Dr Patrick Shepherd
Position
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications
MusD, MMus, BMus(Hons), FTCL, LTCL, PGCE, CertAT
Room
Music 108
Contact Details
Phone:
+64 3 345 8119
Internal Phone:
44119
patrick.shepherd@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal Address
School of Literacies and Arts in Education
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
NEW ZEALAND
Background
Patrick is passionate about music education, technology and creativity. His own musical compositions have been performed and broadcast throughout New Zealand and he has had works performed in USA, South Korea, Germany, China, Russia and Australia. He is a staunch advocate of New Zealand music and has represented the South Island on the national committee of the Composers’ Association of New Zealand (CANZ). Patrick has also been the recipient of the CANZ Trust Fund Award for excellence and potential in composition.
He holds degrees from the universities of Canterbury (DMus), London (MMus) and Manchester (BMus (Hons)) as well as a Fellowship and Licentiate in Composition from Trinity College, London. Patrick is active as a teacher, composer, conductor, adjudicator and examiner as well as being a concert and CD reviewer for The Press and Opera News.
As a performer, Patrick has conducted the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Youth Orchestra and Garden City Symphony Orchestra, and currently conducts the Camerata Strings and the orchestra for the Christchurch Primary Schools Music Festival.
Patrick is also an Honorary Antarctic Arts Fellow, having travelled to Antarctica early in 2004, and much of his current work is related to that trip. His Antarctic-inspired orchestral work, ‘Cryosphere’, was selected as a finalist in the 2006 Lilburn Prize. Courses
ANTA202 Experiencing Antartica
EDMU261 Curriculum Music 2
EDMU711 Music Curriculum Studies
EDPP261 Professional Practice: Professional Skills and Knowledge
TECP111 Music - Sound Arts, Visual Arts, Information and Communication Technology
TEPP110 Professional Practice: Elements of Classroom Teaching
TEPP210 Professional Practice: Effective Student Learning
TEPS110 Professional Studies: Teaching and Learning in Aotearoa/New Zealand
TEPS210 Professional Studies 2
Administrative Responsibilities
Responsibility for ANTA202 and courses
Research
Please see UC Research Profile for full list of publications.
Fields of Research
- Administration of John F. Kennedy
- Composing in the classroom
- IT in music education
- Life and work of Gerald Finzi
- Music and history of Antarctica