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Biographical Details
A highly regarded recorder player performing as a soloist and ensemble musician throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe; Alana has performed with a number of ensembles including The Royal Wind Music, The New Dutch Academy, Salut! Baroque, The Bell Shakespeare Company, Pinchgut Opera, The Sydney Consort, The Tall Poppeas and The Sydneian Bach Choir. As a soloist, she has performed concerti with The Early Music Ensemble of the Sydney Conservatorium, The Manly-Warringah Symphony Orchestra, Coro Innominata and The Bourbaki Ensemble; she has also teamed up with other Australian artists Rosalind Halton (Harpsichord), Riley Lee (Shakuhachi), Neal Peres da Costa & Daniel Yeadon (continuo), Ben Carey (sound technologist), and commissioned a number of composers, exploring the use of recorders and electronics in performance.
A graduate of both Sydney and Amsterdam Conservatories, she performs both early and contemporary music, and has performed in some of the world's greatest recital and concert halls including; the Sydney Opera House, Wigmore Hall (UK), Amsterdam Concertgebouw (NL), and Konzerthaus Berlin (GR), appeared on six CDs, and performed live on radio broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and The Netherlands.
Teaching
Performance Music Theory/Musicianship Music History Studio Pedagogy
Ensemble Leadership
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Doctorate
Masters
Masters, Music (Performance), University of Sydney
Honours, Music (Performance), University of Sydney
Research Interests
- Music
- Recorder
- Performance
- Composition
- French and Italian Baroque ornamentation and performance
- Contemporary performance improvisation with computer programming
- Web technology and music
Approved to Supervise
- Approved PhD/HDR supervisor
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Making Music Together
Blackburn, A., Burke, M., Clancy, S., Coffey-Glover, R., Dunning, G., Fullegar, J., Hails, J., Helewell, S., Ingamells, A., James, L., Kardos, L., Leomo, K., May, D., McIlwrath, J., Nagle, P., Orpin, T., Redhead, L., Schauerman, J., Stevens, A. & Stone, S. & 6 others, , 6 Jun 2025Research output: Non-textual output, including creative works › Recorded/rendered creative works › Other › peer-review
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Sweet Alcaic Metres: engaging with regional communities to develop a new creative work
Blackburn, A. & Terry, M., 8 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Music Research Online. 15, p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Recorder, by David Lasocki and Robert Ehrlich, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2022, xiv + 372 pp., ISBN-978-0-30011-870-4 (hardback), ISBN978-0-30027-064-8 (e-book)
Blackburn, A., 19 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Musicology Australia, p. 1-3.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Art Music in Regional Australia
Blackburn, A. & Sattler, G., 30 Apr 2024, Online: Regional Music Research Group. 7 p. (Regional Music Research Group Research Papers; no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Report › Other
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Paul Smith: Three Canzone
Blackburn, A. & Race, C. H., 31 Dec 2023Research output: Non-textual output, including creative works › Recorded/rendered creative works › Performance › peer-review