Project Overview

2009-10-19T19:09:00.001-07:00

Purpose:

The TILM (Technologies in the Learning of Music) project will research the role of new music-related devices and affiliated technological infrastructures within educational systems and social practices, particularly in Japan, Finland, and the USA. Of particular interest to this study is the practical use of new music applications and sound recording accessibility for mobile telephones and other hand-held devices in informal music learning among children and adolescents. Specifically, the implications of recent product releases from companies such as Sony, Nokia, and Apple will be rigorously evaluated in terms of both theoretical applications and actual use across diverse cultures for the purposes of music learning.

Profile of Principal Investigator:

David G. Hebert, PhD is a Professor of Music with the Sibelius Academy (SibA) in Finland, where he mentors doctoral research and contributes to the departments of music education, folk music (ethnomusicology), jazz studies, and music technology. At SibA, he has recently been appointed Academic Coordinator of the new Master of Global Music Program, offered in a collaboration between music institutions in four Nordic nations. In 2009 he is also a Visiting Research Scholar with Nichibunken, a division of Japan's National Institutes of the Humanities, with a summer residency in Kyoto. His previous appointments were with Seattle Public Schools (USA), Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan), Te Wananga O Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Boston University (USA). With graduate degrees in both ethnomusicology and music education, Professor Hebert has served in editorial roles for several scholarly journals in the field of music, and has writings published (or in press) in over 15 refereed journals and 10 books.

Prospective International Research Team:

Dr. Alex Ruthmann, University of Massachusetts (USA)
Dr. Eva Saether, Malmo Academy of Music (Sweden)
Prof. Masafumi Ogawa, Yokohama University (Japan)
Dr. Steve Dillon, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia)

Implementation of TILM:

This research endeavor will be both multi-phased and multi-faceted in methodology, requiring a synthesis of innovative approaches from sociology and ethnomusicology, including e-fieldwork, online surveys, focus group interviews, and participant observation in case study settings. The proposed project would be coordinated and supported through relationships established via preexisting international networks, specifically Nordplus-funded programs, such as the Glomus Network (which is launching a new Master of Global Music Program in 2010, in collaboration between institutions in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland) and the Nordic Network for Music Informatics, Performance, and Aesthetics (NNIMIPA), as well as the Historical Ethnomusicology Special Interest Group of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

David G. Hebert, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor, Sibelius Academy, Finland

Relevant Writings:

Ruthmann, A. & Hebert, D. G. (in preparation/forthcoming, 2010). Music Learning and New Media in Virtual and Online Environments. In G. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Oxford University Press.

Hebert, D. G. (2009). “Virtuality and Music Education in Online Environments,” (in Hungarian, tr. Mariann Ábrahám) Parlando, Vol. 48 (2009/4).

Hebert, D. G. (2008). “Forms of Graduate Music Education: A Response to Kenneth Phillips,” Research and Issues in Music Education, Vol. 6.

Hebert, D. G. (2008). “Reflections on Teaching the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music Online,” International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, Vol. 39, No. 1 (pp.93-103).

Hebert, D. G. (2007). “Five Challenges and Solutions in Online Music Teacher Education,” Research and Issues in Music Education, Vol. 5.

Relevant Presentations and Scholarly Activities:

Guest lecture on "Musical Embodiment and Gesture in Cross-Cultural Perspective" for intensive Master course "Music, Meaning, and Gesture", Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance, and Aesthetics (NNIMIPA), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (March 22-24, 2010).

Coordination and Collaborative Research Meeting, Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance, and Aesthetics (NNIMIPA), Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, Norway (February 18-19, 2010).

Paper presentation with Alex Ruthmann, "New Technologies as Tools Supporting Cultural Diversity in Music Education". Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME-10) conference, Sydney, Australia (January 11-13, 2010)

Planning committee meeting, Nordic Network for Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (Nordplus-funded), Helsinki, Finland (November 16, 2009).

Website development strategy meeting, Nordic Master of Global Music, GLOMUS, coalition of Nordic higher education academies (Nordic network for exchange in global music and related arts), at Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark (October 6-7, 2009). Sponsored by Nordplus.

Guest Lecture, "Easternization and Music Education", and discussion of individual research projects for graduate music education program (organized by Masafumi Ogawa), Yokohama National University, Japan (August 26, 2009).

Paper presentation, "On Virtuality and Music Education in Online Environments," The Changing Face of Music Education: Music and Environment (CFME09) International Conference, Tallinn University, Estonia (April 23-25, 2009) [http://www.tlu.ee/CFME09/].

Paper presentation, "Institutionalizing Popular Music Pedagogy: Lessons from Jazz Education," Sixth International Research in Music Education (RIME) Conference, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (April 14-18, 2009) [http://education.exeter.ac.uk/pages.php?id=218].

Workshop with Alex Ruthmann (by videoconference) on "New Technologies for Music Teaching and Learning," Nordic Network for Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (Nordplus-funded), University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark (March 29-April 5, 2009).

Lecture on "New Music Technologies in Japan and the USA," Nordic Network for Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (Nordplus-funded), University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark (March 29-April 5, 2009).

Presentation, "Tools for Collaboration in Online Music Communities," GLOMUS, coalition of Nordic higher education academies, steering committee meeting at Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway (March 3-4, 2009).

TILM: Technologies in the Learning of Music

Project Overview