Animateurs in Action: Developing Creative Musical Strategies
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2022
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Raftery, Samantha Kate
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Dollman, Emily
Bodman Rae, Charles
Bodman Rae, Charles
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This thesis submitted for the PhD degree at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, explores the planning and compositional methods involved in animateur and music teaching artist projects. The research offers a detailed study of the approaches and practically applies them to a set of creative projects, as well as offering a variety of compositional strategies to aspiring animateurs and teaching artists. The purpose of this research is to offer the first Australian-focussed animateur and teaching artist study yielding a creative output and practical applications of the field. The intent is to offer insight into the practical strategies involved in the development of Australian animateur and teaching artist projects, which will support this developing field and aspiring animateurs and teaching artists. This empirical research involves a reflexive evaluation approach, discussing not only the execution of various animateur and teaching artist projects and the creative output, but also the developments made to each chapter, as well as evaluations on the process and execution of various elements of the research. This research contains background information and discussion of the roles of animateurs and teaching artists in the first chapters, before looking into a series of case studies of successful Australian projects. From the research into these case studies and many other projects, a set of compositional approaches has been identified and discussed. A set of creative works was planned and the specific works that inspired the themes of these projects are discussed. All the planning documents and materials are also provided, to offer insight into the logistical and support processes for participants. The second and third sections of this research contain the creative projects that were produced and recorded. The first, From Trash to Treasure contains a piano trio score and explores the creation of instruments from various items that would normally be thrown away. The second project, A Voice For Change, is a virtual choral work, with string quartet and participant responses layered over the top. The work was inspired by climate rally slogans, and asks participants to think about how they can make the world a better place. The third and final project, Wind Turbines, is a work scored for wind quintet and composed with windowed structure. The work is programmatic and explores the journey of a wind turbine from construction to energy production.
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Elder Conservatorium of Music
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 2022
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Part A: Animateurs in Action -- Part B: Project Planning -- Part C: Compositions -- Part D: Recordings