Andrew Alter
Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studi
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Andrew has over 23 years experience teaching music at tertiary level. He has contributed to a diverse range of sub-disciplines including popular music studies, ethnomusicology, composition, theory, harmony, conducting and performance studies. His performance interests span an eclectic mix of world music and experimental genres and include diverse musical practice on piano and cello as well as within vocal ensembles and Indonesian gamelan. Currently he leads the Macquarie University gamelan ensemble, and is working on recording projects with this group. As an ethnomusicologist, Andrew has published widely in the discipline's leading journals and reference tools. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, the Australian Musicological Society, the South Asian Studies Association of Australia, the Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Council for Traditional Music. This research and professional background continue to inform his research, performance and teaching activities.
Research Interest
Andrew's research interests cover three broad areas of investigation: South Asian music cultures, contemporary Australian transcultural musical expression, and Southeast Asian music cultures. Within these areas his research projects and publications have examined traditional music cultures as well as contemporary musical expression. In South Asia he has examined connections between musical practice and Hindu ritual in the Himalayas as well as contemporary music at local and national levels. In Southeast Asia his work with the gamelan traditions of Java has led him to explore traditional practice and contemporary fusion. Naturally, his research in each of these Asian regions has influenced his approach to contemporary Australian transcultural practice.
Publications
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Diaz-Sanchez D, Dotson AR, Takenaka H, Saxon A. Diesel exhaust particles induce local IgE production in vivo and alter the pattern of IgE messenger RNA isoforms. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1994 Oct;94(4):1417.
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Goldberg SL, Pecora AL, Alter RS, Kroll MS, Rowley SD, Waintraub SE, Imrit K, Preti RA. Unusual viral infections (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and cytomegalovirus disease) after high-dose chemotherapy with autologous blood stem cell rescue and peritransplantation rituximab. Blood. 2002 Feb 15;99(4):1486-8.
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Dai M, Wang P, Boyd AD, Kostov G, Athey B, Jones EG, Bunney WE, Myers RM, Speed TP, Akil H, Watson SJ. Evolving gene/transcript definitions significantly alter the interpretation of GeneChip data. Nucleic acids research. 2005 Jan 1;33(20):e175-.
