The formal and shorter discussion papers included in this scholarly collection were presented at the National Workshop of the Musicological Society of Australia, held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane in October 2003. The themes of aesthetics and experience are central to this publication and each paper engages in a scholarly dialogue on the technical, expressive and embodied aspects of performance. The papers included in this publication bring together the research of a wide community of scholars (e.g., musicologists, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists and linguists) working in the field of performance studies and collectively reflect the musicological issues being debated in Australia today.
Denis Collins is a lecturer at the School of Music, The University of Queensland. He is an active researcher in various aspects of renaissance and baroque contrapuntal theory and practice.
Samantha Owens lectures in historical musicology at the School of Music, The University of Queensland. Her research focuses on German baroque performance practice, with specific reference to the early history of the orchestra.