Dr Brydie-Leigh Bartleet - Griffith University

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Brydie Bartleet B Music (Hons), PhD

Lecturer, Research and Music Literature

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Research expertise

Music and communities
Music ethnography and autoethnography
Women and music
Conducting practice and pedagogy
Music and critical theory

Publications (selected)

Edited books

Bartleet, B. L., & Ellis, C. (Eds.) (2009). Music autoethnographies: Making autoethnography sing/Making music personal. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
Ballantyne, J., & Bartleet, B. L. (Eds.) (2010). Navigating music and sound education. Newcastle, UK: CSP.
Mackinlay, E., Bartleet, B. L., & Barney, K. (Eds.) (2009). Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research. Newcastle, UK: CSP.

ARC reports

Bartleet, B. L., Dunbar-Hall, P., Letts, R., & Schippers, H. (2009). Sound links: Community music in Australia. Brisbane: Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre.

Refereed chapters in books

Bartleet, B. L. (2008). Musical mothers: Exploring the ‘realities’ of conducting and mothering on the orchestral podium. In M. Porter & J. Kelso (Eds.), Theorising and representing maternal realities (pp. 119-135). Newcastle, UK: CSP.
Bartleet, B. L. (2005). Reflections on females conducting. In E. Mackinlay, D. Collins & S. Owens (Eds.), Aesthetics and experience in music performance (pp. 235-242). Newcastle, UK: CSP.
Bartleet, B. L. (2004). From coffee houses to executive suites: An experiential approach to feminist musicology. In J. Phillips, M. Ewans, R. Halton & L. Barwick (Eds.), Music research: New directions for a new century (pp.186-195). Newcastle, UK: CSP.
Bartleet, B. L. (2003). Professional female orchestral conductors and the male canon. In L. Kouvaras, R. Martin & G. Hair (Eds.), Loose canons (pp. 83-92). Canberra: Southern Voices.
Bartleet, B. L., & Ballantyne, J. (2010). Navigating context-based learning in pre-service teacher education. In J. Ballantyne & B. L. Bartleet (Eds.). Navigating music and sound education. Newcastle, UK: CSP.
Bartleet, B. L., & Ellis, C. (2009). Making autoethnography sing/Making music personal. In B. L. Bartleet & C. Ellis (Eds.), Music autoethnographies: Making autoethnography sing/Making music personal (pp. 1-20). Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
Higgins, L. & Bartleet, B L. (2011, in press). The community music facilitator and school music education. In G. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. London: Oxford University Press (accepted 16/03/2010).
Mackinlay, E., Bartleet, B. L., & Barney, K. (2009). Beginning the musical voyage: An introduction. In E. Mackinlay, B. L. Bartleet & K. Barney (Eds). Musical islands: Exploring connections between music, place and research (pp. xvi-xxii). Newcastle, UK: CSP.

