
Dr Christopher Wiley
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Biography
In August 2024, I took over the role of Head of Department of Music and Media at the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, having been BMus(Hons) Music Programme Leader for five years prior. I am a , (PFHEA), , and , and hold multiple music diplomas. Educated at the Universities of , Surrey, and (funded by the ), I joined the Âé¶čÊÓÆ” as Senior Lecturer in 2013, having previously been appointed at (2004â13). (more below)
My research areas include musical biography and life-writing, , , music in popular culture, and higher education learning and teaching. Please read more below about my activities in research, research supervision, teaching (including pedagogic research), academic leadership, external service, media appearances, and work with external organisations including record labels.
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Research: I have published six books and journal special issues with publishers including and (two books each). Current projects include edited volumes for , , , and , as well as a special issue of the journal . I am also preparing a music edition for and multiple articles for .
I have written over 40 book chapters and journal articles appearing in edited anthologies published by major academic presses as well as internationally leading and top-quartile journals of musicology, education, and history including , , , , and . My article for was for many months the journalâs No. 1 most downloaded article. 100% of my publications are on , and have been read thousands of times at and .
I have delivered over 70 papers at conferences in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and The Netherlands, including multiple keynotes internationally as well as invited colloquia at the Faculty of Music of the Universities of both and . I have organised eight multi-day international conferences in , , , and .
Teaching: I am the Universityâs longest-standing (2013) and (PFHEA) (2017). I am also a member of the and . In 2012 I became an International Distinguished Educator with , the first ever appointment worldwide in the Arts and Humanities. I hold postgraduate degrees in Higher Education ( with Distinction, ) as well as Music.
My pedagogic researchâmuch of which is entirely separate from my subject research, and has been made possible by generous grants from the and other funding bodiesâhas been widely published as journal articles and book chapters. I have delivered learning and teaching workshops at a dozen UK universities, as well as conference presentations across Europe and to hundreds of attendees in internationally broadcast webinars.
I contributed research-led teaching to 25 different modules in the 2023â24 academic year alone, on classical music, popular music, musical theatre, music performance, music business, and harmony and analysis. I also regularly perform with the University Orchestra, University Choir, , and multiple student chamber ensembles on oboe, keyboard, voice, and other instruments. My two-year MEQ (student evaluation of teaching) average score is 97%.
Academic Leadership: I am currently Head of the Department of Music and Media at the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, leading and line-managing a diverse team of 25 core academic staff plus many associates across a range of different subjects. In my preceding five-year tenure as BMus(Hons) Music Programme Leader, I was at the forefront of departmental management, co-ordinating Music teaching across six different programmes. I have been instrumental in securing the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”âs standing as No.1 in the UK for Music in the , No.5 in the UK for Music in the , and Top 10 in the UK for Music in the 2024. As a Personal Tutor with over 20 yearsâ experience of conscientiously delivering pastoral care, I am a passionate advocate for student wellbeing and EDI.
I originally joined the Âé¶čÊÓÆ” to serve a three-year term as Director of Learning and Teaching (including Chair of Boards of Examiners and Boards of Studies) across the School of Arts, which at its height comprised 250 staff and 900 students in music, sound recording, theatre, dance, film, digital media arts, and the . I have 15 yearsâ experience as a director of studies (Undergraduate, Professional Training Year, Masters, and Postgraduate Research) in different institutions.
External service: I have held external positions at 15 universities in the UK and internationally, including over a decadeâs experience as External Examiner at different institutions, in addition to serving on multiple external Validation Panels and Course Boards. I have acted as a peer reviewer for many leading journals and academic book publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, and for the Research Councils of six different countries.
In the media: I frequently contribute expert comment on classical music, popular music, musical theatre, and music education to radio, television, and print media internationally, including (multiple channels), (Sweden), (Australia), (US), and mainstream press such as , , and . One of my articles for became a Top Ten article with some 40,000 reads; another received mention on social media from . I have also published over 60 reviews of live performance for .
