In 2012 I completed my PhD thesis, an iconographical study of David Bowie's album covers 1967-1980.
Student Successes
Kylie Price: Award winning singer-songwriter. See more here
Hollie Longman-Fleck: Peformer and fulltime Lecturer in Music at Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand.
Oli Wilson: Keyboard player with iconic Dunedin band The Chills, ex member of Knives at Noon. See more here
Hana Fahey: Popular solo and band performer, and High School music teacher at Logan Park High School, Dunedin
David Harrison: Highly in-demand guitarist for several professional acts and fulltime Teaching Fellow in Guitar at Otago University, Dunedin.
Hanna Curwood: UK based singer-songwriter. See more here
Publications
Chapman, I. (2023). Alastair Riddell’s Space Waltz. Bloomsbury, 144p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (speaker, performer) (2021, 10-12, 15-20, 23-27, 30 June, 1-10, 12 July). Dr Ian Chapman & the Cosmic Jive Trio: David Bowie and the Art of Being Different, with performances and talks, presented by Arts on Tour New Zealand, Chanel Arts Centre, Playhouse Theatre, Mussel Inn, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Everybody's Theatre, Te Awamutu College, The Plaza, Meteor Theatre, Hauraki House Theatre, Kauaeranga Hall, OSPA Theatre, Church of St George and St John, Senior Citizens Hall, Smash Palace Bar, The Gaiety, Arts Centre, Lodge Theatre, Twizel Events Theatre, Oamaru Opera House, The Laboratory, Old Lodge Theatre, Donovan's Store, Tarras Hall, Sherwood Hotel, Eastern Southland Gallery, Stewart Island Community Centre, Motueka, Mapua, Onekaka, Upper Hutt, Ōpunakē, Te Awamutu, Putaruru, Hamilton, Coromandel, Thames, Onewhero, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, Akaroa, Christchurch, Geraldine, Twizel, Oamaru, Lincoln, Hokitika, Okarito, Cromwell, Queenstown, Gore, Stewart Island, New Zealand . [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (2020). Okay, boomer: New Zealand in the swinging sixties. Auckland, New Zealand: Bateman, 199p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2020). David Bowie FAQ: All that's left to know about rock's finest actor. Lanham, MD: Backbeat Books, 312p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2019, September). From Jules Verne to David Bowie: "From the earth to the moon: A space oddity". Verbal presentation at the 1869 Conference and Heritage Festival: Ka mua, ka muri, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2019, July). Meet the Skeleton Family & friends: Look what happens when a middle-aged song writer has children. School of Performing Arts, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Chapman, I. (2018). Experiencing Alice Cooper: A listener's companion. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 232p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2018, May). If the homework brings you down then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car downtown (Bowie): The writing adventures of a Kiwi high school drop-out. Celebrate NZ Music Month, Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Chapman, I. (speaker, performer) (2017, 6-9 December). The Musical Life of David Bowie: A Library Tour, with performances and talks, Dunedin & Waikouaiti, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (2016). The Dunedin sound: Some disenchanted evening. Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd, 207p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I., & Johnson, H. (Eds.). (2016). Global glam and popular music: Style and spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s. New York, NY: Routledge, 300p.
Edited Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2016). Alice Cooper: Glam rock's problem child. In I. Chapman & H. Johnson (Eds.), Global glam and popular music: Style and spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s. (pp. 113-128). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2016). Spotting the rare sequined kiwi: Three approaches to glam rock in 1970s New Zealand. In I. Chapman & H. Johnson (Eds.), Global glam and popular music: Style and spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s. (pp. 272-288). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I., & Johnson, H. (2016). Introduction: Glam rock in the global imagination. In I. Chapman & H. Johnson (Eds.), Global glam and popular music: Style and spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s. (pp. 1-10). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2016, November). How David Bowie ch ch ch changed the world. Keynote presentation at the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Document Centres (IAML) New Zealand Branch Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2015). Experiencing David Bowie: A listener's companion. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 254p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2015). Authorship, agency, and visual analysis: Reading (some) Bowie album covers. In E. Devereux, A. Dillane & M. J. Power (Eds.), David Bowie: Critical perspectives. (pp. 196-214). New York, NY: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2015). Ziggy's urban alienation: Assembling the heroic outsider. In T. Cinque, C. Moore & S. Redmond (Eds.), Enchanting David Bowie: Space/time/body/memory. (pp. 27-47). New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2015, July). David Bowie: The man who made fear sexy. Verbal presentation at the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Symposium: David Bowie is: The Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (composer, performer), Adams, P. (clarinet, recorder), Egenes, J. (steel guitar, saw), & Hollamby, N. (keys, backing vocals) (2015, 9 September). Mr Glad and the Skeleton Family, with original songs written by Ian Chapman, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (music, lyrics) (2015). Teddy by Thaddius Grime [Music Video]. [Film/Digital Recording/CD-Rom].
