of generative arts in supporting cultural participation: A conceptualisation of the Jam2Jam network jamming tool. In Proceedings 13th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia 2007, Brisbane.

Dillon, S., Adkins, B., Brown, A. R. & Hirche, K. (2008) ‘Communities of sound: generative music making and virtual ensembles’. CMA XIII: Projects, Perspectives & Conversations: Proceedings from 2008 Seminar of the Commission for Community Music Activity., Rome, Italy, ISME.

Dillon, S. (2008b) ‘The Virtual Ensemble’. International Society for Music Education: Music Technology Symposium, Bolognia, Italy, ISME.

Dillon, S. & Stewart, D. (2006) ‘Songs of Resilience’. Proceedings of the 27th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, pp. 334-43. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dillon, S. (2005). save to DISC: documenting, designing, evaluating and presenting innovation. Speculation and innovation: Applying practice led research in the creative industries. Queensland University of Technology. http://www.speculation2005.net

Dillon, S. (2004). Modelling, meaning through software design. 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Southern Cross University Tweed Heads, Australian Association for Research in Music Education (AARME).

Dillon, S. (2004). Music, Meaning and Transformation. 26th International Society for Music Education Conference, Tenerife, Spain, ISME.

Dillon, S. (2004). save to DISC: documenting innovation in music learning. 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Southern Cross University Tweed Heads, Australian Association for Research in Music Education (AARME).

Dillon, S. (2003). jam2jam-Meaningful music making with computers. Artistic Practice as Research: 25th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Australian Association for Research in Music Education (AARME) pp. 65-77.

Dillon, S., Nalder, G., Brown, A. & Smith, J. (2003). Digital multi media portfolios (D-MAP) in music learning. Artistic Practice as Research: 25th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Brisbane, Queensland Australia, (AARME) pp.51-65.

Smith, J., Dillon, S., Nalder, G. & Brown, A. (2004). Digital multimedia portfolios supporting authentic learning in the arts. Proceedings, ePortfolio - 2004 - Transforming individual and organisational learning, October 28-29 2004, La Rochelle, France.

Dillon, Steve C. 2009. Generative systems as relational bridges. In The 32nd National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia. Newcastle Conservatorium of Music: University of Newcastle, NSW: Musicological Society of Australia.

Kerr, Thorin. 2010. Jam2jmaXO guide. In Jam2jam: manuals for generative media software. Brisbane: Australasian CRC for Interactive Design ( ACID).

Associated Websites:

Exploding Art Music Productions

Network Jamming: jam2jam

Network Jamming blog

Jamnation: resources

Songs of Resilience wiki

savetodisc curriculum resources

XArts Journal online

Important Publications about Arts/ Music and Social & Cultural meaning

The Music Manifesto UK

Bamford, A. (2006) The Wow Factor: Global Research compendium on the impact of the arts in education, New York/ Munchen/Berlin, Waxmann Munster.

Dahler-Larsen, Peter. 2001. From Programme Theory to Constructivism: on Tragic Magic and competing programmes. Evaluation 7 (3):331-349.

Davies, Rick, and Jess Dart. The ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC)Technique: A guide to its use.
Program%20Theory.pdf

Dillon, S.C. Democratic and digital evaluation

Fiske, E. B. (2000) Champions of change: The impact of the arts on learning, USA, Arts Education partnership, The presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Hallam, S. (2001) ‘The Power of Music’. In Hallam, S. (Ed), The strength of music’s influence on our lives., The Performing Right Society: MCPS-PRS Alliance.

Song Cultures: Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian Music: ISBN: 0 642 47239 4: An initiative of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

Winner, E. & Hetland, L. (2001) ‘An Arts in Education Research Compendium.’ California Arts Council Year of the Arts 2001.