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The scholar who created a world-class music school in post-quake Christchurch

The University of Canterbury’s School of Music’s public-facing and performance activities moved in 2017 to UC’s original campus, now the Christchurch Arts Centre, when the old Chemistry Building came up for lease.

Firstly, the school needed a leader who could modernise and revise its curriculum to align with international innovations in music teaching. Auckland-based Dr Glenda Keam, then leading the Music programme at Unitec, accepted the challenge on the condition that she could commute from Auckland, which she has done ever since.   

“The creative schools are unique,” says Professor Paul Millar, who was then Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Arts and Head of the School of Humanities and Creative Arts. “You have to enter their worlds to truly understand them.

“Outsiders don’t appreciate the seriousness and passion that academics who are artists and musicians bring to their work. Some people confuse Creative Arts academics with entertainers and hobbyists. In fact they are serious, highly dedicated researchers, who don’t stint in giving themselves to their art and to their students.”

A unique vision

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