Student name: Matthew Teakle

Student number: s5118741

My chosen essay topic is:

Option 1:

What are three factors (e.g. funding/technology/culture/education/function etc.) that shape how Jazz
functions in today’s Australian society? In your informed opinion are these factors helping or
hindering everyday people’s engagement with the genre?

I have chosen the first option because it will allow me to focus on a single genre and explore it in
greater depth, this will enable me to gain a greater insight into the role of my genre of focus rather
than gaining a broad but shallow understanding of the role of two genres. For this assignment my
focus will be Jazz, this is because I plan to work in Jazz performance and education after I complete
my degree, therefore it would be to my advantage to broaden my understanding of the dynamic of
the Jazz music industry in Australia today. It is also a topic of interest for me as it is a musical genre
that is functioning outside of its country of origin without the associations of national identity that it
would receive in its country of origin.

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Bowie, A. (2009). Jazz. In J.P.E. Harper-Scott & J. Sampson (Eds.), An introduction to music
studies (pp. 176-185). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Chesser, A. (2009). Australian Jazz musician-educators: an exploration of expert’s approaches to

teaching Jazz (Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia). Retrieved from
https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/5781/1/Chessher%202009.pdf

Clare, J., & Brennan, G. (1995). Bodgie dada & the cult of cool. Sydney, Australia: University of
New South Wales Press.

Creative Victoria. (2017). All that jazz. Retrieved from https://creative.vic.gov.au/showcase/all-that-

jazz
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research journal, 8(1-2), 163-181. doi:10.1558/jazz.8vi1-2.26774

Higgins, L., & Mantie, R. (2013). Improvisation as ability, culture, and experience. Music educators
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Johnson, B. (2014). Jazz in Australasia. Jazz research journal, 8(1-2), 5-22. doi:10.1558/jazz.v8i1-
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Rechniewsky, P. (2008). The permanent underground: Australian contemporary Jazz in the new
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Shand, J. (2009). Jazz: The Australian accent. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales
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Virkkula, E. (2016). Informal in formal: The relationship of informal and formal learning
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Three sources and how they relate to your essay and each other
One of the main themes of my essay will be the approach to teaching Jazz in Australia, for this
reason, two of my sources

1. One paragraph (150-200 words) on the following: Choose three of the references on your
list. What do you expect each one will bring to your research assignment (that is, why did
you choose it)? How do these three chosen sources complement each other? Please note this
is one paragraph only, not one paragraph per reference chosen.

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1101QCM: Assessment 2 Checklist

• Have you included (where possible):
o a couple of articles from established online or print music journals,
o a general text book on music (or a particular style of music),
• Have you used Times New Roman and 12 point font?
• Have you used 1.5 spacing between the entries in your reference list (see
example reference list)?
• Have you used overhanging paragraphs?
o Either press ‘enter’ and ‘tab’ at the start of the second line of each reference, and ‘enter’ at the
start of the following lines
o Or highlight the second and thirds lines and move the indentation tab in the ruler at the top of the
page
• Have you checked correct capitalisation?
• Have you checked all punctuation, including commas, full stops, colons, and
• Have you checked your use of italics?
• Have you used the correct details for place of publication?
o Sources from the US require City, State initials
o Sources from outside the US require City, Country
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http://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JAZZ/article/viewFile/27135/23618
https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Permanent_Underground.html?id=muezPAAACAA
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