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Nachaya Natchanawakul joined as the full-time faculty of College of Music, Mahidol University since 2016, where she serves as the chair of the Ph.D. program and teaches courses in Thai Music Theory, Thai Music history, Introduction to Music Research, and Performance Pedagogy. Before this she worked for 18 years at Department of Music, Faculty of Humanities, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Nachaya received her Ph.D. in Musicology from College of Music, Mahidol University and a Masters and Bachelor degree in Thai Music from Chulalongkorn University, with support for her Masters degree from a scholarship funded by the Naresuan University as well as the Research Fund for Master dissertations from the King Prajadhipok and Queen Rampaipannee Scholarship Foundation, Thailand Parliament. She received a Ph.D. Scholarship funded by the Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education. Her dissertation focused on Western music in Siam: the development between A.C.1841 – 1941. In 2012 her dissertation was recognized with an award from the Graduate School, Mahidol University
Nachaya’s research, which covers varied topics such as the situation and function of Thai string ensemble in the period of King Rama V, An analysis of ja-khe solo song, Learning process for conservation and development of Mangkhala performance in the lower northern part of Thailand (Research Funded from The Thailand Research Fund.), The Development and Principle of
“ Ketduriyakom” Thai String Assembled Piano (Research Funded from Mahidol University) , Thainess in Thai Contemporary Music (Research Funded from The Thailand Research Fund.)
She received an Indonesian Arts And Culture Scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia (at Bandung for 3 months in Sundanese Music and Dance program), 2005 Volunteer Thai Music Teacher by Wat Buddhasamakhee, Thai Buddhist Organization, Christchurch, New Zealand., 2006 Cultural Exchange Program (Music and Dance) with Sabah Cultural Board, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2009 Thai Music Workshop and Music Symposium cooperative project of Mahidol University, Thailand and the Institute für Musikwissenschaft der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar and University of Jena at Weimar, Germany, 2011 Balinese music workshop by the University of Hindu, Bali Denpasar, Indonesia, She performed Thai Music and Dance Program in a special occasion celebrating 2600 Buddha Jayanti,Nagpur, Maharashta, India, 2013-2014 THE 4th -5th TAWAU International Cultural Festival, Tawau, Borneo, Malasia.
Nachaya is a judge for the Thai Music Competition conducted by Khon Kean University and a judge of Thai Music Competition conducted by Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education from 2011 – 2018. She participated the Conference by 2007 The ISME World Conference, on 16-21 July 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015 The 3rd International Conference for Asia Pacific Arts Studies by Graduate School of Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia., 2018 Presented paper Transitions and Transformations on Process Learning in Thai String Ensemble in The eight edition of The Future of Education, Florence, Italy by the Italian Ministry of Education and by the Tuscany Regional Government.
