Katie Zhukov
Biographic Data
| ID | 6509129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie Zhukov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhukov |
| SIGNATURE | ZHUKOV K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1146-6637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perceived and physiological evidence of music performance anxiety in popular music vocal students
This study investigated physiological manifestations and self-perceived trait levels of performance anxiety for higher education contemporary commercial music vocalists undertaking tasks of increasing difficulty in a studio setting. Research has documented the prevalence of performance anxiety across musical genres generally, but understanding of how individual trait levels of performance anxiety affect physiological indicators across a range of …
Development of Early Choral Expertise: Insights from Middle School Elite Choristers
General models of talent development have highlighted the importance of a community of practice to nurture talent potential, with recent studies refining factors that contribute to the developmental journey. In music, an early model described three phases of talent development, while current research has focused on transitions between these. Choral music research has investigated conductors’ expertise and choristers’ experiences, highlighting pos…
Whole-school music mentoring: Effecting positive change for teaching and learning in early-childhood and primary education
Global approaches to provide effective in-service music teaching education to generalist primary teachers include intensive summer schools, collaborations with professional orchestras, school-driven initiatives, and in situ mentoring programs. This article describes and analyses a qualitative case study of whole-school music mentoring, where over 7 years every classroom teacher in an infants’ school (K–2) participated in a music mentoring interve…
Enduring impacts of collaborative workplace music mentoring for early childhood generalist teachers, music mentors and students
This study documents the enduring impacts of a workplace music mentoring programme for generalist classroom teachers in early childhood school settings in Australia. The study draws on follow-up interviews with mentors, teachers and principals from five of 11 participating schools one year after the programme. This study identifies participant perceptions of enduring outcomes, enduring effective mentoring, and effective mentor qualities. Two rese…
The impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns on professional and personal lives of freelance creative collaborative musicians
The global pandemic has severely disrupted the performing arts sector, with research documenting economic, professional, and health impacts on musicians. The psychological effects of lockdowns have been recognized, but little is known regarding their impact on freelance creative collaborative artists. This qualitative case study uses a resilience lens to report the perspectives of freelance creative collaborative musicians from the city of Melbou…
Choral Flourishing: Parent and child perspectives on the benefits of participation in an excellent youth choir
Over the last decade research has reported a range of positive life and learning outcomes for adult and child choristers through first-person accounts derived through surveys and interviews. Little is known regarding parent and child perspectives on choral learning, particularly regarding the impacts of participating in excellent choirs on musical development, personal benefits, and contributing factors. This study interviewed six parents and the…
Signature Pedagogies in Collaborative Creative Learning in Advanced Music Training, Education and Professional Development: A Meta-Synthesis
Recent debates concerned with Western music performance training have grappled with the question of what kind of education and training will best equip music students to navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex professional environment. Increasingly, attention has turned to the role of collaborative creativity and how collaborative, creative skills can be nurtured. Therefore, this paper interrogates the signature pedagogies of collaborative c…
“A Common Obsession”: Children’s and Young People’s Perceptions of Learning in an Intensive Summer Choral Program
This article reports the findings of an investigation of children’s and young people’s perceptions of learning and life outcomes, environmental supports and teaching and learning strategies encountered in an intensive summer choral program. Whilst the recognition of children’s and young people’s right to voice their perspectives was enshrined in the UN Convention on the rights of the child (1989), the music education profession has taken some tim…
Enduring impacts of cathedral choral training on choristers’ lives
Investigations of the English Cathedral Choral tradition have ranged from studies of the pedagogical practices and environmental affordances and constraints that support choral excellence to the introduction of female voices into a male-dominated musical practice. Studies of choral participation have investigated the health and wellbeing outcomes of choral participation across the lifespan, and the psychological benefits and life skills of teamwo…
“Play with me”: Student perspectives on collaborative chamber music instruction
This article reports on a pilot project conducted in Australia and Norway evaluating new approaches to collaborative chamber music instruction in higher education settings. Following suggestions from the literature on collaborative and group learning in music, chamber music tuition was chosen as a suitable context to examine the possibility of teaching-through-playing and the impact of such an approach on students’ collaborative learning and thei…
Crafting successful music careers: Insights from the professional lives of Australian pianists
This study investigates the careers of 28 classical pianists in Australia to develop greater understanding of skills needed to build professional music careers and to highlight implications for higher music education training. Semi-structured interviews were analyzed for emerging themes using Subotnik and Jarvin’s scholarly productivity or artistry (SP/A) model, looking for connections between distinct skills developed during education and their …
Let’s play together: Teacher perspectives on collaborative chamber music instruction
This article reports on a pilot project exploring the viability of a teaching-through-playing approach in chamber music instruction in higher music education. Literature suggests that teaching traditions such as the one-to-one setting need renewal, and socio-cultural theories of learning propose that collaboration and participation are a way forward. To explore this new approach, a multiple case study of four chamber music groups with teachers as…
Experiential (informal/non-formal) practice does not improve sight-reading skills
This study investigates whether experiential (informal/non-formal) sight-reading practice has an impact on sight-reading skills of classical university-level pianists. Data collected from 80 self-report practice diaries of students participating in trials of new sight-reading pedagogies were analysed to evaluate the effect of experiential sight-reading practice on improvement in sight-reading performance, focusing on the overall duration of sight…
A good news story: Early-career music teachers' accounts of their “flourishing” professional identities
This paper explores early-career teachers' perceptions of their professional identities, and factors impacting on their success. Findings reveal that despite discussing experiences of isolation, heavy workload, exhaustion, and lack of work-specific skills, most of the teachers interviewed demonstrated a wide range of professional and personal skills associated with a positive outlook on life and career. This evidence of ‘flourishing’ in the lives…
A good news story: Early-career music teachers' accounts of their “flourishing” professional identities
This paper explores early-career teachers' perceptions of their professional identities, and factors impacting on their success. Findings reveal that despite discussing experiences of isolation, heavy workload, exhaustion, and lack of work-specific skills, most of the teachers interviewed demonstrated a wide range of professional and personal skills associated with a positive outlook on life and career. This evidence of ‘flourishing’ in the lives…
Experiential (informal/non-formal) practice does not improve sight-reading skills
This study investigates whether experiential (informal/non-formal) sight-reading practice has an impact on sight-reading skills of classical university-level pianists. Data collected from 80 self-report practice diaries of students participating in trials of new sight-reading pedagogies were analysed to evaluate the effect of experiential sight-reading practice on improvement in sight-reading performance, focusing on the overall duration of sight…
A good news story: Early-career music teachers' accounts of their “flourishing” professional identities
This paper explores early-career teachers' perceptions of their professional identities, and factors impacting on their success. Findings reveal that despite discussing experiences of isolation, heavy workload, exhaustion, and lack of work-specific skills, most of the teachers interviewed demonstrated a wide range of professional and personal skills associated with a positive outlook on life and career. This evidence of ‘flourishing’ in the lives…
Let’s play together: Teacher perspectives on collaborative chamber music instruction
This article reports on a pilot project exploring the viability of a teaching-through-playing approach in chamber music instruction in higher music education. Literature suggests that teaching traditions such as the one-to-one setting need renewal, and socio-cultural theories of learning propose that collaboration and participation are a way forward. To explore this new approach, a multiple case study of four chamber music groups with teachers as…
Signature Pedagogies in Collaborative Creative Learning in Advanced Music Training, Education and Professional Development: A Meta-Synthesis
Recent debates concerned with Western music performance training have grappled with the question of what kind of education and training will best equip music students to navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex professional environment. Increasingly, attention has turned to the role of collaborative creativity and how collaborative, creative skills can be nurtured. Therefore, this paper interrogates the signature pedagogies of collaborative c…
“A Common Obsession”: Children’s and Young People’s Perceptions of Learning in an Intensive Summer Choral Program
