APrf Luke Dollman
Dean International and Engagement, CADH
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.
Associate Professor Luke Dollman is Associate Dean International for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics, and is Deputy Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music.As a researcher, he has a strong interest in research into music and health, and regularly collaborates with colleagues from the School of Psychology on a number of research areas in Music Psychology. He also collaborates regularly with colleagues at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) and has been the recipient of various grants totalling approximately $1.2 million. As a teacher, he founded a new conductor training program at the Elder Conservatorium which is delivered in collaboration with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. He also directs the Conservatorium's Symphony Orchestra and experimental new music ensemble, Elder Music Lab. Dr Dollman holds a Bachelor of Music(Honours) from the University of Adelaide, a Masters of Music from the Sibelius Academy in Finland where he studied conducting with Leif Segerstam and Jorma Panula, and a PhD from the University of Adelaide. His doctoral studies focused on approaches to conductor training by leading schools and conducting teachers around the world. Luke has performed at venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Festival Hall in London, and the Sydney Opera House. Orchestras he has worked with include the London Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Halle Staatskapelle, Malaysian Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and all of Australia's professional symphony orchestras. He has worked regularly with the Finnish National Opera, as well as making appearances with Opera Australia and the State Opera of South Australia. He has taught conducting as a guest lecturer at the Sibelius Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. From 2015 to 2019 he taught a masterclass together with Professor Atso Almila from the Sibelius Academy in the Czech Republic.
As well as producing performance-based Non-Traditional Research Outputs, I have a strong interest in research into music and health, and regularly collaborate with colleagues from the School of Psychology on a number of research areas in Music Psychology.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Associate Dean International | University of Adelaide |
| 2024 - ongoing | Associate Professor | University of Adelaide |
| 2020 - 2023 | Senior Lecturer in Conducting | Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - ongoing | Deputy Director | Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - 2020 | Lecturer in Conducting | Elder Conservatorium of Music |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| German | Can read, speak and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 - 2014 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2001 - 2004 | Sibelius Academy | Finland | M.Mus (Conducting) |
| 1992 - 1995 | University of Adelaide | Australia | B.Mus (Hons) |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Licentiate diploma in violin performance | Trinity College London | United Kingdom |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Baker, N., Due, C., Baranoff, J., & Dollman, L. (2025). Creating together: Musicians’ descriptions of relational aspects of their profession. Psychology of Music, 15 pages. |
| 2025 | Baker, N., Baranoff, J., Dollman, L., & Due, C. (2025). Sharing successful strategies: A qualitative study of wellbeing in professional orchestral musicians. Musicae Scientiae. |
| 2025 | Franke, E., Chur-Hansen, P. A., Dollman, L., Collier, A. P. A., & Crawford, P. G. (2025). Culturally appropriate music-based activities in residential aged care: A narrative synthesis. Music and Medicine, 17(3), 169-182. |
| 2016 | Dollman, L. (2016). A gulf of difference: conducting pedagogues Ilya Musin and Jorma Panula. The Musical Times, 157(1936), 63-74. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Dollman, L. (2019). Can conducting be taught? An exploration of the challenges of teaching conducting at the tertiary level.. In Oxford Conducting Institute International Conducting Studies Conference.. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Dollman, L., Crismani, D., & Rotumah, G. (2024). Coming Together (No. Of Pieces: 6 days) [Exhibition]. Hong Kong City Hall, Tai Kwun Arts. |
| 2024 | Tomczak, S., Van't Hoff, L., & Dollman, L. (2024). EML at the Wheatsheaf 2024 (No. Of Pieces: 40 minutes) [Exhibition]. Wheatsheaf Hotel. |
| 2023 | Dollman, L., & Rotumah, G. (2023). Yong Siew Toh and Elder Music Lab cross-cultural collaboration (No. Of Pieces: 65 minutes) [Concert performances]. Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Main Hall, Singapore and Elder Hall, Adelaide. |
| 2021 | Dollman, L., & Cawrse, A. (2021). Elder Music Lab - When We Speak (No. Of Pieces: 60 minutes) [Exhibition]. Elder Hall. |
| 2020 | Dollman, L. (2020). Elder Music Lab at the Wheatsheaf 2020 (No. Of Pieces: 50 minutes) [Director of Event]. Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide. |
| 2019 | Dollman, L. (2019). Elder Music Lab at the Wheatsheaf 2019 (No. Of Pieces: 45 minutes) [Exhibition]. Wheatsheaf Hotel. |
| 2018 | Dollman, L. W. (2018). Elder Music Lab at the Wheatsheaf Hotel 2018 (No. Of Pieces: 40 minutes) [Producer and artistic director of musical event]. Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide; South Australia: Elder Music Lab. |
| 2012 | Dollman, L. (2012). Kammer Ensemble: ‘English Voices’ (No. Of Pieces: Unknown) [Exhibition]. Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Kammer Ensemble. |
| 2011 | Dollman, L. (2011). Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniversary Gala Concert (No. Of Pieces: Unknown) [Exhibition]. ABC studios, Adelaide: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. |
| 2010 | Dollman, L. (2010). NZSO/Sounz Todd Composer Awards. Workshops, performances and recordings. (No. Of Pieces: Unknown) [Exhibition]. Wellington, New Zealand: Sounz. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Gregan, E. (2022). Horn ensembles in Australia: A history, catalogue of national Repertoire, and recommendations towards sustainable communities. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide). |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| - | Dollman, L. (n.d.). EML at the Wheatsheaf.WAV. DOI |
Fine Tuning: A Reconciliation of Indigenous and Western Musical Traditions (2023 - 2025)
Funding scheme: FND000210: ARC - Discovery Indigenous
Funder name:Australian Research Council
Funder reference:IN230100005
Investigators:Crismani D; Corn A; Dollman L; Rotumah G
Amount: $1,032,900