For expert comment on a wide range of musical and educational topics, please e-mail me.
Work with external organisations: I have given many pre-performance talks for internationally high-profile organisations including and the , as well as for concerts in major Central London venues such as and the , addressing audiences of over 200 people. I have spoken alongside at , and was invited by to deliver the speech at the unveiling of the townâs .
I have written programme notes for the , , and other organisations internationally such as (US), as well as liner notes for multiple commercially released recordings.
Research supervision: I have supervised 15 doctoral candidates as Principal Supervisor (and many others as Second Supervisor), currently including students in both Music and Media and , as well as examining 16 doctorates at eight different institutions in the UK, US, South Africa, and Australia. I have supported several former students and examination candidates to publication of their research and/or to positions in academia.
I am keen to attract new PhD students in areas including popular music, musical theatre, classical music, music and gender, and music education. I also welcome enquires from suitably qualified Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Fellows, having hosted several (with full funding) in the recent past.
Record labels: I am a Director and Trustee of , which has commercially released 12 professional recordings over the past decade. Working with various commercial labels, notably (Lontano Records), I regularly organise recording sessions using the Universityâs world-class recording facilities, and have served in Associate Producer and Executive Producer roles. I am also Musical Executor and a Trustee of .
University roles and responsibilities
- Head of Music and Media
- University Deputy Teaching Excellence Awards Lead
- Ensemble Performance Lead
- EDI Lead
- Wellbeing Lead
- Departmental Disability Liaison
News
In the media
ResearchResearch interests
Musical Biography and Life-Writing; Ethel Smyth; Autoethnography; Literature and Music; Music, Gender, and Sexuality; Reception History; Canonicity; Historiography; Historical Musicology (Western art-music of the 18th-20th centuries); Critical Musicology; Popular Music Studies; Musical Theatre; Music for Television and Film; Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; Electronic Voting Systems; Assessment and Feedback; Pedagogic Frailty; Student Evaluation of Teaching.
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Research collaborations
Writing Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Contemporary Artists
The London and South-East England 21st-Century Music Practice Research Network (21 CMP)
Surrey Arts and Humanities Network (SAHN)
Surrey Life-Writing Research Network
Research interests
Musical Biography and Life-Writing; Ethel Smyth; Autoethnography; Literature and Music; Music, Gender, and Sexuality; Reception History; Canonicity; Historiography; Historical Musicology (Western art-music of the 18th-20th centuries); Critical Musicology; Popular Music Studies; Musical Theatre; Music for Television and Film; Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; Electronic Voting Systems; Assessment and Feedback; Pedagogic Frailty; Student Evaluation of Teaching.
- Academia.edu (contains all publications):
- Open access publications (Surrey):
- Open access publications (City):
Research collaborations
Writing Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Contemporary Artists
The London and South-East England 21st-Century Music Practice Research Network (21 CMP)
Surrey Arts and Humanities Network (SAHN)
Surrey Life-Writing Research Network
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
- 6 current PGR students in Music & Media and
- Career total of 15 PGR students as Principal Supervisor (internal and external)
- 16 doctoral examinations as External or Internal Examiner in the UK, US, South Africa, and Australia
