Academic papers

Kirsten Eade Photo Credit: NZSO

The influence of Māori music traditions in the flute compositions of Gillian Whitehead

Author — Kirsten Eade

Dissertation, Rice University, Houstoun, Texas — submitted in 2003

About the dissertation

This dissertation investigates 2 of my flute compositions — Hineraukatauri and Taurangi — and the influences of traditional Māori music.

Hineraukatauri

Taurangi

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A pdf of the dissertation has been published online by Rice University.

The influence of Māori music traditions in the flute compositions of Gillian Whitehead — Rice University

Anne Power Photo credit: University of Western Sydney

Voiced identity: a study of central characters in seven operas from Australia 1988-1998

Author — Anne Power

Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong — submitted in 1999

About the thesis

All the operas selected for this thesis responded to social and political events through the medium of the central characters, including my opera Bride of Fortune.

Bride of Fortune

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An abstract is available online.

Voiced identity — University of Wollongong