At the broadest level, I supervised projects related to music and psychology. My students receive special support through automatic membership of the Empirical Musicology Laboratory, which provides them (1) with resources for conducting world class empirical investigations through the lab itself, in addition to various other spaces (recording studios, music technology laboratories, performance spaces etc.), specialist equipment, as well as (2) the Empirical Musicology research group where ideas and knowledge are shared and developed among members (students, staff and invited guests). Graduating students have had great success in finding or returning to careers. I have received supervision excellence awards.

Students have studied a wide range of topics with me. The summary below is not exhaustive.

Broad area	Topic
Creativity	Computer composition of music
	Synaesthesia, mental health and creativity
Music education	Motivation to play music
Music perception	Cross cultural communication of emotion in music
	Music and emotion
	Music and preference
	Music and spirituality
	Tracking emotional responses to music
	Why can music be relaxing?
	Perception of film music
Music performance	Communication of conducting gestures
	Decision making in music performance
	Strategies used by elite musicians
	Use of singer’s formant and vibrato in different styles of singing
	What does it mean to be a musician?
Music, health and wellbeing	Music and depression
	Music and People with Dementia
	Music Performance Anxiety reduction
	Uses of background music
	Music and Sleep

Currently supervising

In 2019 I supervised 4 postgraduate students and 3 honours.

If you are interested honours or postgraduate research in music psychology or a related area, and have sufficient qualifications, you are warmly invited to contact me. Scholarships may also be available.

My Teaching

Since 2017:
MUSC3102 - Psychology of Music
GENT0508 - Music on My Mind: Psychology and music
MUSC1604 Western Music: a Panorama
Guest lectures in Performance Laboratory classes.

In 2019:
MUSC4706 Music Ensembles

In 2017:
MUSC1603 - Materials and Structures 2

Past courses include:
MUSC2332 - Electronic Music
MUSC2113 - The Function of Music in Film (Dr John Peterson convener)
MUSC5138 - Method and Techniques (no longer available)
University of New South Wales Orchestra (replaced by MUSC4706 Music Ensembles)

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101, Level 1 Robert Webster

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+61 2 9385 6808

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-8083

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