Brown, Andrew R. (Andrew Brown)

PERSONAL:

Education: Holds a B.Ed., M.Ed., Graduate Diploma, and Ph.D.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia. Office—QUT Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Must Ave., Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.

CAREER:

Writer, computer musician, researcher, programmer, public speaker, composer, and educator. Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia, associate professor and senior lecturer in music; Computational Arts Research Group, coordinator. Australian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), digital media program manager. Frequent presenter at conferences, meetings, and proceedings.

WRITINGS:

The Apple IIGS and Music, Apple Computer Australia (French's Forest, New South Wales, Australia), 1988.

Macintosh and Music, Apple Computer Australia (French's Forest, New South Wales, Australia), 1988.

(With K. Purcell) Composition and Other Activities with Sequencers, Roland Australia (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1988.

(With K. Purcell) Using the EPS in the Classroom, The Electric Factory (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1989.

(With S. Dillon) Pop Percussion, Peter Leyden Publishing (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1990.

(With S. Dillon and K. Purcell) Rock Essentials, Science Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1995.

(With S. Dillon) Retro Rock: Alternative Styles That Made Rock History, Exploding Art Music Productions (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1997.

(With S. Dillon) Reflection Recorder: Your Music Workbook, Exploding Art Music Productions (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1999.

(With S. Dillon) Sound Reflections: Your Music Learning Diary, Exploring Art Music Productions (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 2001.

(With S. Dillon) Retro Rock Charts, Currency Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2001.

(With S. Dillon) Retro Rock Style Guide, Currency Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2001.

Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality, Routledge (New York, NY), 2007.

EDITOR

Conference Proceedings of the ACMA '96 Conference, Australian Computer Music Association (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 1996.

(With E. Gifford and A. Thomas) Conference Proceedings of the ASME XI Conference, Australian Society for Music Education (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 1997.

Interfaces: Conference Proceedings of the ACMA Conference, Australian Computer Music Association (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 2000.

(With T. Opie) Proceedings of the Australian Computer Music Conference, Australian Computer Music Association (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 2005.

Music and Sound Education, Cambridge Scholars Press (Cambridge, England), 2007.

Contributor to books, including VCE Music Craft Units 3 and 4: Solo Performance, Prescribed List of Notated Solo Works, 1998-2002, Victorian Board of Studies (Victoria, Australia), 1997; New Directions in Music, edited by D. Cope, Waveland Press (Prospect Heights, IL), 1998; ICT and Music in the Secondary School, edited by J. Finney and P. Burnard, Open University Press (Cambridge, England), 2006; and Handbook of Research on ePortfolios, edited by Ali Jafari and Catherine Kaufman, Idea Group (Hershey, PA), 2006. Contributor to periodicals and journals, including International Journal of Education & theArts, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Organized Sound, Australian Art Education, Mikropolyphonie, Educational Technology and Society, International Journal of Music Education, Australian Journal of Music Education, Music Forum, Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Music Education, Counterpoint, Music Education and Technology Association Newsletter, Victorian Journal of Music Education, and Research Studies in Music Education.

SIDELIGHTS:

Andrew R. Brown is a prolific Australian author and editor who focuses on music, particularly musical composition using computers and electronic technology. He is a computer musician and an associate professor and senior lecturer in music at the Queensland University of Technology in Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia, where he researches computational arts and creativity. He is particularly interested in the intersection of technology and creativity, and in the diverse technologies that support and enhance creative work. Brown also serves as a programmer who builds software tools that support content creation. His software products include an application called Jam2Jam as well as interactive programs such as Music-Cal, an introduction to musical notation, and Introduction to Musical Styles, an interactive introduction to Western musical history.

In Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality, Brown presents a detailed "overview of the use of computers in music education for educators teaching all ages of students," commented a reviewer in Reference & Research Book News. Brown discusses the role of computers in music education and how they can improve and enhance the students' musical experiences. The author also considers the use of computers on a broader scale in live performances, sound recording, music training, sound analysis, educational administration, and other areas. He assesses a number of relevant software applications and offers general advice on strategies and procedures for teachers. Brown stresses how the use of computers can enhance musical educational experiences for both students and teachers, and how the computer itself can become a viable musical instrument.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Reference & Research Book News, November, 2007, review of Computers in Music Education: Amplifying Musicality.

ONLINE

Creativity and Cognition Studios Web site,http://www.creativityandcognition.com/ (February 4, 2008), biography of Andrew R. Brown.

Media & Culture Web site,http://journal.media-culture.org.au/ (February 4, 2008), biography of Andrew R. Brown.

Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Faculty Web site,http://www.creativeindustries.qut.com/ (February 4, 2008), biography of Andrew R. Brown.