Thematic curriculum
vitae
Richard Parncutt
Qualifications
| 1987 |
Doctor
of Philosophy |
Music, psychology, physics: "Sensory bases of harmony in Western music" | University
of New England |
Armidale,
N.S.W., Australia |
| 1982 |
Bachelor
of Science with honours |
Physics:
music acoustics |
University
of New England |
Armidale,
N.S.W., Australia |
|
1981 |
Bachelor
of Music |
Piano
performance, music history, music theory |
University
of Melbourne |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| 1981 |
Bachelor
of Science |
Physics |
University
of Melbourne |
Melbourne,
Australia |
|
1978 |
Licentiate
of Music |
Piano
performance |
Australian
Music Examinations Board |
Melbourne,
Australia |
Appointments
| since 2008 | Director of Center for Systematic Musicology | Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| 1999-2001 | Head of Department of Musicology | Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| since
1998 |
Professor
of Systematic Musicology |
Universität
Graz |
Graz,
Austria |
|
1997-98 |
Lecturer
in Psychology of Music and Psychoacoustics |
Keele
University |
Staffordshire,
England |
|
1994-97 |
Research
fellow with John A. Sloboda (Psychology, Keele) and Eric F. Clarke (Music,
Sheffield). Topic: fingering strategies of pianists. Funded by Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC). |
Keele
University |
Staffordshire,
England |
| 1993-94 |
Chargé
de cours en psychoacoustique |
École
d'orthophonie et d'audiologie, Université de Montréal |
Montréal,
Québec |
| " |
Sessional
lecturer in psychoacoustics |
Department
of Speech Therapy, McGill University |
Montréal,
Québec |
| " |
Sessional
lecturer in music psychology Teaching assistant in music theory |
Faculty
of Music, McGill University |
Montréal,
Québec |
|
1992-93 |
Postdoctoral
research fellow with Albert S. Bregman (Psychology) and Bo Alphonce (Music).
Topic: perception of short chord progressions. Funded by Natural Science
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). |
Department
of Psychology and Faculty of Music, McGill University |
Montréal,
Québec |
|
1991-92 |
Postdoctoral
research fellow with Annabel J. Cohen (Psychology). Topic: perception
of microtonal melodies & non-harmonic sonorities. Funded by NSERC. |
Department
of Psychology, Dalhousie University |
Halifax,
Nova Scotia |
|
1990-91 |
Sessional
lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) |
Institut
für Kommunikationswissenschaften, TU Berlin |
Berlin,
Germany |
|
1989-90 |
Postdoctoral
research fellow with Johan Sundberg. Topic: perception of cyclic chords
and rhythms. Funded by the Swedish Institute. |
Department
of Music Acoustics, Technical University (K.T.H.) |
Stockholm,
Sweden |
| 1982-83 | Guest researcher with Ernst Terhardt (during PhD project) | Institut für Elektroakustik, TU München | Munich, Germany |
Administrative training
| März 2006 | Weiterbildungskurs "Mobbing und Konflikt" | Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| Mai 2005 | Weiterbildungskurs "MitarbeiterInnenführung und MitarbeiterInnengespräche" | Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
Administrative experience
| 2003 | Organisation of interdisciplinary lecture series Wer sind wir? Fremdenfeindlichkeit, Rassismus und Wissenschaft | Universitäre Initiativen gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit, Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| 2000-04 | Organisation of monthly guest lectures and research reports | Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| 2000-05 | Administration of Ringvorlesung "Einführung in die Musikwissenschaft" | Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
| 2000- | Member, Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung | Universität Graz | Graz, Austria |
|
10.99-12.01 |
Head
(Institutsleiter) |
Institut
für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Graz |
Graz, Austria |
|
09.97-07.98 |
Member,
Environment Subcommittee |
Keele
University |
Staffordshire, England |
|
05.97-07.98 |
Chair,
Teaching Committee |
Department
of Psychology, Keele University |
Staffordshire, England |
Political and community activities
| since
2000 |
Creation and coordination of the forum for Applied Interculturality Research (fAIR) | Institut
für Musikwissenschaft, Universität Graz, Austria |
|
1997-98 |
Founding
member of the Environmental Sub-Committee and launching of the Environmental Special Interest
Group |
Keele
University, England |
Further skills
Piano performance examinations
| 1976-78 | Years 1, 2 and 3 of the Bachelor of Music degree | Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne | First Class Honours |
Music theory examinations
| 1978 | 6th Grade | Australian Music Examinations Board | 96% |
| 1976–77 | Music Language Studies 1 & 2 | Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne | Honours |
| 1975 | Higher School Certificate | Department of Education, Victoria | 94% |
Computing
C,
Lisp, Fortran, Basic; digital synthesis of musical sounds
Languages
English (native), German and French (fluent), Swedish and Italian (threshold)
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Richard Parncutt, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Graz