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Assoc Prof Thomas Reiner - Researcher Profile

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School of Music Conservatorium
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

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Qualifications
Publications
Supervisions

Biography

Thomas Reiner is an award-winning composer who has won prizes in the International Witold Lutoslawski Composers’ Competition, the ALEA III International Composition Competition at Boston University, and the International Boswil Composers’ Competition. Locally, he has received the Dorian Le Gallienne Award for Composition and the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award. In 2007 he was awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award for excellence in teaching, and in 2009 received the Dean's Commendation of Excellence in Teaching. In 2012 he received the Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for his contribution to the University's commitment to social justice and human rights.

His prolific compositional output consists of solo pieces, chamber works, orchestral compositions, works for music theatre, vocal works, concept pieces, electro-acoustic and electronic works. His music has been performed, broadcast and recorded in many countries, and by some of the leading exponents of contemporary music. Most of his works are published with the Australian Music Centre. Recordings of his music are released on several CDs and have received critical acclaim.

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In 1996 he was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne for his research into the semiotic nature of musical time. His book Semiotics of Musical Time was published in 2000 by Peter Lang Publishing in New York. He is the founder and artistic director of the Melbourne-based contemporary music ensemble re-sound, which over the years has made a substantial contribution to the presentation and promotion of Australian work.

Reiner writes “My music is concerned with questions of musical time, music semiotics, contemporary aesthetics and performance practice, dialectical thought, emotion, and beauty. I treat music as art and as such I believe that it must aspire to be free in every sense of the word. I also recognize, however, that postmodern thought poses a significant challenge to the concept of art and, by extension, to the concept of art music. This is reflected, to some extent, in my music’s inclusion of, and reference to, popular styles.”

Qualifications

PHD - MUSIC: Institution: University of Melbourne; Year awarded: 1996

MASTER OF MUSIC: Institution: University of Melbourne; Year awarded: 1990

Publications

Books

Reiner, T., 2000, Semiotics of Musical Time, Peter Lang Publishing Inc, New York NY USA.

Journal Articles

Reiner, T., Fox, R.A., 2003, The research status of music composition in Australia, Australian Journal of Music Education, vol 1, issue 1, Aust Society for Music Education Inc., Parkville Vic Australia, pp. 3-9.

Conference Proceedings

Reiner, T., 1997, Introduction to a semiological model of musical time, Semiotics around the world, 1994, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin New York, pp. 663-666.

Other

Reiner, T., 2012, Fan-Fair, for guitar and electronic part, version for classical guitar, Music Composition ? First performance of version for classical guitar, Gisbert Watty, Piazza dei Macelli, Prato, Italy, 23 November 2012.

Reiner, T., 2012, Flexions, Music Composition, Ars Publica, Italy, pp. 1-16.

Reiner, T., 2012, Half Moon Bay, Music Composition, Ars Publica, Italy, pp. 1-5.

Reiner, T., 2012, International Performance: 1 November 2012, Gisbert Watty (guitar), Francesca Cescon (flute), Jozef Pjetri (piano), Thomas Reiner, Teatro Communale, Udine, Italy, 1 November 2012.

Reiner, T., 2012, Performance of Glitches in an Ancient World, Thomas Reiner, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Victoria, Australia, 24/07/2012.

Reiner, T., 2012, Pillow talk, for tenor recorder and accordion, Music Composition - First Australian performance, Windspiel, Music Auditoirum, Monash University.

Reiner, T., 2011, Baby Orang Utan, Music composition, Gronland Kammermusikk-festival/No.3, Oslo Norway.

Reiner, T., 2011, Contemplation, Music composition, Conservatorio di Musica "G. Frescobaldi" Ferrara, Ferrara Italy.

Reiner, T., 2011, Flexions, Music Composition, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, United States of America, pp. 1-15.

Reiner, T., 2011, Flexions, Music composition, Gronland Kammermusikk-festival/No.3, Oslo Norway.

Reiner, T., 2011, Flexions, Music composition, Conservatorio di Musica "G. Frescobaldi" Ferrara, Ferrara Italy.

Reiner, T., 2011, Geister (Parts 1, Intermezzo, 2), Music Composition, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, United States of America, pp. 1-45.

