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Anne Norman
Australian
Born 1961
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Music (University of Melbourne 1979-1982)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education (University of Melbourne 1983)
- Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology (Monash University 1988-1989)
- Diploma in Japanese Language (Osaka Univ of Foreign Studies 1990)
- Post Graduate studies in Shakuhachi (Tokyo Univ of Fine Art & Music 1990-91)
- Small Business Management (NEIS through DEET 1996)
Brief Employment History
- 2001 Tutor in the honours music program and sessional teacher in the 'Centre for Ideas' at the Victorian College of the Arts
- 1992-2001 Freelance Musician under the business name of AMN Productions; improvisation, performance, music & artistic director roles, and composing for a range of instruments / choral; subcontracting other performers and producing work for Festivals & concert series; intercultural performances in schools & theatre; performances in Melbourne, Sydney, rural Vic & NSW, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide, Canberra, Tasmania; and overseas in Kobe, Osaka, Trondheim, Tallin, Parnu... Much of this work involved the administration of Arts grants from bodies such as the Australia Council, Arts Vic, the Sidney Myer Fund
- 1992-94 Part time Research assistant for the Japanese Music Archive at Monash University, & on scholarship to do PhD (uncompleted)
- 1990-92 Japanese Government Scholarship to do Post Graduate Study in Japanese Music at the Tokyo University of Fine Art & Music. Several recitals, including two major concerts in Tokyo & Kobe of my own compositions for traditional Japanese instruments. Awarded first prize in the `Overseas Students Music Contest of Japan' by the Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation.
- 1988-89 MA in Ethnomusicology at Monash University on scholarship. Also studied 3 semesters of a Japanese Language course
- 1986-88 Travelled through SE Asia studying indigenous musics & cultures. Lived in Japan for 18 months teaching English in Secondary schools and to young children and adults. Studied Japanese music privately in Kobe and formed an ensemble called 'The Kansai Wagakki Players' which did numerous performances and TV appearances.
- 1984-85 Taught music at Braemar College in Woodend Victoria
Languages
- Intermediate Japanese
- rusty German
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