Dr Jan-Peter Herbst
Musicologist
CV
Professional Experience
Since 2017 | Senior Lecturer in Music Production (Lecturer 2017-2018) at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom |
Since 2019 | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany |
2017 - 2019 | Guest Lecturer, Pop and Rock, Berne University of the Arts, Switzerland |
2015 - 2017 | Visiting Professor of Music Education at Bielefeld University, Germany |
2015 - 2016 | Guest Lecturer in Music Theory at Muenster University, Germany |
2012 - 2015 | Lecturer and Course Leader in Music, INI Berufskolleg (Vocational College), Lippstadt, Germany |
2011 - 2018 | Guest Lecturer, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
2011 - 2013 | Research Assistant, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany |
2006 - 2012 | Lecturer and Course Leader of the Guitar Programme, Modern Music School, Brilon, Germany |
Since 2008 | Freelance musician, music producer and sound engineer |
Special Awards and Achievements
2020 | Standard Route grant of the Arts and Humanities Research Council for the project “Heaviness in Metal Music Production” (HiMMP) as Principal Investigator |
2020 | Nomination as Times Higher Education “Research Supervisor of the Year” by the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield |
2016 | Nomination for the Karl Peter Grotemeyer prize at Bielefeld University for outstanding achievements and personal commitment in higher education teaching |
2014 | Master of Arts 1st class with distinction | 2012 | Award for outstanding teaching at Paderborn University |
Higher Education
2018 | Full member of the Audio Engineering Society (MAES) |
2018 | Certified Mental Health First Aider in Higher Education (MHFA England) |
2016 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) |
2015 | Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching (PGCHE), Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: Communication and construction of knowledge in the university lecture. A quantitative study on the emergence of knowledge through communicative lecturing methods (translation) |
2014 | Master of Arts (M.A.) in Popular Music and Media (distinction), Paderborn University, Germany Master's thesis: The distortion as a "revolution" in rock music's guitar playing. An experimental and analytic study on the effect of distortion on playing technique, composition and cognition (translation) |
2014 | PhD, Popular Music Education, Paderborn University, Germany Dissertation thesis: Network sound. Listening, culture, practice. An educational challenge of popular music (translation) |
2011 | 1. Staatsexamen (equals B.A. and M.Ed.) in Music and English, Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: The computer as a tool for the activity-oriented music education (translation) |
2006 | Certificate, Guitar Programme, Los Angeles Music Academy, Los Angeles, USA |
2005 | Diploma, Guitar Programme, Munich Guitar Institute, Cologne, Germany |