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Research interests in Wagner, music analysis and associated issues in the aesthetics of music.
Research interests in 18th-century opera, nationalism, and identity politics.
Research interests in opera and theatre history, music theatre, and English and Italian 18th-century music. Opera Producer.
Research interests in the psychology of music, particularly the psychology of performance, rhythm perception and production, and the application of ecological theory to music perception; analysis of pop music; aesthetics and semiotics of music; history and analysis of recordings.
Anthropology and sociology of music and culture; music in the late 20th and 21st centuries; music, digital media and mediation; social and cultural theory; ethnography; cultural production and cultural institutions; public service broadcasting, television, cultural and media policy; interdisciplinarity.
Research interests in 20th- and 21st-century music, especially Stravinsky and Birtwistle; modernism; theory and analysis.
Conductor, with research interests in early 20th-century music.
Musicologist and viol player. Research interests in 18th- and 19th-century music, especially JS Bach and Wagner; English consort music; theories of analysis; and performance studies.
Research interests in late 19th- and early 20th-century European music and culture (especially opera and the symphony), in modernism, critical theory and music in mass-entertainment film.
Research interests in music and landscape in late 19th- and early 20th-century music; representations of nationalism in Scandinavian music; critical musicology and analysis; Elgar and imperialism; contemporary performance.
Composition, contemporary music, music theatre
Freelance organist and conductor. Research interests include Baroque choral and organ performance practice; harmony, counterpoint and fugue studies.
Research interests in French Baroque music (especially sacred vocal and keyboard), and in Baroque performance practice.
Musicologist and music theorist. Research interests in songs, counterpoint, and singing with a particular focus on medieval secular lyrics in French. Other interests include music and philosophy, ideas of musical meaning, music analysis (especially of pre-tonal repertoires), music and gender, and music in literature.
Research interests in music of the 15th to 17th centuries, particularly in Spain, Portugal and England.
Composer. Research interests include large-scale harmonic/structural issues in music from the late-18th to the late-20th centuries, and the relationship between tradition and contemporary compositional thought and practice.
Research interests in ethnomusicology and anthropology of music, the Middle East and Europe, social and cultural theory.
Research interests in music history of the 14th to 18th centuries, opera, and postmodern views of musicology.
Research interests in 18th- and early 19th-century music, keyboard music 1500–1830, performance practice, social history of English music, and the study of women composers.
Twentieth-century French music, nineteenth-century London theatre, urban geography
Research interests in Medieval and Renaissance music, history of musical institutions, social and political contexts, and Reformation studies.
Research interests in the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM)
Contemporary performance, Jazz, music and sociology
Research interests arts education, cultural diplomacy, cultural policy, cultural institutions and creative industries.
Research interests in medieval and 20th-century music, and musical analysis.
Research interests in Mozart and 18th-century opera, art song and ballet in the German-speaking lands; music and childhood; early film music, film sound and the film musical.
Composer and pianist. Research interests in the late-19th and 20th centuries, especially French and Polish music.
Research interests in music at court in Renaissance Italy, music and identity, music in visual culture
Research interests in minimalism, musical postmodernism and critical theory.
Research interests in music theory and analysis, 19th- and early 20th-century music, aesthetics.
Conductor and composer. Musical Director, Ensemble ISIS. Research interests include the history of orchestration, the history of conducting, orchestral performance post-1750, and the performance of new music.
Conductor, orchestrator, composer and musicologist
Fellow and Director of Music, Keble College. Composer and conductor. Research interests in twentieth-century, British music, especially Benjamin Britten.
Renaissance music theory, Philosophy of music, Aesthetics of music
Medieval motet repertory and seventeenth-century English music.
Words and music in Russian culture from the late-eighteenth century to the present day
Research interests include British and Irish music, especially the symphony in the late 19th century and the music of Charles Villiers Stanford
Dr MARGARET BENT
Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College.
Dr BONNIE BLACKBURN
Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College.
Dr BOJAN BUJIC
Emeritus Fellow, Magdalen College.
Professor JOHN CALDWELL
Emeritus Professor, Jesus College.