- Keen to attract new students in areas including popular music, musical theatre, classical music, music and gender, and music education
- Enquiries also welcome from suitably qualified Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Fellows
Teaching
Current:
- MUS1038 Investigating Popular Music: Case Study
- MUS2057 Nineteenth-Century Music
- MUS3077/3078 Individual Project (module leader, supervisor)
- MUS1031 Encountering Music History (contributor)
- MUS1028 Harmony 1: Common-Practice Harmony (module leader, tutor)
- MUSM078 Research Training (lead module tutor)
- MUS1039 Investigating Classical Music: Case Study (module leader)
- MUS2033 Arts Policy and Practice (module leader)
- MUS3068 Professional Investigation (module leader)
Past:
- MUS1033/2060/3080/M075 Music Project: Words and Music
- MUS3083 Modernism and Postmodernism (module leader)
- MUS1029/2059/3079/M074 Music Project: Reworking Music (guest-lecture)
- MUS1036/2050/3066/M040 Music Professional Practice S2 (convener, contributor)
- MUS1035/2049/3065/M039 Music Professional Practice S1 (contributor)
- MUS1029/2059/3079/M074 Music Project: Women in Music
- MUS2064/3085/M077 Musical Theatre
- MUS1029/2059/3079/M074 Music Project: The Musical
- MUS2046 Musicology A (convener, contributor)
- MUS2047 Musicology B (supervisor)
- MUSM039/M040 Performance A/B (contributor)
- MUSM053 Screen Music Studies (contributor)
- MUSM056 Readings in Musicology A (contributor)
- MUS3055/3056/3057 Dissertation A/B/C (supervisor)
- MUSM060 Dissertation (supervisor)
- AMT1005 Context 1 (convener, contributor)
- CMT2001 Applied Music (guest-lecture)
- CPDM009 Research Methods for Practice (guest-lecture)
Publications
Doctoral Dissertation
- âRe-writing Composersâ Lives: Critical Historiography and Musical Biographyâ, 2 Vols. (PhD diss., Royal Holloway, University of London, 2008). pp. vii, 396; ii, 203. Available online via .
Books
- The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity (co-edited with Peter Gouzouasis). Abingdon: Routledge, 2025. pp. xviii, 388. ISBN 978-0-367-35147-2 (hardback), 978-0-429-33004-9 (e-book). With chapters by Alice Barron, Benjamin Bolden, Sarah Callis & Neil Heyde, Rod Davies, Benjamin Davis, Monica Esslin-Peard, Iain Findlay-Walsh, Barbara Gentili, Peter Gouzouasis, Charissa Granger, Verica Grmusa, Ros Hawley, David Lines, Christopher Leedham & Martin Scheuregger, Jean Penny, Simon E. Poole, Bartosz Szafranski, Christopher Wiley, Bede Williams, Matthew Yanko, and Zane Zalis.
- Womenâs Suffrage in Word, Image, Music, Stage and Screen: The Making of a Movement (co-edited with Lucy Ella Rose). London: Routledge, 2021. pp. xxxv, 288. ISBN 978-0-367-36198-3 (hardback), 978-1-032-02492-9 (paperback). With chapters by Anne Anderson, Kathy Atherton, V. Irene Cockroft, Elizabeth Crawford, Brigitte Caroline Dale, Kristin M. Franseen, Amy Galvin, Marleen Hoffmann, Eleanor March, Gursimran Oberoi, Naomi Paxton, Sarah Pedersen, June Purvis, Lucy Ella Rose, Christopher Wiley, and Marion Wynne-Davies.
- Transnational Perspectives on Artistsâ Lives (co-edited with Marleen Rensen). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. pp. xv, 276. ISBN 978-3-030-45200-1, 978-3-030-45200-1 (eBook). With chapters by Sander Bax, Suzanne Bode, Tamar Hager, Maximiliano JimĂ©nez, Jane McVeigh, Anna MenyhĂ©rt, Manet van Montfrans, Samantha Niederman, Suze van der Poll, Josiane Ranguin, Maria Razumovskaya, Marleen Rensen, Marc Röntsch, Maryam Thirriard, and Christopher Wiley.
- Researching and Writing on Contemporary Art and Artists: Challenges, Practices, and Complexities (co-edited with Ian Pace). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. pp. xvi, 281. ISBN 978-3-030-39232-1, 978-3-030-39233-8 (eBook). With chapters by by Joel Baldwin, Richard Birchall, Jill Brown, Miriam Cabell and Phoebe Stubbs, Vered Engelhard, Christopher Leedham and Martin Scheuregger, Ian Pace, Andy W. Smith, Joanne âBobâ Whalley, Christopher Wiley, Annie Yim, and Lorraine York.
