BA(Hons) BMus (Leeds) PhD (Birmingham)
Emeritus Professor since 2014
Joined the staff in 1976
Email drummond_john@yahoo.co.nz
Research Expertise
- Music education
- Western musicology
- Opera
- Composition
- Cultural policy
Postgraduate Supervision
- New Zealand music
- Cultural diversity in music education
- Nineteenth-century music
- Mozart
- Opera
Recent research and composition outputs (since 2007)
- Drummond, J.D. Music Education for Adults: an International Perspective, in Gary McPherson and Graeme Welch (eds.), Oxford Handbook on Music Education. In progress.
- Drummond, J.D. Re-thinking Western Art Music: a perspective shift for music educators. International Journal for Music Education, 28/2, May 2010, pp 117-126
- Drummond, J.D. The Staging of Opera. Five fifty-minute programmes commissioned by Radio New Zealand Concert. Broadcast November-December 2009
- Drummond, J.D. The Music formerly known as Classical: what place should it have in culturally diverse music education? Proceedings of CDIME 9, Seattle: University of Washington, March 2008. Electronic resource.
- Drummond, J.D. Dunedin Pictures, a song-cycle to poems by Ruth Dallas, for soprano, recorder and piano. Premiere performance: University of Birmingham, 11 January 2008. Published in John Turner (ed) The Contemporary Recorder series. Hebden Bridge: Peacock Press, 2009
- Drummond, J.D., Kearsley, G., Lawson, R., Culture Matters. Report for the Ministry of Research Science and Technology. http://www.morst.govt.nz/publications/a-z/c/culture-matters-2008/
- Drummond, J.D. Sustaining Musical Diversity: new opportunities in a changing world. Invited presentation, Mawazine International Symposium on Musical Diversity, Rabat, Morocco, 15-19 May 2008. (In press.)
- Drummond, J.D. Larnach, opera in two acts, with libretto by composer. Performances: Opera Otago Dunedin May 2007.
- Drummond, J.D. ‘On the Road’, a setting of Ruth Dallas’s poem for soprano, recorder and piano, Joubert 80th Birthday Concert, Birmingham, U.K., 20 May 2007
- Drummond, J.D. Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte. A new performing translation into English. Dunedin: Opera Otago, 2008
Other Musical and Community activities
- Former President of the New Zealand Society for Music Education and the International Society for Music Education
- Chair, Music Education Trust of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Principal Investigator for The Future of Opera project within the international research project Sustainable Futures for Musical Cultures
- Consultant, Griffith University research project Re-defining Places for Art
Publications
Drummond, J. (2018). Foreword. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational change and the secondary school music curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. xiv-xv). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109602
Drummond, J. (2016). Western opera: The price of prestige in a globalized "total theatre" experience. In H. Schippers & C. Grant (Eds.), Sustainable futures for music cultures: An ecological perspective. (pp. 179-208). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Drummond, J. (narrator), Adams, P. (conductor), McGrath, T. (piano), & Bellingham, J. (executive director) (2014, 22-23 April). Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Magic Flute Moments, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Drummond, J. (stage director, orchestral arrangement), & Bellingham, J. (performer) (2012, 30 June, 2, 4, 7 July). The Marriage of Figaro, Westpac Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Drummond, J. (2011). From history to opera: The story of William Larnach. In D. Bendrups & G. Downes (Eds.), Dunedin soundings: Place and performance. (pp. 131-137). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Drummond, J. (1998). William Shield: Rosina, [opera in two acts, 1782], Musica Britannica Vol 72. London: Stainer and Bell, 169p.
Authored Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2016). Western opera: The price of prestige in a globalized "total theatre" experience. In H. Schippers & C. Grant (Eds.), Sustainable futures for music cultures: An ecological perspective. (pp. 179-208). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2011). From history to opera: The story of William Larnach. In D. Bendrups & G. Downes (Eds.), Dunedin soundings: Place and performance. (pp. 131-137). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2011). The creative artist as research practitioner. In D. Bendrups & G. Downes (Eds.), Dunedin soundings: Place and performance. (pp. 29-42). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2005). Cultural diversity in music education: Why bother? In P. S. Campbell, J. Drummond, P. Dunbar-Hall, K. Howard, H. Schippers & T. Wiggins (Eds.), Cultural diversity in music education: Directions and challenges for the 21st century. (pp. 1-11). Brisbane, Australia: Australian Academic Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2002). A change in the orders. Training the performers of the future. In H. Lundstrom (Ed.), The Musician in New and Changing Contexts. Perspectives in Music and Music Education No 3. (pp. 51-62). Sweden: Malmo Academy of Music, Lund University.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2002). Fighting the lion, riding the tiger, belling the bear. Local cultures in a globalized world: the Maori experience as model. In A. Holen, H. Jørgenson & F. Zimmer (Eds.), Spillerom, Festskrift til Einar Solbu på 60-årsdagen. (pp. 169-182). Norway: Novus, Oslo.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2000). A voice for all to hear: The Orff legacy and the 'new' music education. In A. de Quadros (Ed.), Many Seeds, Different Flowers: The Music Education Legacy of Carl Orff. (pp. 50-57). Perth: C.I.R.C.M.E.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (1998). Brown George. In Southern People. Dunedin: Longacre Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (1998). Fleury de Reaisson, Achille. In Southern People. Dunedin: Longacre Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (1998). Redmayne family. In Southern People. Dunedin: Longacre Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (1997). The keyboard in Mozart opera: a review of the evidence. In W. Drake (Ed.), Liber Amicorum John Steele: A Musicological Tribute. (pp. 433-452). Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Drummond, J. (2018). Foreword. In G. McPhail, V. Thorpe & S. Wise (Eds.), Educational change and the secondary school music curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. xiv-xv). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109602
Chapter in Book - Other
Drummond, J. (2010). Prelude: The ISME Commission on community music activity and its Oslo seminar. International Journal of Community Music, 3(3), 327-329.