Film/Video/CD Rom
Chapman, I. (2014, August). Die Zombie Die by Dead. Keynote presentation at the University of Otago General Staff Conference: Linked In and Switched On, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2014, December). “In mansions cold and grey”: Aladdin Sane, Terry Burns, and Cane Hill Hospital. Verbal presentation at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Australia/New Zealand Annual Conference: Into the Mix: People, Places, Processes, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (performer) (2014, 28 February). Dr Glam, Refuel, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (2014, March). David Bowie: How did he do it; Why should we care? And how did he save my life? Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Other Research Output
Chapman, I. (2013, June). Sure, Ziggy Stardust rose and fell … but was it really in London? Verbal presentation at the Mad Dogs & Englishness: Popular Music & English Identities, London, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2013, October). For what you really collect is always yourself. Verbal presentation at the Department of Music & Theatre Studies Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2013, October). For what you really collect is always yourself. Verbal presentation at the Centre for the Book Second Annual Symposium: Collectors/Collecting/Collections, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (performer) (2013, 26 July). Dr Glam, at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, Gore Town & Country Club, Gore, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (performer) (2013, 4 September). Dr Glam: A salute to Ziggy Stardust, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (performer, writer) (2013, 25-26 July). Dr Glam's Spooky Show, hosted by Thaddius Grime, Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (2012, 3 November). David Bowie: A Strange Fascination Symposium Documentary. Radio New Zealand National Music. [Radio Broadcast].
Other Research Output
Chapman, I. (2013, 14 October). Teaching students the principles of a great pop song. Radio New Zealand National, Afternoons. [Radio Broadcast].
Other Research Output
Chapman, I. (2012, October). From David Bowie to Diamond Dogs: The obfuscation of self and the triumph of alienation, as traced through an iconographical analysis of the artist's first eight album covers. Verbal presentation at the Strange Fascination? A Symposium on David Bowie, Limerick, Ireland.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2012, October). Sell me a coat: David Bowie's obfuscation of self, as traced through his early album covers. Verbal presentation at the Department of Music & Theatre Studies Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (performer) (2012, 16-17 August). Dr Glam, in Glory Days: The 1972 Show, Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Chapman, I. (2011, November). David Bowie: Heroic alien in the city. Verbal presentation at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Australia/New Zealand Annual Conference: Routes-Roots-Routines, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2011, November-December). David Bowie looks a scream: Hang him on my wall. Verbal presentation at the 34th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and the 2nd International Conference on Music and Emotion: Power of Music, Perth, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (Ed.). (2010). Kiwi rock chicks, pop stars & trailblazers. Auckland, New Zealand: Harper Collins, 271p.
Edited Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2010). KISS: Alive! An iconographical approach to album art. In A. Grønstad & Ø. Vågnes (Eds.), Coverscaping: Discovering album aesthetics. (pp. 133-143). Copenhagen, Denmark: Museum Tuscalanum Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2010, November). Hold me now (Forget me later): Why has Alannah Currie never received the keys to the kingdom? Verbal presentation at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music: Australia & New Zealand Chapter (IASPM-ANZ) Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2009). Glory days: From gumboots to platforms. Auckland, New Zealand: Harper Collins, 320p.
Authored Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2009, February). Dr Glam: Spreading the glitter: The art (science, alchemy) of artifice. Verbal presentation at the Performance as Research: Department of Music Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2008, December). Luncheon on the grass with Manet and Bow Wow Wow. Verbal presentation at the 31st Musicological Society of Australia National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2008, June). Luncheon of the grass with Manet and Bow Wow Wow: Still disturbing after all these years. Verbal presentation at the New Directions in Music Iconography Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2008). Dr. Glam presents 'Glitter Spreader' [CD-ROM & DVD]. Auckland, New Zealand: Ode Records.
Film/Video/CD Rom
Chapman, I. (2007). Space Waltz: Space Waltz. In G. Smithies (Ed.), Soundtrack: 118 great New Zealand albums. (pp. 158-161). Nelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton.
Chapter in Book - Research
Chapman, I. (2007, November-December). 'It came from outer-space!' The hang drum: Instrument, style and performance practice. Verbal presentation at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music: Australia/New Zealand Branch Annual Conference: Music on the Edge, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (hang drum) (2007, 18 August). University of Otago Graduation Ceremony Interlude, Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Performance
Chapman, I. (hang drum), Coleman, T. (trumpet & keyboard), Burns, R. (bass), & Bendrups, D. (trombone) (2007, 8 September). Dr Glam: Instrumental Improvised Jazz for the Space Age!, with Frank Gibson, Backstage, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Performance
East, A. (dancer), Kolb, A. (dancer), Burns, R. (bass), Coleman, T. (trumpet & piano), Cornish, N. (saxophone), Bendrups, D. (trombone), Chapman, I. (performer), Harrison, D. (performer), & Huber, R. (actor) (2007, 10 May). Shared Agendas: Tenth Anniversary Performance, Allen Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2006, September-October). Black singlets & silver sequins: Dodging the glam rock bullets, kiwi-style. Verbal presentation at the Musicological Society of Australia 29th National Conference, Armidale, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
East, A. (performer), Kolb, A. (performer), Burns, R. (performer), Coleman, T. (performer), & Chapman, I. (performer) (2006, July). Shared Agendas, Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2005). Dressed to kill: An interpretation of KISS album covers from the 1970s. Verbal presentation at the Musicological Society of Australia: National Conference Music and Social Justice, Sydney, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (2005, December). Suzi Quatro: Just one of the boys girls, er, boys. Verbal presentation at the IASPM Australia/New Zealand Conference: Contemporary Popular Music Studies, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (Vocals & guitar), & Chapman, C. (2005, March 13th). 'Love Lizards', guest artists for the New Edinburgh Folk Club, 'Tull' café, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2004, July). Ziggy Stardust: Life is a cabaret. Verbal presentation at the Symposium of the International Musicological Society, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (composer, percussion and guitar) (2004, October). Red wine and black coffee. Performance at the Otago Festival of the Arts with Colette Chapman (singer) and Tom Rainey (pianist), Savoy, Dunedin.
Performance
Chapman, I. (guitarist and vocalist) (2004, October). The love lizards, duo performed with Colette Chapman, Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin.
Performance
Chapman, I. (percussion) (2004, June). Shared agendas, Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin.
Performance
Chapman, I. (percussion) (2004, October). Words and music event: Beyond. Performance with Trevor Coleman (keyboards and trumpet), Robert Burns (bass guitar and effects), Alan Starrett (violas and percussion)., Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2003, November). David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust: 'I could make a transformation as a rock 'n roll star'. Verbal presentation at the Music and locality: Towards a local discourse in music: Combined Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Musicological Societies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chapman, I. (percussion) (2003, May). Shared Agendas, with Allen Hall Theatre, Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2003). Red Wine and Black Coffee with the Christchurch Symphony and Colette Chapman.
Composition / Musical Score
Chapman, I. (2002). Candid recall [Review of the book The autobiography of Quincy Jones]. Christchurch Press, (7 September). [Book Review].
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Chapman, I. (2002). Doyen of 70's Rock [Review of the book KISS and make up: The autobiography of Gene Simmons]. Christchurch Press, (8 June). [Book Review].
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Chapman, I. (2002). Ziggy played guitar - in Christchurch. New Zealand Listener, (26 Oct-1 Nov), 50-51.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Chapman, I. (Composer), & Chapman, C. (2001, September). Jazz for a spring evening, Rotorua.
Performance
Chapman, I. (2001). Red wine and black coffee (Selected for inclusion on NZ On Air Adult Contemporary Hit Disc 4).
Composition / Musical Score
Chapman, I. C. (2000, 20 August). Support act for international act 'Air Supply', Christchurch Town Hall.
Performance
Chapman, I. C. (2000). Original composition Magic selected for inclusion on NZ On Air Adult Contemporary Hit Disc 3.
Composition / Musical Score
Chapman, I. C. (2000). Original composition Remarry Me play-listed on 'A' rotation at Lite FM.
Composition / Musical Score
Chapman, I. (1998, July). Performance in friday lunchtime concert series in the Great Hall at the Christchurch Arts Centre, Christchurch.
Performance
Chapman, I. (1997). Don't fly too close to the sun.
Composition / Musical Score
