Anna Henwood

Anna Henwood

Elder Conservatorium of Music

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Anna Henwood gratefully acknowledges the support she received for her Doctor of Philosophy research at the University of Adelaide through the provision of an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS) stipend. Anna’s thesis relates to the flute pedagogy and contribution of her teacher, Raymond Guiot, a student of Marcel Moyse (1889–1984), flute teacher of the 1900s and writer of many flute books,. Anna has a rich musical, linguistic, and educational background, and her experiences in Australia and overseas have helped shape her strong intercultural and teaching skills. Anna accepted a full scholarship for Bachelor of Music (Performance) study at Flinders Street School of Music, offered to her following her year twelve results for Performance and Performance Special Study. It was after year twelve that Anna met Raymond Guiot in Rome and decided to one day return and study with him in Italy. After graduating with Honours in Performance at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Anna completed a three-year course with Raymond Guiot at the Accademia italiana del flauto (Italian Flute Academy) in Rome, and was awarded a First Prize on examination. Anna is a registered classroom teacher with experience teaching in primary, secondary, and tertiary settings.

I qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in 2024, and I was the first in the history of the Elder Conservatorium of Music to complete an oral examination (viva voce), a process that has not been widely used for doctoral examinations in Australia. 

My doctoral thesis was awarded a 2024 University Research Medal for outstanding doctoral research. My thesis examines flautists in Italy of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reforms to Higher Educational Institutions in Italy, and the re-discovery of Italian composers. The intercultural and intersemiotic nature of my research requires a high level of advanced language, music and education skills. 

Throughout my doctoral research, I had the pleasure to complete an Industry Partnership Project with the Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia, in which I performed and organized concerts of Australian and world premiere performances of music by twenty-first century composers featured in my doctoral thesis (for example, music by Guiot, Santucci, Pelle, and Deraco). The partnership also included creating new curriculum in Italian, and leading a hybrid-online workshop for teachers of modern languages, exploring curriculum I wrote for the Department of Education Victoria and the Modern Languages Association of Victoria, published (2018) and available online at: https://arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/learning/resource/99SZJH?fuse=1.

My research sits at the intersection of Music and Italian cultural studies. I enjoy discovering forgotten Italian musicians who deserve to have their contributions more widely celebrated.

 

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - 2024 Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
    2021 - ongoing University Supervisor (Education Futures) The University of South Australia
    2021 - ongoing Flute tutor (Open Music Academy) The University of Adelaide
    2016 - 2024 Teacher (School of Education) The University of New England

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    French Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
    Italian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2002 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Music (Honours)

  • Postgraduate Training
    Date Title Institution Country
    2022 - 2024 Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide Australia
    2015 - 2015 Master of Modern Languages Education The University of Melbourne Australia
    2012 - 2012 Graduate Diploma of Education The University of Adelaide Australia
    2007 - 2008 Graduate Diploma of TESOL Tabor College Australia
    2002 - 2005 Corso triennale di perfezionamento Accademia italiana del flauto Italy
    1998 - 2005 Graduate Diploma of Advanced Italian Language Studies Flinders University Australia

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    2009 Stage de Français langue étrangère niveau intermédiaire II Greta Val Bugey Léman France
    — Fully registered teacher (current) Teachers Registration Board of South Australia -
    — Fully registered with LOTE (current) Victorian Institute of Teaching Australia
    — Cours d'Été de niveau intermédiaire Université de Genève Switzerland

GRANTS, FUNDING, AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Doctoral Research Medal (2024) for outstanding research at PhD level.
University of Adelaide

Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend (Feb 2022–Sept 2024)

Third prize in the 2024 MSA Postgraduate Student Paper Award at the 47th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia
AUD 150

Special Mention in the 2023 MSA Postgraduate Student Paper Award at the 46th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia

Naomi Cumming Prize (2023)
Awarded by the Musicological Society of Australia (SA Chapter) for excellence in postgraduate research 
AUD 200

Italian Government Award (2020)
AUD 30,000 towards Italian Language program. Application written in Italian.

Endeavour Language Teaching Fellowship (2015)
Federal Government Fellowship, (Università di Lecce, Puglia)

TESOL Plus (2013)
Award for outstanding academic achievement in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) study

Catholic Education of SA Country Teaching Grant (2012)
AUD 2,500

Federal Government Grant, University of Adelaide (2012)
Undergraduate grant for teaching practicum in Peru
AUD 2,500

Australian Foundation for Studies in Italy Award, Monash University (2002)
AUD 5,000

Helpmann Academy Grant (2002)
AUD 2,000 for flute study in Italy

Finalist for the Trevor Prescott Memorial Award (2002)

AMEB Prize (2000)
Most outstanding A. Mus. A examination (A. Mus. A. with distinction on flute), including performance at the Awards ceremony

Flinders Street School of Music (1998–2001)
Full tuition scholarship for Bachelor of Music (Performance) degree, held over four years of study and offered as a result of Year 12 performance subjects

Online teaching (University of New England)
Teacher, Tutor and Marker for online courses (EDUC303/503 and EDUC246) for the School of Education, teaching across trimesters throughout 2021–2024.

Collective and individual teaching (University of Adelaide)
Flute tutor for the Open Music Academy, delivering collective technique classes and individual 1:1 classes for students from beginner to advanced level, including AMEB diploma levels.

University Supervisor (University of South Australia)
Supervising pre-service teachers on teaching placements in schools across Adelaide for the School of Education.

Classroom teaching 
Ten years experience teaching in primary and secondary classrooms in South Australia, Melbourne and the Northern Territory (Music, Italian and Flute tutor).

  • Consulting/Advisories
    Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
    2013 - 2014 The University of South Australia Research Centre for Languages and Cultures School or college Australia

  • Industry Partnerships
    Date Engagement Type Partner Name
    2024 - 2024 Research Contract Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia

  • Presentation
    Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
    2024 - 2024 The Letters of Fortunato Sconzo 47th National Conference of the MSA Musicological Society of Australia Australia
    2024 - 2024 Santa Cecilia: Reforming a Conservatorio The Second Biennial International Conference of Music and the University The University of Surrey United Kingdom
    2024 - 2024 Lost and Found ABLE HDR Conference The University of Adelaide Australia
    2023 - 2023 A Shipwrecked Sonata and a Photograph: Tracing the steps of Alfredo Casella and Mario Pilati Open Borders: The Future of Music Research 46th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia Australia
    2023 - 2023 Methods, Methodology, and Languages: Finding a place in Music Research Research Day Musicological Society of Australia, South Australia Australia
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