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Mr Robert Burke - Researcher Profile

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School of Music Conservatorium
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

Profile
Summary
Qualifications
Publications
Supervisions

Biography

Robert Burke has enjoyed a diverse and wide-ranging career as a performer, composer and educator in music. Although classically trained on the clarinet and saxophones, his main focus as a performer has been on jazz and popular rock, including eight years performing and composing with Kate Ceberano (including a top-ten Australian hit) and fifteen years with ARIA award-winning band The Black Sorrows. Rob has performed on and contributed compositions to over 100 CDs by groups ranging from pop acts such as John Farnham, Ice House, Real Life, Vika and Linda Bull, to contemporary jazz projects with leading artists including Tony Gould, Tony Floyd, Doug De Vries, Slava Gregorian, Geoff Hughes, Nick Haywood and Stephen Magnusson Don Burrows, Geoff Hughes, Tony Floyd and Mike Nock. Most recently, Rob released a duet album with Tony Gould titled Here (Jazzhead 2010) the third in a series of such collaborations and a quartet album Live at Bennetts Lane – Jazzhead (2012)

Rob has performed /recorded with many international jazz artists including Red Rodney, John Abercrombie, George Garzone, Tony Gould, Lula Galvao, Hermeto Pascoal, Paul McCandless (Origon) Roberta Valente, Mirko Guerrini. Rob has also toured extensively through Asia, Europe, the United States and locally, including as leader of his own projects. He has studied under influential and pioneering jazz musicians including the likes of Dave Liebman, George Garzone and George Coleman in New York.

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Rob has had extensive teaching experience giving workshops locally and internationally . In 2000 Rob was invited to conduct improvisation classes at Monash University’s School of Music – Conservatorium. Rob subsequently developed an autonomous jazz course for the School of Music and in 2003, was appointed Coordinator of Jazz and Popular Studies. This jazz course is now regarded as one of the leading courses for jazz education in Australia, offering both comprehensive practical training and strong academic qualifications, and providing students with exceptional learning and performance opportunities in Australia, Italy and the United States (New York).

Since 2007 Rob has focused on creating cultural and educational ties between Monash University in Australia and Brazil, by creating links with Unicamp University in Campinas and consulting with Brazilian funding agencies and other universities. Rob was artist-in-residence at Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp (Campinas), Musica de Scuola de Brasilia (Brasilia), and Souza de Lima School of Music (Sao Paulo) where he conducted workshops, lectures and musical performances.

Rob has also built links with NYU – (both educational and research) New York University (USA) and Lulea University of Technology (Sweden).

Rob is also leading efforts to build philanthropic support for the School of Music at Monash University, with a view to expanding the facilities, scholarships and resources available to students.

‘A stunning jazz album that identifies Melbourne as a significant contributor of talent and inventive and pioneering jazz on the world stage. Beautifully recorded and presented. … This record is a collaboration of some of the most influential protagonists on the Melbourne scene and is undoubtedly a masterpiece.’ – Eddie Naran – Jazz on the Street.Rob is Head of the School of Music and Coordinator of Jazz and Popular Studies.

‘An exciting tour of Melbourne. There are moments where you will get chills down your back’ 4.5* - The Age Green Guide. Melbourne, 28th July 2005.

‘There is a romance in the tracks that comes from an exploration of a stage of jazz which has pleasured many for a long time. While gentle… it is quietly persuasive of all the life, clarity and brilliance to be found in mainstream jazz. Emotional and relaxing.’ Canberra Times, Canberra, 18 Aug 2003.

Robert Burke on JazzHead: http://www.jazzhead.com/cms-artists/rob-burke.phps

Rob is sponsored by R S Berkele

Qualifications

PHD PERFORMANCE (CURRENT): Institution: Monash University; Year awarded: 2013

MASTER OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Institution: VCA; Year awarded: 2000

BMUS: Institution: VCA; Year awarded: 1983

AMUSA: Institution: AMEB; Year awarded: 1976

Publications

Book Chapters

Burke, R.L., Evans, S.J.N., 2012, Pathways to learning and teaching indigenous and world music ensembles, in The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 1, eds Gary E McPherson and Graham F Welch, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 890-906.

Other

Grabowsky, P., Williamson, P., Murray, J.R., Burke, R.L., Moreno, T., Richmond, M., 2012, NYU Summer Jazz Workshop, Paul Williamson, Jordan Murray, Robert Burke, Paul Grabowsky, 90 minutes, 5 July 2013, Provincetown Playhouse, NYC, NY USA.

