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Associate Professor Jonathan Paget

Associate Dean (Music)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6404
Email: j.paget@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML2.207  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-1878

Jonathan is the Associate Dean, Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He leads the classical guitar program, is an active research supervisor, and member of the Centre for Keyboard Heritage and Performance Research.

Background

Associate Professor Jonathan Paget has led the classical guitar program at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts since 2005 and has many successful graduates. He is an active research supervisor, member of WAAPA’s Centre for Keyboard Heritage and Performance Research, and held the position of Associate Dean Research for WAAPA for six years.

As a guitarist, Jonathan has performed throughout Australia, the USA, and Asia and has appeared as an artist for Musica Viva, Perth Festival, Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Strings Attached (Margaret River), and the Shell Darwin International Guitar Festival. Reviews describe his “formidable virtuosity” [Limelight], “subtle, intimate artistry” [The West Australian], “up there with some of the best” [Classical Guitar, UK], “a fine musician with brilliant technique” [Soundboard, USA]. His recordings are regularly played on Australian radio and include two solo guitar discs (“Kaleidoscope” and “Midsummer’s Night” –the latter for Move Records).

A prizewinner in the GFA International Solo Competition, he has taken first place in the Shell Darwin International Guitar Competition, the Australian Guitar Competition, and the Rantucci Guitar Competition. Jonathan has been a recipient of numerous academic accolades, including the Beazley Medal (for the highest state tertiary entrance result), a Hackett Studentship, and a Fulbright Postgraduate Award.

He completed graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in upstate New York—including two master’s degrees and a doctorate with research on the guitar music of Peter Sculthorpe. He continues to pursue research interests in Australian music, the 19th century guitar, and historical performance practices.

Professional associations

  • WAAPA’s Centre for Keyboard Heritage and Performance Research (Member)
  • Classical Guitar Society of Western Australia, Inc. (President)
  • Musicological Society of Australia (WA Chapter - Committee Member)
  • Fulbright Alumni Association (WA Chapter - Committee Member)
  • Guitar Foundation of America (Member)

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 1997 - Fulbright Postgraduate Award
  • 1998 - 2001 - Hackett Studentship

Other

  • 1997 - Shell Darwin International Guitar Competition (1st Prize)
  • 1999 - Rantucci International Guitar Competition (1st Prize)
  • 1999 - Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition (4th Prize)
  • 1995 - Jose Ramirez Australian Guitar Competition (1st Prize)

Research areas and interests

Australian music, music for guitar and plucked instruments, historical performance practices on nineteenth-century century guitar, music theory pedagogy.

Qualifications

  • Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training, TAFE WA, 2006.
  • Doctor of Musical Arts, United States of America, 2003.
  • Master of Arts, United States of America, 2002.
  • Master of Music, United States of America, 1998.
  • Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours, The University of Western Australia, 1996.

Research Outputs

2023

Book Chapters

  • Paget, J. (2023). LA GUITAROMANIE (1829) BY CHARLES DE MARESCOT (1790–1842): UNPACKING THE IMAGERY AND MUSIC OF AN ICONIC NINETEENTH-CENTURY GUITAR BOOK. Belonging, Detachment and the Representation of Musical Identities in Visual Culture (225-246). Hollitzer Verlag. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.5211766.12.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Abbey, N., Oehlers, J., Smith, S., Ding, S., Filipe, L., Li, S., Ye, T., Yang, T. (2023). East meets West: Cross-cultural imaginings. [scores, video files, audio files]. Nanjing University of the Arts. https://doi.org/NA.
  • Paget, J., Abbey, N., Oehlers, J., White, T., Ding, W., Huang, C., Lancaster, G., Ling, S., Ling, K., Tang, Z., Wang, Y., Ye, D. (2023). Nanjing Epiphanies. [video files, sound files]. Nanjing University of the Arts: Recital Hall (9th), Popular Music Theatre (13th), Experimental Theatre (15th). https://doi.org/NA.
  • Paget, J., Riollot, I., Lake, C., Dorrian, E. (2023). Silver Sands Guitar Quartet Debut: The World in a Single Grain. [Sound files]. North Perth Town Hall. https://doi.org/NA.

2022

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Remaj, M., Lake, C., Lancaster, G. (2022). Symphonic miniatures of the Napoleonic guitar. [Audio recordings of musical performances]. Church of the Resurrection, Swanbourne.
  • Paget, J., Lee-Smith, S., Rowntree, Z., Boud, S., Tooby, J. (2022). Black dogs & beyond: Reimagining works for concertante guitar and string quartet. [Audio recordings of musical performances]. Perth Concert Hall.

