Professor, DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE ARTS AND MEDIA (DCAM)
Social Sciences and TechnologyCREATIVE ARTS AND MEDIAMusic and Performing Arts
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Official email
emily.akuno@tukenya.ac.ke
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About
Prof EMILY ACHIENG' AKUNO is a Professor, DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE ARTS AND MEDIA (DCAM) at the Technical University of Kenya, specialising in Music Education, Music Performance , Music/french. Prof EMILY ACHIENG' AKUNO holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology. Member of: Pan-African society for Music art educators, Commonwealth Scholarships Alumni Association of Kenya, International Network for Research in Arts Education INRAE, International Music Council, ISME, Music in school and Teacher Education commission., International Music Council, International Society for Music Education, International Society for Music Education.
EDUCATION
Level
Qualification Name
Institution
Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Music Education
Kingston University(United Kingdom)
1997
Master of Music (M.Mus)
Music Performance
Northwestern State University of Louisiana(United States)
1988
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)
Music/French
Kenyatta University(Kenya)
1986
WORK EXPERIENCE
Period
Institution
Position
1st December 2011 - on going
The Technical University of Kenya
Professor of Music
30/08/2010 - 30/11/2011
Maseno University
Associate Professor
30th March 2017 - 29th March 2022
Co-operative University of Kenya
Deputy Vice-Chancellor-AA
30th March 2017 - 29th March 2022
The Cooperative Universityof Kenya
Deputy Vice-Chancellor-AA
1st December 2011 - 29th March 2017
Technical University of Kenya
Professor of Music and Executive Dean, FSST
30/08/2007 - 29/08/2010
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Associate Professor and Head of School
13/05/1987 - 03/08/2007
Kenyatta University
Lecturer Associate Professor, Chair of Department, Director of School
GENERAL STATEMENT ON RESEARCH AREAS
Musical arts education for cultural relevance and economic development
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Music for Literacy Development
Rural Nyanza
Urban Soundscapes
Nairobi
ENHANCING CREATIVITY FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Nairobi
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Title
Link to publication
Year
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC EDUCATION IN KENYA, BY MALACHI APUNDO ACHOLA AND EMILY ACHIENG AKUNO
The Emerging Musical Arts Educator: The need for new teacher competencies in Kenya in Schonmann, S. (Ed). The Wisdom of the Many. International Yearbook for Research in Arts Education . Munster: Waxmann
Whose Arts Education? International and intercultural dialogue. Akuno, E.A; Klepacki, L; Lin, Mei-Chun; O'Toole, J.; Reihana, T.; Wagner, E. and Restrepo, G.Z. in Mike Fleming, Liora Bresler and John O'Toole (Eds)The Routledge International Handbook of the Arts and Education. London: Routlege
ISBN 978-0-415-83921-1(hbk)
ISBN 978-1-317-58695-1 (ebk)
Children's Music Development: Application of indigenous Kenyan children's songs in class. Teaching Manual.
Nairobi: Emak Music Services
ISBN 9966-7028-9-X
Sing me a Life: Music as a people's identity. in Njogu, K. (Ed) Culture, Perfrmance and Identity: Paths of Cimmunicatin in Kenya. Nairobi: Twaweza Communication
ISBN 9966-7244-1-9
Becoming Performers: Creating spaces collaboratively. Pamela Burnard with Emily Akuno, Jenny Boyack, Gillian Howell, Deborah Blair and Marcelo Giglio in Burnard, P and Murphy, R. Teaching Music Creatively. London: Routledge
A Cultural Perspective on Creativities: How traditions of Africa's people inform higher music education in Burnard, P. (Ed) Developing Creativities in Higher Music Education. London: Routledge
Cultural Expressions in the New Dispensation: The development of new music genres in Kenya. in Singing a Nation: 50 years of music in Kenya. Nairobi: Emak Music Services. ISBN 9966-7028-5-7
Music Education: Towards the preservation and conservation of Kenyan music and dance. Nsukka Journal of Musical Arts Research Vol 2, 2013. ISSN 2315-7038
The Singing Teacher's Role in Educating Children's Abilities, Sensibilities and
Sensitivities
Emily Achieng' Akuno
British Journal of Music Education / Volume 32 / Issue 03 / November 2015, pp 299 - 313
DOI: 10.1017/S0265051715000364, Published online: 20 November 2015
Higher Education Leadership and Governance in the Development of the Creative and Cultural Industries in Kenya. By Akuno, E. A, Ondieki, D.O., Barasa, P.L., Otieno, S.P., Wamuyu, C. M. and Amateshe, M.O. Dakar: Codesria
Controversial Music: A postcolonial reading of D.O. Misiani’s Bim en Bim and Wainaina’s Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo in Researching Music Censorship Eds Annemette Kirkegaard, Helmi Järviluoma, Jan Sverre Knudsen and Jonas Otterbeck. Cambridge Scholars Publishing Pp 160 - 184 (2017)
Church Music in Africa; Space for Enculturation and Transformation’ in Elias Kifon Bongmba (Ed). Routledge Companion to Christianity in Africa London: Routledge 2015
Childhood Culture and Arts Experience as Education for Spiritual Security in Spirituality of a Personality: Theory, Methodology and Practice Ed Galyna P. Schevchenko. Issue 3 (78) pp. 7 – 18. Severodonetsk: Publishing House of the Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University
The Transmission of Traditional Music Through Composition in Higher Education in Kenya: Transforming Cultural Expressions in Traditional Musics in the Modern World: Transmission, Evolution, and Challenges Ed. Bo Wah Leung.
