Contact Details
| Organization: | Melbourne Conservatorium of Music |
| Position: | Honorary (Principal Fellow) |
| Email: | |
| Work: | 83443009 |
| Mobile: | 0418329425 |
| Level: | 02 |
| Building: | 23 Royal Pde. |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Robin Stevens was formerly Associate Professor of Music Education in the School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Burwood Campus, and is now a Principal Fellow in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of the VCA and Music at The University of Melbourne.
Robin Stevens completed undergraduate degrees in music and in education and then a PhD (1978) at the University of Melbourne with a thesis on the history of school music in NSW and Victoria, 1848-1920. Reflecting his interest in music education history, Robin has published in The Australian Journal of Music Education, The International Journal of Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, and The Journal of Research in Music Education, as well as writing several historical entries in The Oxford Companion to Australian Music. He was Founding Editor of the Australian Online Journal of Arts Education, and is currently Research Editor of The Australian Journal of Music Education, Editor/Compiler of the Bibliography of Australian Music Education Research and a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Music Education—Research, Music Education Research International, Research Studies in Music Education. Australian Kodaly Journal and The Asia-Pacific Journal for Music Education.
Robin Stevens is a member of the History Standing Committee of the International Society for Music Education, is a past president of the Australian Association for Research in Music Education, and has been Chairperson and then Treasurer of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Society for Music Education. His university teaching involves pre-service teacher education, graduate and post-graduate music education courses, and supervision of Higher Degree by Research students in music education. He was Principal Investigator for the Music Council of Australia’s research project on 'Trends in School Music Education Provision in Australia' (2002-03) and has served as a member of the Steering Committee for the National Review of School Music Education (2004-05), on the Australian National Music Workshop Advisory Group (2006), and was Chair of the Australian Government’s Music Education Advisory Group in 2008-09.
He is co-editor of a book entitled Origins and Foundations of Music Education: Cross-cultural Historical Studies of Music in Compulsory Schooling (publsihed by Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, London, 2010) with Gordon Cox of the University of Reading.
Personal Email: robin.stevens@optusnet.com.au
University of Melbourne Email: r.stevens@unimelb.edu.au
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Music (School of School Music) | University of Melbourne | 21-Mar-1970 | |
| Bachelor of Education | University of Melbourne | 12-Aug-1972 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Melbourne | 11-Apr-1979 |
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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
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Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.