Curriculum Vitae
| Name: | Mariko Hara |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| April 2008 to current | PhD in music sociology on Music and Care for the older people; a cross-cultural comparative study between the U.K and Japan at University of Exeter (UK), supervised by Tia DeNora |
| April 2007 to current |
Major: Human Performance and Expression at Kobe University, (Kobe, Japan), supervised by Yu Wakao |
| April 2005 to March 2007 | Master of Arts. Thesis: Musical Orientation of the Elderly at Kobe University, (Kobe, Japan) |
| September 1996 to May 2000 | Bachelor of Arts. Major: Music with a concentration in Music Management at Manhattanville College, Purchase (NY, USA) |
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Professional Experience in Music/Arts/Academia |
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| 2009 |
Joint translator of Cultural Study of Music (2003) R. Middleton, T. Herbert and M. Clayton (Eds.), Routledge. (Japanese version to be published in autumn 2009) |
| May 2009 | SocArts symposium on Music and Change, One day international seminar, 18 May 2009, University of Exeter, Co-organiser |
| July 2005 to current |
Otoasobi Project , Hyogo, Japan Creative Staff/ Public Relation Organize community-based workshops and concerts of the improvisational music activity with local musicians, music therapists, people with learning disability and their families |
| June 2005 to March 2008 | Uminohoshi Uozaki, Hyogo, Japan, the Group Home and Day Service for the Elderly Musical Activity Coordinator Plan and organize musical activities for users and tenants of the day service and the group home, ages from early 80s to late 90s |
| December 2003 to March 2008 | Long Life Koushien, Hyogo, Japan, the Elderly Care House Musical Activity Coordinator Plan and organize monthly musical activity, Music Salon, for tenants of the care home, ages from late 70s to late 90s |
| October 2004 to March 2005 | Universal Studio Japan, Osaka, Japan Translator /Assistant of Marketing Department |
| July 2000 to November 2003 | The Human Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan Marketer/International Developer of vocational education (Music, Entertainment, Language) |
| Spring 2000 | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers(ASCAP), New York, USA Membership Intern |
| Summer 1999 | American Composers Orchestra(ACO) - New York, USA Development Intern |
| Conference Presentations | |
| May 2009 | Annual Postgraduate HuSS Conference Universality and the Sphere of Changes, University of Exeter |
| May 2009 | SocArts Symposium on Music and Change, Music of Changes; The Concept of Music-in-action |
| November 2008 | European Sociological Association (ESA) Arts and Culture Conference in Venice |
| September 2008 | Music and Health: Current Developments in Research and Practice in Folkestone, UK |
| July 2008 | World Congress of Music Therapy in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| September 2007 | Conference of the Japanese Music Therapy Association |
| May 2007 | Conference of the Japan Music Education Society |
| Teaching Experience | |
| April 2007 to March 2008 | Otemae University, Hyogo, Japan Basic English course |
| Professional Membership & Training Courses |
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| Why music? Soundwaves training sessions in Devon, May/June 2009 |
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| Japanese Music Therapy Association | |
| The Japanese Association for the Study of Musical Improvisation (JASMIM) |
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