Dr DONALD EDWARD OLLESSON
Emeritus Fellow, Merton College.
Academics
University Lecturers and College Fellows
Dr ROGER ALLEN
Dean, Fellow and Tutor, St Peter's College; Lecturer at St Edmund HallResearch interests in Wagner, music analysis and associated issues in the aesthetics of music.
Dr SUZANNE ASPDEN
University Lecturer; Fellow and Tutor, Jesus College; Lecturer at Lincoln CollegeResearch interests in 18th-century opera, nationalism, and identity politics.
Professor MICHAEL BURDEN
Professor of Music, Dean, Chattels and Pictures Fellow, New CollegeResearch interests in opera and theatre history, music theatre, and English and Italian 18th-century music. Opera Producer.
Professor ERIC CLARKE
Heather Professor of Music; Professorial Fellow, Wadham CollegeResearch interests in the psychology of music, particularly the psychology of performance, rhythm perception and production, and the application of ecological theory to music perception; analysis of pop music; aesthetics and semiotics of music; history and analysis of recordings.
Professor GEORGINA BORN
Professor of Music and AnthropologyAnthropology and sociology of music and culture; music in the late 20th and 21st centuries; music, digital media and mediation; social and cultural theory; ethnography; cultural production and cultural institutions; public service broadcasting, television, cultural and media policy; interdisciplinarity.
Professor JONATHAN CROSS
Professor of Musicology; Student and Tutor, Christ ChurchResearch interests in 20th- and 21st-century music, especially Stravinsky and Birtwistle; modernism; theory and analysis.
Dr STEPHEN DARLINGTON
University Lecturer and Choragus; Organist, Student and Tutor, Christ ChurchConductor, with research interests in early 20th-century music.
Professor LAURENCE DREYFUS
Professor of Music; Fellow and Tutor, Magdalen CollegeMusicologist and viol player. Research interests in 18th- and 19th-century music, especially JS Bach and Wagner; English consort music; theories of analysis; and performance studies.
Professor PETER FRANKLIN
Professor of Music; Fellow and Tutor, St Catherine’s CollegeResearch interests in late 19th- and early 20th-century European music and culture (especially opera and the symphony), in modernism, critical theory and music in mass-entertainment film.
Dr DANIEL GRIMLEY
University Lecturer; Fellow and Tutor of Merton College; Lecturer at University CollegeResearch interests in music and landscape in late 19th- and early 20th-century music; representations of nationalism in Scandinavian music; critical musicology and analysis; Elgar and imperialism; contemporary performance.
Dr MARTYN HARRY
University Lecturer; Fellow and Tutor, St Anne's College; Lecturer at St Hilda's CollegeComposition, contemporary music, music theatre
DANIEL HYDE
Informator Choristarum, Organist and Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College; Lecturer in MusicFreelance organist and conductor. Research interests include Baroque choral and organ performance practice; harmony, counterpoint and fugue studies.
Professor EDWARD HIGGINBOTTOM
Professor of Choral Music; Organist, Fellow and Tutor, New CollegeResearch interests in French Baroque music (especially sacred vocal and keyboard), and in Baroque performance practice.
Professor ELIZABETH EVA LEACH
Professor of Music; Fellow and Tutor in Music, St. Hughs College; Lecturer at Exeter CollegeMusicologist and music theorist. Research interests in songs, counterpoint, and singing with a particular focus on medieval secular lyrics in French. Other interests include music and philosophy, ideas of musical meaning, music analysis (especially of pre-tonal repertoires), music and gender, and music in literature.
Dr OWEN REES
Reader in Music; Organist, Fellow and Tutor, The Queen's College; Senior Research Fellow, Somerville CollegeResearch interests in music of the 15th to 17th centuries, particularly in Spain, Portugal and England.
Professor ROBERT SAXTON
Professor of Composition; Fellow and Tutor, Worcester CollegeComposer. Research interests include large-scale harmonic/structural issues in music from the late-18th to the late-20th centuries, and the relationship between tradition and contemporary compositional thought and practice.
