Gillian Howell

Making music in divided cities: Transforming the ethnoscape

Gillian Howell, Lesley Pruitt, Laura Hassler

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Community Music

In the phenomenon of the divided city – urban environments partitioned along ethno-religious lines as a result of war or conflict ..

Tura Tracks: An evaluation of Tura New Music's regional and remote residencies and touring in 2019

Gillian Howell, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

Report  |  2019

This report presents an evaluation framework created for Tura New Music’s programs in regional and remote Australia and the findin..

Music development and post‑conflict reconciliation in Sri Lanka

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2019

Can music development programs such as large-scale public festivals help to repair the sociocultural divisions wrought by war and ..

Community Music Interventions in Post-Conflict Contexts

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter discusses the phenomenon of community-based music interventions in sites affected by violent war and conflict. The au..

Mapping Community Music Development in Timor-Leste

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2018

This chapter seeks to map the diversity of community music in Timor-Leste and to explore the role that community music making play..

Harmony

Gillian Howell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Music and Arts in Action

Harmony’s semantic links across music and the social domain mean that when evoked in the context of music in peacebuilding, harmon..

Getting in the Way?: Limitations of Technology in Community Music

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2017

New music technologies are often promoted as tools that can enrich music learning experiences, in and out of the classroom. Howeve..

Exploring Intersections of Technology, Play, Informality, and Innovation

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2017

The idea that “humans are the ones making the music” (Pignato, this volume) is the starting point for reflection upon the factors ..

Community Music Practice: Intervention through Facilitation

Gillian Howell, Lee Higgins, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

Book Chapter  |  2017

Many people have become disengaged from music making owing to the commercialization and commodification of music practices. This c..

CHILDREN COMPOSING Creating communities of musical practice

Pamela Burnard, Jenny Boyack, Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2017

Postwar Life-Space and Music in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Gillian Howell

Book Chapter  |  2015

War and violent conflict can alter the physical and social living space available to young people in post-conflict societies in mu..

Finding my place: Examining concepts of community music as a visiting artist in rural East Timor

G Howell

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Community Music

This article explores being a musician in a foreign community, considering the author’s experiences as a visiting artist in East T..

Children composing: Creating communities of musical practice

P Burnard, J Boyack, G Howell

Book Chapter  |  2013

Becoming performers: Creating participatory spaces collaboratively

P Burnard, E Okuno, J Boyack, G Howell, D Blair, M Giglio

Book Chapter  |  2013

Toka Boot/The Big Jam: Making music in rural East Timor

G Howell, K Dunphy

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Community Music

This article discusses a community music project in rural East Timor. Australian musician Gillian Howell lived for three months in..

Do they know they're composing?: Music making and understanding among newly arrived immigrant and refugee children

GM Howell

Journal article  |  2011  |  International Journal of Community Music

This article discusses issues of creative music making and understanding as they arose in the context of a music programme for new..

From imitation to invention: Issues and Strategies for the ESL Music Classroom

Gillian Howell

Journal article  |  2009  |  Musicworks: Journal of the Australian Council of Orff Schulwerk

For child immigrants and refugees to Australia, school can present a minefield of challenges to navigate, from unfamiliar language..