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Tal Vaizman

Tal Vaizman
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The Open University of Israel 1 University Road, P. O. Box 808, Raanana 43107
Mobile:+972-50-7291295 Email:[email protected]

I recently submitted my PhD thesis to the University of Haifa. The dissertation, titled "Teenagers Listening – Everyday Habits, Music Mentors and 'Musical Nutrition'" was supervised by Dr. Abigail Wood (ethnomusicology, University of Haifa) and Prof. Motti Regev (sociology of culture, The Open University of Israel). I teach the course "popular music in Israel" at The Open University of Israel as well as music composition, theory and performance in high school. I recently conducted several research projects, some with colleague Dr. Gal Harpaz (social psychologist, The Open University of Israel). My fields of interest include youth culture; music listening in the age of streaming; popular music; music analysis; music and identity; music education; music and migration; qualitative research and mixed methods. I am currently looking for postdoc options worldwide and to collaborate with fellow researchers of similar interests.

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1999
A Certified Instructor for conducting youth orchestras, IDF college, IDF Orchestra, 1997-1999. ​
2006
BA with honors (92) in History and Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, 2004-2006. ​
2015
Additional BA with great honors (96) in Music, University of Haifa, 2012-2014.
2015
A Teaching Certificate with great honors (94) in Education, University of Haifa, 2012-2014.
2020
MA with great honors (98) in musicology, music department, University of Haifa. PhD studies after first year.
2019
PhD student, music department, University of Haifa (dissertation submitted).
2020 – this day
A lecturer in The Open University of Israel, "popular music in Israel".
2008 – this day
A teacher in Ort/Atid Binyamina High school. Teaching music theory, composition and directing bands. Conducting the school orchestra. Teaching 7th to 12th graders and preparing students for their finals.
2010-2013
Conducting elementary schools' bands in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada (Eshcolot, Amirim, Geva). Teaching instruments as part of the music program.
2010-2013
Teaching music theory and bands in Binyamina Music Center.
1995-this day
Private teacher for Bass, Guitars, Drums and Vocal training. Teaching music theory, arranging and band methodology.
2022
Research grant from The Open University of Israel, with colleague Dr. Gal Harpaz, "Students’ achievements and well-being predicted by psychological coping-resources, cultural consumption and lifestyle". 40,000 NIS. 
2022
Paper publishing grant from the Graduate Studies Authority, The University of Haifa: 'Retuning Music Teaching: Predictors of Music Self-Efficacy among Music Learners who Use Online Music Tutorials'. 
2022
Conference participation grant, University of Haifa: 'In the Age of Streaming: Music-Listening, Music-Learning, and Mentoring During COVID-19'. IASPM UK branch, 2022. 
2022
Paper publishing grant from the Graduate Studies Authority, The University of Haifa: 'Music Instruments Lessons During COVID-19: Teachers Assess Struggles, Relations with Students and Leveraging'. 
2022
Conference participation grant, University of Haifa: 'Music Lessons During COVID-19: Teachers Assess Struggles, Accommodations, and Leveraging'. AERA 2022.
2022
Conference participation grant, The Open University of Israel: 'Music Self-Efficacy of Amateur Musicians Who Used Online Music Tutorials During Covid-19'. AERA 2022.
2021
Research scholarship from the Department of Humanities for participation in research group "Hard Rock Soft Power".
2021
Paper publishing grant from the Graduate Studies Authority, The University of Haifa.
2021
Research encouragement grant from the Graduate Studies Authority, The University of Haifa.
2021
PhD excellence scholarship from 'The Jack and Minnie Levenson Scholarship Fund', granted by the Music Department of The University of Haifa.
2020
An excellence scholarship for MA students from the Music Department and the Graduate Studies Authority.
2020
PhD students' scholarship from the Open University. 36,000 a year with a three years' option.
2019
Ministry of Education scholarship.
2018
Teachers' organization scholarship.

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Vaizman, T. (soon to be submitted) In the Age of Streaming: Music-Listening and Mentoring During COVID-19. Intended for a special issue of the JRMA Research Chronicle.

Harpaz, G. & Vaizman T. (2021). Music Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem and Help-Seeking Orientation, among Amateur Musicians Who Use Online Music Tutorials. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000405

Vaizman, T. (2022). Music Instruments Lessons During COVID-19: Teachers Assess Struggles, Relations with Students and Leveraging. Music Education Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2022.2053512

Vaizman, T. & Harpaz, G. (2022). Retuning Music Teaching: Predictors of Music Self-Efficacy among Music Learners who Use Online Music Tutorials. Research Studies in Music Education. 

Harpaz, G. and Vaizman, T. (revised and resubmitted, Psychology of Music). Music Self-Efficacy Predicted by Self-Esteem, Grit, and Informal Learning Preferences among Amateur Musicians Who Use Online Music Tutorials.