2021

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Durkin, R. (2021). Grounded: Meaning, metaphor, and folksong reinterpretation in performances of works for voice and guitar. [video files]. Livestreamed podcast, Cullen's Wines (Margaret River).
  • Paget, J. (2021). Earth, Sea, and Sky: Reimagining Australian Guitar Landscapes. [musical performance]. (1) Richard Gill Auditorium (WAAPA); (2) Theatre, Margaret River Heart..

2020

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Blades, M. (2020). Hemispheres 21: Premiere Performances of Glen Roger’s Konokol-Inspired Works for Guitar and Flute. [Musical performance]. PS Art Space 22-26 Pakenham St, Fremantle WA. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/av_collection/96.

2019

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Cesarczyk, P. (2019). Forgotten Florestans: Leveraging Exegetical Analysis & HIP Knowledge in Romantic Guitar Works. St Patrick’s Anglican Church, Mt Lawley; Mahidol University, Bangkok; Richard Gill Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/8873.

2018

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2018). Guitaromanie: Vivifying Rare 19th Century Guitar Works. Melba Hall, Parkville (University of Melbourne); Ian Hanger Recital Hall (Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane); North Perth Lesser Town Hall (Perth).. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/7437.

2017

Conference Publications

  • Paget, J. (2017). Recent Sonata Theory and the performance of Early Nineteenth-Century Guitar Sonatas. Proceedings of the 2015 WA Chapter MSA Symposium on Music Performance and Analysis (105-121). Western Australian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia.
  • Yeo, A., Paget, J. (2017). A Longitudinal Study of Performance Practices in Recordings of Bach's Violin Sonata BWV1003. Proceedings of the 2015 WA Chapter MSA Symposium on Music Performance Analysis (24-39). Western Australian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Lake, C., Fischer, N. (2017). Recreating Guitar Brazilliance. Music Auditorium (WAAPA); Guitarissimo Series/Wayville Concerts (Adelaide); Perth Town Hall (Perth Winter Arts Festival); Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (MPO Happy Hour Chamber Series, Malaysia); Sonata Music (Art Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia).
  • Paget, J., Lake, C., Fischer, N. (2017). Playing the Landscape: Australian Minimalism for 3+ Guitars. Guitarissimio Series (Adelaide); Perth Town Hall/Perth Winter Arts Festival; Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (Malaysia); Sonata Music (Art Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia);.

2016

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2016). The Application of Sonata Theory to the Performance of the Bel Canto Guitar. Perth International Arts Festival Great Southern, The Rocks, Albany.
  • Paget, J. (2016). Goes with the Territory: Australian Guitar Music. University of Technology Mara; Residency of the Australian High Commission, Malaysia.

2015

Conference Publications

  • Paget, J. (2015). Musical Exchange and Soft Power: The Potential Benefits and Risks. Proceedings of the 2013 Fulbright Symposium: Soft Power, Smart Power: the Multiplier Effect of Educational and Cultural Exchange (59-62). The Australian-American Fulbright Commission.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Smith, S. (2015). Rediscovering Bel Canto Gems for Piano and Guitar. The Grove Library Building, Peppermint Grove.
  • Paget, J. (2015). Sensationalism and the ‘Other’ in the Bel Canto Guitar. Music Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts; and also Carine Senior High School Performing Arts Centre.
  • Paget, J. (2015). Dowland's A Musical Banquet - Director. Chapel, John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, Mirrabooka.

2014

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2014). A Treasury of the Bel Canto Guitar. WAAPA Music Auditorium; Performing Arts Centre, Carine High School.
  • Paget, J. (2014). Into the Dreaming: Australian Guitar Music. WAAPA Music Auditorium & Carine Senior High School Performing Arts Centre.
  • Paget, J. (2014). A History of English Guitar Song. St Pauls Church Menora; WAAPA Music Auditorium.