Articles in refereed journals / refereed conference publications

Bartleet, B. L. (2010). Sound links: Harmonizing research with community music practice. ISME Community Music Activities Commission Conference Proceedings 2010. 42-46.
Bartleet, B. L. (2009). Behind the baton: Exploring autoethnographic writing in a musical context. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 38(6), 713-733.
Bartleet, B. L. (2009). Conductors and authorship: A postmodern critique. Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 15, available at http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/current/bartleet.
Bartleet, B. L. (2009). Sound Links: Uncovering the dynamics of lively musical communities in Australia. ISME Community Music Activities Commission Conference Proceedings, 173-192.
Bartleet, B. L. (2008). Women conductors on the orchestral podium: Pedagogical and professional implications. College Music Symposium, 48, 31-51.
Bartleet, B. L. (2008). Sound Links: Exploring the social, cultural and educational dynamics of musical communities in Australia. International Journal of Community Music, 1(3), 333-354.
Bartleet, B. L. (2008). “You’re a woman and our orchestra just won’t have you”: The politics of otherness in the conducting profession. Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation, 34(1), 6-23.
Bartleet, B. L. (2006). Conducting motherhood: The personal and professional experiences of women orchestral conductors. Outskirts: Feminisms along the edge, 15, available at http://www.chloe.uwa.edu.au/outskirts
Bartleet, B. L. (2003). Female conductors: The incarnation of power? Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation, 29(2), 228-234.
Bartleet, B. L. (2002). Re-embodying the ‘gendered podium.’ Context: Journal of Music Research, 23, 39-47.
Bartleet, B. L., & Hultgren, R. (2008). Sharing the podium: Peer learning in professional conducting. British Journal of Music Education, 25(2), 193-206.
Dunbar-Hall, P., & Bartleet, B. L. (2009). People, places and policies: Understanding community music. ASME XVII National Conference, refereed paper. CDRom.
Mackinlay, E., & Bartleet, B. L. (2008). Reflections on teaching and learning feminism in musicological classrooms: An autoethnographic conversation. Outskirts, 18, available at http://www.chloe.uwa.edu.au/outskirts
Schippers, H., & Bartleet, B. L. (2006). Redefining places for art: The contemporary metropolis as 'many cities.' In K. Anderson, R. Dobson, F. Allon & B. Neilson (Eds.), After Sprawl: Post-Suburban Sydney Conference, 23-24 November 2005. University of Western Sydney: Cultural Studies Program. CDRom.
Schippers, H., & Bartleet, B. L. (2005). Rethinking cultural policy and funding in Brisbane. In Ellison, D., & Woodward, I. (Eds.), Sites of Cosmopolitanism: Citizenship, Aesthetics, Culture. Brisbane: Griffith University. CDRom.

Non-refereed publications

Bartleet, B. L. (2010). Pathways of Australia’s community music. Music in Action, 7(4), 33-35.
Bartleet, B. L. (2009). Community music: Australia's 'unsung hero.' Music Forum, 15(4), 26-29.
Bartleet, B. L. (2008). Drum roll: Music in Communities Awards. Music Forum, 14(3), 46-47.
Bartleet, B. L. (2005). A Place for art: The dynamics of location in urban artistic identity. Brisbane: Griffith University.
Bartleet, B. L. (2003). Why so few? Issues facing women in conducting. Cue Notes: Journal of the Australian Band and Orchestra Directors' Association Queensland 6(1), 9-10.
Schippers, H., & Bartleet, B. L. (2007). Sound Links. Music Forum, 13(2), 50-52.

Invited keynote addresses and presentations

Bartleet, B. L. “Building and serving musical communities: Implications for music libraries and archives.” International Association of Music Libraries (Australian Branch) Conference, Brisbane, September 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. (2010). “Sound Links study into the role of active music making in communities.” Music in Communities Network Conference, Brisbane, September 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “Community music in Australia.” National Library of Australia Folklore Forum, Canberra, June 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “Why not share the podium? Learning from and with our peers.” Keynote Address, Education Queensland Professional Development Day for Music Teachers, Brisbane, January 2009.
Bartleet, B. L. “Popular music in Australian community contexts.” Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Cultures of Popular Music Seminar Series, Brisbane, September 2008.
Bartleet, B. L., & Hultgren, R. “Peer learning in professional conducting.” Developing a Strategy for Research in Learning and Teaching in the Creative and Performing Arts Seminar. Brisbane, November 2008.

Conference presentations

Bartleet, B. L. “Music as common ground: Community music-making in rural and regional Australia.” Creative Communities II: Culture, Identity, Inclusion Conference. Gold Coast, forthcoming - September 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “Narratives of collaboration and reconciliation: Tertiary students’ reflections on a cross-cultural experience.” Narrative Soundings: Narrative Inquiry in Music Education International Conference, forthcoming - November 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “Building vibrant school-community music collaborations: Three dynamic models from Australia.” ISME World Conference, Beijing, July 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “Harmonizing research with community music practice: An Australian perspective.” ISME Community Music Activity Commission Seminar: Harmonizing the Diversity that is Community Music Activity. Hangzhou, July 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. “From the classroom to the bush: Fostering cross-cultural collaborations between Indigenous musicians and undergraduate students.” Cultural Diversity in Music Education Conference, Sydney, January 2010.
Bartleet, B. L. & Schippers, H. “Sound links: Building bridges through community music.” Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Newcastle, September 2009.
Bartleet, B. L. “Creating vibrant communities through music: Stories from Sydney’s West.” Creative Communities: Sustainable Solutions to Social Inclusion Conference, Gold Coast, April 2009.
Bartleet, B. L. “From jammin’ to Stylin’ Up: Popular music in community contexts.” Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Australia-New Zealand Branch, Brisbane, November 2008.
Bartleet, B. L. “Sound Links: Exploring the social, cultural and educational dynamics of musical communities in Australia.” ISME World Conference, Bologna, July 2008.
Bartleet, B. L. “Sound Links: Exploring the learning and teaching dynamics of musical communities in Australia,” ISME Community Music Activity Commission Seminar, Rome, July 2008.
Bartleet, B. L. “Sound Links: Musical communities in Victoria and their potential for collaborating with schools.” Connecting Schools-Communities Conference, Melbourne, June 2008.
Bartleet, B. L. “Children’s voices in community music: Methodological issues from the field.” Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societies, Brisbane, November 2007.
Bartleet, B. L., & Hultgren, R. “Sharing the podium: Exploring the process of peer learning in professional conducting.” Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societies, Brisbane, November 2007.
Bartleet, B. L. “Sound Links: Exploring the dynamics of musical communities in Australia, and their potential for informing collaboration with music in schools workshop.” ASME Conference, Perth, July 2007.
Bartleet, B. L. “Conductors and authorship: A postmodern critique.” Music & Postmodern Cultural Theory (Australia), Melbourne, December 2006.
Bartleet, B. L. “Autoethnography and musicology: Exploring the borderlands between practice and research.” 29th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Armidale, September-October 2006.
Bartleet, B. L. “Conducting and mothering: Can women ‘have it all?’” Third Australian International Conference on Motherhood, Brisbane, September 2005.
Bartleet, B. L. “Female conductors and the question of power.” The International Women’s and Gender Studies Conference and the National Conference of the Australian Women’s Studies Association, Brisbane, July 2003.
Bartleet, B. L. “Reflections on females conducting.” National Workshop of the Musicological Society of Australia, Brisbane, September 2003.
Bartleet, B. L. “From coffee houses to executive suites: An experiential approach to feminist musicology.” National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Newcastle, September 2002.
Bartleet, B. L. “An embodied approach to feminist musicology.” MSAQ Student Symposium, Brisbane, August 2002.
Bartleet, B. L. “Professional female orchestral conductors and the male canon.” National Festival of Women’s Music Conference, Canberra, 2001.
Bartleet, B. L. “Power and the gendered podium.” MSAQ Student Symposium, Brisbane, September 2001.
Bartleet, B. L., & Mackinlay, E. “Singing for our lives: Embodied pedagogy in musicological classrooms.” Symposium of the International Musicological Society, Melbourne, July 2004.
Bartleet, B. L., & Mackinlay, E. “Friendship as research.” 29th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne, December 2008.
Mackinlay, E., Bartleet, B. L., Barney, K., & Monk, S. “Finding your voice.” Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societies, Brisbane, November 2007.
Schippers, H., & Bartleet, B. L. “Rethinking cultural policy and funding in Brisbane.” Sites of Cosmopolitanism: Citizenship, Aesthetics, Culture, Brisbane, July 2005.
Turpin, M., & Bartleet. B. L. “Music research at Queensland Conservatorium: Developing links with Indigenous musicians.” Eight Annual Symposium on Indigenous Music and Dance, Darwin, August 2009.