Publications and Conferences

Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

Penny, Jean. (2025) Circles of breath: The interplay of intercultural space and reflective awareness in the creation and performance of new music for flutes and electronics 
Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture, Vol. 6, Number 4, pp. 340–363. Electronic ISSN: 2688-0113 © 2025 by The Regents of the University of California. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/res.2025.6.4.340
https://online.ucpress.edu/res/article-abstract/6/4/340/214304/Circles-of-BreathThe-Interplay-of-Intercultural?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Penny, Jean. (2023) New sounds-ancient resonances: Re/presenting Lal Lal Falls in music for flute and electronics. 
ECHO – a journal of music, thought and technology, Issue 4 New Mimesis (ed. Jonathan Impett). 
https://echo.orpheusinstituut.be/article/new-sounds-ancient-resonances-re-presenting-lal-lal-falls-in-music-for-flute-and-electronics 

Penny, Jean. (2022). Performing the Ecstasis: An interpretation of Katharine Norman’s Making Place for
instrument/s and electronics in Journal For Artistic Research, Issue 27.
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1260967/1753737

Penny, J. (2021). Postcards from Lockdown: Translating Visual Art to Music for Flute and Electronics. 
Music and Practice online journal ISSN 1893-9562, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.  
https://www.musicandpractice.org/postcards-from-lockdown-translating-visual-art-to-music-for-flute-and-electronics-2/

Penny, J. (2014). Reflections on Practice-led Research Methods and their Application in Music Performance Research. 
Malaysian Music Journal, 3(2). pp.84-93. Tanjong Malim: Penerbit Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. 
http://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/MJM/article/view/736

Blackburn, A. and Penny, J. (2014). Imaginary Spaces: New Malaysian performance contexts for intercultural exploration. 
Organised Sound, Vol 19(2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/organised-sound/article/abs/imaginary-spaces-new-malaysian-performance-contexts-for-intercultural-exploration/00C622B4DA8C15E26CFE0381984C09A9 

Penny, J. (2011). Flutes, Voices and Maskenfreiheit: Traversing performative layers. 
Organised Sound, Vol 16(2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8314673

Penny, J. (2009) Amplified Breath – (Dis)Embodied Habitat: Exploring Sonic Interfaces of Performance, Electronics, Space and Flautist Identity. Ystad, S., Kronland-Martinet, R., Jensen, K. (Eds.). Berlin: Verlag-Springer. 
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-02518-1_17#page-1

Penny, J. (2010). Techne: Revealing Sound, Space and Self in Music for Flute and Electronics. In Ninad, Vol 24, Journal of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkutta, India, pp.28-44. 
http://www.itcsra.org/sra_story/sra_story_research/sra_story_resrch_links/sra_story_resrc h_pubs/pdf/ninad_volume_24.pdf

Chapters in Books 

Penny, Jean. (2025) Performing intercultural music for flute and electronics: Reflections on heterotopian (s)p(l)ace  
The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity
Eds Wiley, C. and Gouzouasis, P. London and  NewYork, Routledge),
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Music-Autoethnography-and-Reflexivity/Gouzouasis-Wiley/p/book/9780367351472?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=P7986470147_ECOMMC_cross-network&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACwvVor3F15x4ylaXRjEZwg2zsrRI&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoMHQ6JGciwMVDKJmAh03ug8NEAAYASAAEgIi8vD_BwE

Penny, J. (2014). Unraveling Intercultural Knowledge Through Performative Contexts: A Flautist’s Perspective. 
Chan and Penny (Eds) Sustainability in Music and the Performing Arts: Heritage, Performance, Education
Penerbit Universiti Pendidikan Sutan Idris, pp.37-56.