Journal Special Issues (Guest-edited)
- âMusical Biography: Myth, Ideology, and Narrativeâ (co-edited with Paul Watt), Journal of Musicological Research, Vol. 38, Nos. 3â4 (2019). With articles by Kirsty Asmussen, Anna Maria Barry, Joanne Cormac, Uri Golomb and Ronit Seter, MarkĂ©ta KratochvĂlovĂĄ, Emily MacGregor, Richard Parfitt, Paul Watt, and Christopher Wiley.
Articles in Refereed Journals
- âExploring the integration of teaching and research in the contemporary classroom: An autoethnographic enquiry into designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25&ČÔČúČő±è;Čč±ôČúłÜłŸâ,&ČÔČúČő±è;Arts & Humanities in Higher Education: An international journal of theory, research, and practice, Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2022), pp. 74â93. doi: . Available online via .
- âMyth-Making and the Politics of Nationality in Narratives of J.S. Bachâs 1717 Contest with Louis Marchandâ, Journal of Musicological Research, Vol. 38, Nos. 3â4 (2019), pp. 193â215. doi: . Available online via .
- âMusical Biography in the Musicological Arenaâ, Journal of Musicological Research, Vol. 38, Nos. 3â4 (2019), pp. 187â92 (co-authored with Paul Watt). doi: . Available online via .
- âAutoethnography, autobiography, and creative art as academic research in music studies: A fugal ethnodramaâ, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, Vol. 18, No. 2 (July 2019), pp. 73â115. doi: . Available online at <>.
- âEthel Smyth, Suffrage and Surrey: From Frimley Green to Hook Heath, Wokingâ, Womenâs History: The Journal of the Womenâs History Network, Vol. 2, No. 11 (Autumn 2018), pp. 11â18.
- âTracing pedagogic frailty in arts and humanities education: An autoethnographic perspectiveâ, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2018), pp. 241â64 (with Ian M. Kinchin). doi: . Available online via .
- âMusic and Literature: Ethel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and âThe First Woman to Write an Operaââ, The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 2 (Summer 2013), pp. 263â95. doi: . Available online via .
- ââWhen a Woman Speaks the Truth Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Her Bodyâ: Ethel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and the Challenges of Lesbian Auto/biographyâ, Music and Letters, Vol. 85, No. 3 (August 2004), pp. 388â414. doi: . Available online via , , and .
- ââA Relic of an Age Still Capable of a Romantic Outlookâ: Musical Biography and The Master Musicians Series, 1899â1906â, Comparative Criticism, Vol. 25, âThe Lives of the Disciplines: Comparative Biographyâ (November 2003), pp. 161â202.
Articles in Society Journals
- âThe Statue of Dame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944) in Dukes Plaza, Wokingâ, Womenâs History Review, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2023), pp. 424â34. doi: .
- âLORELT at 30: An Interview with Odaline de la MartĂnezâ, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2022), pp. 26â30.
- âWomen in Music on the Record: The Liza Lehmann, Ethel Smyth, and Florence Price Sessions at the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”â, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2021), pp. 25â9 (co-authored with Samantha Ege).
Book Chapters
- âAn autoethnography of designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25 albumâ, in Peter Gouzouasis and Christopher Wiley eds. The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity. Abingdon: Routledge, 2025, pp. 226â41. doi: 10.4324/9780429330049-17.
- âEthel Smyth, music and the suffragette movement: Reconsidering The Boatswainâs Mate as feminist operaâ, in Christopher Wiley and Lucy Ella Rose eds. Womenâs Suffrage in Word, Image, Music, Stage and Screen: The Making of a Movement. London: Routledge, 2021, pp. 169â85.
- âBiography and Life-Writingâ, in Paul Watt, Sarah Collins, and Michael Allis eds. The Oxford Handbook of Music and Intellectual Culture in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 77â101. doi: . Available online via .
- âThe Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Music: Virtuous Performers and Well-Mannered Listenersâ, in Delia da Sousa Correa ed. The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020, pp. 318â26.
