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Margaret works in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University as Professor of Music.

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Margaret Kartomi AM FAHA Dr Phil is Professor of Music at Monash University, an ethnomusicologist specialising on Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and the world authority on the music of Sumatra.

A graduate of the University of Adelaide, Margaret undertook studies for her doctorate in musicology at the Humboldt University in Berlin before taking up a research fellowship at Monash in 1969, a lectureship in 1970, promotion to reader in 1976, and professor in 1989. From the early 1970s she pioneered the teaching and research of Asian music in Australia and established Monash University’s Sumatra Music Archive, Asian Music Archive, and the Australian Archive of Jewish Music. During her time as Head of School (between 1989-1998 and 2000- 2001), she developed a new philosophy of education, directed the expansion of the University’s music program to include performance and composition as well as ethnomusicology and musicology, and instituted several degrees and double degrees.

Margaret is the author of over 100 refereed articles/book chapters, five books and six ethnographic, commercially released vinyl records or Compact Discs. She also served as editor of six books and contributed hundreds of entries in standard reference works. Her publications cover organological, historical, music-analytical and other aspects of the music-cultures of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Maluku, Flores, Chinese Indonesia, Baghdadi-Jewish music in Asia and Australia, and Australian Pitjantjara Aborigines. In the past decade she won $3.5 million in competitive research grants from the Australian Research Council. She is on the editorial boards of the Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology monograph series and the Music, Dance and Theatre Iconography series of the Hollizer Wissenschaftsverlag, and on journals such as Ethnomusicology Forum and the Journal of Musicological Research.

Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1989 and made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to ethnomusicology in 1991, she was then awarded a Centenary Medal by the Federal Government of Australia for service to Australian society and the humanities in 2003. Margaret was elected a Corresponding Member of the American Musicological Society in 2004, and received an Order from the government of Lampung for her Sumatra research in 2011. She is also a Council member of the Society for Ethnomusicology and was the program convenor for its conference in Columbus, Ohio in 2007. She also convened Symposia of the International Musicological Society in Melbourne in 1988 and 2004, with another mooted for 2017.

Margaret is a versatile scholar who oversees the direction of research in the School of Music – Conservatorium in her role as Research Coordinator. Currently her field research focuses on the music-cultures of Aceh, the Riau Archipelago and Lampung provinces of Sumatra, and she continues to supervise dissertations by research students.

Research & Supervision Interests

Music-cultures of Sumatra (and southeast Asia generally); organology; youth orchestras; public policy in the arts

Qualifications

MUSIC: Institution: Humboldt University; Year awarded: 1968

BACHELOR OF MUSIC, FIRST CLASS HONOURS: Institution: University of Adelaide; Year awarded: 1964

BACEHELOR OF ARTS: Institution: University of Adelaide; Year awarded: 1962

ASSOCIATE IN MUSIC: Institution: University of Adelaide; Year awarded: 1961

Publications

Books

Kartomi, M.J., 2012, Musical Journeys in Sumatra, University of Illinois Press, Urbana USA.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, The Gamelan Digul and the Prison-Camp Musician who built it : An Australian Link with the Indonesion Revolution, University of Rochester Press, Rochester USA.

Kartomi, M.J. (ed), 1999, TAASA Review, Asian Arts Society of Australia Inc, Potts Point Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Kartomi, M., 2012, Body percussion performance techniques in male and female song-dances in Aceh and the links around the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, in Music Space Chord Image: Festschrift for Dorothea Baumann's 65th Birthday, eds Antonio Baldassarre, Peter Lang, Berlin Germany, pp. 517-534.

Kartomi, M.J., 2012, Youth orchestras, in The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1, eds Gary E McPherson and Graham F Welch, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 860-877.

Kartomi, M., 2011, "Art with Muslim theme" and "Art with a Muslim flavor' among women of West Aceh, in Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia, eds David Harnish and Anne Rasmussen, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 269-296.

Kartomi, M.J., 2011, Stylistic interaction between vocal and biola (violin) performance in Malay songs along Sumatra's coast, in Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis II, eds Gisa Jahnichen, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Munster, pp. 147-162.

