A/Pr Melissa Forbes

Name | A/Pr Melissa Forbes |
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Email Address | melissa.forbes@usq.edu.au |
Job Title | Associate Professor (Contemporary Singing-Music) |
Qualifications | BA Qld, BA(Hons) Qld, LLB(Hons) Qld, BMusic Griffith, PhD QldConservatorium |
Department | School of Creative Arts |
Affiliations | Centre for Heritage and Culture |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-9763 |
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Biography
Melissa Forbes is a music educator, singing practitioner-researcher, and recovering jazz musician. Her research explores our experiences of singing and seeks to position singing as an everyday activity from which anyone can benefit. She is proud to have been involved in the formation of Toowoomba’s first singing group for people with Parkinson’s disease and their carers. Melissa is a Churchill Fellow and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
Fields of Research
- 360301. Music cognition
- 360302. Music composition and improvisation
- 360303. Music education
- 360304. Music performance
- 360399. Music not elsewhere classified
- 529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Australian Music and Psychology Society | |
Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing | |
Somatic Voicework (TM) The LoVetri Method Teachers Association | |
Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) | |
European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) | |
Churchill Fellows Association of Queensland Inc |
BA
Qld
1993
BA(Hons)
Qld
1995
LLB(Hons)
Qld
1997
BMusic
Griffith
2004
PhD
QldConservatorium
2016
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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A qualitative study of shame and perfectionism in pre- and post- operative injured professional singers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
The experience of mixed voice singing by females in contemporary musical theatre | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Oceanic Jazz: Creative potentials for fusions of jazz with traditional and regional music of Oceania | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE PIANO TEACHERS CREATIVE IDENTITIES AS MUSICIANS AND THEIR TEACHING PRACTICES | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
'Deed I do: Narrating expert vocal jazz improvisers' experiences of the piano | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
The emergence of Australian solo euphonium repertoire | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
In the room where it happens: Teaching musical theatre and Contemporary and Commercial Music (CCM) singing | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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Sing to flourish: Singing solo to thrive in difficult times and beyond | UniSQ Capacity Building Grant - $11,828.21 Professor Celmara Pocock (UniSQ) Dr Amanda Krause (James Cook University) Dr Dave Camlin (Royal College of Music, London) |