Professor MARTIN STOKES
Professor of Ethnomusicology; Fellow and Tutor, St John's CollegeResearch interests in ethnomusicology and anthropology of music, the Middle East and Europe, social and cultural theory.
Professor REINHARD STROHM
Professor of Music; Emeritus Fellow, Wadham CollegeResearch interests in music history of the 14th to 18th centuries, opera, and postmodern views of musicology.
Professor SUSAN WOLLENBERG
Professor of Music; Fellow and Tutor in Music, Lady Margaret Hall; Lecturer at Brasenose CollegeResearch interests in 18th- and early 19th-century music, keyboard music 1500–1830, performance practice, social history of English music, and the study of women composers.
Research Fellows and College Lecturers
JONATHAN HICKS
Junior Research Fellow, LincolnTwentieth-century French music, nineteenth-century London theatre, urban geography
Dr ALEXANDRA BUCKLE
Lecturer in Music, St Anne's and St Hilda'sResearch interests in Medieval and Renaissance music, history of musical institutions, social and political contexts, and Reformation studies.
Dr JULIA CRAIG-McFEELY
Research Fellow, Faculty of MusicResearch interests in the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM)
Dr MARK DOFFMAN
Research Fellow, Creative Practice in Contemporary Concert MusicContemporary performance, Jazz, music and sociology
Dr MARIA JOÃO RODRIGUES DE ARAÚJO
Research Fellow, Faculty of MusicResearch interests arts education, cultural diplomacy, cultural policy, cultural institutions and creative industries.
Dr DAVID MAW
Lecturer at Christ Church, Corpus Christi, Oriel, Queen's and Trinity CollegesResearch interests in medieval and 20th-century music, and musical analysis.
Dr ADELINE MUELLER
Junior Research Fellow at New CollegeResearch interests in Mozart and 18th-century opera, art song and ballet in the German-speaking lands; music and childhood; early film music, film sound and the film musical.
Dr GUY NEWBURY
Lecturer at Pembroke CollegeComposer and pianist. Research interests in the late-19th and 20th centuries, especially French and Polish music.
Dr TIMOTHY SHEPHARD
Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College; Lecturer at Worcester CollegeResearch interests in music at court in Renaissance Italy, music and identity, music in visual culture
BENJAMIN SKIPP
Junior Research Fellow at St Peter's College; Lecturer at HertfordResearch interests in minimalism, musical postmodernism and critical theory.
Dr BENEDICT TAYLOR
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow; Senior Research Fellow, New College; Lecturer at Magdalen CollegeResearch interests in music theory and analysis, 19th- and early 20th-century music, aesthetics.
Dr JOHN TRAILL
Director of Music, St Anne's College; Lecturer at St Catherine's CollegeConductor and composer. Musical Director, Ensemble ISIS. Research interests include the history of orchestration, the history of conducting, orchestral performance post-1750, and the performance of new music.
Dr JONATHAN WILLIAMS
Director of College Music, St Hilda'sConductor, orchestrator, composer and musicologist
SIMON WHALLEY
Lecturer at Keble CollegeFellow and Director of Music, Keble College. Composer and conductor. Research interests in twentieth-century, British music, especially Benjamin Britten.
Dr JACOMIEN PRINS
Research Fellow in Philosophy and Musicology, Wolfson CollegeRenaissance music theory, Philosophy of music, Aesthetics of music
CATHERINE BRADLEY
Junior Research Fellow, The Queen's CollegeMedieval motet repertory and seventeenth-century English music.
Dr PHILIP ROSS BULLOCK
University Lecturer, Fellow and Tutor, Wadham CollegeWords and music in Russian culture from the late-eighteenth century to the present day
JONATHAN WHITE
Lecturer at St Catherine's CollegeResearch interests include British and Irish music, especially the symphony in the late 19th century and the music of Charles Villiers Stanford
Emeritus Fellows
Dr MARGARET BENT
Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College.
Dr BONNIE BLACKBURN
Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College.
Dr BOJAN BUJIC
Emeritus Fellow, Magdalen College.
Professor JOHN CALDWELL
Emeritus Professor, Jesus College.
Dr HARRY JOHNSTONE
Emeritus Fellow, St Annes College.