Dr Dylan Crismani

Lecturer, Music

Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2021	Fellowship	Churchill Fellowship	Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Trust	Australia	TBC
2020	Research Award	Doctoral Research Medal	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
2019	Invitation	Premiere of The tale of Kieu	Basel Composition Competition	Switzerland	1000 CHF

Year	Citation
2022	Crismani, D. J. (2022). THE MICROTONAL STRING ORCHESTRA. Perspectives of New Music, 60(1), 113-151. DOI Scopus1
2021	Crismani, D. (2021). The Symmetry of a Tonnetz, Un-transposable Harmonic Modes, and Modes of Synthesised Inversional Symmetry. Xenharmonikon.

Year	Citation
2025	Boko, P., Wells, J., Wilson, L., Smart, G., & Crismani, D. (2025). Expanding the Sacred: The history of the Inarma Women's Choir from Titjikala Community (NT). Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Music and Mediation Conference. Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide: The University of Adelaide / Musicological Society of Australia.
2025	Crismani, D., & Budel, J. (2025). Challenges of developing code to analyse monophonic lines in just intonation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Music and Mediation Conference. Elder Conservatoriumn of Music, University of Adelaide: The University of Adelaide / Musicological Society of Australia.
2025	Crismani, D., Smart, G., Budel, J., & Dollman, L. (2025). A survey of Indigenous cross-cultural collaborations in Australian Art Music. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Music and Mediation Conference. The University of Adelaide / Musicological Society of Australia.
2023	Rotumah, G., & Crismani, D. (2023). Keynote panelist for the 46th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia. The University of Adelaide, Hughes Lecture Theatre.

Year	Citation
2025	Crismani, D., & Smart, G. (2025). Two improvisations for Four Electric Cristals + Electronics (No. Of Pieces: Four Cristal instruments + Electronics. 15 minutes.) [Live music performance]. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental Gallery.: Adelaide Contemporary Experimental Gallery..
2023	Dollman, L., & Rotumah, G. (2023). World Premiere of Creation by Grayson Rotumah with the ASO (No. Of Pieces: 50 minutes) [Musical direction]. Grainger Studio, Adelaide.
2023	Crismani, D., & Smart, G. (2023). Five Vignettes for Four Electric Cristal Instruments. (No. Of Pieces: 10 minutes) [Original composition and improvisation]. Aldinga Beach, SA.
2023	Crismani, D., & Smart, G. (2023). Five Vignettes for Four Electric Cristal Instruments. (No. Of Pieces: 10 minutes) [Original composition and improvisation]. Aldinga Beach, SA.
2021	Sanadzadeh, I., Crismani, D., Brass, C., Pascoe, D., & Collen, S. (2021). Utter: Stories (No. Of Pieces: 65 minutes) [Collaborative dance work]. Adelaide College of the Arts, Light Square SA.
2021	Sanadzadeh, I., Crismani, D., Brass, C., Pascoe, D., & Collen, S. (2021). Utter: Stories (No. Of Pieces: 65 minutes) [Collaborative dance work]. Adelaide College of the Arts, Light Square SA.

Year	Citation
2024	Authors: Crismani D. Title: Coming Together. Extent: 20 Minutes, Orchestra with two soloists.
2022	Authors: Crismani D. Title: A Glimmer of Hope. Extent: 9 minutes 19 seconds.
2021	Authors: Crismani D, Smart G. Title: Shades of Blue. Extent: 21 minutes.
2020	Authors: Crismani D. Title: Still for microtonal cristal baschet. Extent: 12 minutes.
2019	Authors: Crismani D. Title: The Tale of Kieu. Extent: 20 minutes.

