Student profiles
Kate Andrews
Email: kate.andrews@student.rncm.ac.uk
Thesis Title
Institution
RNCM
Supervisors
Dr Michelle Phillips
Dr Robbie Gardiner
Research Summary
Each year, millions of musicians worldwide sit graded performance exams. Exam boards conduct these in various formats, but the balance in offering between in-person and remote assessment is in flux (particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic), and the advantages and disadvantages of each have been only peripherally discussed in relevant scholarship. At present, there is little understanding of the experiences of candidates, teachers and examiners engaging with these two streams of assessment, nor whether there is true parity between them. My research will explore these issues through focus groups, surveys and quasi-experimental work, aiming to gain an understanding of which groups might be advantaged, and disadvantaged, by the different modalities.
Research Interests
Music psychology
Music performance
Assessment of performance
Perception of music
Publications
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