Doctor Diana Blom

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Communications (SoHCA)

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MA University of Michigan
MMus University of Sydney
BMus University of Canterbury (NZ)
PhD University of Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Communications (SoHCA)

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Email:	D.Blom@uws.edu.au
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Location:	O.G.08 Penrith (Kingswood)
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Biography

Diana Blom is Associate Professor, Music, in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts. Current research interests focus on tertiary performance (assessing group performance, collaboration, interpretation); student preferences for, responses to, and descriptions of, music; placement of melodic dissonance in the musical; and how arts practitioners working in academia view their practice as research. As a composer and performer (harpsichord and piano), she engages in practice-led research and in 2011 received an APRA/AMCOS music award, with Dawn Bennett, for a project of newly composed viola and piano music, Australia East & West. In 2011 she was a member of a team awarded an ALTC Innovation and Development Grant into 'e-Portfolios for creative arts students'. Recent publications in several journals, including Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Higher Education Research & Development, International Journal of Education and the Arts, International Journal of Music Education, have resulted from several of these research interests. She is co-author, with Matthew Hindson and Damian Barbeler, of Music Composition Toolbox (Science Press), a composition text for secondary and lower tertiary students. Diana is a composer, represented by the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ, published by Wirripang Pty. Ltd. and Orpheus Music, and a performer on harpsichord and piano. Recent publications include The Cat's Meow for acoustic piano and CD soundbed, a collaboration with Adrian Barr, also released on CD (score and CD published by Wirripang Pty. Ltd., 2011). Her work for solo piano, The Travelling Chinese Orchestra, was selected for performance at the 2010 International Society for Contemporary Music, World New Music Days. Ball Games ? Squash, Table Tennis, Basketball, were published in 'Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology 2011', Book One, Grades 1-4, in 2011. She has an interest in Australian writers and has set to music words of David Malouf, Helen Garner, Jocelyn Ortt-Saeed, Tim Malfroy, Robyn Ravlich and Peter Goldsworthy.

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Publications

Chapters in Books

Blom, D. (2008), 'Teaching class-based music performance at tertiary level: Focusing theory on practice', Inside Outside Downside Up - conservatoire training and musicians' work, Black Swan Press 9780975751961.
Blom, D. and Bishoff, A. (2008), 'Creating 'a very fulfilled and wonderful piece': Asia-Pacific Musics as an Impetus for upper primary class composition', Music of the Spirit: Asian-Pacific Musical Identity, Australian Music Centre 9780909168650.
Blom, D. and Edwards, R. (2006), 'Preparing Ross Edwards' Kumari for performance: conceptual planning', Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation, Australian Music Centre 9780909168605.

Journal Articles

Blom, D. (2012), 'Inside the collaborative inter-arts improvisatory process: tertiary music students' perspectives', Psychology of Music, 18.
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2012), 'Student-chosen criteria for peer assessment of tertiary rock groups in rehearsal and performance: what's important?', British Journal of Music Education, 19.
Blom, D. (2012), 'Inside the collaborative inter-arts improvisatory process : tertiary music students' perspectives', Psychology of Music, 18.
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2012), 'Student-chosen criteria for peer assessment of tertiary rock groups in rehearsal and performance : what's important?', British Journal of Music Education, 19.
Blom, D., Bennett, D. and Wright, D. (2011), 'How artists working in academia view artistic practice as research: Implications for tertiary music education', International Journal of Music Education, 15.
Wright, D., Bennett, D. and Blom, D. (2010), 'The interface between arts practice and research: attitudes and perceptions of Australian artist-academics', Higher Education Research and Development, 13.
Bennett, D., Wright, D. and Blom, D. (2010), 'The Artistic practice-Research-Teaching (ART) Nexus: Translating the Information Flow', Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, .
Bennett, D., Wright, D. and Blom, D. (2009), 'Artist academics: performing the Australian research agenda', International Journal of Education & the Arts, 15.
Blom, D. (2006), 'Beyond the cover version: encouraging student performers to produce original interpretations of popular songs', International Journal of Music Education, 9.
Blom, D. and Poole, K. (2004), 'Peer assessment of tertiary music performance: opportunities for understanding performance assessment and performing through experience and self-reflection', British Journal of Music Education, 15.
Blom, D. (2003), 'Engaging students with a contemporary music - minimalism - through composing activities: Teachers' Approcahces, Strategies, and Roles', International Journal of Music Education, 19.
Biernoff, L. and Blom, D. (2002), 'Non-Western Ensembles: Crossing Boundaries and Creating Interstices in Cross-Cultural Educational Contexts', Research Studies in Music Education, 10.

Conference Papers

Blom, D., Stevenson, I. and Encarnacao, J. (2012), 'The assessment rubric as institutional culture : evaluating creative music processes and outcomes at undergraduate level', ISME Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician. International Seminar, Athens, Greece.
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2012), 'Assessing undergraduate jazz and rock group music-making : adding to the classic(al) recipe', International Society for Music Education. World Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2012), 'What does jazz group assessment offer the undergraduate music environment?', International Conference on Popular Music Studies, Grahamestown, S.A..
Blom, D. (2012), 'Your silence can seriously damage someone's health : getting Zimbabwe protest songs heard', International Conference on Popular Music Studies, Grahamestown, S.A..
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2010), 'Peer assessment of tertiary group music-making: vocational training?', International Society for Music Education, Education of the Professional Musician, Shanghai, China.
Blom, D. and Viney, L. (2010), 'Preparing a stylistically unfamiliar piano work for performance: Practice-led writing on Ross Edwards's Kumari' http://issuu.com/official_isme/docs/2010_ceprom_proceedings?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed', International Society for Music Education - Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician, Shanghai, China.
Blom, D. and Encarnacao, J. (2010), ''Valuing group interaction: student chosen assessment criteria in tertiary popular music education'', What's it worth? 'Value and Popular Music - International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Auckland.
Blom, D., Bennett, D. and Wright, D. (2010), 'Arts practice as a site of knowledge/research: An Australian perspective of the artist in academia.', 29th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Beijing, China.
Blom, D. and Van Niekerk, C. (2010), 'Singing for social change: O Zimbabwe!', 29th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Beijing, China.
Blom, D. and Viney, L. (2010), 'Practice-led research in practice: two pianists' preparation processes of Ross Edwards's Kumari for public performance & recording', Il Est Bel et Bon: Music Education Research - ANZARME and MERC, Akaroa, New Zealand.
Blom, D. and Viney, L. (2009), 'Practice-led research in practice: two pianists' preparation processes of Ross Edward's Kumari for public performance & recording', Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education, Akaroa, NZ.
Bennett, D., Wright, D. and Blom, D. (2009), 'Modulating into a new research environment: an Australian case study of artist academics', New Zealand National Music Education Conference, Christchurch, NZ.
Blom, D., Wright, D. and Bennett, D. (2008), 'The artist as academic: arts practice as a site of knowledge', ISME 2008 - International Society for Music Education World Conference -17th International Seminar, Italy.
Blom, D., Bennett, D. and Wright, D. (2008), 'The artist as academic: arts practice as research as a site of knowledge', Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne.
Blom, D. (2004), 'Music students in collaboration with theatre and dance - sound worlds to create and share', International Society for Music Education, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Exhibitions

2011, 'Noeline Lucas: After the Rain (a video installation by Noeline Lucas. Music by Diana Blom)'

Other Publications

2003, 'Nove Moderno', Published Work
2002, 'Bebopaloobopawopbamboom', Published Work
2005, 'Violin Sonata - Newgrass Bluegrass (for violin and piano)', Published Work
2005, 'Tango (September) (for solo piano)', Published Work
2006, 'Journeying - for recorder quartet', Published Work
2006, 'music recording by Blom of two pianos works', Recorded Work
2007, 'Lute & Flute - for treble recorder & violoncello', Published Work
2007, 'Tango Waltz for solo piano', Published Work
2007, 'Three Poems of Walter de la Mare - for voice and piano', Published Work
2007, 'Cloud Studies for solo piano', Published Work
2007, 'The Green Man Dances - piano duet', Published Work
2008, 'The Green Man Dances - piano duet', Published Work
2008, 'Violin Sonata - Newgrass Bluegrass', Published Work
2008, 'Composition for acoustic piano track "Gong Agong" for CD Unfenced. D. Blom as co-composer and pianist', Recorded Work
2008, 'Recording of 'The Whale's Song' with DB as pianist. for CD titled Music of the Spirit', Recorded Work
2004, 'Songs for Salome', Published Work
2006, 'Kumari', Recorded Work
2008, 'The Whale's Song for cello and piano', Published Work
2008, 'Three Poems of Walter de la Mare for voice and piano.', Published Work
2009, 'Modern Tango', Published Work
2009, 'Two Heavenly Dances', Published Work
2009, 'The Sun Rising', Published Work
2009, 'Gong Agong', Published Work
2009, 'Tango Waltz', Published Work
2009, 'Creative Explosion', Recorded Work
2010, 'Genji (the shining prince) and the koto player - violin & piano', Published Work
2010, 'Clavichord - poem by Walter de la Mare - high voice and piano', Published Work
2010, 'Walking deep under the sea - piano solo in 'Take Flight - Music from New Zealand for Intermediate Pianists', Published Work
2010, 'Three Water Ballads of Tim Malfroy - poems by Tim Malfroy - voice and piano', Published Work
2010, 'The dark, the light - setting of short story by Helen Garner - long song for voice and piano', Published Work
2010, 'The Cat's Meow - CD soundbed and acoustic piano - Diana Blom and Adrian Barr', Published Work
2010, 'The Travelling Chinese Orchestra', Published Work
2010, 'Lady Huang's Album - four pieces for double manual harpsichord', Published Work
2010, 'Walking with Bertie - recorder trio - in 'A Handful of Trios'', Published Work
2010, 'The Ca Tru Singer - for bassoon and piano (pianist playing perucussion as well)', Published Work
2010, 'Tango (September) - solo piano', Published Work
2011, 'Ball Games (Squash, Table tennis, Basketball)', Published Work
2011, 'Tango (February) solo piano', Published Work
2011, 'Tango (September) performed by Jeanell Carrigan - CD called 'Skins'', Recorded Work
2011, 'Ball Games (Basketball)', Recorded Work
2011, 'The Cat's Meow on CD Childhood in Music - piano music played by Antonietta Loffredo', Recorded Work
2011, 'Five Green Songs', Published Work
2012, 'White Rabbit Climbs Mt. Kosciusko', Published Work
2012, 'The Travelling Chinese Orchestra on the CD Shadows and Silhouettes', Recorded Work
2012, 'The Travelling Chinese Orchestra on the CD Shadows and Silhouettes', Recorded Work
2012, 'White rabbit climbs Mount Kosciusko', Published Work

Research

Diana's current research interests focus on tertiary performance (assessing group performance, collaboration, interpretation); student preferences for, responses to, and descriptions of, music; placement of melodic dissonance in the musical; and how arts practitioners working in academia view their practice as research.

As a composer and performer (harpsichord and piano), she engages in practice-led research and in 2011 received an APRA/AMCOS music award, with Dawn Bennett, for a project of newly composed viola and piano music, Australia East & West. In 2011 she was a member of a team awarded an ALTC Innovation and Development Grant into 'e-Portfolios for creative arts students'. Recent publications in several journals, including Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Higher Education Research & Development, International Journal of Education and the Arts, International Journal of Music Education, have resulted from several of these research interests.

She is co-author, with Matthew Hindson and Damian Barbeler, of Music Composition Toolbox (Science Press), a composition text for secondary and lower tertiary students.

Diana is a composer, represented by the Australian Music Centre and SOUNZ, published by Wirripang Pty. Ltd. and Orpheus Music, and a performer on harpsichord and piano. Recent publications include The Cat's Meow for acoustic piano and CD soundbed, a collaboration with Adrian Barr, also released on CD (score and CD published by Wirripang Pty. Ltd., 2011). Her work for solo piano, The Travelling Chinese Orchestra, was selected for performance at the 2010 International Society for Contemporary Music, World New Music Days. Ball Games ? Squash, Table Tennis, Basketball, were published in 'Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology 2011', Book One, Grades 1-4, in 2011. She has an interest in Australasian writers and has set to music words of David Malouf, Helen Garner, Jocelyn Ortt-Saeed, Tim Malfroy, Robyn Ravlich, Lloyd Jones and Peter Goldsworthy.