Pauline Black
Programme:
Music - PhD/MSc by Research
Start date:
Jan-18
Mode of study:
Part time
Research title:
Exploring jazz and improvisation in UK secondary schools
Biography
Pauline is Deputy Principal at UHI Orkney (University of the Highlands and Islands). Formerly a Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Aberdeen, she has held various leadership positions including Head of Music, BMus (Hons) Education Programme Director and Performance Coordinator at the University of Aberdeen. She has extensive experience leading participatory music and multi arts projects and working as a creative practitioner in various different contexts, including in Higher Education, in schools and in a range of community contexts. Pauline is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Higher Education Academy. In September 2016 Pauline was part of the Aberdeen City team receiving a Will Michael Jazz Diploma in recognition of showing an outstanding commitment to jazz education. She has many years of experience of fulfilling board roles in the music industry. Pauline is Past President of the Independent Society of Musicians; Co-Chair of Jazz in Education UK; board member for Sound New Music Incubator and on the management committee for Jazz at the Blue Lamp. She is a nominator for Scottish Album of the Year. Pauline plays trumpet and sings in a range of ensembles and genres. She is an experienced ensemble director, working with all ages.
Pauline has taught across a range of undergraduate and masters level courses in music, music education and community music. She is currently music subject tutor for PGDE Music at UHI and is regularly called upon to give guest lectures and workshops for a variety of Higher Education institutions across the UK. Pauline also works as a freelance practitioner, facilitating music workshops in a variety of different contexts.
Research
Research
Pauline is interested in informal learning, creativity, improvisation and jazz in education.
Publications:
Black, P.A., 2016. Pedagogical Change in the Scottish Secondary School Jazz Combo: Improvisation, Collaboration, Spontaneity and Risk. In International Society for Music Education (ISME): Commision on Music in Schools and Teeacher Education.
Black, P., 2017. On being and becoming a jazz musician: Perceptions of young Scottish musicians. London Review of Education, 15(3), pp.339-357.
Black, P.A., 2019. Improvisation as disruptive pedagogy: challenging hegemony in music education’ In 22nd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission: MISTEC (pp. 345). International Society for Music Education.
Black, P.A., 2019. Jump in and run with it: Taking a creative risk, partnership working to enhance music and arts education. In 22nd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission: MISTEC (pp. 109-119). International Society for Music Education.
Ansdell, G., Brøske, B.Å., Black, P. and Lee, S., 2020. Showing the way, or getting in the way? Discussing power, influence and intervention in contemporary musical-social practices. International Journal of Community Music, 13(2), pp.135-155.
Stollery, P. and Black, P., 2021. New music for the new normal: creatively overcoming the challenges of lockdown. Journal of Music Health and Wellbeing, 2021, pp.1-15.
Black, P., 2023, July. Jazz and improvising: experiences, attitudes and beliefs of United Kingdom (UK) secondary school music teachers: listening for gender. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 8, p. 1084761). Frontiers Media SA.
Wilson, E. and Black, P., 2024. Caring for our planet: a world apart or same difference? A global music collaboration. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
Black, P. and Wilson, E., 2024. Digitally mediated collaboration and participation: composing 10,427 miles and 11 hours apart. British Journal of Music Education, pp.1-12.