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Biography
Diana Blom is a composer, keyboard player (piano, harpsichord, toy piano), teacher and researcher in music. She has co-curated several composition/performance/CD projects with Australian and international performers and composers and is currently working on ‘Piano Toy Piano’ with Italian contemporary keyboardist, Antonietta Loffredo and WSU colleague Noel Burgess. Music scores are published in Australia and New Zealand and recordings are available internationally. Diana’s research focuses on how music has meaning and a range of music education topics. Check out her website https://www.dianablom.com/ for more.
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney
Master of Arts (Coursework)
Master of Music, The University of Sydney
Bachelor of Music
Research keywords
- music and meaning
- tertiary music education
- war music
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Ballpark: for Two Harpsichords
Blom, D. (Composer), Mar 2026Research output: Creative Works › Composition
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How music brings meaning to the role of war in two Australian Vietnam War popular songs
Blom, D. & Withnall, P., 2026, In: Popular Music History . 17, 2, p. 151-168 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of higher music education (HME) studies on career trajectories
Rowley, J., Pike, P. D. & Blom, D., Feb 2026, In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 25, 1, p. 63-80 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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We hear with our eyes!': Unlocking tacit knowledge about multisensory music performing
Mitchell, H. F., Blom, D. & Long, P., Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Music Education. 44, 1, p. 174-187 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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After Midnight: Soundscape for Inside, Keyboard and Lightly Prepared Piano
Blom, D. (Composer), 2025Research output: Creative Works › Composition
Projects
- 3 Finished
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War Letters - a concert of musical settings of letters from WW1
Blom, D. (PI)
Department of Veterans Affairs
9/06/15 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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ePortfolios for creative arts, music and arts students in Australian Universities [via USYD]
Blom, D. (PI), Dunbar-Hall, P. (Investigator), Bennett, D. (Investigator) & Hitchcock, M. (Investigator)
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
23/09/13 → 13/02/14
Project: Research