Reiner, T., 2011, Glitches in an Ancient World, Music Composition, first Australian performance, Souther Cross Philharmonia, Melba Hall, Melbourne University, 23 November 2011.

Reiner, T., 2011, Glitches in an Ancient World, Music Composition, Brazilian performance, Unicamp, Brazil.

Reiner, T., 2011, Grace Notes, Music Composition, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, United States of America, pp. 1-4.

Reiner, T., 2011, Half Moon Bay, Music Composition, Gronland Kammermusikk-festival/No.3, Interkulturelt Museum, Oslo.

Reiner, T., 2011, On the Run, Music Composition, Australian Flute Festival, Australian National University, Canberra.

Reiner, T., 2011, Romance, Music Composition, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, United States of America, pp. 1-3.

Reiner, T., 2011, Rondo on a Popular Dance Tune, Music composition, Conservatorio di Musica "G. Frescobaldi" Ferrara, Ferrara Italy.

Reiner, T., 2011, Spontaneity of Thought, Music Composition, Australian Flute Festival, Australian National University, Canberra.

Reiner, T., 2011, Sweet-Spots, Music Composition, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, United States of America, pp. 1-25.

Reiner, T., 2011, Sweet-Spots: Version 2, Music Composition, Ars Publica, Italy.

Reiner, T., 2011, Twilight in Brunswick, Music Composition, Australian Flute Festival, Australian National University, Canberra.

Reiner, T., 2011, fan-fair, Music Composition, Ars Publica, Italy.

Reiner, T., Anderson, K., 2010, Arrangement of Contemplation, for accordion and guitar, Music composition, Alliance Francaise, Goethe-Institute, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Arrangement of Semblance of Innocence in a Ruptured Dwelling for oboe, violin and piano, Music composition, Monash University, Academy of Performing Arts, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Burke, R., Fornari, T., 2010, Campinas Fantasy, Music composition, Unicamp University, Campinas Brazil.

Reiner, T., Burke, R., Fornari, T., 2010, Campinas Fantasy, for tenor sax and laptop, Musical Composition, University Unicamp, Unicamp University in Campinas, Brazil.

Reiner, T., 2010, Contemplation, for guitar, Music composition, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Dawn, arranged for soprano and guitar, Music composition, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Dawn, arranged for soprano and guitar, Music composition, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Anderson, K., 2010, Episoden III & VI for flute, harp, viola and percussion, Music composition, Melbourne Composers' League, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Flexions, Music composition, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Fragment, Music composition, ABC Classic FM, Australia.

Reiner, T., Von Goethe, J., 2010, Geister 1, for soprano, flute, two guitars, Music composition, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Grasshopper, arranged for soprano and guitar, Music composition, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Grasshopper, arranged for soprano and guitar, Music composition, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Dauenhauer, N., Dauenhauer, R., 2010, Hope, for orchestra and voice, Music composition, Juneau Student Symphony, Juneau Alaska USA.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Love is, arranged for soprano and guitar, Music composition, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Cummings, E., 2010, Love is, for soprano, Music composition, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Romance, Music composition, ABC Classic FM, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Romance, for violin and piano, Music composition, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Romance, for violin and piano, Music composition, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Semblance of Innocence in a Ruptured Dwelling, Music composition, Peninsula Music Society, Mornington Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Transgressions and Dysphoria, Music composition, ABC Classic FM, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Transgressions and Dysphoria, for violin and piano, Music composition, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2010, Transgressions and Dysphoria, for violin and piano, Music composition, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., Dauenhauer, N., Dauenhauer, R., 2009, Alaska Sinfonietta (Three Movements for Orchestra and Choir), , Juneau Student Symphony and Alaskan Youth Choir, Juneau Arts and Culture Centre, Juneau USA.

