Dr Katie Zhukov

Dr Katie Zhukov
Dr Katie Zhukov
PhD UNSW, MMus Julliard, BMus (Hons I) Adel

Dr Katie Zhukov began her musical education at the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Kharkov, Ukraine, and came to Australia as a teenager. She continued her studies at the Universities of Western Australia and Adelaide, graduating with First Class Honours from the Elder Conservatorium of Music. As a recipient of an ITT International Fellowship, Dr Zhukov spent two years at the Juilliard School of Music, New York, studying for her Masters degree in performance. Her PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2005 focused on instrumental pedagogy at the tertiary level. She had also completed the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) at the University of Sydney in 2008.
 
Dr Zhukov has established a reputation in Australia as a fine performer, educator and researcher. She have performed 8 concertos with professional and amateur orchestras, gave many solo and chamber music recitals, partnering Australia’s finest string players. Her interest in Australian piano music is evidenced by her two solo CDs: Ragtime, Dreams and Visions and Six Profiles of Australian women composers (Wirripang Publications, 2008 & 2010). Dr Zhukov is the editor and recording artist for the new Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology (2011) that provides recently composed Australian repertoire for piano students from beginner to advanced level. The Anthology is published in three books: Book One (Grade 1–4), Book Two (Grade 5-–7) and Book 3 (Grade 8 –Diploma).
 
Prior to being appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Performance at the University of Queensland Dr Zhukov has taught a wide range of subjects at the Sydney, Queensland and Western Australian Conservatoriums. The excellence of her teaching was recognised by the Sydney Conservatorium Teaching Award in 2003.
 
She has published on instrumental music teaching in Music Education Research, Research Studies in Music Education, British Journal of Music Education, International Journal of Music Education and Australian Journal of Music Education and presented papers at ASME, ISME, ICMPC and APPC Conferences. Her other research interests lie in the area of teaching and learning and application of theories of teaching and learning to the music education setting.
 
Dr Zhukov is currently researching teaching of sight-reading to pianists. This project has been already supported by the University of Sydney Bridging Research Grant in 2008 and the University of Queensland Start Up Research Grant in 2009 and Early Career Researcher grant in 2010. The investigation focuses on teaching practices and student learning of this essential music skill and has the potential to transform instrumental music teaching in Australia and globally. It has engaged piano students from the University of Queensland, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, University of Southern Queensland and several high schools in experiments that have stimulated developmental trajectories in their music learning and benefited their music education and outcomes. The recent UniQuest Pathfinder grant (2011-2012) will be used to trial new piano sight-reading curriculum in four tertiary institutions.


Publications
Books
Zhukov, K. (2009). Instrumental music teaching and learning in Australia (ISBN 978-3-8383-0828-9). Köln: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Book chapters
Zhukov, K. (2011a). Critical Notes. In K. Zhukov (Ed), Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology: Book One, Grades 1–4 (pp. i –v). Wollongong, Australia: Wirripang Publications. ISMN: 9790720106892.

Zhukov, K. (2011b). Critical Notes. In K. Zhukov (Ed), Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology: Book Two, Grades 5–7 (pp. i–v). Wollongong, Australia: Wirripang Publications. ISMN: 9790720106908.

Zhukov, K. (2011c). Critical Notes. In K. Zhukov (Ed), Wirripang Australian Piano Anthology: Book Three, Grade 8–Diploma (pp. i–v). Wollongong, Australia: Wirripang Publications. ISMN: 9790720106915.

Zhukov, K. (2010). From instrumental teacher to researcher: a journey of discovery. In D. Forrest (Ed.), Journeying: reflections on doctoral studies
 by Australian music educators (pp. 264–276). North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
 

Refereed Journal articles
Zhukov, K. (2012). Teaching strategies and gender in higher education instrumental studios. International Journal of Music Education: Research. (accepted 15/11/10). ERA ranking: A*.

Zhukov, K. (2009). Effective practising: a research perspective. Australian Journal of Music Education, 1, 3–12. ERA ranking: B.

