Profiles
Anne-Marie Forbes
Anne-Marie Forbes
Director, Creative Arts and Health
Music | School of Creative Arts and Media
Hobart CBD Campuses
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Forbes is a performer and musicologist researching the benefits of the creative arts for mental and physical wellbeing.
"Singing has made a huge difference to my own respiratory function and wellbeing, I’d like to share that with others"
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Anne-Marie Forbes is conducting research which is demonstrating that engagement with the arts activates many regions of the brain, and can help to reinforce and build new neural connections at every age and stage of development.
“The contribution that the arts can play in building connections between people, mitigating stress, developing qualities of resilience and improving mental and physical wellbeing gives my current work as a musician, teacher and researcher, a true imperative,” said Associate Professor Forbes.
She is currently working with colleagues form the Faculty of Education, investigating the benefits of participating in Tasmanian Youth Orchestra ensembles. From the research, support materials will be developed for youth orchestras to foster strength and coping skills among teenagers.
“Identifying and reducing barriers to arts participation and optimising benefits to health and wellbeing are key aspects of my developing research.”
Associate Professor Forbes was reading music before she learnt to read words, and began singing in adult choirs from the age of ten. “Singing the alto solo in Purcell’s Bell Anthem when I was thirteen had me hooked for life,” she said. She remains active in church music in Hobart as a performer and conductor.
Her studies took her to both Australia and the United States, where she studied both performance and musicology, before completing her PhD at the University of Queensland. She has been with the University of Tasmania for 21 years, teaching and researching at the Conservatorium of Music and the School of Creative Arts and Media.
Associate Professor Forbes’ current area of research was largely influenced by a trip to the United Kingdom, where she met with leading researchers in the arts and health and joined in their projects. She describes the experience as truly “life-changing”.
“I have a lot of experience as a visiting musician in health settings and seeing the joy that music can bring inspired and informed my transition to arts in health.”
Over the past few years, she has developed a new interdisciplinary area in the emerging field of Creative Arts and Health. A suite of fully-online units now form the core of the Diploma of Creative Arts and Health, led by Associate Professor Forbes, which was first offered in 2020.
When reflecting on her teaching practice, Associate Professor Forbes believes that the fostering of curiosity is a key element of successful learning.
“Whatever I am teaching, I aim to find those sparks that encourage students to want to find out more, which in turn develops a deeper understanding, along with the research and critical thinking skills, that underpin learning throughout life.”
“I believe that learning and teaching are in a reciprocal relationship and I think I often learn more from my students than I think they learn from me.” It is a relationship particularly noticeable when teaching Creative Arts and Health. “Many students are returning to study and bring a wealth of experience from arts or care sectors that enhance the learning experience for all of us.”
Associate Professor Forbes’ abundant career has seen her receive a Vice Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2013), be awarded the 2018 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching, and in 2020 becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health in recognition of her leadership in developing fields of Arts and Health in Australia.
Associate Professor Anne-Marie Forbes joined the staff at the Conservatorium of Music, School of Creative Arts and Media in 2000. Her research initially focussed on British and Australian music and she has an international reputation as a musicologist and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in this field and on choral music and vocal performance. She has published three major editions of vocal works of Fritz Hart and has co-edited Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) with Paul Watt (Monash University), and Heart’s Ease: Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener with June Boyce-Tillman (University of Winchester). Passionately concerned with the potential of the performing and visual arts to improve mental and physical wellbeing, she has led the development of a new interdisciplinary area, Creative Arts and Health, with associated teaching programs and research projects based in the School of Creative Arts and Media. Her achievements and advocacy in this field have been recognised internationally, and she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health in 2020. A highly experienced supervisor she has developed a nationally distinctive Graduate Research program enabling innovative research through creative practice. She has supervised over 30 PhD and Masters candidates to completion.
Biography
Associate Professor Forbes completed both a Master of Arts and a Master of Music in the United States before returning to Australia and undertaking doctoral studies at the University of Queensland. Her PhD research focussed on manifestations of Celticism in British opera in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In 1995 she was appointed as a lecturer in musicology at the University of Queensland, and in 2000 was appointed to the University of Tasmania Conservatorium. Her research interests are wide ranging, drawing on a background in music, literature, and interests in visual arts, and health sciences. These diverse interests have come together in her design and development of an innovative curriculum and approach to fully online delivery with a suite of units that form the core of the internationally distinctive Diploma of Creative Arts and Health. She received a Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2013 and in 2018 was the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health in 2020.