Fain, T., Williamson, P., Murray, J.R., Burke, R.L., Hoshino, H., Lineham, E., Sheehan, D., 2012, Tim Fain & Monash University - School of Music, Jordan Murray, Robert Burke, 20 minutes, 27 October 2012, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Burke, R., Guerrini, M., 2011, 16 Aprille 1889, Mirko Guerrini, 10 minutes, 7 August 2011, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

Burke, R., 2011, A Spasso Con Tesi, Mirko Guerrini, 10 minutes, 7 August 2011, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

Burke, R., Black, J., 2011, After the Fact, Jim Black Alasnoaxis, 14 minutes, 9 June 2011, Melbourne Recital Centre.

Burke, R., Gould, A., Haywood, N., Floyd, A., 2011, All of You, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., Mcandless, P., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Ballata, Andrea Pellegrini, 14 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Guerrini, M., 2011, Belly Belly, Rob Burke, 10 minutes, 7 August 2011, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

Burke, R., Mcandless, P., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Blu, Andrea Pellegrini, 14 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Gould, A., Haywood, N., Floyd, A., 2011, Charukeshi, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., Guerrini, M., 2011, La Stagione Dei Fiori, Mirko Guerrini, 10 minutes, 7 August 2011, Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

Burke, R., Grayson, P., 2011, Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2011, Music Composition, Channel 10, Channel 10 Studio.

Mcandless, P., Murray, J., Burke, R., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Marameo Doppio, Andrea Pellegrini, 8 minutes, 29 November 2011, Theatre Politeama, Italy.

Burke, R., 2011, Marameo Doppio, Andrea Pellegrini, 14 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Mcandless, P., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Miriam e Il Mare, Andrea Pellegrini, 14 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Mcandless, P., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Musica Notturna, Andrea Pellegrini, 14 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Black, J., 2011, Pith, Jim Black Alasnoaxis, 14 minutes, 9 June 2011, Melbourne Recital Centre.

Burke, R., 2011, Pointilism, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., Mcandless, P., Pellegrini, A., 2011, Portovenere, Andrea Pellegrini, 12 minutes, 30 November 2011, La Rassengna di Jazz del club ExWide di Pisa.

Burke, R., Gould, A., Haywood, N., Floyd, A., 2011, Tahdon, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., Gould, A., Haywood, N., 2011, Yahdon, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., 2011, Yashanmali, CD Recording, Jazzhead Records, Melbourne, Australia, 1.

Burke, R., 2010, #26, John Abercrombe, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, BMW Edge, Federation Square Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, After the Rain, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Ambleside, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Amigos, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Aquarian, Albare, 10 minutes, 17 November 2010 & 11 November 2010, The Basement, Sydey NSW Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Birthday, Music Commission, APRA, Bennetts Lance Jazz Club, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Blue Eyes Crying, Willie Nelson, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, Bennetts Lance Jazz Club, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Brand New Day, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, 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.

Burke, R., 2010, Choro Pre Ze, Guinga, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, Music in the Round.

Burke, R., 2010, Diabinho Maluco, Jacob Bandolim, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, Music in the Round.

Burke, R., 2010, First Day, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Heart of Heart, Albare, 10 minutes, 17 November 2010 & 11 November 2010, The Basement, Sydey NSW Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Here #1, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Here #2, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Here - Introduction, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Here - Outro, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, If I Knew / Now, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Improvisation #77, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Abercrombie, J., Williamson, P., Burke, R., 2010, John Abercrombie with Monash University Jazz Students, John Abercrombie, 60 minutes, 08/05/2010, Federation Square.

Burke, R., 2010, Lullaby, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Never Let Me Go, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Passos do Caranguejo, Doug de Vries, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, Music in the Round.

Burke, R., 2010, Ralph's Piano Waltz, John Abercrombe, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, BMW Edge, Federation Square Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, SNG, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Song-Song, Sound Recording, Jazzhead, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, The Ascendant, Albare, 10 minutes, 17 November 2010 & 11 November 2010, The Basement, Sydey NSW Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, The Day Dreamer, Albare, 10 minutes, 17 November 2010 & 11 November 2010, The Basement, Sydey NSW Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, The Mind Reader, Albare, 10 minutes, 17 November 2010 & 11 November 2010, The Basement, Sydey NSW Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, View, Music Commission, APRA, Bennetts Lance Jazz Club, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, Wishing Bell, John Abercrombe, 10 minutes, 8 May 2010, BMW Edge, Federation Square Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2010, You Don't Know What Love Is, Sound Recording, 3MBS 103.5FM, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2009, After The Rain, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne.

Burke, R., 2009, LMFF - Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, , Channel 10, Melbourne, Vic Australia.

Burke, R., 2009, SNG, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne.

Burke, R., 2009, Sweet Thing, Sound Recording, Holycow Records, Melbourne.