2013

Journal Articles

Conference Publications

  • Paget, J., Smith, S. (2013). Keys from the past: Unlocking the power of eighteenth-century contrapuntal pedagogies. re-Visions: Proceedings of the New Zealand Musicological Society and the Musicological Society of Australia Joint Conference (18-30). New Zealand Music Industry Centre.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2013). Guitar Horizons Revisited. Kurongkurl Katijin Gallery, ECU.
  • Paget, J., Blades, M. (2013). The Lyrical Guitar. Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth.
  • Paget, J. (2013). The Lyrical Guitar. Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth.
  • Paget, J. (2013). Viva La Guitarra: A Latin Celebration. Music Auditorium, WAAPA.
  • Paget, J. (2013). In Stillness and Silence. Trinity Uniting Church, Perth.
  • Paget, J., Blades, M. (2013). Dream Travels. Music Auditorium, WAAPA.
  • Paget, J. (2013). A Musical History of the Guitar in Song. Kurongkurl Katijin Gallery, ECU.
  • Paget, J. (2013). Romancero de la Guitarra. The Grove Library, Peppermint Grove.
  • Paget, J. (2013). Kaleidoscope: The Cultural Diversity of the Guitar. Kurongkurl Katijin Gallery (ECU, Mount Lawley).

2012

Conference Publications

  • Paget, J., Fitzgerald, M. (2012). The minimalist connection in Australian guitar music. Proceedings of the 2011Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference: Sound Scripts (37-45). Australian Music Centre.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J., Lake, C. (2012). Tango Suite. The Ellington Jazz Club, Beaufort St, Northbridge.
  • Paget, J. (2012). James Penberthy: Guitar Preludes and Pastorale. Perth Town Hall.
  • Paget, J., Blades, M. (2012). The River Runs Deep. Kalamunda Uniting Church.
  • Paget, J., Lake, C. (2012). Latin Soul - An Afternoon of Sublime Music. Government House Ballroom, Perth; Music Auditorium (WAAPA).
  • Paget, J. (2012). Goliljov "Ayres". Perth International Arts Festival; Fremantle Arts Centre.
  • Paget, J., Blades, M., Blades, M. (2012). Bel Canto Collaborations. Fairbrossen Estate, Carmel (WA).
  • Paget, J. (2012). Under a Southern Sky. Music Auditorium, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
  • Paget, J., Lake, C. (2012). Isaac Albeniz. Music Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts.
  • Paget, J. (2012). The Ambient Guitar. Music Auditorium, WAAPA; Kurongkatil Katajin Gallery, ECU; Carine High School.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Paget, J. (2011). Outback Dreaming: Peter Sculthorpe and the guitar. Soundboard: The journal of the guitar foundation of America, 37(2), 11-25.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2011). El Decameron Negro by Brouwer. (1) Olea Nurseries (Manjimup); (2) Music Auditorum (WAAPA).
  • Paget, J. (2011). A Scottish Fantasy by Crittenden. Carine High School.
  • Paget, J., Smith, S., Collito, L., Ferguson, L., Wright, N., Browning, L. (2011). Ensemble Archipelago Baroque Journeyings: 5 programs. St Pauls Church (Bridgetown), Olea Nurseries (Bridgetown).
  • Paget, J., Harper-Brown, L. (2011). Epiphanies WA Concerts: 2 Events. (1) John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre, Hale School; (2) Music Auditorium (WA Academy of Performing Arts).
  • Paget, J., Lake, C. (2011). Guitar Duo Forays: 2 Concerts. (1) Private residence of Dr Peter Rhodes (Brisbane); (2) St Stephens Uniting Church (Applecross, Perth).
  • Paget, J., Smith, S., Bannan, N. (2011). Winthrop Singers: Baroque Evensong. St Georges College Chapel.
  • Paget, J., Harper-Brown, L. (2011). Letters from Composers National Tour: 3 Concerts. Lecture Hall (Port Fairy) et al.
  • Paget, J. (2011). Postcards from Everywhere. Kurongkurl Katijin Gallery.
  • Paget, J., Wickham, D. (2011). Parisian Salon Historical Recreation. Music Auditorium, WA Academy of Performing Arts.
  • Paget, J. (2011). Once Upon a Time: Guitar Stories. KurongKurl Katijin Gallery.
  • Paget, J., Grigson, F. (2011). Guitar Concerts Curation. Music Auditorium, WAAPA.

2010

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2010). Guitar Dreaming: Ambient Works for Classical Guitar [solo recital]. St John's Church, York Street.

2009

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2009). The Lyrical Guitar Tour. St James Church, St Stephen's Anglican Church, WAAPA, St Paul's Church.
  • Paget, J. (2009). Venetian Nights Concert. Government House Ballroom.

2008

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2008). Midsummer's Night. Move Records Melbourne.

