Research staff
Find out more about the staff involved with the Birmingham Music Education Research Group.
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Dr Anthony Anderson SFHEA
Associate Professor in Music Education
Anthony taught music in schools for 16 years, during which time he was a Head of Performing Arts. He is an accredited Advanced Skills Teacher and coach, and has worked as an Outstanding Facilitator with the National College for Teaching and Leadership. He is an experienced initial teacher educator having worked in schools as a...
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Dr Kirsty Devaney
Composition Tutor and Young Composers' Project Leader
Kirsty Devaney is a British composer based in Birmingham where she completed her studies at Birmingham Conservatoire with Joe Cutler, Ed Bennett and Howard Skempton. Kirsty received the ‘Principal's Award’ and a Junior Fellowship from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2013. In 2011 Kirsty was shortlisted for a British Composer Award...
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Professor Martin Fautley
Emeritus Professor of Music Education
After many years as a classroom music teacher, Martin undertook full-time PhD research in the education and music faculties at Cambridge University, investigating teaching, learning, and assessment of classroom composing. His main areas of research are assessment in music education, classroom composing and creativity, policy...
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Dr Victoria Kinsella-Hadjinestoros
Senior Research Fellow in Creativities
Dr. Victoria Kinsella holds the position of Reader in Arts, Creativity and Education at Birmingham City University. She has served as both principal and co-investigator on a substantial number of research projects, encompassing diverse settings such as schools, prisons, galleries, and arts centres. Her work notably focuses on...
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Dr Luan Shaw
Associate Professor (Music Education) and Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music)
Dr Luan Shaw is Associate Professor (Music Education) and Director of Postgraduate Studies (Music) . She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was made an Honorary Member of RBC in 2001. In her former role as RBC’s first Head of Pedagogy (2011-2018), she led the significant expansion of provision...
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Dr Adam Whittaker
Associate Professor in Music and Head of Pedagogy
Adam is Associate Professor in Music and Head of Pedagogy at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, having previously worked as a Research Fellow in BCU’s CSPACE, and at the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is an internationally recognised scholar in musicology and music education, having...
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