Sociomusicology: April 2025

4/16/25

Doctoral Dissertation Seminar

It is exciting to now be hosting a joint doctoral dissertation seminar through the GAME research group, with participants from several countries and regions: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Spain, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Norway, and Uganda.

Here is our seminar schedule for 16 April 2025:

Presenter and Respondent; Presentation Title

Sherry Qiaoyue Liu (respondent, Dr. David G. Hebert)

Impact of Participating in a Community Choir on Adults in Shenzhen, China

Flora Jinhan Wei (respondent, Dr. James Isabirye)

Pre-Service Music Teachers in Mainland China: A Mixed-Method Research

Kristian Tverli Iversen (respondent, Dr. Yuki Morijiri)

Research Design for a Study of AI in Music Education

SHORT BREAK

Elizabeth Anne Oltedal (respondent, Dr. Yuki Morijiri)

Conviction and compromise: An exploratory study of social moderation in the assessment of music performance

Marianne Løkke Jakobsen (respondent, Dr. Luna Ning Luo)

A Study of Interactions and Learning Experiences in the Cross-Cultural Virtual Learning Space: Case Studies of Instrumental Music Education between Denmark and China

Kay Wing-Ki Li (respondent, Dr. David G. Hebert)

Cultural Differences in Metacognitive Teaching: A Study of Instrumental Music Learning in Hong Kong

SHORT BREAK

Erisa Walubo (respondent, Dr. Luna Ning Luo)

Decolonising Ugandan Primary Music Teacher Education through exploration of Indigenous practices of Amayebe musical tradition

Sergio Garcia-Cuesta (respondent, Dr. James Isabirye)

Citizens Are/As Artists: An integrative approach to music education

Knut Eysturstein (respondent, Dr. Milton Wabyona)

Tracing Faroese Music Heritage in Education: Archival and Interview-Based Approaches

David G. Hebert: Concluding Remarks

4/7/25

Intensive Nordic Master Course in Finland

The Nordic Network for Music Education (NNME) has offered joint intensive Master courses for decades that have contributed to developing a shared professional community across Nordic and Baltic countries. Today we are excited to announce that we have funding to offer a course in 2025.

The 2025 NNME course is titled Socially, Ecologically, and Ethically Responsible Music Education and will be hosted by University of the Arts Helsinki at the Kallio-Kuninkala villa on 3-7 November 2025. Prof. Marja-Leena Juntunen is the local course host.

Grants are available to cover the costs of travel, lodging, and food for a limited number of participants.

This will be an outstanding opportunity for Master students in Music Education from across the Nordic and Baltic countries to present the concepts and ongoing work on their final thesis or project and obtain useful feedback.

Participants will also have the chance to learn traditional songs and folk dances, make music with peers from other Nordic and Baltic countries, and learn from presentations related to the conference theme by Katya Thomson, Marja-Leena Juntunen, Heidi Partti, David G. Hebert, and others. Additionally, there will be traditional sauna, hikes, shared meals, and a visit to the Ainola, the home of Sibelius.

Here are links for more information about NNME and its courses:

https://www.hvl.no/en/collaboration/networks/nordic-network-for-music-education/

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781351045995/advancing-music-education-northern-europe-david-hebert-torunn-bakken-hauge

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kallio-Kuninkala_-_Sibelius_Academy_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg

Welcome to Sociomusicology

For over 15 years (since 2007), this website has offered musings on contemporary society and its music by David G. Hebert, PhD. He is a sociomusicologist specializing in global music education who has held academic positions with universities on five continents. Dr. Hebert is now a tenured full Professor with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen. There he leads the Grieg Academy Music Education (GAME) research group and manages the multinational government-funded Nordic Network for Music Education, which organizes annual intensive Master courses and exchange of teachers and students across eight countries. He is also an Affiliated Professor with University of the Faroe Islands and an Honorary Professor in China with the Education University of Hong Kong.

Professor Hebert's research applies an international-comparative perspective to issues of pluralism, identity, and cultural relevance in music education, as well as processes by which new music traditions emerge and change - both sonically and socially - as they are adopted into institutions. Born in the 1970s, he is among the most widely-published and globally-active music scholars of his generation (h-index:21), with professional activities in an average of 8 countries per year across the past decade (2008-2020).