Doctoral researchers in Music Back to 'Music research' The Department of Music has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below: Daniel Baker Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The influence of Anglican Church music on Saxon-American Lutheranism and its musical tradition in the late-19th to early-20th centuries. Supervisor: Dr Paul RodmellPhD Musicology by Research Daniel Boucher Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Opera and discourses of expressionism in the Weimar Republic Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Attfield and Dr Harriet Boyd-BennettPhD Musicology by Research Maria Grazia Campisi Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Italian Opera after Puccini: The Case of Giorgio Federico GhediniSupervisors: Dr Ben Earle and Assistant Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (The University of Nottingham) PhD Musicology Sara Caneva Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Visual stimuli and acoustic perception: sources for new creativity Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson, Dr Annie Mahtani and Dr Ryan LatimerPhD Musical Composition Zach Dawson Doctoral researcher PhD Title: ‘x For y Hours’ – Music's Ontological Status After the InternetSupervisors: Dr Christopher Haworth, Dr John Richards and Dr Annie MahtaniPhD Musical Composition by Research (FT) Chris Evans Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Jewish Role in Dutch Art Music: Antisemitism, Exclusion, and Jewish Nationalism 1795-1946 Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Attfield and Dr Ben EarlePhD Musicology Mark Ferguson Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Electroacoustic music composition, guided by the inherent methodologies and approaches of wildlife sound recording Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson and Dr Annie MahtaniPhD Musical Composition by Research (FT) Marcel Hannemann Doctoral researcher PhD Title: From Modernism to Conformism: Nikolai Roslavets After 1917 Supervisors: Dr Ben Earle and Dr Isobel PalmerPhD Musicology by Research Steven Jeon Doctoral researcher PhD Title: An Examination of British String Quartets in the Context of Musical Institutions in the Early Twentieth Century and the Thematic Catalogue of British String Quartets Supervisors: Prof. Matthew Riley & Dr. Paul RodmellPhD Musicology Lewis Jones Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The sacred music of Tiburtio Massaino (before 1550 – after 1609) Supervisor: Prof. Andrew KirkmanPhD Music Karlyn King Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Vinyl records vs. digital ephemera: Does the medium of music matter? Supervisors: Dr Luis Manuel Garcia & Dr Christopher Haworth PhD Musicology Olivia Knops Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Life and Music of Michael Tippett under the Influence of the Psychologist John LayardSupervisors: Professor Matthew Riley and Dr Ben EarlePhD Musicology Hetti Price Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Bass Violin: its history and use from 1540-1690 Supervisors: Dr Amy BrosiusPhD Performance Practice in Music Nikki Sheth Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The transformation of sounds in site-specific multichannel soundscape composition Supervisors: Dr Annie Mahtani & Dr Scott WilsonPhD Musical Composition Gabriella Vizzutti MA Music researcher by Distance Learning MA by Research Title: Effects of synchronized music making and interpersonal touch on prosocial behaviourSupervisors: Dr Maria Witek and Dr Luis-Manuel GarciaMusicology MA by Research Valentina Vuksic Doctoral researcher PhD Title: To be confirmed Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson, Dr Christopher Haworth, Dr Chris BaberPhD Composition
Daniel Baker Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The influence of Anglican Church music on Saxon-American Lutheranism and its musical tradition in the late-19th to early-20th centuries. Supervisor: Dr Paul RodmellPhD Musicology by Research
Daniel Boucher Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Opera and discourses of expressionism in the Weimar Republic Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Attfield and Dr Harriet Boyd-BennettPhD Musicology by Research
Maria Grazia Campisi Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Italian Opera after Puccini: The Case of Giorgio Federico GhediniSupervisors: Dr Ben Earle and Assistant Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (The University of Nottingham) PhD Musicology
Sara Caneva Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Visual stimuli and acoustic perception: sources for new creativity Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson, Dr Annie Mahtani and Dr Ryan LatimerPhD Musical Composition
Zach Dawson Doctoral researcher PhD Title: ‘x For y Hours’ – Music's Ontological Status After the InternetSupervisors: Dr Christopher Haworth, Dr John Richards and Dr Annie MahtaniPhD Musical Composition by Research (FT)
Chris Evans Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Jewish Role in Dutch Art Music: Antisemitism, Exclusion, and Jewish Nationalism 1795-1946 Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Attfield and Dr Ben EarlePhD Musicology
Mark Ferguson Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Electroacoustic music composition, guided by the inherent methodologies and approaches of wildlife sound recording Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson and Dr Annie MahtaniPhD Musical Composition by Research (FT)
Marcel Hannemann Doctoral researcher PhD Title: From Modernism to Conformism: Nikolai Roslavets After 1917 Supervisors: Dr Ben Earle and Dr Isobel PalmerPhD Musicology by Research
Steven Jeon Doctoral researcher PhD Title: An Examination of British String Quartets in the Context of Musical Institutions in the Early Twentieth Century and the Thematic Catalogue of British String Quartets Supervisors: Prof. Matthew Riley & Dr. Paul RodmellPhD Musicology
Lewis Jones Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The sacred music of Tiburtio Massaino (before 1550 – after 1609) Supervisor: Prof. Andrew KirkmanPhD Music
Karlyn King Doctoral researcher PhD Title: Vinyl records vs. digital ephemera: Does the medium of music matter? Supervisors: Dr Luis Manuel Garcia & Dr Christopher Haworth PhD Musicology
Olivia Knops Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Life and Music of Michael Tippett under the Influence of the Psychologist John LayardSupervisors: Professor Matthew Riley and Dr Ben EarlePhD Musicology
Hetti Price Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The Bass Violin: its history and use from 1540-1690 Supervisors: Dr Amy BrosiusPhD Performance Practice in Music
Nikki Sheth Doctoral researcher PhD Title: The transformation of sounds in site-specific multichannel soundscape composition Supervisors: Dr Annie Mahtani & Dr Scott WilsonPhD Musical Composition
Gabriella Vizzutti MA Music researcher by Distance Learning MA by Research Title: Effects of synchronized music making and interpersonal touch on prosocial behaviourSupervisors: Dr Maria Witek and Dr Luis-Manuel GarciaMusicology MA by Research
Valentina Vuksic Doctoral researcher PhD Title: To be confirmed Supervisors: Dr Scott Wilson, Dr Christopher Haworth, Dr Chris BaberPhD Composition