Paul Williamson

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

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Research activity per year

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

Jazz, Performance, Improvisation, Contemporary music studies, Flow, Audiation, Idea Generation, Interaction, Composition, Teaching Pedagogy , Meta-cognition, Peer Review

MAE : Monash Art Ensemble: Composition, Recording and Performance (2023 - 2026)
Burke, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Williamson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/25 → 1/07/28
Project: Research
Monash Art Ensemble: commissioning, performance, and scholarship.
Burke, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Williamson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Grabowsky, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), McMichael, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Canham, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Wyatt, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Trustee for The Robert Salzer Foundation
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
Monash Arts Ensemble Commissioning Program 2022-24
Burke, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Williamson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Grabowsky, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
Salzer Foundation for the Monash Art Ensemble (MAE)
Burke, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Williamson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Murray, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
3/09/19 → 3/09/22
Project: Research
HERE NOW HEAR: Manufacture & promotion of 8 new Australian works recorded by Monash Art Ensemble
Williamson, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Burke, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Murray, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Grabowsky, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Burslem, M. (Project Manager)
6/05/19 → 29/10/19
Project: Research

Improvising with Sensory Telematics
Burke, R. (Composer and Performer), Hall, C. (Composer and Performer), Williamson, P. (Composer and Performer) & Kellett, M. (Composer and Performer), 28 Nov 2024
Research output: Non-textual form › Composition › Research
Night Daze
Williamson, P. (Composer and Performer) & Willebrant, K. (Composer and Performer), 2024
Research output: Non-textual form › Music Performance › Research
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

6 Link opens in a new tab 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
Jazz Ensemble Etudes: Dark Energy
Williamson, P. (Composer and Performer), Carbo, T. (Performer), Hoshino, H. (Performer) & Henry, M. (Performer), 2020
Research output: Non-textual form › Recorded/ Rendered Performance › Research

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)
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)
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)
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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