Our staff are active in traditional scholarship – writing articles, books and book chapters and also active through theatrical, dance and musical performances, compositions and recordings. Many of these are collaborative ventures as staff share their expertise with each other.
Research in Music
We are involved across the range of research activity, from community music to music technology, from classical music and contemporary music performance to conducting.
Aotearoa New Zealand Music
- Community musics
Professor Henry Johnson - Music of Aotearoa, Māori Music and Taonga Pūoro
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole - New Zealand classical music
Professor Anthony Ritchie - New Zealand cultural policy
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole
Classical Music
- Analysis of music
Professor Peter Adams - Composition
Professor Peter Adams, Professor Anthony Ritchie, Dr Maddy Parkins-Craig - Musicology
Professor Peter Adams, Professor Anthony Ritchie, Dr Tessa Romano - Opera
Professor Terence Dennis - Twentieth-century music
Professor Peter Adams, Professor Anthony Ritchie
Contemporary Popular Music
- Film music
Professor Peter Adams, Professor Henry Johnson - Popular music studies
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole, Dr Ian Chapman, Dr Michael Holland, Professor Henry Johnson - Songwriting
Dr Maddy Parkins-Craig - Studio Production
Dr Maddy Parkins-Craig, Dr Michael Holland
Music and Visual Culture
- Popular music iconography
Dr Ian Chapman, Professor Henry Johnson
World Music
- Asian music, especially the traditional and popular music and culture of Japan
Professor Henry Johnson - Diaspora music
Professor Henry Johnson - Pacific music
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole
Further information about studying Music
Research in Theatre
We are involved in a strong and diverse range of research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and explores topics and issues specific to theatre and drama. Theatre involves multiple materials, sights, sounds and historical periods and the research of our staff and students reflects this diversity.
We are committed to promoting our practical theatre work as:
- A form of research as well as
- A laboratory for, or complement to, research
The close links between practice and research questions is demonstrated by our projects on site-specific theatre and on verbatim/documentary theatre. Our staff and students are involved in research that includes:
Design and site-specific theatre
- Light and set design
Dr Martyn Roberts
Documentary/verbatim theatre
Gay/queer drama
Performance
- Contemporary performance
Associate Professor Hilary Halba - Performance and politics
Associate Professor Suzanne Little - Performance as research
Associate Professor Suzanne Little - Representations and the ethics of trauma and violence in performance
Associate Professor Suzanne Little
Theatre directing
Theatre from Aotearoa New Zealand and other cultures
- Aotearoa New Zealand drama and theatre
Associate Professor Hilary Halba, Professor Stuart Young - Bicultural and intercultural theatre
Associate Professor Hilary Halba - Modern British theatre
Professor Stuart Young - Russian drama and theatre and translation studies
Professor Stuart Young
Theatre theory and critical studies
- Historical and critical studies
Associate Professor Hilary Halba - Theatre and theatre theory
Associate Professor Suzanne Little