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Prof Zack Moir's Outputs (63)

Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2023, August). Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference. Presented at AM '23: Audio Mostly 2023, Edinburgh

Audio Mostly is an interdisciplinary conference on design and experience of interaction with sound that prides itself on embracing applied theory and reflective practice. Its annual gatherings bring together thinkers and doers from academia and indus... Read More about Proceedings of the 18th International Audio Mostly Conference.

Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marinelli, A., & Moir, Z. (2022, September). Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom. Presented at 44th International Conference of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), Guimaraes, Portugal

Formal assessments in instrumental music education are much more than a snapshot-like summary of an achievement, although rarely considered within the entirety of their professional, social, economic and institutional context. Given the size of the m... Read More about Piano teachers’ perspectives on educational and professional aspects of instrumental graded exams in the United Kingdom.

Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, August). Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Secondary music courses in Scotland currently do not provide applicants with the necessary knowledge, understanding or skillsets to be able to engage with music study at HE. Based on research conducted by the authors in 2016, it is clear that there i... Read More about Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers.

Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki.

Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, July). Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, July). Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, July). Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z. (2020, July). Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, July). Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem?. Paper presented at Association For Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z. (2020, July). Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem?. Paper presented at Association For Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, January). We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education

2018 saw the 50th anniversary of the publication of Paulo Freire’s book ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, which has become an important text that has influenced many progressive educators, internationally. The concepts and ideas set forth in this work hav... Read More about We are NOT Neutral: A Freirean Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education.

Networked Arts and Social Purpose in Scotland: Performance, Participation, and Peace (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Ferguson, P. (2019, November). Networked Arts and Social Purpose in Scotland: Performance, Participation, and Peace. Paper presented at NowNet Arts, New York

This presentation will comprise three related sections, outlining recent and imminent projects. We will begin by discussing work that the authors have recently undertaken in which communication technologies and commercially available audio software w... Read More about Networked Arts and Social Purpose in Scotland: Performance, Participation, and Peace.

Eudaimonia And Social Good Through Technologically Mediated, Collaborative Music-Making (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Smith, G. D. (2019, November). Eudaimonia And Social Good Through Technologically Mediated, Collaborative Music-Making. Paper presented at NowNet Arts, New York

Humans often tend towards working in groups of various kinds. Following childhood and the family unit we seek those groups in mutual interest groups and activities. One of the fundamental ways that people make profound meaning is through creating mus... Read More about Eudaimonia And Social Good Through Technologically Mediated, Collaborative Music-Making.

Music From the Mundane (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2019, June). Music From the Mundane. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education Annual Conference 2019, New York University

International Online Collaborative Music Making (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., Stillie, B., & Krikun, A. (2019, June). International Online Collaborative Music Making. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education Annual Conference 2019, New York University

Abstract not available.

Developing an HE Aligned Music Curriculum (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2019, June). Developing an HE Aligned Music Curriculum. Presented at Association for Popular Music Education Annual Conference 2019, New York University

Abstract not available.

Live Improvised Performance Over Networks. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Ferguson, P. (2019, April). Live Improvised Performance Over Networks. Presented at Network Performing Arts Production Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic

No abstract available.

Recording Across Town and The Ocean. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ferguson, P., Moir, Z., & Bennett, J. (2018, April). Recording Across Town and The Ocean. Paper presented at Network Performing Arts Production Workshop

No abstract available.

Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., Ferguson, P., & Smith, G. D. (2018, April). Experiences of Remote, Real-Time Music Production. Paper presented at NowNet Arts: Artistic and Technological Strategies for Public and Private Networks

No abstract available.