Kartomi, M., 2010, The musical arts in Aceh after the tsunami and the conflict, in Applied Ethnomusicology: Historical and Contemporary Approaches, eds Klisala Harrison, Elizabeth Mackinlay and Svanibor Pettan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 200-213.

Kartomi, M.J., 2005, Introduction: the changing interface between arts and politics in Indonesia's elections, in The Year of Voting Frequently: Politics and Artists in Indonesia's 2004 Elections, eds Margaret Kartomi and Kay Dreyfus, MAI Press, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-18.

Kartomi, M., 2005, The female vocal and body percussion arts in Meulaboh, West Aceh: Song texts and the gender divide, in Bahasa Sastra & Budaya: Dalam Untaian Karya, eds Tim Penyunting, T. Thyrhaya Zein, Khairil Ansari, Namsyah Hot Hasibuan, Suryadi, Amran Purba and Martin, USU Press, Medan Indonesia, pp. 157-183.

Kartomi, M.J., 2000, Indonesian-Chinese Oppression and the Musical Outcomes in the Netherlands East Indies, in Music and the Racial Imagination, University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA and London UK, pp. 271-317.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Contact and Synthesis in the Department of Music of South Sumatra, in All Kinds of Music: In Honour of Andrew D. McCredie, Florian Noetzel Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven Germany, pp. 213-230.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, From Kroncong to Dangdut: the Development of Popular Music in Indonesia, in Ethnologische, Historische und Systematische Musikwissenschaft: Oskar Elschek zum 65. Geburtstag, Slovakian Academy of Arts and Science (ASCO), Bratislava Slowakia, pp. 145-166.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Musikinstrumente, in Grundkurz Musikwissenschaft, Clauen und Bosse, Kiel Germany, pp. 456-467.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Portuguese Influence on Indonesian Music", in Festscrift Christoph-Hellmut Mahling Zum 65. Geburtstag, Hans Schneider, Tutzing Germany, pp. 657-666.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Virgin Territory" Music History Writing, in Ethnomusicology and Historical Musicology: Common Goals, Shared Methodologies, Hans Schneider, Tutzing Germany, pp. 217-225.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, A Malay-Portuguese Synthesis on the West Coast of North Sumatra, in Portugal and the World: The Encounter of Cultures in Music, Publicac?es Dom Quixote, Lisbon Portugal, pp. 289-350.

Journal Articles

Kartomi, M., 2011, Traditional and modern forms of pencak silat in Indonesia: the Suku Mamak in Riau, Musicology Australia [P], vol 33, issue 1, Routledge, Australia, pp. 47-68.

Kartomi, M., 2010, The development of the Acehnese sitting song-dances and frame-drum genres as part of religious conversion and continuing piety, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde [P], vol 166, issue 1, KITLV, Netherlands, pp. 83-106.

Kartomi, M., 2010, Toward a methodology of war and peace studies in ethnomusicology: The case of Aceh, 1976-2009, Ethnomusicology [P], vol 54, issue 3, University of Illinois Press, USA, pp. 452-483.

Kartomi, M.J., 2008, 'A response to two problems in music education: The Young Australian Concert Artists programme of the Australian Youth Orchestra', Music Education Research, vol 10, issue 1, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, UK, pp. 141-158.

Kartomi, M.J., 2007, The Australian Youth Orchestra Inc: its identity as a national icon and expansion of its performance and educational programs, Australasian Music Research, vol 9, Lyrebird Press Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 27-53.

Kartomi, M.J., 2007, Youth orchestras in the global scene, Australasian Music Research, vol 9, Lyrebird Press Australia, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-26.

Kartomi, M.J., 2006, Aceh's body percussion: from ritual devotions to global niveau, Musik: International Journal of Ethnomusicological Studies, vol 1, issue 1, Semar Publishers S.r.l, The Netherlands, pp. 85-108.

Kartomi, M.J., 2005, On metaphor and analogy in the concepts and classification of musical instruments in Aceh, Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol 37, The International Council for Traditional Music, USA, pp. 25-57.