Journal - Research Article
Drummond, J. (2010). Re-thinking Western Art Music: A perspective shift for music educators. International Journal of Music Education, 28(2), 117-126. doi: 10.1177/0255761410362854
Journal - Research Article
Drummond, J. (2010). The multicultural dimension: Thoughts on the special experience of the New Zealand seminar. International Journal of Community Music, 3(3), 317-320.
Journal - Research Article
Drummond, J. (2006). Humanities-Aronui: An intercultural dialogue about knowledge. International Journal of the Humanities, 4(6), 127-130.
Journal - Research Article
Drummond, J. (1996). Sound bytes from the here and now. The Role of Community Music in a Changing World, Proceedings of the International Society for Music Education 1994. Seminar of the Commission on Community Music Activity. (pp. 4-17). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Drummond, J. (2009). Understanding ourselves: Support for the cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Music and National Identity Symposium. University of Otago. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/music/conference/abstracts.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Drummond, J. (2007). Dunedin on the edge. Proceedings of the Cultural Transformations Research Network Annual Symposium. Dunedin, New Zealand: Division of Humanities, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/humanities/research/networks/transformations/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Drummond, J. (2007). Transforming the transformer: Changing images of Handel in the long Eighteenth Century. Proceedings of the Thirteenth David Nichol Smith Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Studies. English Department, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/English/DNS13/programme.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Drummond, J. (2010, December). Beauty AND brains. Keynote presentation at the Re-Visions: The Joint Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA) and the New Zealand Musicological Society (NZMS), Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J. (2010, December). Sustainable futures for music cultures. Verbal presentation at the Re-Visions: The Joint Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA) and the New Zealand Musicological Society (NZMS), Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J. (2010, January). A tempest of research. Plenary presentation at the Biennial Australia/New Zealand Humboldt Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Martin, G., Peterson, R., Franzmann, M., Drummond, J., Salje, E., & Hunter, K. (2010, January). The role of fundamental science in our society. Panel discussion at the Biennial Australia/New Zealand Humboldt Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J. (2009, August-September). Understanding ourselves: Support for the cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand's National Identity Research Colloquium: Fact or Fiction? Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J. (2009, February). Performance as research. Verbal presentation at the Performance as Research: Department of Music Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J. (2006, June). Transports of delight: Railways and musical language in Nineteenth Century Europe. Verbal presentation at the On Space Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Drummond, J., Kearsley, G., & Lawson, R. (2008). Culture matters. Commissioned by Ministry of Research, Science and Technology. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 79p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Drummond, J. (narrator), Adams, P. (conductor), McGrath, T. (piano), & Bellingham, J. (executive director) (2014, 22-23 April). Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Magic Flute Moments, Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Drummond, J. (stage director, orchestral arrangement), & Bellingham, J. (performer) (2012, 30 June, 2, 4, 7 July). The Marriage of Figaro, Westpac Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Performance].
Performance
Drummond, J. (Composer) (2005, March-April). Impersonating Maurice: A salon opera in three scenes, The Wellesley.
Performance
Drummond, J. (2000, February). Opera: Mr Polly at the Potwell Inn.
Performance
Drummond, J. (2000, March). Music theatre: A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum.
Performance
Drummond, J. (2000, May). Opera: Mr Polly at the Potwell Inn.
Performance
Drummond, J. (composer) (2009). A Schoolgirl Revolution, a traditional opera in two acts. Libretto by Jeremy Commons. Commissioned and first performed by the Children's Opera of Prague at the Nová Scéna of the Prague National Theatre.
Composition / Musical Score
Drummond, J. (2008). Dunedin Pictures: Five poems by Ruth Dallas, for soprano, descant recorder and piano. Commissioned by recorder virtuoso John Turner.
Composition / Musical Score
Drummond, J. (2007). Larnarch: An opera in two acts, presented by Opera Otago.
Composition / Musical Score
Drummond, J. (composer) (2005). Mrs Windermere, a musical sketch in one scene based on the short story of the same name by Elizabeth Bowen, libretto by Jeremy Commons.
Composition / Musical Score
Drummond, J. (composer) (2005). The Genteel Pigeons, an old-fashioned Victorian farce in one act based on a short story of the same name by Douglas Jerrold, libretto by Jeremy Commons.
Composition / Musical Score
Drummond, J. (1998). Thatcher Charles Robert. Southern People. Dunedin: Longacre Press.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
