楊陽博士
助理教授
中國音樂, 音樂心理學
(852) 2948 7057
yangyang@eduhk.hk
楊陽博士
助理教授
Assistant Professor in music including a specialism in studies on China’s UNESCO ICH music traditions and a strong and developing international profile in music education seeks a role as a lecturer in a research-intensive university in the UK, Australia and Mainland China. Experienced in conducting multi-methods research projects of an interdisciplinary nature (ethnomusicology, education and psychoacoustics) and publishing high-quality research papers. Pursuing research excellence and quality teaching through effective knowledge transfer.
Profile Details
Qualifications
PhD (University College London, UK)
MA (Capital Normal University)
BA (Northwest Normal University)
Areas of Teaching
Chinese music (UNESCO ICH)
Music education research methodology
Psychology of music
Research Interests
Singing pedagogy
Psychology of music
Psychoacoustic
Chinese music (UNESCO ICH)
Online education
Selected Outputs
Yang, Y., & Welch, G. F. (2014). Contemporary challenges in learning and teaching folk music in a higher education context: a case study of Hua'er music. Music Education Research, 16(2), 193–219.
Yang, Y., Welch, G. F., Sundberg, J., & Himonides, E. (2015). Tuning features of Chinese folk song singing: a case study of Hua'er music. Journal of Voice, 29(4), 426–432.
Yang, Y., & Welch, G. F. (2016). Pedagogical challenges in folk music teaching in higher education: A case study of Hua’er music in China. British Journal of Music Education,33(1), 61–79.
Book chapters
Yang, Y., Carter-Enyi, A., Radhakrishnan, N., Grimmer, S., & Nix, J. (2014). Vocal Music and Pedagogy of Chinese, African, and Indian Genres. In G. F. Welch, D. M. Howard, & J. Nix (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Singing. Oxford University Press.
Yang, Y. (2015). Music performance in a ‘transitional era' of education: a case study of folk song performance in China. In I. Papageorgi & G. F. Welch (Eds.), Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning (1st ed., pp. 77–95). London: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Research Projects
The transformation of traditional folk song singing in Higher music education
2005, PhD research
England ‘Sing-up’ national singing programme
2006, Survey data operator
Survival & inheritance: National music ICH in Xi’an
2013, Deputy project manager
Indigenous music education in the development of cultural identity: A comparative perspective of China and Australia
2014, Project leader
Pre-service music teachers’ professional identity development in China
2015, Project leader
Motivational factors that influence non-music undergraduates’ enrolment in general music courses
2018, MOOC for UNESCO music ICH in China
Prizes and Awards
2006-2009 Overseas Research Students Award
Awarding Body: Secretary of State for Education and Science, UK
Major External Research Grants
2013 Music education training course design
Funding Body: Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
2014 Multi-case study of ICH music traditions in Xi’an (co-manager)
Funding Body: Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, Xi’an, China
2014-2015 CSC overseas visiting scholar funding
Funding Body: China Scholarship Council (CSC)
2014-2016 Bilingual music research training course design
Funding Body: Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
2015 ‘Music Express’ creativity education programme for Children
Funding Body: Ministry of Education PRC, Beijing, China