Kartomi, M.J., 2004, "If a man can kill a buffalo in one blow, he can play a rapa'i Pas": how the frame drum expresses facets of Achenese identity, Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore (Minsu ch'u-yi), vol 144, issue 6, Shih Ho-cheng Folk Culture Foundation, Taipei Taiwan Republic of China, pp. 39-88.

Kartomi, M.J., Whiteoak, J.A., Dreyfus, F.K., 2004, Berlin to Bondi: the flight of the Weintraub Syncopators, Heat, vol 8, Giramondo Publishing Company, Artamon NSW Australia, pp. 14-33.

Kartomi, M.J., 2004, Debates about and recent effects of globalisation on music in Australia, Musicology Australia, vol 26, Musicological Society of Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 120-135.

Kartomi, M.J., Mccredie, A.D., 2004, Musical outcomes of Jewish migration into Asia via the northern and southern routes c.1780-c.1950, Ethnomusicology Forum, vol 13, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 3-20.

Kartomi, M.J., 2004, Some implications of local concepts of space in the dance, music, and visual arts of Aceh, Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol 36, International Council for Traditional Music, USA, pp. 1-49.

Kartomi, M.J., 2004, Tracing Jewish-Babylonian trade routes and identity through music, with reference to seven versions of a song of praise melody, Ethnomusicology Forum, vol 13, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 75-100.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, Change in Manggarai music and ritual in the twentieth century, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, vol 35, issue 2, Uni of Sydney, Uni of Wollongong & Uni of Newcastle, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 61-98.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, Continuity and change in the music-culture of the Baghdadi-Jews throughout two diasporas in the colonial and post-colonial periods: an introduction, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol XVI, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 90-110.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, Debates and impressions of change and continuity in Indonesia's musical arts since the fall of Suharto, 1998-2002, Wacana Seni: Journal of Arts Discourse, vol 1, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Malaysia, pp. 109-149.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, Meaning, style and change in Gamalan and wayang kulit Banjar since their transplantation from Hindu-Buddhist Java to South Kalimantan, The World of Music, vol 44, issue 2, Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin Germany, pp. 17-55.

Kartomi, M.J., 2002, The Gamelan Digul: an Australian Link with the Indonesian Revolution, Heat, vol 3, Giramondo Publishing Company, Callaghan NSW Australia, pp. 73-90.

Kartomi, M.J., 2001, Music and ritual of pre-twentieth century origins in Manggarai, West Flores, RIMA, vol 35, issue 1, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 79-136.

Kartomi, M.J., 2001, The classification of musical instruments: changing trends in research from the late nineteenth century with special reference to the 1990s, Ethnomusicology, vol 45, issue 2, University of Illinois Press, USA, pp. 283-314.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, "Singapore, a South-East Asian Haven: The Sephardi-Singaporean Liturgical Music of its Jewish Community, Musicology Australia, vol 11, Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 3-12.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, Comment, TAASA Review, vol 8 iss 2, Asian Arts Society of Australia Inc, Potts Point NSW, p. 3.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, Ethnomusicalogical Education for a Humane Society: Ethical Issues in the Post-Colonial, Post Apartheid Era, African Music, vol 7 iss 4, Int. Library of African Music, Grahamstown South Africa, pp. 166-174.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, Record Reviews: Southeast Asia: Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra, Yearbook for Tradtional Music, vol 31, The Int. Council for Traditional Music, New York NY USA, pp. 196-198.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, Seudati Inong: the Female Form of the Martial Art Genre in Meulaboh, West Aceh, Indonesia, ISIM Newsletter, vol 2, Int. Inst. for the study of Islam in the Mod World, Leiden Netherland, p. 12.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, The Gamelan Digul: Symbol of Indonesian-Australian Cooperation and Friendship, TAASA Review, vol 8 iss 2, The Asian Arts Society of Australia Inc, Potts Point NSW, pp. 4-7.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, The Music-Culture of South-Coast West Sumatra: Backwater of the Minangkabau "Heartland" or Home of The Sacred Mermaid and the Earth Goddess?, Asian Music, vol xxx, issue 1, Society for Asian Music, Ithaca NY USA, pp. 133-181.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, The Music-Culture of South-coast West Sumatra: Backwater of the Minangkabau "Heartland" or home of the Sacred Mermaid and the Earth Goddess?, Asian Music, vol xxxi, Society for Asian Music, Olympia USA, pp. 133-182.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, The Pan-East/ Southeast Asian and National Indonesian Song Bengawan Solo and its Javanese Composer, Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol 30, International Society for Traditional Music, New York NY USA, pp. 85-101.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java by Sumarsan", Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol 28, National University of Singapore, Singapore, pp. 208-209.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "The Royal Nobat Ensemble of Indragiri in Riau, Sumatra, in Colonial and Post-Colonial Times!, The Galpin Society Journal, vol l, The Galpin Society, London UK, pp. 3-16.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, Catherine Ellis (1935 - 1996), Musicology Australia, vol xx, The Musicological Society of Australia, Inc, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 3-4.