Zhukov, K. (2008a). Exploratory study of approvals and disapprovals in Australian instrumental music teaching. International Journal of Music Education: Practice, 26(4), 302–314. ERA ranking: A*; citations = 2

Zhukov, K (2008b) Exploring the content of instrumental lessons and gender relations in Australian higher education. British Journal of Music Education, 25 (2), 159–176. ERA ranking: A.

Zhukov, K. (2007). Student learning styles in advanced instrumental music lessons. Music Education Research, 9 (1), 111–127. ERA ranking: B; citations = 7 (3 in A*/A and 2 in B journals).

Zhukov, K. (2006). Gender issues in instrumental music teaching in Australian conservatoriums. Research Studies in Music Education, 26, 22–36. ERA ranking: A; citations = 3 (1 in B journal).

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Refereed Conference papers
Zhukov, K. (2011). Overcoming performance anxiety for piano students – how to apply research findings in your studio. Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Sydney, NSW, 13-17 July, 2009. www.appca.com.au/2009proceedings. ISBN 978-0-646-55411-2.

Zhukov, K. (2010). Piano assessment in Australian higher education – time for a change? In M. Hannan (Ed), Proceedings from the International Society for Music Education (ISME)18th International Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM). Shanghai, 27–30 July, 92–96. ISBN 978-0-9806310-6-7.

Zhukov, K. (2010). Achieving harmony in the instrumental studio – becoming a reflective teacher. In W. Sims (Ed), Proceedings of the 29th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Beijing, China, 1–6 August, 2010, 224–227. ISBN 978-0-9806310-0-5.

Zhukov, K. (2009). Exploring approaches to instrumental music learning in higher education. In W. Baker (Ed), Proceedings of the XVII Australian Society for Music Education National Conference, Launceston, Tasmania, 10–14 July, 2009, 221–229.

Zhukov, K. (2008). Teaching expressivity to advanced instrumentalists. In K. Miyazaki, Y. Hiraga, M. Adachi, Y. Nakajima, & M. Tsuzaki (Eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC 10), Sapporo, Japan, 25–29 August, 2008, 110–113.

Zhukov, K. (2008) Instrumental learning in Australian Higher Education. Proceedings of the 28th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Bologna, Italy, 20–25 July, 2008, 323–328.

Zhukov K (2008) Connections between knowledge of style and sight-reading. Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Canberra, ACT, 2-6 July 2007. www.appca.com.au /2007 Proceedings.

Zhukov K (2007) Celebrating Conservatorium instrumental teaching: fluid or structured lessons? Proceedings of the Australian Society for Music Education XVI 40th Anniversary National Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 6-10 July 2007, 216–220.

Zhukov, K. (2006.) Good sight-readers: born or bred? Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 12–16 July 2005. www.appca.com.au/2005 Proceedings.

Zhukov, K. (2002). Use of questioning techniques in tertiary instrumental music lessons. In C. Stevens, D. Burnham, G. McPherson, E. Schubert & J. Renwick (Eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sydney, 17–21 July 2002, 792–95.

Zhukov, K. (1999). Problems of research into instrumental music teaching. In N. Jeanneret & K. Marsh (Eds) Proceedings of the Australian Society for Music Education XII National Conference, University of Sydney, 9–13 July 1999, 247–251.

Zhukov, K. (1997). Excellence in teaching instrumental performance: a literature review. In E. Gifford, A. Brown & A. Thomas (Eds) Proceedings of the Australian Society for Music Education XI National Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4–8 July 1997, 333–339.

Creative Work
 Zhukov, K. (2010). Six Profiles of Australian Women Composers (CD). Wollongong, Australia: Wirripang Publications.

Zhukov, K. (2008). Ragtime, Dreams and visions (CD). Wollongong, Australia: Wirripang Publications.

Contact details
School of Music
Zelman Cowen building (51)
The University of Queensland 
St Lucia Q 4072

T: +61 7 3365 4488
E:  k.zhukov@uq.edu.au

 

 

 

 

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