The academic as artist : inclusive artistic practice as pedagogical model

This paper examines the outcome of a project aimed at expanding the practice of music-making using multiple keyboards. The project (titled Multiple Keyboards) involved performing a program of new works collaboratively with multiple keyboardists, and exploring practice-led research implications for teaching. This work is situated within a framework called the Artistic practice-Research-Teaching-Employability nexus (ARTE), which emphasises a strong, multidirectional connection between arts practice, research, and teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, extending these into student employability outcomes. The authors used a practice-based, reflective, and auto-ethnographic approach to make sense of their experiences through the project. This paper proposes that programming choice in an artistic context functions both as a learning experience for academic-artists, as well as a model that can inform subsequent pedagogical thought and practice, including potential employability foci.