Burke, R., Gould, T., 2009, You Don't Know What Love Is, Don Raye and Gene DePaul, 11 Minutes and 4 Seconds, May 2008, 3MBS, Melbourne.

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

Burke, R.L., 2008, Bottom Dollar - Film, Andrew Harrison, 5 minutes, 2008, Melbourne, VIc Aust.

Burke, R.L., 2008, Four of a Kind - Film, Joe Camilleri, 35 minutes, 2008, Cannes International Film Festival.

Burke, R.L., 2008, Improvisations on a day in time, Robert Burke, 35 minutes, 3 Nov 2008, Wangaratta, Vic, Aust.

Burke, R.L., 2008, LMFF 2008, , Paper Stone Scissors, Prahran, VIC, Aust.

Burke, R.L., 2008, Train on, Robert Burke, 35 minutes, 3 Nov 2008, Wangaratta, Vic, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Bella Nova, Doug deVries, 6 minutes, 31/01/2007, Brasilia, Brazil.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Radames Gnattali, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Corcovado, Tom Jobim, 6 minutes, 28/01/2007, Brasilia, Brazil.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Deve Ser Amor, Baden Powell, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Magnusson, S., Burke, R.L., 2007, Hey there - Blue you - Washdishology - Everyday is a birthday - Slacks, Burke, Magnusson, Guerinni, 60 minutes, 15/11/2007, Alba.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Lamentos, Pixinguinha, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Milonga del Angel, Astor Piazolla, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Oscar Niemeyer, Mauricio Carrilho, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

De Vries, D.R., Burke, R.L., 2007, Peregrine - The Days of Wine and Roses - Elergy - Passos do Caragguejo - Alegre em Acari - Alone together - Ingenuo, Burke, De Vries, et.al., 1 hour, 29/01/2007, Brazil.

Burke, R.L., Gould, A.J., 2007, Quiet, trio for 3, Lyall, Gateway, Pygmy Lullaby, All of you, Burke, Gould, 1 horu 30 minutes, 13/10/2007, Port Fairy Music Festival, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Ruben's Rhumba, Ken Murray, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2007, Two Brazilian Scenes, Sergio Assad, 5 mins, 11 October 2007, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Ceberano, K., Burke, R.L., 2006, Brown Sugar, Mick Jagger, 6 minutes, 31 January 2006, Caulfield, VIC.

Burke, R.L., Grayson, B., 2006, LMFF07, Composition, GTV9, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Burke, R.L., Grayson, B., 2006, Timber, Composition, Paperstonescissors, Melbourne, Vic Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2005, Concert at International Festival of Single Reeds, Rob Burke, 40 minutes, 26 March 2005, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC.

Burke, R.L., 2005, Five Guitars plus Rob Burke, Rob Burke, 90 minutes, 9th May 2005, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2005, Live in August, Rob Burke, 4 concerts 90 minutes each, 2-5 August 2005, New Caledonia.

Burke, R.L., 2005, Now Festival, Robert Burke, 16 minutes, 26 March 2005, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Grayson, B., Burke, R.L., 2005, Sound Scape LMFF05, Burke, Grayson, 2 hours, 5 March 2005, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2005, The Edge of Today: A Mapping of the Melbourne Sound, , Jazzhead/MGM, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2004, Now Festival, SBS, Australia.

Burke, R.L., 2003, Robert Burke - Wide Eyed, Jazzhead/MGM, Melbourne/Sydney.

Burke, R.L., 2000, Off Line, Jazzhead/MGM Australia, Melbourne/Sydney.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:: (DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: An investigation into the use of the drumkit as a melodic instrument.
Supervisors:: Gould, A (Main), Burke, R (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: Establishing the Guitar's Digital Capabilities.
Supervisors:: Burke, R (Main), Sugg, A (Associate).

Program of Study:: (MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:: The shaping of a Melbourne contemporary Jazz scene: the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative, its beginnings and influence..
Supervisors:: Burke, R (Main), Sugg, A (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:: Bailey, L.
Program of Study:: . (Masters) 2012.
Supervisors:: Burke, R (Main), Sugg, A (Associate).
Student:: Cannon, G.
Program of Study:: Functional and Non-Functional Progressions in Improvised Music: A Method of Facilitating Linear and Harmonic Flow. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:: Burke, R (Main), Smith, G (Associate), Sugg, A (Associate).
Student:: Freer, N.
Program of Study:: Evening the odds. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:: Smith, G (Main), Burke, R (Associate), Sugg, A (Associate).
Student:: Wallace, M.
Program of Study:: UNIFYING COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION: APPLYING BOB BROOKMEYER'S PITCH MODULE CONCEPT TO COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION. (Masters) 2007.
Supervisors:: Crotty, J (Main), Burke, R (Associate).