The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr Rosalind Halton
School: School of Drama, Fine Art and Music
Commenced with Institution: 08-JAN-1999
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Dr Rosalind Halton 2008 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Nicola Porpora musicista europeo, Reggio Calabria, 3/10/2008 - 4/10/2008   2500  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Performa Conference, Aveiro, Portugal, 10/5/2007 - 12/5/2007   2500  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2006 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Music as Local tradition and Regional Practice, Armidale, UNE, 27/9/2006 - 1/10/2006   283  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Italian influences on the French cantata 1680-1720   4000  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant From the hexachord system to structure tonal designs: Key choice and affect in text based structures of Italian secular music, 1620-1720   10000  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Combined Conference of the New Zealand Musicology Society and the Musicology Society of Australia Theme: 'Music and Locality' 27 to 30 November 2003   455  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Instrumental innovation, vocal tradition - rediscovering some late 17th century Roman predecessors of Alessandro Scarlatti:Stradella, Carissimi, Lonati   17000  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Performance Practice and Imagery in the Secular Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): an editing and recording project.   14000  
Dr Rosalind Halton 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project - New Staff Grant The secular cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): from source studies to performance research and CD recording.   11500  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Music) Co-Supervisor Anthems of William Turner
PhD (Music) Sole Supervisor The Use Of Speech Mode In The Training Of Singers To Convey Emotion And To Allow For Further Vocal Development
M Arts (Music) [R] Sole Supervisor Baroque Performance Practice On Modern Instruments
M Creative Arts (Music) [R] Principal Supervisor The Development of Coloratura Repertoire.
M Creative Arts (Music) [R] Principal Supervisor The Use of Myth, Legend , Fantasy and Folklore in the flute repertoire.
M Philosophy (Education) Co-Supervisor Exploring the Potential Role of Sound as an Integral Component of Holistic Healing and Health Education
M Philosophy (Music) Sole Supervisor The Importance of the Role of the Associate Artist in Performance. How the Development of Solo Training is Essential in acquiring the Skills needed to be an Excellent Ensemble Artist

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 2.250
PhD 0.750

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Music) 2001 A Description of the Creative Process of Journey to the Otherworld
M Arts (Music) [R] 2002 Exploring Interpretive Aspects in the Text and in Recorded Performances of Mozart's Piano Sonata K.332: A Pedagogical Perspective.
M Creative Arts (Music) [R] 2002 The Sacred Road to Mozart. A Study of Early Music Techniques from East and West and the Transition to Baroque and Classical Period Repertoire
M Arts (Music) [R] 2003 "MUSIC THEORY IS FUN" A new approach to teaching music theory to beginners
M Arts (Music) [R] 2005 Extending the Solo Bassoon Repertoire Through Arrangement and Transcription
M Arts (Music) [R] 2005 The Purposeful Flautist: Technique to Interpretation
M Arts (Music) [R] 2005 Understanding the Group Violin Program: The early stages, 6-9 years of age
PhD (Music) 2005 The Serenata and Alessandro Scarlatti: a genre study, with six editions
PhD (Music) 2006 Domenico Scarlatti: A Contribution to Our Understanding of His Sonatas Through Performance and Research
PhD (Music) 2006 Improvisation as a Catalyst for Collaborative Musical Thinking and Composition
PhD (Music) 2006 The Design and Development of Materials of Music: Four Computer-Based Music Theory Lessons for First Year University Level Music Students
M Creative Arts (Music) [R] 2007 French Baroque Vocal Music: A Performer's Guide

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Halton Rosalind, ’Stradella Serenata in Newcastle, Australia in 17th Century Music’, the Newsletter of the Society for Seventeenth Century Music (USA), 15 16-17 (2005) [C3]

Halton Rosalind, ’New Scarlatti Edition: Hor che graditi horrori, Cantata for soprano and continuo’, Society for Seventeenth Century Music Newsletter, 14 12-13 (2004) [C2]

Halton Rosalind, ’Domenico Scarlatti and his cantabile sonatas’, Musicology Australia, 25 22-47 (2002) [C1]

Book

Ewans Michael Christopher, Halton Rosalind, John A Phillips, Music Research: New Directions for a New Century, Cambridge Scholars Press, Amersham, 451 (2004) [A3]

Chapter in Book

Halton Rosalind, ’Night and Dreams: Text, Texture, and Night Themes in Cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti’, Music Research: New Directions for a New Century, Cambridge Scholars Press, Amersham, Bucks, UK, 27-39 (2004) [B1]

Review

Halton Rosalind, ’Review of Edward L Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord (Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2003)’, Musicology Australia (2006) [D2]

Halton Rosalind, ’Review of Thomas Tolley, Painting the Cannon's Road: Music, the Visual Arts and the Rise of an Attentive Public in the Age of Haydn, Ashgate Books, 2001’, Musicology Australia (2006) [D2]

Conference Publication

Halton Rosalind, ’Alessandro Scarlatti's Venus in transit from Naples to Rome: the two versions of the Serenata Venere, Adone & Amore, Naples 1696 and Rome 1706’, Combined Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Musicological Societes, New Zealand (2003) [E1]

