Teaching Interests
Exploring the use of music performance as a vehicle for of meditation, using Zen Buddhism as a template
Creating suitable Powwow music and dance education programs in collaboration with First Nations informants, within the frame of decolonisation
Developing an understanding of Western Canadian rural and urban vernacular musics as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Contextualizing traditional English musical and choreographic seasonal celebrations within the hybrids now found in the Canadian cultural landscape
Examining dance as an informant of music
Investigating music-making as a life style (“musicking”) among amateur musicians in community settings
Establishing a historical record of Popular Music in Vancouver
Triangulating popular music and western art music
Prescriptive and descriptive music notation
Establishing the components and theory of the gaze among audiences in Western Art Music, Ballet and popular music