Creating resources for Music Therapists to use when engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and clients (2023 - 2024)
Funding scheme: FND001510: Arts and Health Alliance - Collaborative Research Grant Scheme
Funder name: Arts in Health Alliance
Investigators:Rotumah G; Dollman L
Amount: $30,000
Collaboration with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta to increase awareness of Australian Indigenous culture in China (2023 - 2024)
Funding scheme:FND000986: DFAT - National Foundation for Australia-China Relations
Funder name:Cwth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Funder reference: Australia China Foundation - NFACR220386
Investigators: Dollman L
Amount: $96,000
In person collaboration between the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore (2023)
Funder Name (Organisation): Federal Department of Arts
Amount: $24,600
Online collaboration between the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore (2021 – 2022)
Funder Name (Organisation): Federal Department of Arts
Amount: $33,950
Luke leads the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Conservatorium's new music ensemble, Elder Music Lab. He lectures in music history and delivers an undergraduate elective in conducting. At the present time he has 8 students majoring in conducting at Postgraduate or Honours level and supervises 9 HDR students.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Rehabilitating Romantic Performance Style in Robert Schumann's Violin Sonatas | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Isabelle Laura Watson |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Rehabilitating Romantic Performance Style in Robert Schumann's Violin Sonatas | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Isabelle Laura Watson |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | An exploration of psychological wellbeing in professional musicians. Research strategies shown to help improve wellbeing, and investigate lived experience of professional musicians in Australian orchestras. |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Nicola Joy Baker |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Charting a positive future for the performing arts: Shaping flourishing market systems | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Thomas Marian Sulda |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Charting a positive future for the performing arts: Shaping flourishing market systems | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Thomas Marian Sulda |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | An exploration of psychological wellbeing in professional musicians. Research strategies shown to help improve wellbeing, and investigate lived experience of professional musicians in Australian orchestras. |
Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Nicola Joy Baker |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Tradition and trends in piano recital programming: An investigation of the piano recital in South Australia from 1945 to 2020 | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Yundi Yuan |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | International Best Practice in the Teaching and Training of Young Composers | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Lauren Angelique McCormick |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | A performance-based conceptualization of late 19th to early 20th century piano works of French composers on historic and modern instruments | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Haowei Yang |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | International Best Practice in the Teaching and Training of Young Composers | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Lauren Angelique McCormick |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | A performance-based conceptualization of late 19th to early 20th century piano works of French composers on historic and modern instruments | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Haowei Yang |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Tradition and trends in piano recital programming: An investigation of the piano recital in South Australia from 1945 to 2020 | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Yundi Yuan |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Towards a Canon of Australian Symphonic Wind Band Music. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Bryan Wayne Griffiths |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Performing the Cello Works of Friedrich Kiel in Context and Practice: a portfolio of premiere recordings and exegesis | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Edith Salzmann |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Towards a Canon of Australian Symphonic Wind Band Music. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Bryan Wayne Griffiths |
| 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Physiology of Condotery | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Tully Brookes |
| 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Physiology of Condotery | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Tully Brookes |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2025 | Principal 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 |
| 2020 - 2021 | Co-Supervisor | ‘An Anatomy of Betrayal’: metaphor, method and meaning in the opera Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Simon John Lord |
| 2020 - 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Horn Ensembles in Australia: A History, Catalogue of National Repertoire, and Recommendations Towards Sustainable Communities | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Emma Gregan |
| 2018 - 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Re-orchestration Case Studies for Wind Orchestra: Portfolio of Compositions, Transcriptions and Exegesis | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Martin Timothy Cheney |
| 2017 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | The Oboe Sings: Translating bel canto Song for the Oboe | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Charles Henry Klein |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - ongoing | Beyond The Stage - Creative Arts Symposium | - | State Library of South Australia | - |
| Date | Title | Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - 2019 | Adjudicator for Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concerto Competition | Advice | Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 2019 - 2020 | Peer Reviewer for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | Peer Review | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | - |
| 2013 - ongoing | AMEB Examiner | Advice | AMEB | - |
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