Glenda Keam

Glenda Keam
MNZM
Keam in 2021
Born
Glenda Ruth Keam

1960 (age 64–65)
SpouseJames Gardner
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Thesis
Doctoral advisorFiona McAlpine
Academic work
Institutions

Glenda Ruth Keam MNZM (born 1960) is a New Zealand composer, music scholar, and educator. In 2021, Keam was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music and music education.

Academic career

Keam completed a PhD titled Exploring notions of national style: New Zealand orchestral music in the late twentieth century at the University of Auckland in 2006.[1] She also studied composition with Anthony Gilbert in Manchester.[2] Keam then joined the faculty of Auckland. She was dismissed from her position but challenged it, and was found to have been unjustifiably dismissed. She was subsequently reinstated.[3] Keam inaugurated the music programme at Unitec Institute of Technology, where she was director of music from 2006 until 2013. Keam was Head of Music at the University of Canterbury until her retirement.[4][5]

Keam was elected president of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 2019, and was the first female president since the society's founding in 1922.[6][7] She was previously vice president of the society from 2016.[5] Keam was director of the society's 2022 World New Music Days, which were a series of concerts held in Auckland and Christchurch.[8][9][10] She was president of the Composers Association of New Zealand for ten years, until 2017.[5] Keam has directed a number of other music festivals, including the Asian Composers League Festival and the 2012 New Zealand in LA festival in California.[5][11][2]

Keam's 2011 book, co-edited with Tony Mitchell and with an afterword by Don McGlashan, was described as "the 'go-to' general book on New Zealand music".[12][13][14]

Honours and awards

In the 2021 New Year Honours, Keam was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music and music education.[15][6]

Selected written works

  • Glenda Keam (31 January 2018), Psathas, John, doi:10.1093/GMO/9781561592630.ARTICLE.2022551, Wikidata Q130345040
  • Keam, Glenda; Mitchell, Tony, eds. (2011). Home, land and sea: situating music in Aotearoa New Zealand. North Shore, N.Z.: Pearson.

References

  1. ^ Keam, Glenda Ruth (2006). Exploring notions of national style: New Zealand orchestral music in the late twentieth century (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/56.
  2. ^ a b "Glenda Keam – SOUNZ". sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ Barton, Chris (24 September 2007). "Cracks appearing in the foundation". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The scholar who created a world-class music school". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "New Year Honours 2021 – Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "New Year Honour for composer Glenda Keam". RNZ. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ ISCM (10 May 2019). "Newly Elected ISCM ExCom – Glenda Keam is New President". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Glenda Keam on the ISCM World New Music Days 2022". RNZ. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Executive Committee". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ^ "2022 New Zealand". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ^ "ISCM & ACL Festivals | Interview with Glenda Keam – SOUNZ". sounz.org.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ Shuker, Roy (18 February 2014). "Home. Land and Sea: Situating Music in Aotearoa New Zealand". IASPM@Journal. 4: 140–142. doi:10.5429/2079-3871(2014)v4i1.18en. ISSN 2079-3871.
  13. ^ Nabeel, Zuberi (2011). "Keam, Glenda, and Tony Mitchell, eds. 2011. Home, Land and Sea: Situating Music in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland: Pearson. ISBN 978-1-44251-632-8 (pbk). 320 pp". New Zealand Sociology. 26 (2): 132–134. ISSN 0112-921X.
  14. ^ Bannister, Matthew (20 November 2012). "Keam, Glenda, and Tony Mitchell, eds. 2011. Home, Land and Sea: Situating Music in Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland: Pearson. ISBN 978-1-44251-632-8 (pbk). 320 pp". Perfect Beat. 13 (1): 95–97. doi:10.1558/prbt.v13i1.95. ISSN 1836-0343.
  15. ^ "New Year Honours List 2021". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2024.