Her research publications include books and numerous journal articles, in both musicology and in the area of music, health and wellbeing. Her current research projects include an investigation of the role of music ensemble participation in the building of youth resilience; a project in the arts, spirituality and wellbeing; and research on Australian and British music of the twentieth century.
She has also performed as a contralto soloist in opera and oratorio in the United States and Australia and has a particular research and performing interest in choral music. She has conducted Anglican treble and adult choirs and is a regular cantor at All Saint's Anglican church, South Hobart and member and President of Allegri Ensemble, Hobart’s leading chamber choir. Drawing on extensive experience as a performer and conductor, she has published on a range of sacred choral music including works of Venetian composer, Antonio Lotti, and of the twentieth-century English composer, John Tavener, as well as aspects of performativity associated with solo vocal performance.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Title of Thesis | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Celticism in British Opera of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries | University of Queensland | Australia | 1993 |
| MMus (Performance) | Kansas State University | United States | 1985 | |
| MA (Musicology) | Motivic Unity in Vaughan Williams' Pilgrim's Progress | University of Iowa | United States | 1984 |
| BMus | University of Adelaide | Australia | 1981 |
Languages (other than English)
Good reading knowledge of German. Basic knowledge of Portuguese and French
Memberships
Professional practice
- Royal Society for Public Health
- Musicological Society of Australia
- Royal Musical Association
- International Society for Music Education
- Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association
- British Association for Music Therapy
Committee associations
- Musicological Society of Australia – President Tasmania Chapter
- Musicological Society of Australia – National Committee
- Scientific committee Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing International
- Editorial committee Musicology Australia
- Allegri Ensemble Inc. – President
Administrative expertise
Anne-Marie spent 8 years as Deputy Head of Conservatorium and lengthy periods as Acting Head, managing budgets, staff and providing academic leadership. She has led course design and development of Honours and Postgraduate courses and the development of interdisciplinary units and courses in Creative Arts and Health. She has led interdisciplinary research projects involving external partners and collaborations with aged care institutions, and the Department of Health and Human Services involving ethics approvals, grant applications and successful acquittals. She was the coordinator of Graduate Research and Honours for seventeen years and is currently the Discipline Lead for Creative Arts and Health, coordinating the Diploma of Creative Arts and Health, the Bachelor of Arts major in Creative Arts and Health, and the coordinator of Musicology,
As President of the Musicological Society of Australia Tasmania Chapter and in previous roles as National Treasurer and National Secretary, as well as with Allegri Ensemble Inc. she has had experiencing in managing budgets, developing databases, communication strategies and the organisation of major public events and conferences.
Teaching
Creative Arts and Health, Early Music, Twentieth-century music, Performance Practice
Teaching expertise
- Creative Arts and Health
- Music History
- Musicology
- Performance practice
- Research methodologies for Music and for Arts and Health
Teaching responsibility
Course Coordinator
Coordination of Music and Creative Arts & Health units
- The Arts and Dementia Care (FXA100)
- Creativity for Life (FXA101)
- Music, Mind and Body (FXA300)
- Arts in the Community (FXA301)
- Perspectives of the Arts on Health and Wellbeing (FXA302)
- Topics in Music 1 (FCA442)
- Topics in Music 2 (FCA443)
Current teaching
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Expertise
- British Music
- Australian Music
- Sacred choral music
- Music and liturgy
- Music analysis
- Hymnography
- Choral conducting
- Vocal performance
- Respiratory training
- Creative Arts and Health
Research Themes
The main research that has been undertaken by Associate Professor Forbes relates specifically to the university research theme of Creativity, Culture and Society enfolding notions of national distinctiveness and postcolonial legacy in the influence of British music on the development of Australian composition and musical infrastructure in the first half of the twentieth century. The place and influence of Fritz Hart, an English composer who spent over 25 years as director of the Albert St Conservatorium in Melbourne and became conductor of the newly-formed Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, is of great significance to the development of cultural capital in Australia. She is working with Dr Susan Collins on an editing and recording project of violin works of Fritz Hart.
Her research into liturgical music focuses on restoration of works to the performance repertory and the study of creativity in the context of the theology of music in religious practice. She has also collaborated with Associate Professor Heather Monkhouse on research into aspects of tertiary music education and has collaborated in the research area of 'Better Health' with team of neurologists from Brazil and is developing research in association with community-based music therapists and arts providers.
Collaboration
- Guest editor of Australasian Music Research vol. 8
- Collaboration with Dr Paul Watt (Monash) as joint editor of Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015)
- Collaboration with Professor Peter Tregear (ANU) on jointly authored book concerned with composer Fritz Hart.
- Collaboration with Dr Heather Monkhouse on benefits of ensemble participation for tertiary and community-based musicians.
- Work with Cochrane Collaboration Neurology group and work with a team of neurologists (Pedrosa, Silva, Azevedo et al) from Brazil on review article on respiratory training for adults and children with neuromuscular disease.
Current projects
- Musical contribution of Fritz Bennicke Hart and his construction of cultural identity
- British folksong settings of Percy Grainger
- Liturgical music in the Anglican tradition
- Sacred vocal works of Hideki Chihara
- Benefits of singing for health and wellbeing
Fields of Research
- Musicology and ethnomusicology (360306)
- Urban sociology and community studies (441016)
- Globalisation and culture (470210)
Research Objectives
- The performing arts (130104)
- Expanding knowledge in human society (280123)
- Understanding Australia's past (130703)
Publications
Total publications
65
Highlighted publications
(7 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Journal Article | Baker WJ, Forbes A-M, Earle J, 'Youth orchestra participation and perceived benefit: A pilot study of the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra', Australian Journal of Music Education, 53, (1) pp. 3-16. ISSN 0004-9484 (2020) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Baker WJ; Earle J | |
| 2020 | Book | Boyce-Tillman J, Forbes AM, 'Heart's Ease: Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener', Peter Lang Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 332. ISBN 9781788747493 (2020) [Edited Book] | |
| 2020 | Chapter in Book | Forbes A-M, Monkhouse H, 'The Rise of the Symphonic Poem in Glasgow, 1879-1916: A Documentary History', The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950, The Boydell Press, M Allis and P Watt (ed), UK, pp. 147-177. ISBN 9781783275281 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2019 | Journal Article | Silva IS, Pedrosa R, Azevedo IG, Forbes AM, Fregonezi GAF, et al., 'Respiratory muscle training in children and adults with neuromuscular disease', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (9) pp. 1-86. ISSN 1469-493X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011711 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 22 | |
| 2015 | Chapter in Book | Forbes AM, 'Out of old mythologies: Joseph Holbrooke and Thomas Evelyn Ellis', Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot, Rowman and Littlefield, P Watt and A-M Forbes (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 41-59. ISBN 978-0810888913 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Book | Watt P, Forbes AM, 'Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot', Rowman and Littlefield, United Kingdom, pp. 329. ISBN 9780810888913 (2015) [Edited Book] | |
| 2014 | Journal Article | Forbes AM, 'Sorrowful Voices: Performing Mahler's Kindertotenlieder', Musicology Australia, 36, (2) pp. 235-253. ISSN 0814-5857 (2014) [Refereed Article] |
Journal Article
(16 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | O Luain BS, Forbes AM, 'Sounds from foreign shores: non-traditional string instruments and the Irish folk music movement 1960-1979', Musicology Australia ISSN 0814-5857 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/08145857.2021.2004490 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: O Luain BS | |
| 2020 | Baker WJ, Forbes A-M, Earle J, 'Youth orchestra participation and perceived benefit: A pilot study of the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra', Australian Journal of Music Education, 53, (1) pp. 3-16. ISSN 0004-9484 (2020) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Baker WJ; Earle J | |
| 2019 | Silva IS, Pedrosa R, Azevedo IG, Forbes AM, Fregonezi GAF, et al., 'Respiratory muscle training in children and adults with neuromuscular disease', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (9) pp. 1-86. ISSN 1469-493X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011711 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 22 | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, 'Notions of the universal and spiritual in Percy Grainger's early British folk-song settings', Nineteenth Century Music Review pp. 1-20. ISSN 1479-4098 (2018) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2018 | Walters S, Forbes AM, 'Lost and found: editing and performing a quartet attributed to Krause from the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Notenarchiv', Context, 43 pp. 13-27. ISSN 1038-4006 (2018) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Walters S | |
| 2016 | Philpott C, Forbes AM, 'From the outside: Helpmann, Nolan and Williamson's Australian ballet, The Display (1964)', Context: A Journal of Music Research, 40 pp. 17-34. ISSN 1038-4006 (2016) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Philpott C | |
| 2015 | Monkhouse H, Forbes AM, 'The Use of YouTube to Improve Students' Acuity and Analytic Skills in Discussion of Issues in Music Performance', Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal, 6, (3) pp. 1964-1970. ISSN 2040-2589 (2015) [Refereed Article] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2015 | Pedrosa R, Silva IS, Azevedo IG, Forbes AM, Fregonezi GAF, et al., 'Respiratory muscle training in children and adults with neuromuscular disease', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (5) pp. 1-14. ISSN 1469-493X (2015) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011711 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 3 | |
| 2014 | Forbes AM, 'Sorrowful Voices: Performing Mahler's Kindertotenlieder', Musicology Australia, 36, (2) pp. 235-253. ISSN 0814-5857 (2014) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2011 | Forbes AM, ''Songs of Experience': The contribution of Fritz Hart', CHOMBEC, (10) pp. 8-9. ISSN 1751-3308 (2011) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2009 | Forbes AM, 'The local impact of an international celebrity: Fritz Kreisler in Australasia', Musicology Australia , 31 pp. 1-16. ISSN 0814-5857 (2009) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2004 | Forbes AM, 'Introduction (Editorial)', Australasian Music Research, 8, (2003) pp. vii-ix. ISSN 1325-5266 (2004) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2004 | Forbes AM, 'Music and the Australasian Media', 8, (1) pp. 1-120. ISSN 1325-5266 (2004) [Edited Journal] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Grainger in Edwardian London', Australasian Music Research, 5, (2000) pp. 1-16. ISSN 1325-5266 (2001) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Music at an Exhibition: A Case Study of the Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1894-1895', Context, 19, (2000) pp. 57-64. ISSN 1038-4006 (2001) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Fritz Hart: choral works for female voices', Sing Out, 17, (1) pp. 17-19. ISSN 0818-0555 (2001) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] |
Book
(5 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Boyce-Tillman J, Forbes AM, 'Heart's Ease: Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener', Peter Lang Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 332. ISBN 9781788747493 (2020) [Edited Book] | |
| 2015 | Watt P, Forbes AM, 'Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot', Rowman and Littlefield, United Kingdom, pp. 329. ISBN 9780810888913 (2015) [Edited Book] | |
| 2005 | Forbes AM, 'Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) AE songs: settings of the poems by AE (George William Russell)', University of Melbourne, Centre for Studies in Australian Music, Melbourne, pp. 155. ISBN 0734030614 (2005) [Edited Book] | |
| 2000 | Forbes AM, 'Fritz Bennicke Hart: Herrick Songs', Centre for Studies in Australian Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 218. ISBN 0734020309 (2000) [Authored Research Book] | |
| 1999 | Forbes AM, 'Fritz Bennicke Hart - Selected Works for Women's Chorus', Marshall-Hall Trust, Centre for Studies in Australian Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 78. ISBN 0734016018 (1999) [Authored Research Book] |
Chapter in Book
(9 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Forbes A, 'Tavener and Taverner: Choral Perspectives on the Holy Trinity', Heart's Ease: Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener, Peter Lang Publishing, J Boyce-Tillman and A Forbes (ed), Oxford, UK, pp. 97-112. ISBN 9781788747486 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Forbes A, 'Spiritual Echoes of Love: John Tavener's 'Three Hymns of George Herbert', Heart's Ease: Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener, Peter Lang Publishing, J Boyce-Tillman and A Forbes (ed), Oxford, UK, pp. 169-182. ISBN 9781788747486 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2020 | Forbes A-M, Monkhouse H, 'The Rise of the Symphonic Poem in Glasgow, 1879-1916: A Documentary History', The Symphonic Poem in Britain, 1850-1950, The Boydell Press, M Allis and P Watt (ed), UK, pp. 147-177. ISBN 9781783275281 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2015 | Forbes AM, 'Out of old mythologies: Joseph Holbrooke and Thomas Evelyn Ellis', Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot, Rowman and Littlefield, P Watt and A-M Forbes (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 41-59. ISBN 978-0810888913 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2015 | Watt P, Forbes AM, 'Situating Holbrooke in British Musical History', Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic and Musical Patriot, Rowman and Littlefield, P Watt and A-M Forbes (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 1-9. ISBN 978-0810888913 (2015) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Forbes AM, 'Doctoral Research through Music Performance', Doctoral Writing in the Creative and Performing Arts, Libri Publishing, Ravelli L, Paltridge B and Starfiled S (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 263-280. ISBN 9781909818477 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2009 | Forbes AM, 'Holding an Island Captive: Fritz Kreisler's Australian Tour of 1925', Musical Islands: Exploring Connections between Music, Place and Research, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Mackinlay & Bartleet (ed), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, pp. 189-204. ISBN 978-1-4438-0956-6 (2009) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Forbes AM, 'An expatriate Englishman: Fritz Hart in Australia', In: The Soundscapes of Australia: Music Place and Spritituality, Ashgate, Fiona Richards (ed), Burlington VT, pp. 199-212. ISBN 978-0-7546-4072-1 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2004 | Forbes AM, 'A Venetian Festal Gloria: Antonio Lotti's Gloria in D Major', In; Music Research, New Directions for a New Century, Cambridge, M Ewans, R Halton & JA Phillips (ed), Buckinghamshire, pp. 253-263. ISBN 1-904303-35-8 (2004) [Research Book Chapter] |
Review
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Forbes AM, 'Experiencing Music Restoring the Spiritual: Music as Well-being', Musicology Australia, 39, (1) pp. 65-67. ISSN 0814-5857 (2017) [Review Single Work] | |
| 2017 | Forbes AM, 'Christopher Redwood. William Hurlstone: Croydon's Forgotten Musical Genius', NABMSA Reviews, 5, (2) pp. 17-19. ISSN 2377-2573 (2017) [Review Single Work] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Bruce Steele and Richard Divall (eds) Henry Handel Richardson: The Music vols 1 and 2', Musicology Australia, 24, (1) pp. 100-103. (2001) [Review Single Work] |
Conference Publication
(11 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tesch L, Ayton J, Kirkland G, Forbes A, Jose M, 'Stories and journeys: understanding the experience of living with kidney disease and receiving hemodialysis through storytelling', pp. 28-29. ISSN 1320-5358 (2020) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Tesch L; Ayton J; Kirkland G; Jose M | |
| 2019 | Tesch L, Forbes A-M, 'The benefits of creative arts programs for people receiving renal dialysis', Proceedings of the 15th National Rural Health Conference, 24-29 March 2019, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1-9. (2019) [Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Tesch L | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, Vreugdenhil A, Goldberg L, Wood-Baker R, Morse A, 'Assessment of the effects of singing on respiratory function and wellbeing in people with dementia', 5th International Conference of the International Association for Music and Medicine: Final Program and Abstract Book, 7-10 June 2018, Barcelona Spain, pp. 51-52. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Vreugdenhil A; Goldberg L; Wood-Baker R | |
| 2017 | Forbes AM, Monkhouse H, 'Teaching creative arts for older adults in an online environment', Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2017), 24-27 April 2017, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 43. ISBN 978-1-908320-84-1 (2017) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2017 | Monkhouse H, Forbes AM, 'Perceptions of tertiary music students on the benefits of ensemble activities', Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2017), 24-27 April 2017, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 80. ISBN 978-1-908320-84-1 (2017) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2014 | Monkhouse H, Forbes AM, 'Embodied Learning in an Orchestral Setting', 31st ISME World Conference on Music Education Abstracts, 20th -25th July, Brazil, pp. 138. (2014) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Monkhouse H | |
| 2013 | Forbes AM, 'Spiritual transcendence and the stilo antico of Antonio Lotti', re-Visions- Proceedings of the New Zealand Musicological Society and the Musicological Society of Australia Joint Conference, 2-4 December 2010, New Zealand, pp. 238-245. ISBN 978-0-473-24221-3 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2011 | Forbes AM, 'In the Service of shadows :music and the liturgy of Tenebrae', The Power of Music Abstracts (34th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and the 2nd International Conference on Music and Emotion, 30th Nov - 3rd Dec, University of Western Australia, pp. 44. (2011) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2009 | Forbes AM, 'A Bridge to Another World', Bridges:, September 26-28, 2009, Newcastle Conservatorium, pp. 38-39. ISBN 978-0-646-52219-7 (2009) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2007 | Forbes AM, 'The impact of Musical celebrity in Australia: Fritz Kreisler's 1925 tour', Islands Music Research in Australia and New Zealand Conference Program and Extracts, 22-25 November 2007, Griffith University Brisbane, pp. 45. (2007) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Fritz Hart: Melbourne's Celtic Composer-in-Residence', Origins and Revivals: Proceedings of the first Australian conference of Celtic Studies, July 1992, Sydney, pp. 371-8. ISBN 1 86487 380 9 (2001) [Refereed Conference Paper] |
Major Creative Work
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Forbes AM, O'Neill D, 'Wither's Hymnes and Songs of the Church', All Saint's Anglican Church South Hobart (2011) [Performance] | |
| 2010 | Forbes AM, Davidson BB, 'Rossini Messe Solennelle', Town Hall - Hobart (2010) [Performance] Co-authors: Davidson BB | |
| 2009 | Forbes AM, 'Ave Verum ', Banska Bystrica Academy, Slovakia (2009) [Performance] |
Other Creative Work
(9 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Forbes AM, 'Pergolesi Stabat Mater', All Saints' Church South Hobart, Hobart, Australia, pp. 7 movts - contralto solo, duets with sop (2022) [Performance Practice] | |
| 2019 | Forbes AM, 'Campra, Humphry, Handel as guest artist with Musica Dolce', St George's Anglican Church, Battery Point, Tasmania (22 April 2018), pp. 3 (2019) [Performance Practice] | |
| 2019 | Forbes AM, 'Ave Regina Coelorum', St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, pp. 11 (2019) [Minor Creative Work] | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, 'A Boy was Born', St David's Cathedral Hobart and Holy Trinity Launceston, Hobart and Launceston, pp. 18 pieces (2018) [Performance Practice] | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, O'Neill D, O'Neill S, 'At the Foot of the Cross - excerpts from Pergolesi Stabat Mater', All Saints Anglican Church, Hobart, pp. 8 (2018) [Performance Practice] | |
| 2017 | Forbes AM, 'Palestrina: Prince of Polyphony', All Saint's Hobart; Holy Trinity Launceston, Hobart, pp. 12 (2017) [Catalogue] | |
| 2017 | Forbes AM, 'Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil op.37', Festival of Voices, Hobart, pp. 10 pages, single booklet (2017) [Catalogue] | |
| 2017 | Forbes AM, Bainbridge Andrew, 'Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil op.37', Festival of Voices St David's Cathedral, Hobart, pp. 1 (2017) [Performance Practice] | |
| 2016 | Forbes AM, Bainbridge A, 'Nares The Souls of the Righteous soloist in Saints & Angels with Allegri Ensemble', All Saint's Church Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 16 (2016) [Performance Practice] |
Entry
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Holbrooke, Joseph', New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed., Stanley Sadie (ed), London, 11, pp. 615-6 (2001) [Entry] | |
| 2001 | Forbes AM, 'Hart, Fritz', The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed., Stanley Sadie (ed), London, 11, pp. 73-4 (2001) [Entry] |
Other Public Output
(7 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Baker WJ, Forbes AM, Earle JM, 'Youth orchestra participation and perceived benefit - A pilot study of the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra: Final Report', Launceston: University of Tasmania (2019) [Government or Industry Research] Co-authors: Baker WJ; Earle JM | |
| 2019 | Forbes AM, 'Health and singing: interview conducted by Gabrielle Martinovich for article 'You're the Voice'', MiNDFOOD, McHugh Media, Australia, March 1, pp. 48-49. (2019) [Media Interview] | |
| 2019 | Forbes AM, 'Interview by Paul McIntyre for 'Use It or Lose It'', Penguin, UK (2019) [Media Interview] | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, 'Drive: Interview with Piia Wirsu', ABC Northern Tasmania Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Tasmania, 23 May 2018 (2018) [Media Interview] | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, 'Health benefits of singing in a choir: ABC Radio interview with Helen Shield', Your Afternoon, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia, July 3 (2018) [Media Interview] | |
| 2012 | Forbes AM, 'Thrilling ride in united pursuit of artistic goals brings smiles all round', The Australian - Arts, The Australian, Surry Hills, NSW, March 7, 2012 (2012) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2002 | Forbes AM, ''Forbes revives the fortunes of Lotti' by Elizabeth Delaney', Sunday Tasmanian, Mercury, Hobart, October 6, 2002 (2002) [Media Interview] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
7
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- The Tasmanian Youth Orchestra (TYO), working with UTAS, will collaboratively develop, trial and publish evidence-based resources supporting teachers/community youth arts workers to purposefully develop resilience in young Tasmanians.
- Funding
- Tasmanian Community Fund ($18,891)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Tasmanian Youth Orchestra
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; Forbes AM; McLeod K
- Period
- 2019 - 2021
- Description
- Singapore and Australia are both Asia-Pacific countries, yet their orchestras share a western music traditions. They have highly-regarded youth orchestras enabling young musicians to play music at high levels in nurturing environments. This project investigates best practice in these organisations.
- Funding
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ($30,409)
- Scheme
- Grant-Australia-ASEAN Council
- Administered By
- Tasmanian Youth Orchestra
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; Forbes AM; McLeod K
- Year
- 2019
- Description
- Social isolation amongst young people in regional areas is a problem for the Tasmanian community. Whilst our world has become more 'connected' through technology, issues of social isolation persist, with rural and regional young people's wellbeing and resilience becoming a serious concern for researchers (Houghton, Hattie, Carroll, Wood, & Baffour, 2016; Noble-Carr, Barker, McArthur & Woodman, 2014). Participation in youth orchestras offers unique opportunities for young people to develop social networks and employability skills such as creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking (Jefferson & Anderson, 2017). Anecdotal evidence suggests youth orchestras support the development of young people's resiliency and self-esteem, however little research has been conducted to identify these impacts and the enablers and barriers to young people's participation. The research team comprised of Faculty of Education, School of Social Sciences and School of Creative Arts researchers with principal partner the TYO, along with ASME (Tas), TMTA and AMEB will address these questions: 1. How does a Youth Orchestra enable young people to develop their social agency, resilience and wellbeing?2. What role do community stakeholders, such as family members, teachers and peers play in the development of an accessible and socially inclusive Youth Orchestra? 3. What are the enablers and barriers to young people participating in a Tasmanian Youth Orchestra?This project will foster collaboration between researchers and industry partners and build research capacity via mentoring.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($11,910)
- Scheme
- Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Baker WJ; Hunter M; McLeod K; Forbes AM; Monkhouse H; McCarthy RJ; Howard CA
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- This project is a pilot study of the potential of group singing to improve respiratory function and wellbeing for people with dementia.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($9,765)
- Scheme
- Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Forbes AM; Goldberg LR; Vreugdenhil AJ; Smithies KE
- Year
- 2017
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($9,793)
- Scheme
- Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Forbes AM; Tatman LA
- Year
- 2010
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($8,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Forbes AM
- Year
- 2003
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($7,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Forbes AM
- Year
- 2002
Research Supervision
Current
10
Completed
35
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Songwriting Deconstructed: Uncloaking the mechanisms of an enigmatic craft | 2017 |
| PhD | Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Creative Arts in Health Care Environments | 2018 |
| PhD | A Comparative Approach to the Violin Works of Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) and his RCM Contemporaries (William Hurlstone, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams) | 2019 |
| PhD | Using the Arts and Creativity to Promote Wellbeing and Better Health | 2020 |
| PhD | Investigating the Australian Sound in Australian Extreme Metal | 2021 |
| PhD | Lester Young's Improvisational Language and its Influence | 2021 |
| PhD | Tardigrade | 2021 |
| PhD | Bringing The Pieces Together exploring the influence of past practice and experience on the creative process of writing and recording a new album | 2022 |
| Masters | Changing faces: a qualitative visual art and health research project exploring how therapeutic photography and photovoice can serve as mediums to examine identity and wellbeing in women undergoing significant reconstructive facial surgery | 2022 |
| Masters | The role, influence, and place of British folk music in contemporary Australian performances | 2022 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | The Drummer's Discourse: An exploration of rhythmic syntax for the enhancement of phrasing within improvised drumset performance Candidate: Aaron McCoullough | 2021 |
| PhD | Old and New: Musical characteristics and effects of the Irish folk music movement of the twentieth century Candidate: Brendan Joseph Lamb | 2021 |
| PhD | A Systematic Approach to Bowing and its Application in Violin Playing Candidate: Khalida Zoe De Ridder | 2020 |
| PhD | Editing and Performance of Selected Works for Bassoon from the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Archive Candidate: Simone Frances Walters | 2020 |
| PhD | Sing a New Song: The forging of a new Monastic musical voice in Post-Vatican II Australia Candidate: Peter Julian Lynch | 2019 |
| PhD | An Applied Investigation of Ian Pearce's Mature Output: Interpretation and reinterpretation of traditional jazz within a Tasmanian context Candidate: Matthew Joshua Boden | 2019 |
| Masters | Form, Content, Craft and the Individual Lyric Candidate: Stephen Desmond Jenkins | 2018 |
| Masters | Teaching the Colourstrings Violinist: Student development through and beyond colourstrings Candidate: David Sanzone | 2018 |
| Masters | Interpreting Selected Violin Works by Gyrgy Kurtg Candidate: Alethea Joy Coombe | 2018 |
| PhD | Free Improvisation in the Context of Repertoire Interpretation: An applied investigation of Derek Bailey's Ballads Candidate: Damien Paul Kingston | 2018 |
| PhD | Completing the Circle: The flute music of Gergely Ittzs Candidate: Angus James McPherson | 2016 |
| PhD | The Reception of the Music of Gustav Holst In Australia 1900 - 1950 Candidate: Christopher Allen Dunn | 2015 |
| PhD | If Music and Sweet Poetry Agree: The Marriage of Two Art-Forms, with Particular Emphasis on Inflection, Speech Rhythm & Inflection, Dramatic Intensity and Musical Coherence Candidate: Ralph Middenway | 2015 |
| PhD | Stringshift - Solo Guitar Improvisation: Process, methodology and practice Candidate: Anthony Lamont Garcia | 2015 |
| PhD | Piano Transcription as Translation in Music: Cross-Genre Adaptations Candidate: Vicky Chia-Yi Yang | 2014 |
| PhD | Escapee Gloss: A Symphony of Polymedia Candidate: Brigid Burke Rigo | 2014 |
| PhD | Historical Developments in Writing for Low Horn Candidate: Robert James Stonestreet | 2014 |
| PhD | The simplification of complex notation presented in aleatoric forms Candidate: Scott Ean McIntyre | 2013 |
| PhD | The Digital Piano Accordion: A Modern Instrument for Traditional and Contemporary Performance Contexts Candidate: Bradley Donald Voltz | 2012 |
| PhD | Interpreting the Flute Works of Jean Francaix (1912-1997) Candidate: Abby Bridgett Grace Fraser | 2011 |
| PhD | An Australian Composer Abroad: Malcolm Williamson and the Projection of an Australian Identity Candidate: Carolyn Jan Philpott | 2010 |
| Masters | Toward An Understanding Of The Madrigal in Sixteenth Century Spain: A Case Study of the Manuscript MadM 6829 Candidate: Rachel Marguerite Meyers | 2009 |
| PhD | The Role of Jan Sedivka in the Development of Australian Contemporary String Music Candidate: Elinor Frances Morrisby | 2009 |
| PhD | National Dance and Folk Elements in Argentine Cello Compositions Candidate: Penelope Alice Witt | 2008 |
| Masters | The Development and Investigation of a Model for Introducing Jazz Education to Secondary School Ensembles Candidate: Paul William Rettke | 2008 |
| PhD | The Transculturisation of African American Gospel Music: The Context and Culture of Gospel Traditions in Australian Gospel Music Candidate: Andrew Francis John Legg | 2008 |
| PhD | East Meets West: Technical Solutions to Cross-cultural Performance Practice Issues in Violin Concertos by Larry Sitsky and Tan Dun Candidate: Ka Wong | 2008 |
| PhD | The Development of the French Violin Sonata (1860-1910) Candidate: David Roger Le Guen | 2007 |
| PhD | Technical Demands of Selected Contemporary Works for Violin Candidate: Ang-Cheng Kris Ho | 2006 |
| PhD | Illuminating Musical Lifeworlds: Phenomenological narratives of the musical lifeworlds of five senior secondary school students Candidate: David Malcolm Cleaver | 2004 |
| PhD | The Cimmerian and the Elysian: How musical and extra-musical models and expressive ethos affect the compositional process Candidate: Adam Brantley Hill | 2004 |
| PhD | "These Sad, Distracted Tymes": The Impact of the civil War and Interregnum on English Music, c.1640 to c.1660 Candidate: Bronwyn Irene Ellis | 2004 |
| Masters | Bringing new works to life: collaboration and interpretation in the performance, recording and editing of new works for guitar Candidate: David Francis Malone | 2003 |
| PhD | A poetics of convergence in music Candidate: Raffaele Marcellino | 2002 |
| PhD | Contribution of Jan Sedivka Candidate: Marina Louise Phillips | 2002 |