Artists
Dawn Bennet, viola
Dawn BENNETT is Distinguished Professor of Higher Education with Curtin University, where she directs the EmployABILITY thinking and Creative Workforce initiatives. Dawn grew up in England, the daughter of two musicians. She studied music performance (viola) and her first career was as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician in the UK and Australia. Dawn retains a special interest in careers in the creative industries. Her practice-based research centres on contemporary music for viola, rehearsal talk, and the nexus between artistic practice, research and research. Her academic profile is at https://staffportal.curtin.
Dawn has recorded for Wirripang: