Associate
Professor Eugene Dairianathan
Eugene Dairianathan
was awarded a Research Scholarship by NTU to pursue his doctoral
studies in Music. The successful completion made him the first Ph.D.
Graduate in Music to be awarded by NTU in Singapore. Although his
initial training was in the specialization of Music Theory and
Analysis, he has worked in situations that have broadened
prior-acquired skills. His research interests have grown to encompass
interdisciplinary perspectives of Music, given his participation in
varied and diverse aspects of musics and
musical practices. Shortly after the award of the PhD in 1997, Eugene
was appointed Conference Secretariat to the Asian Music and Dance
Conference in Education and later acted as editor for the papers given
at that conference in a publication released in July 1999.
In 2000, he was invited to Gothenburg University,
Sweden, as their Visiting Scholar; and again in 2002 to participate in
a Music and Sociology Conference to make a presentation of musical
practices in Singapore. Later in 2002, Eugene was a co-recipient of a National
Arts Council Research Grant, A Narrative History of Music in Singapore;
1819 to the present. This culminated in a technical report which was
submitted to NAC in 2005. This opportunity has made him reposition his
research agenda in a life-long study of musical practices where
learning takes place in, about, by and for all known musical practices.
In 2002, Eugene was also invited to contribute a book chapter towards a
publication on Musicianship in the 21st century (Leong 2003). This book
chapter which has as its subject a non-music specialist constituency
enabled in improvisation has since allowed Eugene opportunities to
present at international conferences as well as have publications in
peer-reviewed international conference proceedings.
Eugene has organized many arts-related events at
NIE level, including an NIE-wide contribution to arts performances in
conjunction with National Day celebrations in 2000. Since 1997, he has
been responsible for organising concerts,
gallery exhibitions, theatre performances, traditional and contemporary
dance presentations, seminars, workshops and collaborative arts
performances under the ExxonMobil-NTU Explorations in the Arts Series.
His role in these arts-related events has also enabled interaction and
exchanges with local and locally-based international communities;
British Council, Goethe-Institut, Musica Viva Australia, American Chamber of Commerce
(Cultural Affairs), Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Armed Forces
(Music and Drama Company), Young Musicians Society, Singapore
Polytechnic and Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Education and Outreach).
Internationally, he was also invited to
participate at the Senior Managers Symposium of the European League of
the Institute of the Arts (ELIA) to share his views on leadership and
management; first to Los Angeles in 2003 and subsequently in Hong Kong
in December 2007. Eugene is currently Associate Professor and Music
coordinator in the Visual and Performing Arts Academic Group at NIE,
NTU.
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BOOK CHAPTERS
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Lum,
C.H., and Dairianathan, E. (IN-PRESS).
Coiffuring childhoods through 'Music'; reflexive and reflective
perspectives from Singapore. IN Wiggins, T., & Campbell, P.S.
(Eds.) (EDS.), Oxford Handbook of Children's Musical Cultures. New
York: Oxford University Press.New York: Oxford
University Press.
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Dairianathan,E. (2005). Cultural
dependence in question; an exploration of Musical practices of South
Indian film in Singapore. IN Bjornberg, A. Hallin, M., Lillestam,
L., Stockfelt, o. (ED.), Frispel, a Festschrift publication by
Goteborg University, Sweden, on the occasion of the sixtieth birthday
of Professor Olle Edstrom (PP.
174-192). Gothenburg: Gothenburg University, Sweden.
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Dairianthan,
E. (2003). Improvisation for non-specialist teachers
: an exploratory experience in the teaching and learning of
improvisation at tertiary level in Singapore. IN Leong, S. (ED.), Musicianship
in the 21st century: Issues, trends and possibilitiesSydney: Australian Music
Centre.
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BOOKS
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Dairianathan,
E. (ED.). (1999). Asian music and dance :
educational perspectives : a collection of papers given at the Asian
Music and Dance Conference in Education in Singapore, March 16-19,
1997 (PP. 114). Singapore: Photoplates Pte. Ltd..
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CONFERENCE PAPERS
PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS
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Dairianathan,
E., (2010, July). Lessons from Extreme metal musicians; a perspective
from Singapore. IN O'Flynn,J.,
CD-Rom, Dublin: St Patrick's College. (ED.)
Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology
of Music Education., 6, 0.
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Dairianathan,
E. & Stead, E.P. (2010, August). Improvisation as inventive
space. IN Sims, W. (ED.) Proceedings of the 29th ISME World
Conference, 0, tbc.
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Dairianathan,
E. and Lum, C.H. (2010, January). Vedic
metal: issues of local practice, popular music and education. IN
Dunbar Hall, P (ED.) CDIME10: Tenth International Conference on
Cultural Diversity in Music Education, Sydney, 11-13 January 2010
(pp. 32-38), 10, 32-38.
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Dairianathan,
E., and Stead, E.P. (2008, July). Improvisation and issues of formal
and informal learning; A perspective from Singapore. IN Sims, W.,
et.al, (ED.) 2008 ISME World Conference, 0, 0.
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Dairianathan,
E., (2007, April). Melete and Gymnasia: a
perspective from Singapore on Improvisation for non-music specialist
teachers, Singapore.. IN Artistic and
Creative Education, Melbourne Graduate School of Education,
University of Melbourne (ED.) Dialogues and Differences: Beyond
the Generic, Beyond the Differences Arts Education Symposium,
University of Melbourne, April 2006 Symposium Proceedings, 0,
1-11.
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Dairianathan,
E., (2007, July). Improvisation as cultural recreation; a perspective
from non-music specialist teachers in Singapore. IN Boddington, A., and Clews, D., (Eds.) (ED.) Teachers'
Academy Papers, ELIA Teachers' Academy, University of Brighton,
England, July 11-14, University of Brighton, Burlington Press., 0,
143-147.
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Dairianathan,
E. (2007, July). Vedic-Metal: Global/Local Identity in Extreme Metal
in the South Indian Community in Singapore. IN Autralian
Society for Music Educators (ED.) Celebrating Musical Communities,
0, 81-84.
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Dairianathan,
E. (2006, July). The Wind Band Ensemble, Music and Education; a
perspective from Singapore. IN Sims, W.L. and Tahir,
R. (ED.) Sentuhan ISME 2006
proceedings, 27, 303-315.
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Dairianathan,
E., and Stead, E.P., (2006, July). Improvisation as real-time
thinking and rehearsal; an exploratory study in Singapore. IN Sims,
W.L. and Tahir, R. (ED.) Sentuhan ISME 2006 proceedings, 0,
316-333.
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Dairianathan,
E. and Lincoln P. (2005, May). New Media in Education; dialogue and
dialectic. IN City University of New York. (ED.) "Share,
Share Widely" (SSW) conference on May 6, 2005, 0, 0.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS
WITHOUT PROCEEDINGS
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Dairianathan,
E. (2005, July). The Band in Singapore: presence and practice.
PAPER PRESENTED AT WASBE International Conference, Singapore.
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Dairianathan,
E (2002, August). Musical Practices in Singapore; a beginning.
PAPER PRESENTED AT Music and Sociology Conference, 8-10 August 2002,
Gothenburg, Sweden. The Conference was sponsored by the Swedish Board
of Science, Royal Academy of Music and Musicology Department of
Gothenburg University, Sweden., Gothenburg.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Dairianathan,
E., & Chia, W. K. (2010). Shuo Chang:
Giving voice to and through Xinyao, a
musical practice in Singapore. UNESCO Observatory E-journal, 2,(1),
N.A.
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Dairianathan,
E. (2009). Vedic metal and the South Indian community in Singapore:
problems and prospects of identity. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies,
Volume 10,(4), 585 - 608.
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Dairianathan,
E. and Chia, W. K (2007). Xinyao: Questions
of Culture. Nanyang Humanities
Series, 4,(), 147-162.
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Dairianathan,
E., (2006). The Wind Band Ensemble in Singapore; Presence and
Practice. WASBE International Journal, 13,(),
31-50.
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PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES
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Dairianathan,
E. (2005, November). Business Times Pop and Rock popularise
Religious Malay Music, , 0, 0.
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Dairianathan,
E. (2003, January). Esplanade Arts Magazine Summoning Spirits of
the New Millenium, ,
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TECHNICAL REPORTS OR
MONOGRAPHS
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Dairianathan,
E., and Phan, M.Y., (2005, September). A
Narrative history of music in Singapore 1819 to the present. R&D
Project Report, National Arts Council, Singapore (based on NAC
R&D Grant awarded in 2002. , , 400.
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WORKSHOPS AND
SEMINARS
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Suriani
bte. Rahmat Rajendran C. Lee J. Dairianathan
E. (2010, March). Forum on the Implementation of Creative
Activities in the Arts Education Classroom.
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Contact Details
E-mail: eugene.d@nie.edu.sg
Telephone: (65) 67903552
Fax:
(65) 6 896 9143
Address:
A/P Eugene Dairianathan
National Institute of
Education
1 Nanyang
Walk
Singapore 637616
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