Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn

Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn

Project Collaborator - Simon Fraser University

Email: senyshyn@sfu.ca

Website: Faculty of Education Profile

Yaroslav Senyshyn is Professor in Music and Philosophy with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. His academic background (with separate graduate degrees in music performance and philosophy) and his research interests have been consistently related to interdisciplinary research in arts and moral education. His method of philosophical analysis draws mainly, but not exclusively, on an existential-phenomenological approach. He is co-author with Susan O’Neill on a study involving the discursive analysis of students’ constructions of music performance anxiety. He is also conducting research into co-authorship and young people’s music learning in different contexts including studio lessons, ensembles, and media use. He has published extensively in journals such as the Philosophy of Music Education Review, Musica-Realta, Interchange, Journal of Educational Thought, Educational Leadership, and Canadian Journal of Education. His most recent book chapter (co-authored with Susan O’Neill) is entitled How learning theories shape our understanding of music learners and will be published in 2010 in the MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning (Oxford University Press). His most recent piano recordings can be found on Amazon and iTunes.