Reiner, T., 2009, Dawn, Compositon, Monash University, School of Music, Monash Australian Composer Series, Monash University, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2009, Ephemeral Densities, Thomas Reiner, 7 Minutes and 11 Seconds, 27 September 2009, 3MBS, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2009, Fan-Fair, 11 Minutes, Monash University, School of Music, Monash Australian Composer Series, Monash University, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2009, Fleeting, Thomas Reiner, 6 Minutes and 41 Seconds, 13 September 2009, 3MBS, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2009, Flexions, Thomas Reiner, 6 Minutes and 12 Seconds, 13 September 2009, 3MBS, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2009, Love Is..., Compositon, Monash University, School of Music, Monash Australian Composer Series, Monash University, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2009, Transgressions and Dysphoria, Compositon, Monash University, Academy of Performing Arts, Music in the Round, Monash University, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2009, Two Movements for Orchestra, Thomas Reiner, 18 Minutes, 13 September 2009, 3MBS, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., Burke, R., 2008, Artifacts, Musical Composition, Music in the Round, Monash Academy of Performing Arts, Monash University Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2008, Artifacts, Music Composition, Monash University, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2008, Desert Factory, Music Composition, Resound, Melbourne.

Davies, P.M., Stow, R., Coe, M.P., Snow, C.J., Snow, P.C., McIlwain, P.A., Reiner, T., Northey, B., 2008, Eight Songs for a Mad King, Peter Maxwell-Davies, 45 mins, 21/09/2008, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2008, Love Is, Music Composition, Melbourne Composers League, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2008, Romance for Violin and Piano, Music Composition, Monash University, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2008, Romance for string orchestras, Music Composition, Estonian Youth String Orchestra, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2008, Sweet Flute, Music Composition, Melbourne Composers League, Melbourne.

Reiner, T., 2007, Aerofoil, Music composition, ABC Radio National, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2007, Contemplation, Music composition, ABC Classic FM, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2007, Dawn for voice and piano, Music composition, Move records, Australia.

Reiner, T., chilianis, M., Todd, P., 2007, Desert Factory, Music composition, Move Records, Australia.

Reiner, T., Dowling, K., 2007, Sweet Flute, Music composition, Move Records, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2007, Time Sliding, Version 2, Music composition, Move Records, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2007, Trio/Quartet, Music Composition, Move Records, Australia.

Reiner, T., 2007, time sliding, Music composition, RAI Radio3, Italy.

Reiner, T., 2006, Sweet-Spots, Thomas Reiner, 10 mins, September 2006, Anchorage, USA.

Reiner, T., 2005, ephemeral densities, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2005, ungrounded, Thomas Reiner, 2 hours, 19 November 2005, Arts House North Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2004, conversations, Move Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 2003, Hard Chamber, Move Records, Buywell Just Classical.

Reiner, T., 1999, Three Sketches, Recorded Work, ABC Classics, ABC 456 682-2, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1998, 0'00", John Cage, 15 mins, 25 September 1998, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1998, Baby Orang Utan, Written Work, Red House Editions, Melbourne Vic Australia, 2nd, p. 8.

Reiner, T., 1998, Birds, Thomas Reiner and Tim Flora, 18 mins, 16 October 1998, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1998, Contemplation, Written Work, Red House Editions, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 34-35.

Reiner, T., 1998, Flexious, Concert Performance, Australian Music Centre, Florence Italy.

Reiner, T., 1998, Fragment, Concert Performance, Australian Music Centre, Sydney New South Wales & Melbourne Victoria.

Reiner, T., 1998, Grace Notes, Concert Performance, Australian Music Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia, 1st.

Reiner, T., 1998, Septet, ?, 7 mins, ?, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1998, Structured Improvisation #2, T Reiner, M Chilianis, Mo Hoefer, D Howard, H Eadie, J Belden, D Phelan, 12 mins, 26 March 1998, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1998, trance one, Thomas Reiner and Tim Flora, 12 mins, 24 February 1998, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Reiner, T., 1997, Baby Orang Utan, Work for piano, Move Records, Australia, 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Fadings, Electro-accoustic work, 30 mins, 2 August 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Flexious, Musical composition.

Reiner, T., 1997, Flexious, Musical composition, 6 mins, 17 March 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Flexious, Musical composition, 6 mins, 17 January 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Forgetting Schneider, Music theatre, 10 mins, 5 December 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Grace Notes, Clarinet solo, 10 mins, 17 October 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Oblique, Musical composition - flute solo, 11 mins, 10 May 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Septet, Musical composition, 7 mins, 17 October 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Supermarket Purple, Electro-accoustic work, 11 mins, 17 October 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, The Neurologist, Electro-accoustic work, 15 mins, 14 December 1997.

