Overview
Background
Dr Simon Perry’s research interests include Russian music (history and criticism, and analysis) and analysis of late nineteenth and early twentieth century music.
He is a BMus (Hons) and MMus graduate from The University of Melbourne and a PhD graduate of the School of Music at UQ.
He lectures mainly in music techniques and music history.
Availability
- Dr Simon Perry is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Music, University of Melbourne
- Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Trinity College London, Trinity College London
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Simon Perry is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Influence of early 20th-century European art music on the repertoire off piano music by Chinese composers
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg
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Doctor Philosophy
Impressionist soundscapes: Artistic research in Debussy and Ravel's repertoire through historically informed performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Shakespeare's Merry Wives in Opera: Sexual Politics in Three Early Nineteenth- Century Adaptations of Shakespeare
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins, Dr Jennifer Clement
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Harmony, Form, and Literary Response in Selected Works of Lili Boulanger (1893¿1918)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Musical Life at Ely Cathedral, 1800-1892
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Music in the Italian Futurist Movement: A Re-Examination of its Role and Functions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Greg Hainge
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Musical Language as a Gradual Process: Compositional Modes and Perceptions of Authenticity in Steve Reich's 'Different Trains' (1988) and 'WTC 9/11' (2010).
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Russian Sacred Music of the Late Nineteenth Century: Differences and Similarities of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Schools in Theory and Practice in an Age of Reform.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Prokofiev's New Simplicity and Expressive Form
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg
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2016
Master Philosophy
Capturing the Spirit of the French Clavecin School: Interpreting Couperin's 'Pièces de Clavecin, vingt-cinquième ordre' and Ravel's 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Grinberg
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2016
Master Philosophy
Interpreting the Early Lieder of Erich Korngold: A Performer`s Perspective on So Gott und Papa will (1910)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Samantha Owens
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Hubert Foss and the Politics of Musical Progress: Modernism and British Music Publishing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Samantha Owens
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2014
Master Philosophy
Informed Performance Practice of Sonata for Viola and Piano, op 147 by Dmitri Shostakovich: A Study of Interpretation
Principal Advisor
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2012
Master Philosophy
A Performer's Guide to the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op. 19
Principal Advisor
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2012
Master Philosophy
Approaches to Performance in Chopin's Mazurkas: A critical commentary on selected mazurkas with specific reference to dance types, rubato and ornamentation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2010
Master Philosophy
Aspects of technique in Dvo¿ák¿s cello concerto: An approach based on a comparative study of relevant treatises
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The development of Cyril Scott's aesthetic thinking: An interpretation informed by literary and biographical sources
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Richard Hutch
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2008
Master Philosophy
The Final Violin Sonatas of Beethoven and Brahms: A Consideration of the Influence of Pierre Rode and Joseph Joachim
Principal Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
Clarinet Music by Australian Women Composers: An Examination of its Under-Representation in Repertoire and Performance
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
ECLECTICISM IN THE MUSIC OF ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: A CONSIDERATION OF SYLISTIC DIVERSITY
Principal Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
SILENCE AND THE PERFORMER IN THE FLUTE WORKS OF TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)
Principal Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
THE EFFECTS OF COLLABORATION: A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCES OF VIOLINISTS ON THE VIOLIN REPERTOIRE OF SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE RHETORIC OF THE NORTH GERMAN ORGAN SCHOOL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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2005
Master Music
DELEUZE AND MUSIC: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MUSIC
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
Gendering the podium: the journeys of professional women conductors
Principal Advisor
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2004
Master Philosophy
TO BE ADVISED
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Interpreting and Performing the Chamber Music of Uzbek Soviet Composer Georgi Mushel: The Role of Folk Music
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2017
Master Philosophy
From the Battlefield: Chamber Music from the Front Line of WWI
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Critical Reception of Robert Schumann's Solo Piano Music in London, 1918-45
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Samantha Owens
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2017
Master Philosophy
Bowing Techniques in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2: Exploring the Right Hand's Effect on Left-Hand Technique
Associate Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
On Approaching a Performance of Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher
Associate Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
Benjamin Britten's Winter Words, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, Op. 52, For High Voice and Piano: An Analytically Informed Interpretation.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Liam Viney
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Kindred Spirits: The beliefs, values, work and learning of independent classical artists
Associate Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Classical Music Networks: Creative industry, community and the arts in Australia
Associate Advisor
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2011
Master Philosophy
The Influence of Nature on Two Works for Viola by Toru Takemitsu and Ross Edwards
Associate Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Folio of compositions with critical commentary
Associate Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Music, The Arts and The Dual Aesthetic In Seventeenth -and Early Eighteenth- Century English Thought
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Denis Collins
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2009
Master Philosophy
Bach's St Matthew Passion: its birth and attempted resurrections
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Samantha Owens
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2007
Master Philosophy
FRANCK'S VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR AND SAINT-SAENS' S VIOLIN SONATA IN D MINOR, OP. 75 NO. 1: CONTEXT AND COMPARISON
Associate Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERFORMER-COMPOSER DYNAMIC
Associate Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
PLAYING MUSICAL HOPSCOTCH: HOW INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN PERFORM AROUND, WITHIN AND AGAINST ABORIGINALISM
Associate Advisor
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2002
Master Music
ASPECTS OF RAVEL'S PIANO TRIO
Associate Advisor
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2002
Master Music
ASPECTS OF NATIONALISM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH PIANO MUSIC: A CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON SELECTED WORKS BY GRANADOS, FALLA AND ALBENIZ
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- History - music
- Modest Mussorgsky
- Music - Russian
- Music analysis
- Music history
- Mussorgsky - music
- Russian music
- Soviet music
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