Penny, J. (2016) The mediated space: Voices of interculturalism in music for flute. 
International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research. Burnard, MacKinley, Powell (Eds). 
Abingdon: Routledge https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138909939

Conference Proceedings  

Penny, J. and Blackburn, A. Cultures, Chance, Electroacoustic Spaces: Exploring performance aspects of 
Cage’s _______, _______ _______ CIRCUS ON _______.
Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Florence (Italy), June 20-23, 2018. 
http://www.ems-network.org/IMG/pdf_PENNY_BLACKBURN_EMS18ç.pdf

Real or virtual?  Revealing cultural identities through heterotopian constructs in musique-mixte. 
Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference, University of Adelaide, September 2017. 
https://acmc2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/acmc2017proceedings.pdf

(Re)notating cultural identities through musique-mixte: A reflection of heterotopian constructs in performance. 
Proceedings of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network Conference, Nagoya, September 2017. 
http://www.ems-network.org/IMG/pdf_EMS17_Penny.pdf 

Timbral Notation From Spectrograms : Notating The Un-Notatable? Conference Proceedings, TENOR 2015 – 
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation 28-30 May 2015, Paris, France. 
http://tenor2015.tenor-conference.org/papers/32-Blackburn-TimbralNotation.pdf

Electroacoustic Music as Intercultural Exploration: Synergies of Breath in Extended Western Flute and Malaysian Nose Flute Playing. Proceedings of the Performance Studies Network International Conference. University of Cambridge, UK (2013) 
http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk/PSN2/PSN2013_Penny.pdf

Concurrent Realities: Performative Readings for Flutes with Digital Technologies. 
Proceedings of The Embodiment of Authority Conference, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland (2010) 
http://www.siba.fi/web/embodimentofauthority/proceedings/penny

Inside-Out Flutes: The Emergence of the Transformative Meta-Flautist.
Proceedings of the CreateWorld09 Conference, Brisbane, Australia (2009)

Amplified Breath – (Dis)Embodied Habitat: Exploring Sonic Interfaces of Performance, Electronics, Space and Flautist Identity.
Proceedings of the Australian Computer Music Conference, University of Sydney, Australia (2008)

Other Publications 

Coastline Project: Tracing a flutist’s unfolding practices and transitions
20 June 2023. https://thebabelflute.com/coastline-project/

Penny, J. (2010) Re-activating performative spaces: The meta-flautist’s zones of intensity.
Resonate Magazine, Australian Music Centre. 
http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/re-activating-performative-spaces-the- meta-flautist-s-zones-of-intensity

Penny, J. & Blackburn, A. (2014). The Imaginary Space: Developing Models for an Emergent Malay/Western Electroacoustic Music.
Discover: UPSI Research and Innovation Bulletin, December 2014. pp. 19-20. RMIC, UPSI.

Penny, J. (2013) Development and Creation of New Music and Performances. 
Discover: UPSI Research and Innovation Bulletin. RMIC, UPSI.
 
Penny, J. (2009) Doctor of Musical Arts (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University). Thesis:
THE EXTENDED FLAUTIST: Techniques, technologies and performer perceptions in music for flute and electronics. 
https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/items/d0b2e245-3e03-5314-ba1d-804e5746979b

Malaysian Music Journal, Chief Editor (2012-2015)
Malaysian Music Journal  ISSN 2232-1020  
2013 Volume 2, No 1, 2013 Volume 2, No 2, 2014 Volume 3, No 1, 2014 Volume 3, No 2, 2015 Volume 4, No 1

Book Co-editor
Sustainability in Music and the Performing Arts: Heritage, Performance, Education. (November 2014) Penerbit, UPSI.

Conference Presentations

Cultures, Chance, Electroacoustic Spaces: Exploring performance aspects of Cage’s ________, ________ ________ CIRCUS ON ________. EMS2018 Conference, Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy  (June 2018)
 
​A Flautist’s Voice: Intercultural perspectives of performance, context and process. Ninth International Conference Music / Sonic Art: Practices and theories. MuSA2018. Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany (June 2018)

Cultures, Chance, Electroacoustic Spaces: Exploring performance aspects of Cage’s ________, ________ ________ CIRCUS ON ________. Ninth International Conference Music / Sonic Art: Practices and theories. MuSA2018. Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany (June 2018)​

Real or virtual? Revealing cultural identities through heterotopian constructs in musique-mixte. ACMC 2017, University of Adelaide, South Australia (September 2017)

(Re)notating cultural identities through musique-mixte: A reflection of heterotopian constructs in performance. EMS2017 Conference, University of Nagoya, Japan (September 2017) 

The mediated space: Voices of interculturalism in music for flute. Performers(’) Present Symposium, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore (October 2016) 

Timbral Notation From Spectrograms : Notating The Un-Notatable? TENOR 2015 – First International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation. Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (May 2015) 

Scripted performances: Tracing new notational representations of music for flute and electronics International Music and Performing Arts Conference 2014, UPSI, Malaysia (November 2014) 

Unraveling intercultural knowledge through performative contexts: A flautist’s perspective. International Music and Performing Arts Conference 2014, UPSI, Malaysia (November 2014) 

Unraveling intercultural knowledge through performative contexts: An insider’s account. Performance Studies Network International Conference, University of Cambridge, UK (July 2014) 

Symbolic Exchanges – Creating Contexts for Understanding Interculturality. MusPA Conference, UPSI, Malaysia (Nov 2013) 

Within and Beyond the Flute Cage: Performing Ryoanji. JOHNCAGE101 International Conf., UPSI, Malaysia (Aug 2013) 

Electroacoustic Music as Intercultural Exploration: Synergies of Breath in Extended Western Flute and Malaysian Nose Flute Playing. Performance Studies Network International Conference, University of Cambridge, UK (April 2013)

Electroacoustic Music as Intercultural Exploration: Synergies of Breath in Extended Western Flute and Malaysian Nose Flute Playing Seminar Presentation: The Institute of Contemporary Music, London, UK (April 2013) 

The Imaginary Space: Performing new ‘mixed music’ works as intercultural exploration. The Performer’s Voice Symposium, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Singapore (October 2012)

Embodying intercultural identities: A flautist’s perspective of East/West electro-acoustic performance. Sonorities Festival And Two Thousand + Symposium. Queens University, Belfast, UK (March 2012).
Performance. 

Practice-led Artistic Research: A Flautist’s Perspective. 4th Malaysian Music Education Conf., UPSI, Malaysia (Feb 2012) 

Concurrent Realities: Performative Readings for Flutes with Digital Technologies, The Embodiment of Authority: Perspectives on Performance Conference, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland (September 2010) 

Inside-Out Flutes: The Emergence of the Transformative Meta-flautist. Australian Flute Festival, Adelaide (Oct 2009) 

Inside-Out Flutes: The Emergence of the Transformative Meta-flautist. Apple University Consortium CreateWorld09 Conference, Brisbane, Australia (December 2009) 

Mind map explorations: searching for the self in the performance of music for flute and electronics. Music and Auto-ethnography Conference, Brisbane, Australia (September 2009) 

Amplified breath – (dis)embodied habitat: exploring sonic interfaces of performance, electronics, space and flautist identity. CMMR Re-New Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 2008) 

Amplified breath – (dis)embodied habitat: exploring sonic interfaces of performance, electronics, space and flautist identity. Australian Computer Music Conference, Sydney, Australia (July 2008)

Transformed gesture – visible and invisible interactive sonology: Exploring the performative interface of sound, space, physicality and identity in two works for flute and electronics. Musicological Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia (December 2008)

Flutescapes: exploring the sonic interface of performance, electronics, space, and identity. Musicological Society of Australia, Islands Conference, Brisbane, Australia (November 2007) 

Past Research Projects

The Imaginary Space: Developing models for an emergent Malay/Western Electroacoustic Music. Code 2012-0028-107-02 (2012-14) Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Malaysian Ministry of Education) – leader [link below]

New Music Creation, Development and Performances. Code 2012-0063-107-01 (2012-13) GPU (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Grant) – leader

Spectromorphological Notation – Notating the Unnotatable? Modeling a new system for timbral notation of ethnomusicological, musique-mixte and electroacoustic music compositions. (2014-16) Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Malaysian Ministry of Education) – co-researcher

Documenting Pipe Organs in Malaysia for Heritage and Sustainability. (2014-15) GPU (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Grant) – co-researcher

The extended flautist: Techniques, technologies and performer perceptions in music for flute and electronics. Doctor of Musical Arts (2005-9)
https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/184782/penny_the_extended_flautist.pdf









 








 
 











 

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