- âEthel Smyth as the composer Edith Staines in E.F. Bensonâs Dodo trilogyâ, in Marleen Rensen and Christopher Wiley eds. Transnational Perspectives on Artistsâ Lives. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 255â69.
- âMusicArt: Creating Dialogues Across the Artsâ, in Christopher Wiley and Ian Pace eds. Researching and Writing on Contemporary Art and Artists: Challenges, Practices, and Complexities. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 259â76 (in conversation with Annie Yim).
- âMusical Biography and the Myth of the Museâ, in Vesa Kurkela and Markus Mantere eds. Critical Music Historiography: Probing Canons, Ideologies and Institutions. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, pp. 251â61. Available online via .
- âMythological Motifs in the Biographical Accounts of Haydnâs Later Lifeâ, in Richard Chesser and David Wyn Jones eds. The Land of Opportunity: Joseph Haydn in Britain. London: The British Library, 2013, pp. 195â211.
- âPutting the Music Back into Michael Jackson Studiesâ, in Michael Jackson: Grasping the Spectacle (new essays ed. by Christopher R. Smit). Farnham: Ashgate, 2012, pp. 101â16. Available online via .
- âTheorizing Television Music as Serial Art: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Narratology of Thematic Scoreâ, in Kendra Preston Leonard ed. Buffy, Ballads, and Bad Guys Who Sing: Music in the Worlds of Joss Whedon. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2011. pp. 29â73. Available online via .
Editorial Introductions
- âMusic, Autoethnography, and Reflexivity: An introductory conversationâ, in Peter Gouzouasis and Christopher Wiley eds. The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity. Abingdon: Routledge, 2025, pp. 1â18 (co-authored with Peter Gouzouasis). doi: 10.4324/9780429330049-1.
- âWomenâs suffrage and cultural representation: The making of a movementâ, in Christopher Wiley and Lucy Ella Rose eds. Womenâs Suffrage in Word, Image, Music, Stage and Screen: The Making of a Movement. London: Routledge, 2021, pp. 1â14 (co-authored with Lucy Ella Rose).
- âWriting Artistsâ Lives Across Nations and Cultures: Biography, Biofiction and Transnationalityâ, in Marleen Rensen and Christopher Wiley eds. Transnational Perspectives on Artistsâ Lives. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 1â24 (co-authored with Marleen Rensen).
- âResearching and Writing on Contemporary Art and Artistsâ, in Christopher Wiley and Ian Pace eds. Researching and Writing on Contemporary Art and Artists: Challenges, Practices, and Complexities. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 3â15 (co-authored with Ian Pace).
- âMusical Biography in the Musicological Arenaâ, Journal of Musicological Research, Vol. 38, Nos. 3â4 (2019), pp. 187â92 (co-authored with Paul Watt). doi: . Available online via .
Conference Proceedings
- âBiography and the New Musicologyâ, in Tatjana MarkoviÄ and Vesna MikiÄ eds. (Auto)Biography as a Musicological Discourse. Beograd [Belgrade]: Fakultet Muzicke Umetnosti, 2010. pp. 3â27. Available online via .
Score Prefaces, Liner Notes, Programme Notes
- Programme notes for Ethel Smyth, Mass in D and biographical profile of the composer, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 August 2022.
- Programme notes for Ethel Smyth, FĂȘte Galante, Bard Music Festival/Bard SummerScape, Fisher Center, New York, 14 August 2021.
- âFĂȘte Galante: Ethel Smythâs Neoclassical Dance-Operaâ (with Valerie Langfield) and Synopsis. Liner notes for Ethel Smyth, FĂȘte Galante and Liza Lehmann, The Happy Prince (first recordings). Retrospect Opera RO007, 2019.
- Programme notes for Ethel Smyth, Mass in D and biographical profile of the composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, The Barbican, London, 15 November 2018. Available online via .
- Programme notes for Ethel Smyth, âOn the Cliffs of Cornwallâ (Prelude to Act 2 of The Wreckers) and biographical profile of the composer, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1 August 2018.