Reiner, T., 1997, Words #3 Chamber Work, Musical composition, 11 mins, 7 August 1997.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: A folio of compositions based on trajectories through musical state spaces.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Watt, P (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: An investigation into the adaptation of the Hindemith method of composition to jazz based original composition and improvisation..
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Smith, G (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Australian Style in Jazz Trumpet Performance? An Examination of Six Jazz Trumpeters of Repute from 1990 to 2011.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Composing Real-Time Machine Music.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Collins, S (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Dancing With Ghosts: an exploration of intersubjectivity and the construction of meaning through music composition..
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Watt, P (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Dissonant Counterpoint in the Context of Jazz Improvisation and composition: A Practical Study.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Gould, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The Australian Pianist Paul Grabowsky: A case study in eclecticism..
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Gould, A (Associate), Sugg, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Tone and Techniques.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Watt, P (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Traditions, Repertoires and Practices: Locating the C19th French Solo Valve Trumpet Tradition.
Supervisors:: Watt, P (Main), Fujimura, K (Associate), Reiner, T (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Vocalising or Verbalising? An exploration of methods and meaning in wordless vocal improvisation..
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Gould, A (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:: Ben-Salamon, N.
Program of Study:: A Folio of Original Music Compositions that Explores the Integration and Development of Derived Materials, Including a Painting, African Rhythms, Synesthesia, Poetry and Pre-recorded Audio Files.. (Masters) 2003.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main).
Student:: Bowie, A.
Program of Study:: Syncretic Korean and Western elements in works of selected Korean and Korean expatriate composers 1975-2004. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:: De Wilde, C (Main), Reiner, T (Associate).
Student:: Braun, D.
Program of Study:: Ecstatic Consonance: A Third Aesthetic in Scriabin's Late Piano Works. (Masters) 2002.
Supervisors:: Hurworth, G (Main), Reiner, T (Associate).
Student:: Czaplowski, P.
Program of Study:: THE USE OF MULTIPLE STYLES AS A COMPOSITIONAL APPROACH. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Fox, R.
Program of Study:: Aspects of Experimental Music in Melbourne: 1975-1979 Focussing on the La Trobe University Music Department and the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre.. (Masters) 2002.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main).
Student:: Fox, R.
Program of Study:: Contingency and space as structural concerns in a folio of interactive electroacoustic compositions. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Goodwin, R.
Program of Study:: Furthering the understanding of indeterminacy in music composition. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Goodwin, R.
Program of Study:: Locating the Links Between John Cage and the Early Avant-Garde (1909-1933): A Comparative Study. (Masters) 2002.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Tweg, S (Associate).
Student:: Hammond, J.
Program of Study:: An Exploration of the Possibilities of Generating Music from Text. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Myers, P.
Program of Study:: Directed harmonic and melodic motion, pitch structures and compositional determinants: a folio of original compositions and a critical commentary. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Pateras, A.
Program of Study:: A Folio of Original Compositions Exploring Contemporary Practices in Notation, Improvisation, Live Electronic Performance and Music for Film. (Masters) 2003.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main).
Student:: Pateras, A.
Program of Study:: Exploratory combinations of composition, improvisation and electronics based on relationships between form and timbre. (PHD) 2007.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), De Wilde, C (Associate).
Student:: Rocke, S.
Program of Study:: The Armed Man: A Mass for a Secular Age. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:: Howard, P (Joint), Mews, C (Joint-Co), Reiner, T (Associate).
Student:: Wernert, G.
Program of Study:: Music and Emotions: An Investigation into the Musical Representation of the Identified Emotional Content of Poetic Text. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Mcilwain, P (Associate).
Student:: Wheatland, P.
Program of Study:: Software Searching and its Contribution to Music Analysis. (Masters) 2001.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Mcilwain, P (Associate).
Student:: White, M.
Program of Study:: Music Composition as an Expression of Research in Feminist Theory. (Masters) 2006.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main).
Student:: Yedid, Y.
Program of Study:: Methods of intergrating elements of classical Arabic music and Arabic-influenced Jewish music with contemporary Western classical music. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:: Reiner, T (Main), Smith, G (Associate).