Other

Kartomi, M., 2012, Music: Indonesia, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, vol encyclopedia, Brill, Netherlands, pp. 1-9.

Kornhauser, B., Kartomi, M.J., 2007, Out of Babylon: the music of Baghdadi-Jewish migrations into Asia and beyond, Celestial Harmonies, Germany.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, From Traditional Ceremony to Catholic Mass: The Music of Manggarai, West Flores, Celestial Harmonies 13175-2, Tucson Arizona USA.

Kartomi, M.J., 1999, The Gamelan Digul, Monash University Gallery, Mon Uni Gallery, Dept of Music & Mon Asia Inst, Clayton Vic Australia, 31 August - 11 September 1999.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Kroncong Moritsko - Sumatra, The Journey of Sounds, Tradison, Lisbon Portugal.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Maluku, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol 4, Garland Publishing, New York USA and London UK, pp. 812-822.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Muslim Music of Indonesia: Aceh, Celestial Harmonies, Tucson Arizona USA.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Sulawesi, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol 4, Garland Publishing, New York USA and London UK, pp. 804-811.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, Sumatra, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol 4, Garland Publishing, New York USA and London UK, pp. 598-629.

Kartomi, M.J., 1998, The Music of Islam: Muslim Music of Indonesia and West Sumatra, Celestial Harmonies, Tucson Arizona USA.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "(Francis) Kay Dreyfus" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "(Maureen) Therese Radic" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Alice Marshall Moyle" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Andrew D McCredie" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Catherine J Ellis" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "David Evatt Tunley" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Gordon Anderson" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Gordon Donald Spearritt" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "How does/should university research support performing arts practice and vice versa?", Radio broadcast, ABC Radio, ABC Radio National.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Jamie Croy Kassler" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "John Anthony Griffiths" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Malcolm George William Gillies" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Peter John Dennison" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Rich and Charteris" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Richard Michael Moyle" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Roger Covell" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Shifting Ethical Issues in Ethnomusicological Education and Practice", Gave invited Plenary Paper, Wednesday 9 July 1997, 10am University of Melbourne, 8th International Conference of Asian-Pacific Confederation for Arts Education (ASPACAE).

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Stephen Aubrey Wild" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Warren Bebbington" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, "Yalata" in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, Encyclopedia.

Kartomi, M.J., 1997, Musicology, The Oxford Companion to Australian Music, vol 1, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 412-415.

Teaching Commitment

I guest lecture in undergraduate subjects in world music and aesthetics. I supervise many higher degree students.