2007

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2007). Nigel Westlake and Six Fish at CGSWA Ensemble Festival. Churchlands Senior High School Auditorium.
  • Paget, J. (2007). Saffire. The Strand, Charles Darwin University.
  • Paget, J. (2007). Bach Circle. WAAPA Music Auditorium.

2006

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2006). A concerto for guitar and choir: Romancero Gitano by Mario Castelnuovo. Music Auditorium, WAAPA, St Patrick's Fremantle and Albany.

2005

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2005). Recital at the 2005 Shell Darwin International Guitar Festival. Northern Territory University, Darwin.

2004

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Paget, J. (2004). Classical Tuesday. WAAPA.
  • Paget, J. (2004). Australian guitar music: 20th century and beyond-various pieces. Eileen Joyce Studio, UWA.
  • Paget, J. (2004). An enchanted evening of plucked instrument song. St John's Lutheran Church, Northbridge.
  • Paget, J. (2004). Classical guitar twilight concert. Quarry Amphitheatre, Floreat.
  • Paget, J. (2004). Works presented at Blackwood River Chamber Festival. Shearing Shed, Waraninni, Winnijup.
  • Paget, J. (2004). Toward the sea-The night, Moby Dick, Cape Cod. Callaway Auditorium, UWA.
  • Paget, J. (2004). Guitars in St Georges. St Georges Cathedral, Perth.

Research Projects

  • Cross-Continental Inspirations in Music Performance Practice and Improvisation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia-China Council Grants, 2023 ‑ 2025, $65,000.
  • External grant application support - ARC LIEF, Edith Cowan University, WAAPA grant Scheme 2016, 2016 ‑ 2017, $1,735.
  • The Western Australia New Music Archive: 1970 - Today: Accessing, Remembering, Performing, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant, 2008 ‑ 2010, $27,520.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Vaghezza in ornamental practice on the theorbo in early 17th century Italy and its connection to my contemporary performative and compositional praxis
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Bach and the Classical Guitar: An Historiography
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), An Exploration and Contextualization of Two Mediterranean Guitar Sonatas by Angelo Gilardino (1941-2022)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Pianism of Arthur Friedheim as revealed through his writings, editions, recordings and contemporaneous critiques
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The English and Viennese piano styles in the solo piano works of Cipriani Potter
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Playing with Beethoven: Performance Traditions and Creative Interpretations in Mainland China.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Emotional coding in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music: the influence of text-driven musical patterns

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring Liszt's dramatic language: Narrative meaning and pianistic expression through the study of lieder
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Towards improvisatory fluency in a range of musical styles: Developing skills and strategies to overcome improvisational hesitancies as a classically trained violinist
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), The Music of the British Settlers in the Swan River Colony. 1829-1839.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The practice of facilitating an intersection between practitioner and stakeholder interests in community singing for cultural development programs

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), Performance practice in Hungarian folk music and its relationship to the style hongrois
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), Towards a declamatory performance in Schubert lieder
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Pier Francesco Valentini's II leuto anatomizzato (c.1650): A translation and commentary investigating transposition, intabulation, and other aspects of Roman lute practice
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), Forgotten Fagotte? The role of the bassoon in the early symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1764-1774
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), Uncovering the unpublished chamber music of George Frederick Boyle
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), The viola works of Benjamin Dale: A contextual study. Two lecture-recitals -and- an exegesis
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A digital resource for navigating extended techniques on bass clarinet
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Vital performance: Culture, worldview, and romanticist performance practice with application in Franz Liszt's consolations and Annees de Pelerinage Premiere Annee
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), A contextual study of Boris Asafiev's musical form as a process and an application of concepts to his sonata for solo viola
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), The Solo Piano Sonatas of Cipriani Potter (1792-1871): An Analysis, Reappraisal, and Historical Performance
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), A Study on Performing the Hungarian Rhapsodies in the Liszt Tradition
  • Master of Arts (Performing Arts), An lmmersive Study of the Artistry of Gilbert Biberian-Guitarist, Composer, and Pedagogue-and Creative Responses from a Musical Apprenticeship
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Ronald Stevenson, composer-pianist: An exegetical critique from a pianistic perspective.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Bridging the great divide: An exploration of postmodernism in the guitar music of Nigel Westlake

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An investigation into Theories of Odd Meter and Their Application to Jazz Composition and Improvisation
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Beyond the wall. An opera for children in 2 acts. -and- toward a more engaging operatic genre for children. an exegesis.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The ‘Marimba-Vibe’ Double Keyboard: An Explorative Investigation of a Nascent Solo Percussion Idiom
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