Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Research Interests
- Jazz studies
- Contemporary music studies
- Flow, Audiation and Idea Generation
- Ensemble interaction within improvised performance
- Jazz Composition (fixed and non-fixed materials)
- Collaborative composition
- Musical idiolect
- One-to-one teaching pedagogy (teaching strategies, meta-cognition, the confluence of improvisatory and technical skills, peer review)
Upcoming Research Projects
- Book: Inside the Composer's Perspective: Cross-Genre Composition for Experimental Large Ensemble - co-authored with Assoc. Prof Robert Burke
- Journal article: Apprenticing the jazz performer through ensemble collaboration: A qualitative enquiry (co-authored with Leon DeBruin & Emily Wilson)
- Journal article: co-authored with Johannes Luebbers examining Collaborative Composition: Improvising the Compositional Process
- Rendered Performance (composition and recording): Dark Energy of Paul Williamson Quartet featuring Miles Henry, Hiroki Hoshino and Theo Carbo (FMR release, UK).
- Performance of Williamsons' large ensemble composition For Tomasz with the Monash Art Ensemble (MAE) in April 2019
Research area keywords
- Jazz, Performance, Improvisation, Contemporary music studies, Flow, Audiation, Idea Generation, Interaction, Composition, Teaching Pedagogy , Meta-cognition, Peer Review
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Monash Arts Ensemble Commissioning Program 2022-24
Burke, R., Williamson, P. & Grabowsky, P.
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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MAE : Monash Art Ensemble: Composition, Recording and Performance (2023 - 2026)
1/07/25 → 1/07/28
Project: Research
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Salzer Foundation for the Monash Art Ensemble (MAE)
Burke, R., Williamson, P. & Murray, J.
3/09/19 → 3/09/22
Project: Research
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HERE NOW HEAR: Manufacture & promotion of 8 new Australian works recorded by Monash Art Ensemble
Williamson, P., Burke, R., Murray, J., Grabowsky, P. & Burslem, M.
6/05/19 → 29/10/19
Project: Research
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Post Graduate Jazz and Improvisation Scholarship
Burke, R., Williamson, P. & Murray, J.
29/11/18 → 28/11/24
Project: Research
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Expanding models of music composition: exploring the value of collaboration
Williamson, P. & Luebbers, J., 2023, In: International Journal of Music Education. 41, 1, p. 111-128 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Teaching Undergraduate Jazz Ensembles within Virtual Spaces
Burke, R., Vincs, R. & Williamson, P., 1 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing. 2021, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Jazz Ensemble Etudes: Dark Energy
Williamson, P. (Composer and Performer), Carbo, T. (Performer), Hoshino, H. (Performer) & Henry, M. (Performer), 2020Research output: Non-textual form › Recorded/ Rendered Performance › Research
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Developing one-to-one contemporary trumpet teaching strategies through peer observation and collaborative reflection
Williamson, P., Ball, E. & Wilson, E., 2019, In: International Journal of Music Education. 37, 4, p. 622-635 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Cultivating a Unique Musical Idiolect Within Jazz Improvisation
Williamson, P. (Photographer), 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Music Performance › Research
Prizes
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Bell Award - Best Avant garde record
Burke, R. (Recipient), Grabowsky, P. (Recipient), Williamson, P. (Recipient) & Murray, J. R. (Recipient), 15 Mar 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Bell Award - Monash Art Ensemble - Zephyrix
McAll, B. (Recipient), Grabowsky, P. (Recipient), Williamson, P. (Recipient) & Burke, R. (Recipient), 30 Apr 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Art Ensemble - Hexis
Burke, R. (Recipient), Grabowsky, P. (Recipient), Williamson, P. (Recipient) & Murray, J. R. (Recipient), 12 Mar 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Australian Bell Award - Best Produced Album
Williamson, P. (Recipient), Burke, R. (Recipient), Murray, J. (Recipient) & Grabowsky, P. (Recipient), 23 Sept 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Shaped by the Sound Around Us: Furthering an Ecological Dynamics Approach to Developing Instrumental Improvisational Skills
Paul Williamson (Examiner)
13 Jul 2023Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination
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The Role of Instrumental Technique in Creative Process: Applying the ‘Canadian School of Double Bass’ to Jazz Performance.
Paul Williamson (Examiner)
Mar 2021Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination
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Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network Conference 2019
Paul Williamson (Invited speaker) & Johannes Luebbers (Invited speaker)
1 Jun 2019 → 2 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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PhD Thesis examination of Thomas Botting
Paul Williamson (Examiner)
5 Jan 2019Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination
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Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network Conference 2018
Paul Williamson (Organiser)
1 Jun 2018 → 3 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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The significance of the Bugle Call and Remembrance Day
11/11/19
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Paul Williamson Quartet 'Live at Uptown' CD review: The Australian
20/08/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Monash Session: Kenny Werner - The New York City Jazz Record REVIEW
1/05/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Power of the Idea: CD review: The Australian 8th August 2015
8/08/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment