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Associate Professor Glenda Keam

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Department: Humanities and Creative Arts

Email: glenda.keam@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

Now more than ever we need to think critically and approach our choices creatively, conscious of how we are (in the world and in ourselves).
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Fields of Research

  • New Zealand Music Studies
  • New Zealand cultural identity in music
  • Composition
  • Psychology of Creativity
  • Post-WWII Music
  • Music Analysis
  • Music in contemporary society
  • Music Education

Researcher Summary

Glenda was awarded a PhD in Music by the University of Auckland in 2006 for her analytical thesis "Exploring Notions of National Style: New Zealand Orchestral Music in the Late Twentieth Century".  Earlier achievements include an MMus (1st class) in Composition from the University Of Auckland (1986).

Glenda was President of CANZ (the Composers Association of New Zealand) from 2007 – 2017. In 2019 she was elected first female President of the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music), an organization dating back to 1922. Earlier appointments included time on the ISCM Executive Committee (including Vice-President from 2016) and four years as Treasurer of the NZSME (New Zealand Society for Music Education).

Glenda has represented New Zealand at international festivals in Australia, Croatia, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, Canada and China. She devised, curated and organized the (09)03 Contemporary Music Festival held in Auckland in 2003 and co-curated the “New Zealand in LA Festival” in Los Angeles, April 2012. She co-edited and contributed a chapter to "Home, Land and Sea: Situating Music in Aotearoa New Zealand" (2011). A composer-analyst, her writings focus on New Zealand music studies, music education, music analysis, New Zealand cultural identity in music, and the psychology of creativity.

Glenda’s compositions have been performed in Australasia, the US, Canada and the UK. She was a member of the National Youth Choir of NZ, the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields chorus in London and the Britten Singers (formerly BBC Northern), and enjoys performing as a piano improviser.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts: Composition and Theory; Music History and Musicology

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Menzies M., Keam G. and Rimmer J. (2019) Composers Association of New Zealand Nelson Composers' Workshop 2019 "Celebrating 80 years with John Rimmer". Solo violinist: Auditorium, Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Nelson, NZ. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Menzies M., Keam G., Holloway S., LeBaron A. and Reynolds R. (2019) Voyages soundON Festival of Modern Music. Festival curator and violinist/violist performer: Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California, US. [Musical performances of contemporary music from around the Pacific Rim.]. (Performances)
  • Keam G. (2018) Celestial Navigation (song cycle). author (composer and lyricist) and pianist: Christchurch WORD Festival. [three women's voices and piano]. (Performances)
  • Keam G. (2018) Pinning down the butterfly: how defining creativity could be an act of discursive violence.. University of Canterbury: NZ Musicological Society conference, 23-25 Nov 2018. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam GR. (2017) Meaning and Relevance in Composition Teaching. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 2017 Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ): Composing on Shifting Ground, 29-30 Apr 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam GR. (2017) Mercurial, a short piano piece written to celebrate William Dart's 70th birthday, was premiered by Stephen de Pledge on 24 June 2017 to a select gathering of invited guests at Rannoch, the Epsom (Auckland) residence of Sir James Wallace.. [Musical score]. (Compositions)
  • Keam GR. (2017) Mind Springs. Chamber Music New Zealand. Xenia Pestova, pianist and Assistant Professor / Head of Performance at University of Nottingham. [This work toured New Zealand in July-August 2017 (6 performances) under the auspices of Chamber Music New Zealand. The Wellington performance was recorded by Radio New Zealand, and is available online]. 10 mins. (Compositions)
  • Keam GR. (2014) Out of the muddle and into the mix: transformative change in Christchurch's music scene(s). Dunedin, New Zealand: Australia-New Zealand Branch of International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference: Into the Mix: People, Places, Processes (IASPM), 5-7 Dec 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam GR. (2014) Through the Cracks: music-making in a transitional city (guest presentation). NZ School of Music (Victoria University of Wellington) Research Forum, 19 Sep 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam GR. (2014) Tradition, Legacy and Silence: Nationalism's Weight on Two Tall Figures. Oslo, Norway: Across the Pacific: 20th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Studies Association, 25-28 Jun 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam GR. (2014) What do we think we're doing when we are composing? Auckland, New Zealand: Composing Now: Composers Association of New Zealand Conference (CANZ), 12-13 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Keam G. (2013) Third realisation [performance], upon invitation by the artists, of Upright Piano, a work for piano by Samuel Holloway and et al. at the Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland. Pianist: Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland. [Performance]. (Performances)
  • Keam GR. (2013) Book Reviews: Piano Forte: Stories and Soundscapes from Colonial New Zealand, Kirstine Moffat (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 280 pp., ISBN 978 1 8773 7279 7 (pbk), NZ$45.00. The ‘Ukulele: A History, Jim Tranquada and John King (2012) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 296 pp., ISBN 978 0 8248 3634 4 (pbk), US$20.99. Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies 1(2): 231-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/nzps.1.2.213_5. (Other)
  • Keam GR., Keam GR., Bethell MU. and Rilke RM. (2013) Uncertainty/Eternity (Demeter, Ursula, Buddha). Baroque Voices, Wellington. [Score]. 6 min. (Compositions)
  • Gardner J., Golia V., Keam G., Nunns R. and O'Connor C. (2012) Performance of improvised music with Vinny Golia, Glenda Keam, Richard Nunns and Chris O’Connor. Performer: WildBeast, CalArts, Valencia, California, USA. [Music]. (Performances)
  • Keam GR. (2012) "Does Not Play Well With Others", a 6-minute quartet for bass clarinet, horn, Bb trumpet and trombone, commissioned by The Committee (Auckland-based ensemble) and premiered in the Clocktower at the University of Auckland on 12 August 2012. The Committee. [Composition score]. 6 min. (Compositions)

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