- Foreword for Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers (re-release of 1994 Conifer Classics recording). Retrospect Opera ROO04, 2018. Available online via .
- âThe Boatswainâs Mate in the context of Smythâs life and worksâ. Liner notes for Ethel Smyth, The Boatswainâs Mate (first modern recording). Retrospect Opera ROO01, 2016. Available online via .
- Preface for Study Score of Ethel Smyth, Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin (Opheliaâs Song). Munich: Musikproduktion JĂŒrgen Höflich, 2015. Available online at <> (in English and in German translation).
Dictionary and Encyclopaedia Entries
- âReception, Contemporaryâ, in Caryl Clark and Sarah Day-OâConnell eds. Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 321â5.
- âAdrien Boieldieuâ, âCharles-Simon Catelâ, âNicolas-Marie Dalayracâ,âFrançois-Joseph Gossecâ, âRodolphe Kreutzerâ, âEtienne-Nicolas MĂ©hulâ, âPierre-Alexandre Monsignyâ, âMourons pour la patrie (arr. Berlioz, 1848)â, andâClaude-Joseph Rouget de Lisleâ, in Pierre Citron, CĂ©cile Reynaud, Jean-Pierre Bartoli, and Peter Bloom eds. Dictionnaire Berlioz. Paris: Fayard, 2003. Translated by Odile Demange.
Reviews
- âA Fresh Start and Two (More) Portraits: Theatrical Shows on the Life and Work of Ethel Smyth for 2018â, Womenâs History: The Journal of the Womenâs History Network, Vol. 2, No. 11 (Autumn 2018), pp. 39â40.
- Review of Irving Godt, Marianna Martines: A Woman Composer in the Vienna of Mozart and Haydn, edited by John A. Rice, in Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 35, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 285â86. doi: . Available online via and .
- Review of Jolanta T. Pekacz (ed.), Musical Biography: Towards New Paradigms, in Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Spring 2007), pp. 215â19. doi: . Available online via .
Keynote Addresses
- âEthel Smyth as Life-Writer: Autobiography, Biography, Musicâ, delivered at âDame Ethel Smyth: Connections, Culture, and Contextâ, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, 12â13 July 2024.
- âMusical Biography as a National and Transnational Genreâ, delivered at âTransnational Perspectives on the Writing of Artistsâ Lives, 19th-21st centuriesâ, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25â26 January 2018.
- Keynote Concert and Dialogue by MusicArt London: Christopher Le Brun and Annie Yim, in conversation with Christopher Wiley, delivered at âWriting Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Contemporary Artists: Challenges, Practices, and Complexitiesâ, Institute of Advanced Studies, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 20â22 October 2017.
- âEnhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems (EVS): Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applicationsâ, delivered at Transforming Technology Enhanced Learning (TTEL) 2016 Conference, University of Exeter, 17 June 2016.
- âBiography and the New Musicologyâ, delivered at â(Auto)Biography as a Musicological Discourseâ, The Ninth International Conference of The Departments of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Faculty of Music, University of Arts, Belgrade, 19â22 April 2008.
Conference Papers (Overseas)
- âA Performance on Writing Personal Experience as Academic Research in Music Studies and Music Education: Autoethnography, Arts-Based Research, and Reflexivityâ, World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) Summit Athens 2024, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 17â19 October 2024 (with Peter Gouzouasis and Ben Bolden) (presented remotely).
- âEthel Smyth as Life-Writer: Autobiography, Biography, Musicâ, KEYNOTE, delivered at âDame Ethel Smyth: Connections, Culture, and Contextâ, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, 12â13 July 2024.
- âIt started with Smyth: Retrospect Opera at 10â, delivered at âDame Ethel Smyth: Connections, Culture, and Contextâ, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland, 12â13 July 2024 (with Valerie Langfield and Benjamin Hamilton).
- Discussant, âReflexivity in Arts-Based Research through Performative Autoethnographyâ, The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 11â14 April 2024 (largest conference of education researchers worldwide).