Vaizman T., and Harpaz, G. (Accepted). Music Self-Efficacy of Amateur Musicians Predicted by Online Music Tutorials Use, Learning Habits and Self-Esteem. ECER 2021 NW29 ebook Proceedings.

Vaizman, T. (under review). Teenagers Listening – Everyday Habits, Music Mentors and 'Musical Nutrition'. A PhD dissertation submitted to The University of Haifa.

Vaizman, T. (2018). Lalechet Le'ibud, writing and arranging music. Or-Tav publishing, Tel Aviv.

Vaizman, T. (2018). Lalechet Le'ibud, writing and arranging music – Teacher's Edition. Or-Tav publishing, Tel Aviv.

"Gamagama", (2006). a music album of the band "Gamagama". "Hatav-Hashmini" publishing, Jerusalem. Credited as co-writer, composer, arranger, producer and player.

Vaizman, T. (submitted, Popular Music). An Imported Sound: Americanization of Israeli Rock Music as Manifested in the Saxophone Timbre During the 1980s.

Vaizman, T. (research in progress). Relocating Music: Israeli Immigrants in The US and The Use of Music in Cultural Identity Preservation - In progress

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September 2022 - Royal College of Music conference: 'Music, Migration and Mobility', London, UK - From Isolation to Socialization: Music and Mobility in the Streaming Age - Lecturer (accepted)

August 2022 - IASPM 2022, International Association for the Study of Popular Music conference, ‘Challenge and Change in Popular Music’, Liverpool, UK. - Music in the Age of Streaming: Listening, Learning, and Mentoring during COVID-19 - Lecturer (accepted)

August 2022 - ECER 2022, European Conference on Educational Research, Yerevan, Armenia. - In the Age of Streaming: Music-Listening, Music-Learning, and Mentoring During COVID-19 - Lecturer (accepted)

April 2022 - AERA 2022 American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting of the AERA, San Diego, USA. - Music Lessons During COVID-19: Teachers Assess Struggles, Accommodations, and Leveraging - Lecturer (accepted)

April 2022 - AERA 2022 American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting of the AERA, San Diego, USA. - Music Self-Efficacy of Amateur Musicians Who Used Online Music Tutorials During Covid-19 - Lecturer (accepted)

February 2022 - SPSP 2022, The Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA. - Music Self-Efficacy Predicted by Grit, Self-Esteem, and Amateur Musicians’ Preferences while Using Online Music Tutorials. - Lecturer

September 2021 - ECER 2021, European Conference on Educational Research, Genève, Switzerland. (online) - Retuning Music Teaching: Online Music Tutorials as Predictors of Music Self-Efficacy in informal music learning. NW29. - Lecturer

September 2021 - ECER 2021, European Conference on Educational Research, Genève, Switzerland. (online) - 'Musical Nutrition' of Teenagers Retrieved from Independent Music Listening - Lecturer

September 2021 - ECER 2021, European Conference on Educational Research, Genève, Switzerland. (online) - Creative Methods in Educational Artistic Practices and Research. NW29. - Symposium

June 2021 - Haifa International Social Science Workshops (HSSC) 2021 conference, Haifa University, (online). - Infectious Virus, Infectious Tunes: Listening Habits and 'Musical Nutrition' of Teenagers During Covid-19 - Lecturer

December 2020 - British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) (online). - Music Listening Habits Among Israeli Youth During the Covid-19 Lockdown - Lecturer

August 2020 - European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2020, Glasgow, Scotland (canceled) - Predictors of Music Self-Efficacy among Music Players Who Use Online Music Tutorials - Lecturer

A member of the "Haifa Grad Team", The University of Haifa excellent doctoral students leading team A member of a research group "Hard Rock – Soft Power: Influences and Trends in Rock Music in Israel 1963-1988". 

Reviewer for the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2021, Geneve conference, NW29. 

Reviewer for the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2022 conference, NW29. 

Accepted to the Popular Music Theory & Analysis Summer School (IPM-IPM-SMA) 3rd - 5th September 2022 at the University of Liverpool. 

A Member of the organizing team of the seminar "Research in Contemporary Reality", The University of Haifa, March 15th, 2022. 

A member of the International Association for Study of Popular Music (IASPM). 

A member of the International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA). 

2017-2019: Taking a part in a musical and educational collaboration between Hebrew-Israeli and Arab-Israeli schools (Ort Binyamina, HaKfar Hayarok and Arabe). Leading the musical collaboration, arranging and conducting the joint orchestra of about 50 high-school music students.

2016-2020: Taking a part, as a teacher and a group leader, in students/teachers exchange delegations, creating dialog and representing Israel, our region and our school. With Amsterdam (2016). With Moormerland, Germany (2017-2020).