Anthea Skinner

Anthea Skinner PhD is an ethnomusicologist who specialises in disability culture and education, organology, heritage archiving, and Malay music and history. She is currently a McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. Her work on Malay music and history engages with that of her late grandfather, Professor Cyril Skinner, and she won the Margaret Jennings Award from the Australian Society of Archivists in 2021. She currently coordinates Melbourne Youth Orchestras’ Adaptive Music Bridging Program, which provides instrumental music education to children with disabilities.

Anthea Skinner, PhD, adalah seorang etnomusikolog asal Australia yang memiliki spesialisasi dalam budaya dan pendidikan disabilitas, organologi, pengarsipan warisan, serta musik dan sejarah Melayu. Saat ini, ia merupakan McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow di Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Musik. Penelitiannya tentang musik dan sejarah Melayu melanjutkan penelitian dari mendiang kakeknya, Profesor Cyril Skinner. Pada tahun 2021, ia memenangkan Margaret Jennings Award dari Australian Society of Archivists. Dr. Skinner juga mengampu Program Adaptive Music Bridging di Melbourne Youth Orchestras, yang menyediakan pendidikan musik instrumental bagi anak-anak penyandang disabilitas.