- âFrom Research-led Teaching to Teaching-led Research: Keeping Curricula Contemporary in Higher Education Popular Musicâ, delivered at the inaugural âProgressive Methods in Popular Music Educationâ Symposium, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 8â9 June 2018 (presented remotely).
- âMusical Biography as a National and Transnational Genreâ, KEYNOTE, delivered at âTransnational Perspectives on the Writing of Artistsâ Lives, 19th-21st centuriesâ, University of Amsterdam, 25â26 January 2018.
- âMusic and (or?) Musical Biographyâ, delivered at âWords Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Musicâ, Monash University Law Chambers, Melbourne, 12 April 2014.
- âMusical Biography and the Myth of the Museâ, delivered at Radical Music History Symposium 2011, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, 8â9 December 2011.
- âMusical Biography and the Intervention of the Work-Conceptâ, delivered at the 2009 Joint Annual Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland and the Royal Musical Association, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, 9â12 July 2009.
- âBiography and the New Musicologyâ, KEYNOTE, delivered at â(Auto)Biography as a Musicological Discourseâ, The Ninth International Conference of The Departments of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Faculty of Music, University of Arts, Belgrade, 19â22 April 2008.
- âBiography, Historiography, and the Beethoven/Schubert Mythologyâ, delivered at the 2004 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory, Seattle, WA, 11â14 November 2004.
Conference Papers (UK)
- âIntegrating Generative AI in undergraduate academic music studies: Opportunities and Threatsâ, The Second Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 4â6 July 2024.
- Roundtable panel member, Discussion of Christopher Wileyâs âExploring the integration of teaching and research in the contemporary classroom: An autoethnographic inquiry into designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25 albumâ, The Second Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 4â6 July 2024.
- âPopular music in higher education: three problems and a solutionâ, delivered at The First Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, City, University of London, 7â9 July 2022.
- âStories of the self(s) in music studies: method, self-reflexivity, and narrative enquiryâ, delivered at the 55th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association, University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music, 11â13 September 2019.
- âEthel Smyth, Music, and the Suffragette Movement: Reconsidering The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, delivered at â100 years+ of the Womenâs Movement in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey â A Community Research Workshopâ, University of Kent, 8 December 2018.
- âEthel Smyth, Music, and the Suffragette Movement: Reconsidering The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, delivered at âThe Campaign for Womenâs Suffrage: National and international perspectivesâ, 27th Annual Womenâs History Network Conference, University of Portsmouth, 31 Augustâ1 September 2018.
- âEthel Smyth, Music, and the Suffragette Movement: Reconsidering The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, delivered at âCentennial Reflections on Womenâs Suffrage and the Arts â Local : National : Transnationalâ, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 29â30 June 2018.
- âAnecdote as a Genre in Musical Biographyâ, delivered at âBiography and Public History: Constructing Historical Narratives through Life-Writingâ, University of Nottingham, 20 June 2018.
- âMusical biography and the (non-)consonance of music and literatureâ, delivered at âMusic and Literature: Innovations, Intersections, and Interpretationsâ, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, 14â15 June 2018.
- âGender Studies and Multi-Disciplinary Teaching: A Case Study of Ethel Smyth, Music, and the Suffragette Movementâ, delivered at âEducation, College Women, and Suffrage: International Perspectivesâ, Royal Holloway, University of London, 13â14 June 2018.
- âFrom Research-led Teaching to Teaching-led Research: An autoethnographic enquiry into keeping curricula contemporary in higher education popular musicâ, delivered at âBeyond âMesearchâ: Autoethnography, self-reflexivity, and personal experience as academic research in music studiesâ, Institute of Musical Research, University of London, 16â17 April 2018.
- KEYNOTE Concert and Dialogue by MusicArt London: Christopher Le Brun and Annie Yim, in conversation with Christopher Wiley, delivered at âWriting Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Contemporary Artists: Challenges, Practices, and Complexitiesâ, Institute of Advanced Studies, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 20â22 October 2017.