Children’s Songs: Education beyond the playground. In E. A. Akuno (Ed) Music Education in Africa: Concept, Process and Practice. (Editor) London: Routledge pp 299 – 314
Idamoyibo, A. A. and Akuno, E. A. Systematic instruction for musical arts education: towards skill development and cultural growth in E. A. Akuno (Ed) Music Education in Africa: Concept, Process and Practice. (Editor) London: Routledge pp 249 - 261
Owino, C. and Akuno, E. Interrogating Cultural Relevance in the Music Classroom in E. A. Akuno (Ed) Music Education in Africa: Concept, Process and Practice. (Editor) London: Routledge pp 149-163
Diversity of Arts and their Status in Public Education in Kenya. In Chee Hoo Lum and Ernst Wagner (Eds.) Arts Education and Cultural Diversity: Policies, Research, Practices and Critical Perspectives. Singapore: Springer pp 51-64 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8004-4
African Identity & globalization in Music Education approaches
The ‘African’ in the Global Music Education Discourse: Towards
identification and implementation
Cultural Policy for Arts Education: African-European Practices and Perspectives. Wolfgang Schneider, Emily Achieng’ Akuno, Yvette Hardy and Daniel Gad (Eds). Berlin. Peter Lang GmbH
Capacity Building for Cultural Policy: Focus on arts education in Wolfgang Schneider, Emily Achieng’ Akuno, Yvette Hardy and Daniel Gad (Eds) Cultural Policy for Arts Education: African-European Practices and Perspectives Berlin. Peter Lang GmbH pp 89-100
Creative Processes in Generating Theatrical Music for Plays in Kenya
2014
.Peter Ereu-Ekadu
.Preservation and Promotion of Indigenous Music in Uganda: An Analysis of the Role of Tertiary Institutions’. PhD Thesis, Kenyatta University
.2012
Chokera. A. K.
The Role of Personal Philosophy in Music Education’
2005
Okumu, Caleb C.
'The Development of Kenyan Popular Guitar Music: a Study of Kiswahili Songs in Nairobi'
1998
Ng'ang'a, Carol Njeri
'The Development of a Post-secondary Music Training Programme for the Entertainment Sector'
1999
Mwangi, Suleiman
'Availability and Utilisation of Instructional Resources for the Teaching of Music in Selected Primary Teachers' Training Colleges in Kenya
2000
Andang'o Elizabeth
Voice Tuition: a Study of Music Students' Learning Experiences, Expectations and Performance at Kenyatta University'
2000
Kahindi, Agnes, W.
'Factors Affecting Instrumental Music Tuition in Kenyan Secondary Schools. A Study of Nairobi Province'
2000
Mbeche. Cleniece G.
'Factors Affecting Students' Performance of Aural Skills at KCSE in Nairobi Secondary Schools
2000
Mushira, Evelyn
The Teaching of African Music in Secondary Schools: a Case of Nairobi Province’
2000
Shitandi, Wilson O.
Emerging trends in the Liturgical Music of the Catholic Church in Kenya: a Study of Nairobi East Deanery’
2001
Wetaba, Aggrey Nganyi
Performance of Indigenous Kenyan Music in Urban Centres: a Case of performing Groups in Nairobi
2001
Okeyo, Dorothy Atieno
Integration of the Visually Impaired: the Case of Voice Training in Kenyatta University’
2002
Bullinda, Jackeline Z.
Expectations and Perceived Roles of Female Musicians among the Isukha’
2002
Omolo-Ongati, Rose Anyango
Text-Melody Relationships: Translation of European Hymns into Dho-Luo’
2002
Ondieki, Donald Otoyo
The Jazz Technique: Prospects for Music Education in Kenya’
2003
Obaga, Andrew O.
'Musical Composition: Merger of Indigenous Abagusii and Western Musical Idioms
2004
Nyakiti, Eunice
Wend Masira: an Analysis of Luo Funeral Songs
2004
Oyugi, Isaiah
The Role of Mass Media in Music Education in Kenya’
2005
Malachi Apudo Achola
The Role of Technology in Music Education: a survey of computer usage in
secondary schools in Nairobi Province, Kenya
2007
Monte, Patrick Ernest
Instructional Delivery in Music: The Role of teachers’ Competence in the Development of Learning’
2009
Simako, Jimmi J.
The development of learning activities for teaching music using indigenous
Tswana children's songs in Botswana primary schools : principles and practice
2009
Digolo, Beatrice O.
'Traditional Music and Innovative Communication: Synchronic Analysis of selected Dodo and NyatitiSongs
2003
Wanjala, Henry
'Interface of Productive Musicianship among Secondary School Music
Teachers in Kenya'
2004
Andang'o Elizabeth
Music in Early Childhood Education: Development of a Multi-cultural music
Education programme’
2009
Ondieki, Donald Otoyo
An Analysis of Kenyan Popular Music of 1945-1975 for the Development of
Instructional Materials for Music Education’
2010
Shitandi, Wilson O.
An Analysis of Substance and Meaning in LegioMariae Hymnody’
2010
Owino, Cleniece Gesare
Development of a teaching method for Aural Musicianship’
2010
Mushira, Evelyn
A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Kenyan Music Procedures: Developing the
embedded pathway approach model for interactive learning for secondary schools in Kenya’
2010
Apudo, Malachi Achola
The Use of Technology in the Delivery of Higher Music Education Curriculum: A simulated model for Kenya
2014
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
Title
Institution
MEMBER
Pan-African society for Music art educators
Member
Commonwealth Scholarships Alumni Association of Kenya
Member Steering Committee
International Network for Research in Arts Education INRAE
