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Dr Phillip Gearing

Name :	Dr Phillip Gearing
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Music)
Section :	Faculty of Arts School of Creative Arts
Office :	A203
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1108
Extension :	1108
E-mail :
Qualifications :	ARCO RoyalCollOrgn BMusic Qld LTCL Trinity Coll MMusic, PhD Qld

Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
GER	No

Professional Memberships

Organ Historical Trust of Australia (Queensland director)
Royal College of Organists
Organ Society of Queensland
Royal School of Church Music
Queensland College of Teachers

Research Interests

Australian organs, organ music and composers of organ music
Aural perception
Schubert Lieder

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Gearing, P. and Forbes, M. (2012) "Creating A Functional Musician: A Performance Workshop Model". A paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Arts in Society, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

Gearing, P. (2011) "Elements of Baroque Performance Style Applied to a Popular Piece of J. S. Bach." A paper presented for the 10th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Riverina Conservatorium of Music.

Gearing, P. (2011) "Successful Delivery of Tertiary Aural Training via Distance Education." A paper presented to the 18th National ASME Conference.

Most notable :

Gearing, P. (2010) "Aural Training by Distance for Tertiary Music Students: Evaluation of a Prototype". Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken.

Gearing, P. (2008) "Successful Delivery of Tertiary Aural Training via Distance Education". A paper presented at the 28th International Society of Music Education Conference, University of Bologna, Italy.

Gearing, P. (2007) "Celebrate". A CD recording of the historically significant organ at St Luke's Church, Toowoomba, to mark its centenary year.

Gearing, P. (2007) "The Development and Evaluation of a Tertiary-level Distance-mode Aural Training Programme". A paper presented at the 5th International Research in Music Education Conference, University of Exeter, UK.

Gearing, P. (2004) "Malcolm Williamson's Organ Symphony: An Analysis of Serial Technique". A paper presented in the Faculty of Arts Research Forum, published at <http://www.usq.edu.au/faculty/arts/Research/files/Malcolm%20Williamson%20Faculty%20Research%20Paper.doc>

Gearing, P. (2002). "The Apostolic Succession: Organ Pedagogy in Australia." A paper presented at the Organ Historical Trust of Australia annual conference, Tasmania.

Gearing, P. (1997) "Toowoomba" in Bebbington W. ed, Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Melbourne, OUP.

Fogarty, G., Buttsworth, L., and Gearing, P. (1996) "Assessing Intonation Skills in a Tertiary Music Training Programme", Psychology of Music, (24): 157-170.

Gearing, P. (1992) "The Organ of St Luke's, Toowoomba: An Historical Account 1907-1992", The Organ Voice, 19 (6): 6-11.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

Semester 1, 2013:

MUI1001, 2003, 3005 Music Practice 1, 3, 5 (ONC)
MUI2002 Aural Skills & Song-writing (ONC and EXT)
MUI2041 Music Teaching 1 (ONC and EXT)
MUI3000 Aural Skills, Arrangement and Orchestration A (EXT)
MUI4000 Structural Analysis in Music (ONC)

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 21 years
Other : 10 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Semester 1, 2013:

Examiner for
MUI2041 (Music Teaching 1)
MUI3000 (Aural Skills, Arrangement and Orchestration A)MUI4000 (Structural Analaysis in Music)

Moderator for
MUI1007 (Fundamentals of Music)
MUI2002 (Aural Skills & Song-writing)