Malcolm Gillies - Mathias Corvinus Collegium, 2014

Malcolm George William Gillies AM (born 23 December 1954) is an Australian

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

and linguist, who served as

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

of City University, London, from 2007 to 2009, and of

London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public university, public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (f ...

from 2009 to 2014.

Education

An Australian by birth, Gillies graduated with a degree in

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from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

, and subsequently earned a further degree in music from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He has been awarded a master's degree from

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

, and doctoral degrees in music from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

and the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

. In 1983–85 he was a Hungarian Government Scholar at the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

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Scholarship

Gillies is a recognised authority on the composers

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long an ...

and

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

. He has written or edited a dozen books and over 100 articles, chapters and reviews, and this scholarship saw him elected a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

. His co-edited book (with David Pear and Mark Carroll), ''Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger'' (2006), was awarded a Deems Taylor Award by the

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

in 2007. Since 1997 he has edited the series "Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure and Interpretation" for

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. From 2000 to 2010 he was chair of the board of the international contemporary-music ensemble,

Elision In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run toget ...

. In 2011 he curated the "Bartók: Infernal Dance" concert series for the

Philharmonia Orchestra The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI. Among the conductors who worked with the orchestra in its early years were Richard Strauss, W ...

Academic administration

Gillies was deputy vice-chancellor (education) and then vice-president (development) of the

, based in

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, Australia, and later at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

in the United States. From 1998 to 2001 he was the president of the

; and in 2004–6 the inaugural president of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. In 2007 he moved to the United Kingdom to become

and president of City University, London. He was described as "well-liked and respected, popular with staff and highly regarded in universities for his thoughtful and imaginative approach", but resigned in the summer of 2009, apparently following disagreements with the governing body. While at City University, he was also an alternate director of the

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; vice-chair of London Higher (an umbrella body representing over 40 publicly funded universities and higher education colleges in London); a Trustee of the

City of London Academy Islington City of London Academy Islington (COLAI, formerly Islington Green School) is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Islington, Greater London, England. It was established in 1966 and adopted its present name af ...

; and on the Research Policy Committee of

Universities UK Universities UK (UUK) is an advocacy organisation for universities in the United Kingdom. It began life in the early 20th century through informal meetings of vice-chancellors of a number of universities and principals of university colleges and ...

. In 2008–11 he was the Schools–Higher Education "Champion" for London. In November 2009 he was appointed vice-chancellor and chief executive of

. In office, he oversaw a programme of course closures and staff redundancies. In April 2012 a survey of staff instituted by the

University and College Union The University and College Union (UCU) is a British trade union in further and higher education representing over 120,000 academics and support staff. UCU is a vertical union representing casualised researchers and teaching staff, "permanent" ...

(with a turnout of 338) returned a 91 per cent vote of no confidence in his management. Gillies has been chair of London Higher, chair of AccessHE, and a member of the International Network of Universities UK. He serves on the Nyenrode Foundation Board, responsible for the

Nyenrode Business University Nyenrode Business Universiteit (abbreviated as ''NBU''; nl, Nyenrode Business Universiteit) is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town ...

and the Nyenrode Estate in the Netherlands; and is an adjunct professor in creative industries of

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

, Australia.

Honours

Gillies was made a Member of the

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(AM) in the

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"for significant service to tertiary education through leadership roles, and to the humanities, particularly as a scholar of musicology."Australia Day 2013 Honours Lists
,

Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.London Metropolitan University website: Vice-Chancellor, Professor Malcolm Gillies PhD, DMus, FAHAMalcolm Gillies: Series Consultant, Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillies, Malcolm George William 1954 births Living people Australian National University alumni Alumni of King's College London University of Melbourne alumni Australian National University faculty University of Queensland faculty University of Adelaide faculty Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Presidents of City, University of London Academics of London Metropolitan University Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Australian musicologists Music historians Members of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities People educated at Canberra Grammar School Bartók scholars