Halton Rosalind, ’Seven Angles on the solo cantata."A voi che l'accendeste, ca 1692’, MSA Annual Conference, Uni of Melbourne (2001) [E2]

Major Creative Work

Halton Rosalind, Venere, Adone e Amore: Serenatas and Cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, (2007) [J2]

Halton Rosalind, Alesssandro Scarlatti, La Primavera (Clori e Lidia Compagne): Cantata per Camera a due Soprani, (2005) [J1]

Halton Rosalind, Qual'ora io veggio la vezzosa Irene, (2005) [J1]

Halton Rosalind, 'La Fenice' Su l'ora appunto, (2004) [J1]

Halton Rosalind, Louis Couperin and Friends, (2004) [J2]

Halton Rosalind, 'Bella Dama di nome Santa', A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Sydney (2002) [J1]

Halton Rosalind, Olimpia: Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti, (2001) [J2]

Halton Rosalind, Music of Bach, Bohm,Coupewrin, Byrd, France Festival of Chateau de Bagnols (1999) [J2]

Halton Rosalind, Recital of Bach, Couperin and Handel, International Flute Convention Principal Artist (1999) [J2]

Other Creative Work

Halton Rosalind, Quante sete per mi pigri, o momenti!. Cantata for Soprano and Basso Continuo, Duke University College of Arts and Sciences, - (2007) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, A Scarlatti, 'Cantata Notturna', Cantata Editions.com, London England (2006) [F2]

Halton Rosalind, Edition of A. Scarlatti 'Lucretia Romana' 1688, Web Library of Seventeenth Century Music, General Editor Alexander Silbiger, Duke University (Durham) NC USA (2006) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Alessandro Scarlatti, Euridice dell'Inferno, Cantata for soprano and continuo1699, Cantata Editions, UK, London (2005) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Alessandro Scarlatti, La Fenice, cantata for soprano, 2 violins, and continuo, Cantata Editions, UK, London (2005) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Alessandro Scarlatti, Qual'ora io veggio la vezzosa Irene: Cantata a voce sola con violini [cantata for high voice and violins], Cantata Editions, UK, London (2005) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tu resti o mio bel nume: Cantata for bass, violins I & II & continuo, Cantata Editions, UK, London (2005) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Colours of Night, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle (2005) [F1]

Clarke Zana, Downer Caroline, Halton Rosalind, Lyrical Passions: music from the French Baroque, Orpheus Music, Armidale (2005) [F1]

Tessa Miller, Halton Rosalind, Italian Vocal Music from the 16th-18th centuries, Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall, Newcastle (2004) [F1]

Miriam Allan, Jamie Hey, Halton Rosalind, The Roman Influence, Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall, Newcastle (2004) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Dove fuggi, o bella Clori??, A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Anche i tronchi, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Augellin vago e canoro, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Hor che di Febo ascosi, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Lidio e Clori, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Nel silentio commune di notte, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, O che mostro, o che furia, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Su'l margine d'un rio, Cantata Editions, London (2003) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Amica, hora che Aprile', A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. [ www.baroquecantata.com] (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Augellin vago e canoro', 1699, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Il genio di Mitilde', A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Imagini d?orrore' (1710) A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Lontan dall'idol mio' (1699), A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Non so qual piu m?ingombra', Cantata Pastorale (1716), A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Poiche cessano', A. Scarlatti, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Quanto dolce e quell?ardore?, Francesco Mancini, ed. Halton, Cantata Editions, general editor James Sanderson, U.K. www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, 'Quella pace gradita', A. Scarlatti, Cantata Editions, U.K., www.baroquecantata.com (2002) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Carissimi: Filli non t'amo piu, Chacona, Web Site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Piano Studies and Baroque Works, AMEB Publications, Sydney (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Scarlatti: Notte cara, Chacona, web site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Scarlatti: E come Dio, Chacona, web site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Scarlatti: Liberta del mio cor, Chacona, Web Site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Scarlatti: Peno,e del mio penar, Chacona, Web Site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Scarlatti: Sotto l'ombra d'un faggio, Chacona, web site (2001) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, "Tous les matins du monde", French Consul General, Noumea, Noumea (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, 17th century Spanish Music, University, St John's Church, Cooks Hill (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Dido and Anaeas by Purcell, University, Conservatorium (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, French Baroque Music, Paddington Baroque Series, Sydney (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music by Arne, Vivaldi, and A Scarlatti, University, Conservatorium (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music by Monteverdi and Purcell, Cathedral Festival, Christ Church Cathedral (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music by Saraceni,Porpora, A Scarlatti, University, Conservatorium (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music by various Spanish and South American composers, UNE, NEGS Armidale (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music of Bach's sons, Historic Houses Trust Concert Series, Sydney (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Music of Volkhardt,Dikmens, Lacey,, UNE, Lazenby Hall, Armidale (2000) [F3]

Halton Rosalind, Figaro's Wedding (Opera), Faculty of Music, University of Newcastle (1999) [F1]

Halton Rosalind, Music of Telemann and Mehul, Facultry of Music, University of Newcastle (1999) [F1]

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