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Lecture:Vocals Studies
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(BA - Macquarie, Graduate Certificate Singing Pedagogy - UWS, MA – UWS, PhD-UWS)

Telephone: (612) 9850-6897
Room: W6A 620
E-mail:diane.hughes@humn.mq.edu.au

Academic Profile

Summary CV
Current Teaching
Research Profile (PDF)
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Diane Hughes has an extensive background in contemporary popular singing pedagogy. She has been an invited speaker at national conferences and seminars on a range of issues relating to contemporary popular singing. Her work within the industry has involved artist development and recording. Research interests include: Contemporary Popular Singing Pedagogy, School Singing, Vocal Assessments and Vocal Performance.

Summary CV

Research Interests

Contemporary Popular Singing, Contemporary Popular Singing Pedagogy, Singing in Music Education.

Conference Papers and Presentations

2008: Pedagogical considerations for school singing activities (Paper) - The XXXth Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME) entitled "Innovation and Tradition: Music Education Research ”, Melbourne, Australia

2008: Innovative strategies and traditional constructs: defining the role of sound and movement in Music Theatre [Co-authored with Dr Pauline Manley] (Paper) - The XXXth Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME) entitled "Innovation and Tradition: Music Education Research ”, Melbourne, Australia

2008: Considerations and processes for contemporary vocal studies (Paper) – Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing ( ISME) Conference “Sing into Spring”, Perth, Australia

2008: Singing at all ages: the relevance of the singing studio (Symposium Chair and Presenter) - 28 th International Society for Music Education ( ISME) World Conference “Music at all ages”, Bologna, Italy

2008: The integration of the school singing voice (Paper) - 28 th International Society for Music Education ( ISME) World Conference “Music at all ages”, Bologna, Italy

Research in-progress

Vocal Assessments, Innovative Music Theatre, Vocal Performance, Singing in Music Education.

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Current Teaching

MUS 205 (Introduction to Vocal Studies)

MUS 206 (Intermediate Vocal Studies)

MUS 304 (Advanced Vocal Studies)

MUS 306 [from 2009] (Musical Creativity and Vocal Performance)

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