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Allan’s research interest lies in music of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with a particular emphasis on the lives, works and professional environment of major contemporaries of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He has published editions of important works by Wanhal, Pleyel, Hummel and Ries and is currently writing a book on the Viennese composer Leopold Hofmann.

Recent and current doctoral supervisions:

• Agnes Harmath (DMA): "A study and critical edition of Johann Baptist Wendling’s Flute Concerto in C major (GUN 18)"
• Lisa Chung (DMA): "The Thumb Position in Cello Playing"
• Elizabeth Nichol (PhD): "Early New Zealand printed music"

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Davinia has recently completed a book on music and dance in belle-époque Paris and contributed a chapter on music and early modern dance to a forthcoming volume on representation in Western music. Davinia's research interests also include music in film, music museology, music and the early sciences of the mind, and French musical culture and criticism in the early twentieth century. Current research projects include: a study of music and modern dance (across the twentieth century); a series of papers on the phenomenon of musical tripatouillage (“fiddling”) in the belle époque; and a book for the general public, entitled “How to hear classical music”.

Davinia welcomes doctoral candidates whose research interests are similar to her own.

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Eve’s research and teaching interests focus on instrumental and vocal composition, including extended technique, orchestral composition and New Zealand music. Her works feature on many CDs, and she has three solo CDs of her music on the Atoll label including the recent  Releasing the Angel – five orchestral works played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, 2011. Current research includes the chamber opera LEN LYE, to be premiered 2012, and a work for mixed ensemble and pre-recorded sound involving concepts of breathing.

Recent and current doctoral supervisions:

• Ashley Brown (PhD): "‘In Two Minds: Exploring Co-composition as a Performer/Composer Collaboration"
• Jeff Chen-Feng Lin (DMus): Orchestral and chamber composition
• Leonie Holmes (DMus): Orchestral, choral and chamber composition
• Thorsten Wollmann (DMus): Orchestral and chamber composition

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Rae is interested in the prevention and rehabilitation of injury caused by playing an instrument. A particular focus is the biomechanics of piano playing, and the establishment of a balanced technique that enables musical expression and ease of playing. She is completing a PhD on focal dystonia in musicians, a devastating condition that often puts an end to a performance career.

Rae welcomes doctoral candidates whose research interests are similar to her own.

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John has research interests in all aspects of contemporary composition, with substantial experience in electroacoustic music. A member of the School of Music staff since 1984, he is currently Head of Composition studies in Music, and also directs the Karlheinz Company contemporary music ensemble, which frequently broadcasts on Radio NZ Concert and often features music from the Asia-Pacific region. His compositions include works for symphony orchestra (many recorded and/or performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and the New Zealand Symphony orchestra), vocal and choral music, chamber and solo music commissioned by many leading performers, and electroacoustic music. His electroacoustic works have been performed all over the world.

John has supervised many MMus and DMus graduates of The University of Auckland including Dr Eve de Castro-Robinson, Dr Leonie Holmes, Dr Weerachat Premananda, Dr Cheryl Camm and Dr Chen-Feng Lin. He was also academic supervisor for the recent DMA exegesis of Melody Lin.

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Uwe’s research interests include conducting, flute performance and pedagogy, as well as music editing of works from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He first gained worldwide recognition when he won First Prize at the Cannes Classical Awards 2000, for ‘Best 18th Century Orchestral Recording’ with his CD of Symphonies by Johann Baptist Vanhal conducting the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia in Hungary. Recordings of music by J N Hummel gained him two Gramophone Editor's Choice awards in the U.K. Performance highlights in recent years include the 53rd and 54th Händel Festival in Germany and eight concerts with the Mexico City Philharmonic. His current research focuses on creating editions of W A Mozart’s Six Grand Symphonies; and recordings conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with music by Jenny McLeod and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with music by Ferdinand Ries.

Recent doctoral supervisions:

• Melody Hsiao-Lan Tsai Lin (DMA): "East wind in Aotearoa : exploring east Asian elements in New Zealand flute compositions"
• Agnes Harmath (DMA): "A study and critical edition of Johann Baptist Wendling's Concerto in C major "
• Mette Leroy-Dale (DMA): "Flute 21: 21st century New Zealand flute music and its contemporary performance practice"

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Leonie's areas of research include composition, New Zealand music, materials of music/musicianship skills, and the role of composition and creative music making in music education. She has written works for orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal and solo instrument, and receives frequent commissions from both professional and community groups. Stemming from her work as Composer-in-Schools in the 1990s, she has a particular interest in the teaching of musicianship skills and creative music, and has written many works for school and community groups.

Leonie welcomes doctoral candidates whose research interests are similar to her own.

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David is involved in teaching and researching music education. His research interests include: school-based music education, philosophical perspectives of music education, community based music teaching and learning, alternative pedagogies and mutlimedia practices, and music learning. He is currently involved in two main research projects, one on youth and YouTube music learning, the other on community arts and early childhood learning. David also teaches a leadership course for music/arts educators and a postgraduate course on practical research methodologies.

Recent and current doctoral supervisions:

• Linda Ashley (PhD): "Teaching Dance from Contextual Perspectives in the New Zealand Curriculum"
• Kirsten Locke (PhD): "Shadows of Sound: music, pedagogy and writing the inaudible"
• Doug Nyce (PhD): "New Zealand Primary Music Education: a promise broken: a comparison of the de jure and de facto philosophies of music education utilised in New Zealand primary, intermediate and middle school music education"
• Rae de Lisle (PhD): "Focal Dystonia in Pianists"
• Julie Jackson-Tretchikoff (PhD): "Both Sides of the Curtain: The Auckland Music Theatre Inc 1919-2009"
• Olivier Holland (DMA): "The Personalisation of Jazz Bass Technique"
• Mark Baynes (DMA): "The Pianist Styles of Brad Meldau"

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Nancy's research and teaching interests centre on chamber music of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: aesthetics, analysis, performance practices and ideologies. Other areas of research include music and melancholy c. 1800; ideologies of performance in the 19th-21st centuries; and the concept of "historical literacy" as applied to tertiary music education. She is currently writing a book on Beethoven’s middle period string quartets.

Current PhD supervision:

• Aleisha Ward: "Any rags, any jazz, any boppers today? Jazz in New Zealand from the Jazz Age to the Rock 'n' Roll Era, 1920 - 1955”

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Martin’s teaching and research interests include performing as a soloist and chamber musician; history of the playing technique of the cello and its reference to the repertoire; historically informed performance of eighteenth-century music on modern instruments; practical performance editions of cello repertoire; and guiding educators on teaching their instrument. He has performed more than 1500 concerts on four continents, recorded more than 20 CDs and published all the major cello études for Bärenreiter-Verlag (sheet music editions) between 2004 and 2009.

Current DMA supervision:

• Lisa Chung: “The History of Thumb Position Technique”

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Dean’s current research focuses on eighteenth-century music. His publications cover many of the century's most notable composers: Haydn, Mozart, Domenico Scarlatti, Gyrowetz, Boccherini and Scarlatti’s Spanish contemporary Sebastián de Albero. He has supervised masters and doctoral students in a wide range of topics from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Recent and current doctoral supervisions:

• Chris Willis (PhD): “Narrativity and performance in the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti”
• Elena Abramova (DMA): “The rise of the Russian violin sonata, with particular reference to Prokofiev and Shostakovich”
• Stephen Small (DMA): “Piano technique and performance style in popular musical genres”
• Kenneth Hartdegen (PhD): “Fernando Sor's theory of harmony applied to the guitar”
• Rob Tedesco (PhD): “Orchestras in society: making them relevant to our communities”

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