Dr Benjamin Phipps
Educational Designer

Dr Benjamin Phipps

Academic & Student Life
Educational Experience

I Completed my PhD in Ethnomusicology and Jazz Studies. I conduct research primarily using ethnographic methods but have also been involved in quantitative studies in music education. I am particularly interested in how and why people improvise when making music and the way in which they develop their approach over time. As a result my research is interested in the performance based, cognitive and symbolic changes in the way people understand music and it's relationship to themselves and others. I am also a passionate teacher with experience in tertiary education.

  • Journal articles | 2021
    Phipps B; Dilworth E, 2021, 'IMPROVISING TO A COVID TUNE: REDESIGNING A BEGINNING JAZZ IMPROVISATION COURSE FOR INSTRUMENTALISTS TRAINED IN OTHER STYLES FOR FULLY ONLINE DELIVERY', International Journal on Innovations in Online Education, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/intjinnovonlineedu.2021038381
    Journal articles | 2021
    Phipps B, 2021, 'Jazz and cosmopolitan practice: The case of Lloyd Swanton', Jazz Research Journal, 14, pp. 57 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jazz.36831
    Journal articles | 2021
    Phipps B, 2021, 'Riffing on course redesign', Perfect Beat, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/prbt.19236