Jane Davidson

Username: Jane Davidson

Participant details

	Network Member	Jane W. Davidson
	Organisation/Institution	University of Western Australia
	Department/Centre	School of Music
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	Research area	Music Production
	Research keywords	performance studies, body movement, development of musical abilty, singing

Research Interests

Jane Davidson is the Callaway-Tunley Chair of Music at the University of Western Australia. She has written more than 100 scholarly publications and secured a range of research grants. In the area of musical development, her major output is based on two longitudinal research studies: one focused on children showing exceptional skills, and the second traced how children develop musical lives and identities, whether or not they persist with instrumental learning. Pioneering work on expressive body movement and social interaction in performance include topics ranging from the solo classical pianist and the chamber orchestra to Robbie Williams and Annie Lennox. Music and health research has examined music therapy interventions with multiple sclerosis patients and a series of investigation into the health benefits of singing. Jane is currently investigating singing interventions for older people,especially those facing social isolation. Two edited volumes -The Music Practitioner (Ashgate, 2004) and La pùrpura de la rosa: the staging of an opera, bringing the first Latin-American opera to life(DMLS, 2007) -reveal Jane's interest in the social psychology of operatic rehearsal and production.

Representative Publications

Publications page: see university of Sheffield, Department of Music website, under academic staff. This is a full list of my publications there.

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