Rachel Beale

About the project

• PhD student – Community Music
• Email: rachel.beale16@bathspa.ac.uk
• Department: Bath School of Music and Performing Arts
• Campus: Newton Park, Bath

Academic qualifications

• MA in Music, The Open University (2012)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Music, The Open University (2011)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Music, The Open University (2010)
• BA (Hons) First-Class, The Open University (1998)
• Diploma in Music, The Open University (1995)
• Certificate in Education, University of Exeter (1979)
• Diploma of Music in Education, Dartington College of Arts (1978).

Current memberships

• Royal Musical Association
• British Forum of Ethnomusicology
• Incorporated Society of Musicians (Fellow)
• National Education Union
• Cornwall Music Education Hub (Registered Provider)
• Paul Harris Simultaneous Learning Teachers.

Thesis title

Amateur, Professional and In between: Exploring relationships between education, music identity, and Community Music-Making Ensembles in Truro, Cornwall.

Director of studies

• Dr Kendra McMahon , Bath Spa University

Research supervisors

• Dr Emma Asprey, Bath Spa University

Research interests

• Community music-making
• Professional and amateur identities in music
• Music in formal education
• Education beyond formal institutions
• Lifelong learning
• Music in serious leisure activities.

Research outputs

Go to ResearchSPAce

Beale, R (2022) Last summer, I gave you my song: singing restrictions for amateur choirs in summer 2021 following scores of hard days. In: Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, 7 - 10 April 2022, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Beale, R (2022) Singing praises: choral music from Truro Cathedral. In: British Forum for Ethnomusicology and Royal Musical Association Research Students’ Conference, 6 - 8 January 2022, University of Plymouth, UK.

Beale, R (2020) Lockdown unlocking change in music education practice. In: Annual EdD Conference: Sculpting Change, 20 June 2020, University of Cambridge, UK [online].

Beale, R (2019) Layers of music education within a professional cathedral choir. In: The 11th International Conference for Research in Music Education, 23 - 26 April 2019, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK.

Beale, R (2016) A study in terms: definitions of ‘professional’ and ‘amateur’ in Western art music. In: British Forum for Ethnomusicology and Royal Musical Association Research Students’ Conference, 6 - 8 January 2016, University of Bangor, UK.

Beale, R (2014) Reflections on musicianship in action in Truro, Cornwall. In: Musicians in the Community: Musicianship in Action, 11 November 2014, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK.

Beale, R (2020) Lockdown unlocking change in music education practice [blog post]. Incorporated Society of Musicians.

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