Ms Joanne Fairley
j.n.fairley@leeds.ac.uk
+44 113 343 2575
BA, BMus, ARCM, FHEA
Jo Fairley started her university education at Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts. After a year abroad at Leeds, she was completely converted, and finished her undergraduate BA degree here, then stayed on to do a further (BMus) year. Following a brief spell restoring early keyboard instruments, she gained her ARCM diploma, and freelanced as an accompanist and teacher for many years (though these days, her keyboard time is spent at the computer rather than the piano). While teaching at the University in the 90s, she began her educational development work in the School. Since then, she’s run level 1 performance, the ensemble modules at level 2 and 3, the year abroad module, and MMus Applied Performance. She’s also been involved in various development projects in Music, the Faculty of PVAC and Arts, and chaired Student:Staff Forum for four years. She acts as departmental study abroad tutor, instrumental and vocal teaching manager, and is the programme manager for BMus. Jo represents the faculty on the Standing Group on Study Abroad and is deputy Director of Student Education in Music.
Current Modules
- MUSS1320, level 1 Performance (coordinator, instrumental/vocal lessons, examinations)
- MUSI 2311, 2312, 3320 Project in Performance (assisting with ensemble performance such as gamelan, orchestra, chorus, contemporary ensemble)
- MUSI 9001 (Year Abroad) - placements for outgoing students and personal tutor for incoming international exchange students
- MUSI 5337/9M, Applied Performance (experience with masters level performance projects including special studies, pedagogy, ensemble/chamber music etc.)
Other Teaching
Project in Performance: as part of her work with this module Ms. Fairley has acted as Project Coordinator for many successful student performances, including:
- Beethoven Eroica Symphony, Choral Fantasy
- Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
- Dvorák Tvrdé Palice (The Stubborn Lovers) in a new critical edition of the opera
- Elgar Caractacus
- Ellington, Duke:music for Big Band
- Falla, La Vida Breve
- Górecki Kleines Requiem für eine Polka
- Howarth, Elgar Trombone Concerto (directed by the composer)
- Lachenmann "...zwei Gefühle..." Musik mit Leonardo
- Mendelssohn Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
- Messiaen Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (Leeds Parish Church)
- Monteverdi Vespers, 1610 (Royal Armouries)
- Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
- Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2 (Leeds Town Hall)
- Respighi Pines of Rome, Sinfonia Drammatica (Leeds Town Hall)
- Schoenberg Chamber Symphony no. 1
- Shostakovich Symphonies 8, 10, Cello Concerto no. 1 with Guy Johnston (winner, BBC Young Musician of the Year 2000)
- Sibelius Symphony no. 7
- Spencer, Mic The Lynx Arc (première), Toxic Knuckle Bones
- Strauss, Richard Festmusik der Stadt Wien
- Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Symphonies of Winds, Les Noces (sung in Russian)
- Stockhausen Kreuzspiel
- Tippett Concerto for Orchestra, Concerto for Double String Orchestra, A Child of Our Time
- Varèse Octandre, Intègrales, Ionisation
- Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto (soloist James Gourlay) Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
- Wilby, Philip Symphony no. 2
- Winds (symphonic) Lindberg Gran Duo, George Benjamin At First Light, Gregson Festivo
- World Music projects including Gamelan and African Drumming
and in conjunction with Leeds Baroque Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman:
- Bach B Minor Mass, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion
- Purcell King Arthur
- Biber Missa Salisburgensis
- Mozart (realised Wilby) Mass in C Minor
- Arne The Judgment of Paris
- Handel Israel in Egypt
Performance coordinator, programme manager, BMus (responsible for the four-year programme including a year abroad), faculty representative, Standing Group on Study Abroad (a University-wide group that meets to discuss related issues), study abroad tutor in the School (point of contact for incoming exchange applicants and students, liaison with Study Abroad Office), instrumental and vocal teaching coordinator, deputy Director of Student Education.
- Supporting professional standards for teaching staff: a cross-faculty project involving PVAC (Performance, Visual Arts and Communications), the Faculty of Arts, and SDDU (Staff and Departmental Development Unit, funded by TIF (Teaching Initiative Fund), Project Development Officer (2004-06)
- Facilitating accreditation and substantiation in the assessment of oral presentation, seminar/workshop contributions as minor components within modules, funded by TQEF (2003-05)
- LUMEN (Leeds University Music in Education Initiative) funded by FDTL: recording and reviewing initiatives, development of a study skills module and handbook, self-and peer-assessment, developing year abroad logs (1996-99)
- Enterprise in Higher Education: assessment, technology, skills, (1993-96), founding of NAMSHE (single-discipline network for staff teaching Music in Higher Education)
As BMus programme manager, Ms. Fairley has been responsible for negotiating and maintaining links with the following institutions:
In North America, the School also sends students to:
Ms. Fairley represents the School as International Relations Coordinator at conferences of the AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen) http://www.aecinfo.org/Home.aspx