Clare Chan Suet Ching, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Music and Performing Arts
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Chief Editor
Malaysian Journal of Music
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RESEARCH
B1.1
1998-2002
24 Jie Ling Gu (24 Festive Drums): The Relationship between Music Choreography with the 24 Jie Qi of the Chinese Agricultural Calendar
Own funding
Role/ Status: Head/ Completed
B1.2
2004
P. Ramlee’s Music: A Reflection of Culture Contact in a Multi Ethnic Society.
Geran Penyelidikan Universiti (GPU), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM10,000
Head/ Completed
B1.3
2005
The Lakes, Forests, and the People: Sources of Inspiration for the compositions of music and songs among the Semelai People of Tasek Bera, Pahang, Malaysia.
Geran Penyelidikan Universiti (GPU), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM 8,000
Head/ Completed
B1.4
2010
PhD Research
Mah Meri Onstage: Negotiation National Policies, Tourism, and Modernization in Kampung Sungai Bumbun, Carey Island.
Arts and Science Council Award, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
USD 3000
Head/ Completed
B1.5
2011
Modernization and Tourism: Reshaping the Musical Aesthetics of the Orang Asli (Semai) of Ulu Geroh, Gopeng.
Geran Penyelidikan Universiti (GPU), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM10,000
Head/ Completed
B1.6
2012
Indigenous Musical Pedagogy: Perpetuating Orang Asli (Semai) Worldviews, values and wisdom through their children
Komuniti Inovasi Amanjaya (KIA), Perak Grant
RM20,000
Head/ Completed
B1.7
2012-2014
Constructing A Model for an Orang Asli Animation Series: Performing Arts, Indigenous Wisdom, and Folktales Communicated through New Media.
Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS), Ministry of Higher Education (KPT)
RM 50,000
Head/ Completed
B1.8
2015
Utilization of Malaysian folk tunes in the first position techniques based on Ivan Galamian Principles for teaching and learning of Malaysian violin beginners
Geran Penyelidikan Universiti (GPU)
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM10,000
Co-researcher/ Completed
B1.9
2015
Jahai Music and Dance in the Royal Belum Forest State Park: Sustaining Heritage and Identity
Geran Penyelidikan University (GPU)
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM10,000
Head/Completed
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B1.10
2016
Advocating the Development of Contemporary Traditional Orang Asli music as an Approach to Cultural Sustainability
Geran Penyelidikan University (GPU)
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM10,000
Head/ Completed
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B.1.11
2017
Performing and Digitalising the Living Multi-Cultural Heritage of Tanjong Malim through Youth Engagement: A Heutagogical Approach
Geran Penyelidikan University (GPU)
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
RM8,200
Head/ Completed
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