Women in Contemporary UK Jazz: Artistic Voice, Gender and Professional Identity

当代英国爵士乐中的女性：艺术声音、性别和职业身份

• 批准号: 2769554
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2769554
• 关键词: Women; Contemporary; UK; Jazz; Artistic

Over a decade ago when I formed my first band, its 50/50 gender balance made us a rarity on the jazz scene. Having continued to work in the UK jazz industry since then, I've become increasingly aware of the disparities in visibility and opportunity between male and female musicians. Despite progress, women are still a minority and continue to experience barriers to career progression.There is potential to build on existing research and provide a full-scale investigation relating to gender and jazz in the UK. Wherever possible, my research will also encompass minority genders.As a practitioner I have a personal and wide-ranging perspective on UK jazz. I have a network of female colleagues and have been privy to their lived experience over time. I have played at many of the festivals and venues that signed the Keychange Pledge (Raine 2019), often with female artists, and I participated in the 2017 'Making the Changes' symposium.I have a close relationship to grass roots jazz as a player, leader, and jazz collective member. I am also an educator and ABRSM examiner.My focus will be to produce detailed research on the lived experience of women, ranging from those currently in education to those who began their careers 30 years ago. I will also take an autoethnographic approach, drawing on experience from my schooldays - when I was steered away from jazz piano lessons and instead offered figured bass - to my current position having carved out a portfolio career whilst navigating a patriarchal industry. I am keen to research this project at Kent University as the supervisors are highly experienced in qualitative research methods, gender studies and music psychology. NYJC provides a rich range of contexts for fieldwork and has a mentorship strand running through generations.My response to initial research is one of a growing sense of empowerment and recognition of the potential for a new understanding of the 21st-century UK jazz musician.

十多年前，当我组建第一支乐队时，50/50的性别平衡使我们在爵士乐界非常罕见。从那以后，我继续在英国爵士乐行业工作，我越来越意识到男性和女性音乐家在知名度和机会上的差距。尽管取得了进展，妇女仍然是少数，并继续经历障碍的职业发展。有可能建立在现有的研究，并提供一个全面的调查有关性别和爵士乐在英国。只要有可能，我的研究也将包括少数民族性别。作为一个从业者，我对英国爵士乐有一个个人和广泛的观点。我有一个女同事网络，随着时间的推移，我一直了解她们的生活经历。我在许多签署了Keychange Pledge（Raine 2019）的节日和场地演出，经常与女性艺术家一起演出，我参加了2017年的“Making the Changes”研讨会。我作为演奏者，领导者和爵士乐集体成员与基层爵士乐有着密切的关系。我也是一名教育工作者和ABRSM考官。我的重点是对女性的生活经历进行详细的研究，从目前在教育界的女性到30年前开始职业生涯的女性。我还将采取自我民族志的方法，借鉴我学生时代的经验-当我被引导远离爵士钢琴课，而是提供数字低音-到我目前的位置已经开辟了一个投资组合的职业生涯，同时导航父权制行业。我热衷于在肯特大学研究这个项目，因为主管在定性研究方法，性别研究和音乐心理学方面经验丰富。NYJC为实地考察提供了丰富的背景，并有一个贯穿几代人的导师链。我对最初研究的回应是越来越多的授权感和对21世纪英国爵士音乐家的新认识的潜力的认识。