Zack Moir
Zack Moir

Dr Zack Moir BA MMus PhD PGCAP PFHEA

Professor

 0131 455 2337

  Z.Moir@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

Prof Zack Moir is Professor of Music and School Academic Lead for Curriculum Design (School of Arts and Creative Industries). He is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Zack’s research interests are in popular music in higher education, music education for social justice, and composition/improvisation pedagogies. Zack is the lead editor of ‘The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspective and Practices’ (2019), an editor of ‘The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education’ (2017), and an editor of ‘Action Based Approaches in Popular Music Education (2021).

Zack is the Chair of the International Society for Music Education's Popular Music Special Interest Group and is on the Board of Directors of the Association for Popular Music Education. Zack is also an active composer/musician. Recent compositions include pieces for saxophone and tape, solo cello, and a reactive generative sound art installation for the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Conference Organiser - Continental Drift: A century of jazz on record
  • Conference Organiser - Continental Drift: 50 Years of Jazz from Europe

 

Editorial Activity

  • Editor of the Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices
  • Editor of the Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education
  • Journal of Popular Music Education - Editorial Board Member

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External examiner for MMus Popular Music , Royal Northern College of Music
  • External Examiner for the INTO Graduate Diploma in Music, Newcastle University
  • External examiner for MMus Popular Music Performance, Academy of Music and Sound
  • External Examiner for MMus Popular Music Performance, University of West London

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

 

Invited Speaker

  • We Are NOT Neutral: A Freirian Critique of (Popular) Music in Higher Education (January 2020)
  • Stillie, B & Moir, Z. (2019) The development of new Scottish music qualifications. Presented to City of Edinburgh Council Instrumental Music Service. 8th January 2019.
  • Moir, Z. & Stillie, B. (2019) Haphazard Pathways: Routes to Higher Popular Music Education and Impact on Curricula Design. Presented to City of Edinburgh Council Instrumental Music Service. 7th January 2014

 

Media Activity

  • Newspaper Report Publicity for 'IDDM' (Composition) in The National
  • 'Featured Thinker' - LILA Interactions (Indian Magazine Site)
  • Newspaper Report Publicity for 'IDDM' (Composition) in The Scotsman
  • Radio Interview for 'IDDM' (Composition) - BBC Radio Scotland
  • National TV Coverage for World's First Real-Time Transatlantic Interactive Recording Session - ITV News
  • National Newspaper Coverage for Transatlantic Interactive Music Making Project - The Hearld

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Association for Popular Music Education - Elected Member of the Board of Directors
  • Association for Popular Music Education (Member)
  • Art of Record Production (Member)

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • 'Your Feedback is Important to Us' - Interactive Sound Art Installation at Edinburgh International Science Festival

 

Reviewing

  • Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
  • Journal of Music, Technology & Education (Book Reviewing)
  • Journal of Popular Music Education (Reviewer and Editorial Board Member)
  • Journal of the Art of Record Production (Reviewer)

 

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Cochlear Implant-Mediated Music Listening Using a Multi-Channel Audio Mixer

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z., Overy, K., & Parker, M. (2011, May)
Cochlear Implant-Mediated Music Listening Using a Multi-Channel Audio Mixer. Paper presented at Sixth International Adult Aural Rehabilitation Conference
No abstract available.

Deacon

Exhibition / Performance
Moir, Z. Deacon. 7 March 2011. (Unpublished)

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Moir, Z. Deacon. 7 March 2011. (Unpublished
(A performance of an original 'musical' for Cochlear Implant Users)

Deacon (World Premier)

Exhibition / Performance
Moir, Z. Deacon (World Premier)
19 September 2010. (Unpublished
(The premier performance of an original 'musical' commissioned by MED-EL UK for the rehabilitation of Cochlear Implant Users)

Composing Music For Cochlear Implant Users: Evaluations

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z., Osborne, N., & Overy, K. (2010, July)
Composing Music For Cochlear Implant Users: Evaluations. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies
No abstract available.

Cochlear Implants and Music Listening Experiences

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z., & Overy, K. (2010, June)
Cochlear Implants and Music Listening Experiences. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies
No abstract available.

The Musical Experiences of Cochlear Implant Users

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2010, May)
The Musical Experiences of Cochlear Implant Users. Presented at NHS Hearing Professionals Conference
No abstract available.

Composing Music for Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Objectives, Approaches, and Outcomes

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2010, May)
Composing Music for Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Objectives, Approaches, and Outcomes. Presented at NHS Hearing Professionals Conference
No abstract available.

Enjoying Music with a CI: Evaluation and Experience of Implant Mediated Music Perception

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2010, March)
Enjoying Music with a CI: Evaluation and Experience of Implant Mediated Music Perception. Presented at Invited Workshop
Practical workshop for Cochlear Implant users and NHS Audiology Professionals.

Listening to Music: Cochlear Implant Users and Musical Experience

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2010, March)
Listening to Music: Cochlear Implant Users and Musical Experience. Presented at Deaf Connections
No abstract available.

Improvising and Dance: Improvising for/with Movement (Practical Workshop)

Presentation / Conference
Moir, Z. (2010, February)
Improvising and Dance: Improvising for/with Movement (Practical Workshop). Presented at Invited Practical Workshop
Invited practical workshop.

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • Devolved Researcher Award (£1680)
  • Principal's Teaching Award Scheme (£8777)
  • Higher Education Academy Workshop and Seminar Grant (£750)

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