Year	Citation
2025	Crismani, D., & Rotumah, G. (2025). Curation of three performances at Kaurna Day 2025 (No. Of Pieces: Three performances, full production. 60 minutes duration.) [Curated Event]. Kaurna Day, University of Adelaide, Barr Smith Lawns.: University of Adelaide.
2024	Dollman, L., Crismani, D., & Rotumah, G. (2024). Coming Together (No. Of Pieces: 6 days) [Exhibition]. Hong Kong City Hall, Tai Kwun Arts.
2023	Dale, A., Pethrick, D., Harrald, L., Rotumah, G., & Crismani, D. (2023). Let Our Songs Speak For Us (No. Of Pieces: 60 minutes) [Intermedia exhibition incorporating artefacts, photographs, sound & video]. Adelaide: University of Adelaide.
2023	Crismani, D., Rotumah, G., Yates, H., & Kiwat, J. (2023). On The Terrace (No. Of Pieces: 30 minutes) [Concert series and exhibited works]. SA Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia: Chamber Music Adelaide.
2022	Crismani, D., Rotumah, G., & Harrald, L. (2022). On The Terrace (No. Of Pieces: 45 minutes) [Curated concert]. Adelaide, SA: Chamber Music Adelaide.
2022	Crismani, D., Rotumah, G., & Harrald, L. (2022). On The Terrace (No. Of Pieces: 45 minutes) [Curated concert]. Adelaide, SA: Chamber Music Adelaide.
2020	Crismani, D., & Jesse Henk Nicolaas, B. (2020). Emerge (No. Of Pieces: 60 minutes) [Curation of concert]. Madley rehearsal space, University of Adelaide, SA: Soundstream.

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Principal Supervisor	A compositional project, writing 5 pieces, which represent aspects of the psychology of trauma through music form.	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Kai Gerbi
2023	Principal Supervisor	The Treatment of Substantial Fugues within Thematically Developmental Forms across Varied Orchestral Contexts: Portfolio of Compositions and Exegesis	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Hamish Alan Gregory
2023	Co-Supervisor	Bundjalung Culture, Language, and Song: portfolio of compositions and exegesis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Grayson Rotumah
2023	Principal Supervisor	The Design and Implementation of Adaptive Music in Video Games	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Jarrod Paul Salmon
2023	Co-Supervisor	Bundjalung Culture, Language, and Song: portfolio of compositions and exegesis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Grayson Rotumah
2023	Principal Supervisor	The Treatment of Substantial Fugues within Thematically Developmental Forms across Varied Orchestral Contexts: Portfolio of Compositions and Exegesis	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Hamish Alan Gregory
2023	Principal Supervisor	A compositional project, writing 5 pieces, which represent aspects of the psychology of trauma through music form.	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Kai Gerbi
2023	Principal Supervisor	The Design and Implementation of Adaptive Music in Video Games	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Jarrod Paul Salmon

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023 - 2025	Co-Supervisor	Conductor Gestalt: A Comparative Study of Conductor Qualities, Skills and Knowledge Across Ensemble Types and Levels	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Evan Alan Patton
2021 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Anhui Opera: Towards Maintaining a Historical Regional Dramatic Opera Tradition in Contemporary China	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Yiyin Tian
2021 - 2025	Co-Supervisor	Reinterpreting the sound worlds of Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer. A portfolio of transcriptions, analyses, and performances.	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Alexander Laurence Taylor

Date	Title	Engagement Type	Institution	Country
2023 - 2023	5MBS radio interview	Public Community Engagement	Radio 5MBS 99.9FM	Australia
2021 - 2022	Aeolian Harp Project	Public Community Engagement	City of Charles Sturt	-
2020 - ongoing	Emerge Concert	Public Community Engagement	The University of Adelaide	Australia

Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
2023 - 2023	Arts SA	Arts South Australia	Cultural or historical	Australia
2022 - 2022	Arts SA	Department of Premier and Cabinet	Cultural or historical	Australia

Date	Topic	Presented at	Institution	Country
2024 - 2024	Australian Indigenous Culture in the 21st Century	Tai Kwun Conversations	Tai Kwun Cultural Centre	Hong Kong

Date	Title	Type	Institution	Country
2023 - 2023	Peer Review for Linkage Grant	Peer Review	Australia Research Council	Australia
2022 - ongoing	Paper Review Panel for Music Theory Spectrum, Oxford University Press	Peer Review	Music Theory Spectrum	United Kingdom

Position: Lecturer, Music
Email: dylan.crismani@adelaide.edu.au

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