This article reports the findings of an investigation of children’s and young people’s perceptions of learning and life outcomes, environmental supports and teaching and learning strategies encountered in an intensive summer choral program. Whilst the recognition of children’s and young people’s right to voice their perspectives was enshrined in the UN Convention on the rights of the child (1989), the music education profession has taken some tim…
Enduring impacts of cathedral choral training on choristers’ lives
Investigations of the English Cathedral Choral tradition have ranged from studies of the pedagogical practices and environmental affordances and constraints that support choral excellence to the introduction of female voices into a male-dominated musical practice. Studies of choral participation have investigated the health and wellbeing outcomes of choral participation across the lifespan, and the psychological benefits and life skills of teamwo…
“Play with me”: Student perspectives on collaborative chamber music instruction
This article reports on a pilot project conducted in Australia and Norway evaluating new approaches to collaborative chamber music instruction in higher education settings. Following suggestions from the literature on collaborative and group learning in music, chamber music tuition was chosen as a suitable context to examine the possibility of teaching-through-playing and the impact of such an approach on students’ collaborative learning and thei…
Crafting successful music careers: Insights from the professional lives of Australian pianists
This study investigates the careers of 28 classical pianists in Australia to develop greater understanding of skills needed to build professional music careers and to highlight implications for higher music education training. Semi-structured interviews were analyzed for emerging themes using Subotnik and Jarvin’s scholarly productivity or artistry (SP/A) model, looking for connections between distinct skills developed during education and their …
Choral Flourishing: Parent and child perspectives on the benefits of participation in an excellent youth choir
Over the last decade research has reported a range of positive life and learning outcomes for adult and child choristers through first-person accounts derived through surveys and interviews. Little is known regarding parent and child perspectives on choral learning, particularly regarding the impacts of participating in excellent choirs on musical development, personal benefits, and contributing factors. This study interviewed six parents and the…
Enduring impacts of collaborative workplace music mentoring for early childhood generalist teachers, music mentors and students
This study documents the enduring impacts of a workplace music mentoring programme for generalist classroom teachers in early childhood school settings in Australia. The study draws on follow-up interviews with mentors, teachers and principals from five of 11 participating schools one year after the programme. This study identifies participant perceptions of enduring outcomes, enduring effective mentoring, and effective mentor qualities. Two rese…
The impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns on professional and personal lives of freelance creative collaborative musicians
The global pandemic has severely disrupted the performing arts sector, with research documenting economic, professional, and health impacts on musicians. The psychological effects of lockdowns have been recognized, but little is known regarding their impact on freelance creative collaborative artists. This qualitative case study uses a resilience lens to report the perspectives of freelance creative collaborative musicians from the city of Melbou…
Development of Early Choral Expertise: Insights from Middle School Elite Choristers
General models of talent development have highlighted the importance of a community of practice to nurture talent potential, with recent studies refining factors that contribute to the developmental journey. In music, an early model described three phases of talent development, while current research has focused on transitions between these. Choral music research has investigated conductors’ expertise and choristers’ experiences, highlighting pos…
Whole-school music mentoring: Effecting positive change for teaching and learning in early-childhood and primary education
Global approaches to provide effective in-service music teaching education to generalist primary teachers include intensive summer schools, collaborations with professional orchestras, school-driven initiatives, and in situ mentoring programs. This article describes and analyses a qualitative case study of whole-school music mentoring, where over 7 years every classroom teacher in an infants’ school (K–2) participated in a music mentoring interve…
Perceived and physiological evidence of music performance anxiety in popular music vocal students
This study investigated physiological manifestations and self-perceived trait levels of performance anxiety for higher education contemporary commercial music vocalists undertaking tasks of increasing difficulty in a studio setting. Research has documented the prevalence of performance anxiety across musical genres generally, but understanding of how individual trait levels of performance anxiety affect physiological indicators across a range of …
Diverse Music Education Insights (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Pedagogy (12 works) · Neuroscience and Music Perception (10 works) · Music education (9 works) · Music Therapy and Health (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Professional development (5 works) · Choir (4 works) · Political science (4 works)