) on the Industrial genre (2002); (9) Ivy Man (Hong Kong) on Cantopop (2003); (10) Tim Wise (Liverpool) on yodel in US popular music (2004); (11) Bob Davis (Leeds) on funk music (2005); (12) Ruth Dockwray (Liverpool) on the rock anthem (2005); (13) Ian Darrington (Wigan) on trumpet mouthpieces (2006); (14) Audrée Deschenaux (Montréal) on music in French inter-war political film (2011).
1981: External examiner, MA in Musicology, University of Helsinki.
1995-2000: External examiner in Music Business, University College of Buckinghamshire.
1996-1997: Jury member, International Musicology Award, Campus internazionale di musica, Università Pontina, Latina.
1996: External examiner, PhD in Music, Southern Cross University, Australia.
1999: External examiner, PhD in Musicology, Université Paris I (Sorbonne).
1999: External examiner, PhD in Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
2000: Jury member, ‘A Song for Peace’ international songwriting competition, Rome.
2001-2002: External examiner in Music, Barnsley College, University of Sheffield.
2004-2009: External adviser, Département de musique, Université du Québec à Montréal.
2009: External examiner, PhD in Music, University of Talinn, Estonia.
Founding member of staff and co-responsible for construction of complete curriculum for new music teacher training course (including popular music) at University of Göteborg 1971-1976, in particular music theory, music analysis, music history and en semble. Solely responsible for course development in Keyboard Harmony and Popular Music Studies 1971-1976. Responsible for development of entrance and examination procedures in the above areas.
Consultant to Swedish Ministry of Education's Committee for the Reform of Higher Education in Music (OMUS = Organisationskommittén för högre musikutbildning) on Keyboard Harmony and Popular Music Studies (1972-1974).
Co-responsible for drafting of current W320 degree course (Music / Popular Music) at the University of Liverpool (1992-1993). Co-responsible for development of modules in Aural Skills, Music & Business Technology and Studio Techniques. Solely responsible for development of modules Popular Music & Musicology, Popular Music Analysis and Music & the Moving Image (I & II) (1993-2002).
Responsible for development of postgraduate teaching in the Semiotics of Music at the Institute of Popular Music (1991-…).
Responsible for original drafting of W310 degree programme (Popular Music) at the University of Liverpool (1999). Co-responsible for final drafting and for its implementation (2000-2001). Responsible for development and teaching of modules Introduction to Popular Music Studies, Origins of Popular Music, Creative Music Theory, Music and the Moving Image, Composition for the Moving Image (2001-2002).
Responsible for drafting and implementation of following courses at the Faculté de musique, Université de Montréal: Musique et images en mouvement; Analyse de la musique populaire; Histoire de la musique populaire anglophone; Tendances dans l’étude de la musique populaire.
Guest lecturing, invited conference papers, etc.
Australia. Sir Alan Sewell Research Fellow at Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, Brisbane, July - September 1997. Invited paper at IASPM Australia/New Zealand conference, UTS, Sydney, July 1997. Guest lecturer Bachelor of Popular Music Degree, Griffith University, Gold Coast, July - September 1999; Department of English, University of New South Wales, September 1999. Invited paper at conference of IASPM (Australasia), University of Technology, Sydney (July 1997).
Austria.Invited papers at (1) European Musicology Conference, Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Universität Wien (1979); (2) Conference on Music in the Mass Media, ORTF, Vienna (1983); Guest lecturer, Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna (1980).
Belgium.Course leader in Music Semiotics, Belgian Radio (Flemish section, Brussels) in-house training course for producers (1994). Guest lecture Du microcosme musical à l''économie politique, Interdisciplinary seminar, Université de Liège (November 2006).
Brazil.Guest lecturer (3 weeks) in Popular Music Analysis, Cursos latinoamericanos de música contemporânea, Conservatório do Estado de São Paulo (1984). 5-day workshop, Música e Imagem en movimento, UniRio (June 2004). Keynote speaker, V Congresso da Seção Latino-Americana da Associação Internacional para o Estudo da Música Popular, IASPM-LA, Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2004.
Canada. Guest lecturer at (1) Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montréal (1984); (2) Faculté de Musique, Université de Montréal (1984); (3) Faculté de Musique, Université de Québec à Montréal (1984); (4) Département de sociologie, Université d'Ottawa (1985); (5) Départment de sociologie, Université de Montréal (1984); (6) Music Department, Carleton University, Ottawa (1985). Invited papers delivered at (1) International Conference on the Sociology of Music, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario (1984); (2) 3rd IASPM conference in Montréal (1985); (3) IASPM Canada conference at Carleton University, Ottawa (1992). (4-5) Invited lectures, Music Department, McGill University (2002, 2004). (6) Invited lecture, Communications Departmen, McGill University (2005); (6) Colloque sur l'étude des musiques populaires, Université Laval, Québec (March 2006); (7) Colloque sur la musique et les droits d'auteur (UQÀM, 2008).
Chile. (1) Curso magistral Hacia una musicología para la vita cotidiana; (2) Seminario Introducción al análisis semiótico de la música popular; (3) Open lecture Comprender la música: ¿abstracción artística, entretenimiento académica o necessidad básica? Departamento Música y Sonología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, August 2013.
China (incl. Hong Kong). Rayson Huang Visiting Lecturer at (1) Department of Music, University of Hong Kong (March 2003).
Czechoslovakia (former). Invited paper at Czech Musicological Society Symposium, Brno (1986).
Estonia. [1] Guest lecture on Popular Music Analysis at Eesti Musika- ja Teatriakadeemia, Talinn (April 2008); [2] 5-day popular music analysis workshop/seminar, Eesti Musika- ja Teatriakadeemia, Talinn (March 2015); Introduction to Music Semiotics, Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu and Popular Music Analysis seminar, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn (March 2017).
Finland. Guest lecturer at (1) Department of Musicology, University of Helsinki (1980, 1981); (2) Department of Popular Culture Studies, University of Tampere (1981, 1990); (3) Rytmi-instituutti, Seinäjoki, Vaasa län (19 89). Invited papers at (4) Nordic musicology conference, Turku (1977); (5) International Soundscape Conference, Virrat (1991). Keynote speaker at (5) tenth IASPM international conference, University of Turku (2001). 2 keynote addresses at [6] NIMiMS symposium, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Jazz and Popular Music Conservatory (2015).
France. (1) Invited paper at First European Conference on Music Analysis, Colmar (1990). (2) 1st participant in exchange Montréal/Tours: 5 jours de conférences, séminaires et ateliers en Analyse de la musique populaire, Université François Rabelais, Tours (November 2006). (3) Keynote speaker, Colloque de la Société Française de l'Ethnomusicologie, Saumur (Juin 2007). (4) Keynote speaker, Colloque « Peut-on parler de la musique noire? », Bordeaux (avril 2010); [5] guest lecture, séminaire Musique et Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris (novembre 2011); [6] invited paper, colloque La musique de séries TV, Université de Nantes (mai 2013); [7] guest lecture, Salle des Actes, Sorbonne (avril 2014); [8] invited paper IASPM-francophone (Europe), Sorbonne (novembre 2014); comité scientifique et modérateur, Musimorphoses, Paris (11-13 novembre 2015); [8] Keynote speaker, coll