David Sell
Position
- Adjunct Associate-Professor
- Co-Director Music Education Research Centre (MERC)
Qualifications
M.Mus (Durham); Mus.B. (NZ); Dip.Ed.; LRSM; L.Mus.T.C.L
Room
202, Music building
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364-2987 ext 3653
Internal Phone: 3653
david.sell@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
School of Music
University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800,
Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand
Background
Following twelve years as a music specialist in secondary schools in the Wellington region, David Sell was District Music Adviser in Canterbury, a position that he held for two years before being appointed lecturer in music at the University of Canterbury. In his twenty eight years on the full-time staff he rose to reader/associate professor, served two terms as Dean of Music and Fine Arts and was eight years Head of the School of Music. Since retiring, he has continued as a part-time lecturer, specialising in music education.
David was for eighteen years on the Board of the New Zealand Society for Music Education (now MENZA), was inaugural president, and is a current committee member of the Society for Music Education (Canterbury), was on the setting up committee and Board of Studies of the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA), President of the Specialist Music Programme for its first six years, and is currently Chairman of Arts Canterbury and on the executive committee of the Christchurch Community Arts Council.
The author, co-author or editor of thirty five books, mostly concerning music education, he is also a concert reviewer for The Press, Christchurch, and has written at various times for the New Zealand Listener, Opera, Opera, and publications of the International Society for Music Education. He participated in five conferences, in Tunis, London (Ont.), Canberra, Helsinki and Seoul, and at ISME Research Commission seminars in Gummersbach, Christchurch and Mexico City, and seminars of the Commission for Music in Schools and Teacher Training in Leningrad and Kyong-ju.
Research
For a full list of publications please see David's UC Research Profile