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Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice, Griffith University

Dr Diana Tolmie is Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, D’Addario International Artist, and Chair of the Juror Council for the Australian Women in Music Awards. Passionately teaching and researching performance, pedagogy, musicians’ health and vocational preparation, her ongoing nation-wide investigation in the Transferable Skills of Musicians has seen her deliver a TEDx talk and guest on ABC radio. Her teaching excellence has been nationally recognised by: a University Australia Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2018), a 2021 Australian Universities Award for Teaching Excellence (Creative Arts) - the most recognised national teaching award in her field, and more recently the 2023 AFR Higher Education (Employability) Award. She continues to lead an exciting life as a freelance woodwind specialist in a multitude of genres, performing in countless interstate and international tours, plus appearing in live radio and television broadcasts as performer and speaker. For more information please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-tolmie/

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice, Griffith University

Education

  • 2017 
    Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, PhD
  • 2004 
    Queensland University of Technology, MBA
  • 1994 
    Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Grad Dip of Music
  • 1993 
    Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Bachelor of Music

Publications

  • 2023
    Quantifying first-year student musicians’ ‘calling’: Initial implications for professional preparation curriculum design, Research Studies in Music Education
  • 2023
    Crisis, what’s a crisis? Some methodological reflections on evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on Australian arts and culture, Journal for Cultural Research
  • 2020
    2050 and beyond: A futurist perspective on musicians’ livelihoods, Music Education Research
  • 2018
    What are you doing the rest of your life? A profile of jazz/contemporary voice graduates, International Journal of Music Education
  • 2018
    Community music in Oceania: Many voices, one horizon, University of Hawaii Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 1999
    New Research Grant
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Griffith University

Professional Memberships

  • Chair of the Juror Council for the Australian Women in Music Awards