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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Barrett is a leading figure in Australian and international music education and has most recently served as Head of School at the University of Queensland. Among her many achievements Professor Barrett was awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship in 2018 to undertake preliminary investigations of children’s singing and song-making in the archives of the Smithsonian Institute, and the Library of Congress (Washington DC) and was elected Beaufort Visiting Research Fellow at St John’s College University of Cambridge in 2019. She has just returned from research residency funded by the Foundation de Maison des Sciences de l’Homme at IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics /Musique) investigating creative pedagogy and transmission practices. She was awarded the Fellowship of the Australian Society for Music Education in 2011. Professor Barrett has held six ARC grants in addition to numerous other funded research projects and led the development of the Creative Collaboratorium at the University of Queensland.
Currently, Professor Barrett holds positions as a Director of the Australian Music Centre, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the Queensland Music Festival. She has served as President of the International Society for Music Education (2012-2014), Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (2013-2015), Chair of the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (2009-2011), board member of the International Society for Music Education (2008-2010), and National President of the Australian Society for Music Education (1999-2001).
In addition, Professor Barrett has been an advisor for arts and educational bodies nationally and internationally, including the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority, and the United Kingdom Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Her research encompasses the investigation of the role of Music and the Arts in human cognition and social and cultural development. Her research has addressed problems in the areas of aesthetic decision-making, the meaning and value of Arts engagement for young people, young children's musical thinking, young children's identity work in and through music, teaching and learning practices in the arts, and the pedagogy and practices of creativity. A key aspect of her work has been the development of innovative arts-based inquiry and expertise in music and music education.
Education/Academic qualification
Music Education, PhD, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 9 Oct 1996
External positions
Director, Queensland Music Festival
2018 → …Director, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
2014 → …Director , Australian Music Centre
2013 → …Research area keywords
- Creativity
- Aesthetics
- Pedagogy
- Pedagogies of Creativity
- Pedagogies of Expertise
- Cultural Psychology
- Music Early Learning and Development
- Narrative Inquiry
- Qualitative Research Methodologies
- Singing
- Creative Collaboration
Network
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Projects
Signature pedagogies for creative collaboration: Lessons for and from music
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) - UQ National Music Teacher Mentoring Program Evaluation
1/01/15 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Futuremakers: An evaluation of the Musica Viva Artist Development Program
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Research Output
Evaluating the impact of a generalist teacher-led music program on early childhood school children’s singing skills and attitudes to music
Barrett, M. S., Zhukov, K., Brown, J. E. & Welch, G. F., 2020, In : Psychology of Music. 48, 1, p. 120-136 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
(Scopus)
Beliefs and values about music in early childhood education and care: Perspectives from practitioners
Barrett, M. S., Flynn, L. M., Brown, J. E. & Welch, G. F., 24 Apr 2019, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 18 p., 724.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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(Scopus)
Resonant work: metaphor and narrative in music, learning, and life
Barrett, M. S. & Stauffer, S. L., 2019, Narrative and Metaphor in Education: Look Both Ways. Hanne, M. & Kaal, A. A. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 76-90 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Signature pedagogies for musical practice: A case study of creativity development in an orchestral composers’ workshop
Love, K. G. & Barrett, M. S., 2019, In : Psychology of Music. 47, 4, p. 551-567 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Singing and Invented Song-making in Infants’ and Young Children’s Early Learning and Development: From Shared to Independent Song-making
Barrett, M. S., 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Singing. Welch, G. F. (ed.). Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review