Community Service

I serve on many editorial boards including Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology and the journals Acta Musicologica, Ethnomusicology Forum, Wacana Seni: Journal of Arts Discourse and Journal of Musicological Research.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Changes in the traditional ceremonies music and dance in the daily life of the melanau people of Sarawak with particular reference to the period 1990 - 2012.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Performing and recording Pinto's compositions for violin: an investigation into the performance prac.
Supervisors:: Fujimura, K (Joint), Kartomi, M (Joint-co).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Pewenche Music-Making: Social Functions, Aesthetic Values and its Inclusion into the School System.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Playing in the line of fire - changes in Australian military bands between peace and wartime (1930-1945).
Supervisors:: Crotty, J (Joint), Kartomi, M (Joint-co).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Socio-cultural power struggle seen in Javanese hip hop.
Supervisors:: Millie, J (Main), Kartomi, M (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Techniques and Articulation of The Persian Classical music Repertoire, Radif, on the Kanun, A Persian Musical Instrument.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Joint-co), Smith, G (Joint).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The Malay Art Song (Lagu Seriosa): History and development in the context of musical nationalism.
Supervisors:: Chin, J (Joint-co), Kartomi, M (Joint).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The development of jazz and crossover musical styles employing improvsation in Bangkok and regional Thailand leading to the emergence of new musical genres..
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The eternal pulse - The experience of konnakol, its broad use in contemporary performance, linking to its expression in the author's work..
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The interconnection between fin-de-siecle piano evocations of flamenco and the rise of piano flamenco.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Fujimura, K (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The role of Singkil's performing arts in relation to the Aceh Adat, Islam and the educational needs.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Associate).

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Transplantations of Jewish liturgical music, Lithuania to South Africa from 1881, South Africa to Australia from 1978, with a special focus on Johannesburg and Melbourne..
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Joint-co), Smith, G (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:: Amir, I.
Program of Study:: Sing, adapt, perservere: dynamics of traditional vocal performers in the Islamic region of Aceh from the late 19th to the early 21st century.. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Basile, C.
Program of Study:: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN ROTINESE SASANDU-ACCOMPANIED SONG. (PHD) 2003.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Chapman, C.
Program of Study:: REGIONAL TRADITIONS OF LAO VOCAL MUSIC: LAM SIPHANDON AND KHAO NGEUN. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Evans, S.
Program of Study:: Representing Tabla Music: Defining an Effective Notation System for Indian Tabla Repertoire. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:: Hood, M (Main), Kartomi, M (Associate).
Student:: Fujimura, K.
Program of Study:: Researching performance: translations into editions and performances of the forgotten piano works of William Hurlstone (1876-1906). (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Helm, S.
Program of Study:: Gamelan in Japan: Expressions of Japaneseness in pedagogical infrastructure and practice. (Masters) 2007.
Supervisors:: Hood, M (Main), Kartomi, M (Associate).
Student:: Horn, K.
Program of Study:: REBETIKA MUSIC IN MELBOURNE, 1950 - 2000: OLD SONGS IN A NEW LAND - NEW SONGLINES IN AN OLD LAND. (PHD) 2002.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Mathers, A.
Program of Study:: How theories of expressive movement and non-verbal communication can enhance expressive conducting at all levels of entering behaviour. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Crotty, J (Associate).
Student:: Orseth, K.
Program of Study:: Trios for horn, violin and continuo/piano: The players, their influence and their competency. (Masters) 2003.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Handsworth, P (Associate).
Student:: Piraglu, Q.
Program of Study:: History and changing styles of the schools of Iranian santur playing from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Joint-Co).
Student:: Rubin, L.
Program of Study:: The shakuhachi and the didjeridu: two case studies of historical iconology, performance practice and their relation to avian respiration and song. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Hood, M (Associate).
Student:: Ryan, R.
Program of Study:: LEAF MUSIC OF SOUTHEASTERN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS AN HISTORICAL AND ORGANOLOGICAL STUDY. (PHD) 2000.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Scarlett, E.
Program of Study:: ROLE OF THE PIANO IN THE SONGS OF FRANCIS POULENC. (PHD) 2001.
Supervisors:: De Wilde, C (Main), Kartomi, M (Associate).
Student:: Tsitsishvili, N.
Program of Study:: NATIONAL UNITY AND GENDER DIFFERENCE IN GEORGIAN TRADITIONAL SONG-CULTURE: IDEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES. (PHD) 2004.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main).
Student:: Ware, V.
Program of Study:: Stylistic and cultural transformations in Bangkok fusion music from 1850 to the present day, leading to the development of Dontri Thai Prayuk. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:: Kartomi, M (Main), Smith, G (Associate).
Student:: Waters, J.
Program of Study:: "Against the stream": intersections of music and politics in the conception, composition and reception of Alan Bush's first three symphonies. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:: Crotty, J (Joint-Co), Kartomi, M (Joint).