Dr Roddy Hawkins
Teaching Fellow
Contact Tel: +44 (0)161-2758982 Email: roddy.hawkins@manchester.ac.uk Biography I joined the department at Manchester in September 2010, having recently submitted my dissertation for a PhD in Musicology at the University of Leeds (supervised by Martin Iddon and Michael Spencer; funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council). * MMus Composition, University of Leeds Research interests In September 2010 I submitted my doctoral dissertation '(Mis)understanding complexity from Transit to Toop: 'New Complexity' in the British context (1977-88)' at the University of Leeds (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council). This project investigated the narrative of 'New Complexity' and set out to challenge this narrative by tracing the emergence of the term in the British context. I position my work between empirical and hermeneutic approaches to the sociology of music. My research interests include: * New music composition and its reception in Britain since the 1960s 'Left over' from my doctoral research is a large amount of fragmentary material about the institutionalisation of the avant-garde and modernism in Britain during the 1970s. For example, I am currently in the process of writing an article on Pierre Boulez and his conducting activity with the BBC in London (with a particular focus on concerts at the Round House), and undertaking further research into the recordings, performance and reception of Ferneyhough's music in Britain in 1977-78. In July 2010, with the kind support of the British Academy and the Institute for Musical Research in London, I co-convened an international three-day conference called 'The Symphony Orchestra as Cultural Phenomenon'. A select conference proceedings will be published at the end of 2011, which I will be co-editing with Duncan Boutwood and Julian Rushton. I am interested in hearing from people who wish to collaborate in a project to collect performance data about the institutionalisation of new music in post-war Europe. I already have some contacts for this project and am aiming to bring other perspectives and expertise into the fold. Publications Edited book: Non-academic article: Hawkins, R, 'The halting acceptance of change', New Notes (February 2009), 2--3. Further information MUSC 10112 'Techniques of Tonal Harmony' |
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