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Current Research Projects(s)
PhD Research Project “Composing music as learning tool in instrumental music education“
started in October 2020 – Kunstuni Graz
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Jan Jachmann (Kunstuni Graz)
Prof. Dr. Gary McPherson (University of Melbourne)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rüdiger (Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf)
Since several years the composition has already found a place in music education, focusing the attention not only on its artistic purpose but also on its pedagogical role.
I would like to explore in depth the educational possibilities of music composition, in order to provide the fundamental role of the music creation in instrumental education. The main purpose of a method that uses the composition as an educational tool to improve and/or acquire some instrumental skills, is primarily not to provide knowledge but rather to develop critical, analytical and aesthetical senses. The aim of this dissertation is to observe and to research how participant’s playing skills change by using improvisation and composition as a complementary methodology in instrumental learning. The aim of this research project is then to explain what, when, how and why research, experimentation and composition can be used as an integrative method in instrumental pedagogy with multiple purpose.
Prices and Scholarships:
Dissertation Scholarship of the Doctoral School of the Kunstuni Graz for the Sommer Semester 2021
Dissertation Scholarship of the Doctoral School of the Kunstuni Graz for the Winter Semester 2021
Previous Research Projects(s)
Colori e Multiforme
From Composition to Live-Performance. Irene Malizia publishes an Educational DVD as a result of her artistic and pedagogical research project. The idea started with the publication of the above mentioned book containing five pieces for solo violin, of increasing difficulty, with special violin technique explanations and preparatory exercises, and ended with this educational DVD, as documentation of the entire research process. The objective of this research project is to evaluate the impact that instrumental exploration and experience with contemporary music have on the musical and instrumental development of pupils and students.
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Symposia & Conferences
CONGRESS CANCELLED
AGMÖ – KOMU – GMPU-Kongress “Interdisziplinarität und musikalische Bildung“. 27th – 29th of October 2022, Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik, Klagenfurt
– Poster: Composing music to encourage creative problem-solving in instrumental music education. Irene Malizia
AMPF Frühjahrstagung 2022. 24th – 26th of March 2022, Mainz/Online (Due to Covid-19)
10th EuNet MERYC Conference 2022 – Childhood and Music Making. Exploring – Communicating – Improvising”. 22nd – 26th of February 2022, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna
– Poster: Improvisation as a fundamental creative activity for composing music to encourage creative problem-solving in instrumental music education. Irene Malizia
Doctoral Student Forum of the 28th EAS Conference. 22nd – 24th of March 2021, Freiburg/Online (Due to Covid-19)
– Poster: Composing music as learning tool in instrumental education. Irene Malizia
AMPF Frühjahrstagung 2021. 19th – 21st of March 2021, Nuremberg/Online (Due to Covid-19)
– Research Paper: Composing music as learning tool in instrumental education. Irene Malizia
ESCOM Winter School – Cross-European Winter School On Musical Ability. 1st – 5th of February 2021, Online (Due to Covid-19)
– Poster: Composing music as learning tool in instrumental education. Irene Malizia
EPARM Conference 2019 – European Platform for Artistic Research. 28th – 30th of March 2019, Gheorge Dima Music Academy, Cluj Napoca
– Practice Paper: Interdisciplinarity and practice of improvisation in ensemble. Irene Malizia and Angelo Tatone
9th EuNet MERYC Conference 2019 – COUNTERPOINTS OF THE SENSES. Bodily experiences in musical learning. 26th – 28th of March 2019, De Krook, Ghent
– Practice Paper: Discover your instrument by creating and composing with particular sounds. Irene Malizia
– Poster: Improvisation for children as part of the process of music education. Irene Malizia and Angelo Tatone
LATIMPE (Platform for Learning and Teaching). 24th – 26th of October 2018, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo
– Workshop: Improvisation. Different worlds in one word. Irene Malizia and Angelo Tatone
– Workshop: “Colori e multiforme“; the composer, the teacher, the student. A multidimensional collaboration in learning, teaching and composing. Irene Malizia
ESTA KONGRESS 2018. 19th – 21st of October 2018, Musikschule Neckarsulm
– Workshop: Basic questions about playing techniques and notation of modern music. Irene Malizia
– Workshop: Stylistic and didactic development of a piece. Irene Malizia
HARP 2018 – Hub for Artistic Research in Performance. 28th – 29th of June 2018, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
– Workshop: Colori e multiforme; the composer, the teacher, the student. A multidimensional collaboration in learning, teaching and composing. Irene Malizia
– Workshop: Improvisation. Different worlds in one word. Irene Malizia and Angelo Tatone
EPARM Conference 2018 – European Platform for Artistic Research. 22nd – 24th of March 2018, ESMAE, Porto
– Paper Presentation: From the Sound to the Sign. From the Sign to the Sound. The musical composition as an interactive tool in the music education and as an impulse for an “alternative” teaching method. Irene Malizia