- âReconsidering Ethel Smythâs The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, accepted at the combined Tenth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900 and Surrey Music Analysis Conference (ICMSN/SurreyMAC 2017), Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 11â14 September 2017.
- âSubject and Countersubject: The Prevalence of the Genius and the Muse in Musical Biographyâ, delivered at âBeyond Genius and Muse: Collaborating Couples in Twentieth-Century Artsâ, University of Bristol, 18â19 April 2017.
- âMyth-making and the Politics of Nationality in Narratives of J.S. Bachâs 1717 Contest with Louis Marchandâ, delivered at âMusical Biography: National Ideology, Narrative Technique, and the Nature of Mythâ, Institute of Musical Research, University of London, 9â10 April 2015.
- âLife and Works: The Master Musicians Series (1899â1906) as Victorian Period-Pieceâ, delivered at âMusic Literature, Historiography, and Aestheticsâ, Institute of Musical Research, University of London, 17â18 July 2014.
- âLate Victorian Appropriations in the Biographies of Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohnâ, delivered at âPurcell, Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn: Anniversary Reflectionsâ, Royal Musical Association Conference, New College, Oxford, 27â29 March 2009.
- âMythological Motifs in the Biographical Accounts of Haydnâs Later Lifeâ, delivered at âJoseph Haydn and the Business of Musicâ, The British Library Conference Centre, 14â15 March 2009.
- âMozartâs Requiem, Musical Biography, and the Great Last Workâ, delivered at âWords and Notes in the Nineteenth Centuryâ, Institute of Musical Research and Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2â3 July 2007.
- âBiography, Historiography, and the Beethoven/Schubert Mythologyâ, delivered at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, University of Durham, 6â9 July 2004.
- âMusic and Literature: Ethel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and âThe First Woman to Write an Operaââ, delivered at the 14th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, âBack to Bloomsburyâ, Institute of English Studies, London, 23â26 June 2004.
- ââI Believe the Subtext Here is Rapidly Becoming Textâ: Music, Gender, and Fantasy in Buffy the Vampire Slayerâ, delivered at âBlood, Text, and Fears: Reading Around Buffy the Vampire Slayerâ, University of East Anglia, 19â20 October 2002.
- ââWhen a Woman Speaks the Truth Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Her Bodyâ: Ethel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and the Challenges of Lesbian Auto/biographyâ, delivered at the 37th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association, âThe Theory and Practice of Musical Biographyâ, Kingâs College London, 19â21 October 2001.
Research Seminars, Colloquia, Symposia, and Invited Lectures
- âAutoethnography in the Artsâ, inaugural event in âResearch Conversationsâ series, School of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, 23 February 2022 (in conversation with Martin Scheuregger).
- âThe Comic Songs of Alexander S. Bermangeâ (lecture-recital), delivered at âLaughing and Crying: Perspectives on 20th and 21st Century British Songâ, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 17 November 2021 (with Alexander S. Bermange).
- âReconsidering Ethel Smythâs The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, delivered in the Faculty of Music Colloquium series, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, 6 February 2019.
- âEthel Smyth, Music, and the Suffragette Movement: Reconsidering The Boatswainâs Mate as Feminist Operaâ, delivered at âSuffragette Symposium â Celebrating 100 Yearsâ, The Gender and Sexuality Research Group (GenSex), Edge Hill University, 28 February 2018.
- âNational Trends in Musical Biographyâ, delivered in the Music Research Colloquia series, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, 16 June 2015.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944): In Search of a Lesbian Identity in Music and Literatureâ, delivered at the Ethel Smyth Symposium, LGBT History Month 2014, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 19 February 2014 (plus concert).
- âEthel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and âThe First Woman to Write an Operaââ, delivered at the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 20 November 2013 (research seminar).
- âPutting the Music Back into Michael Jackson Studiesâ, delivered at Kingston University London, 16 February 2010 (invited colloquium).
- âGender and the Perpetuation of the Beethoven/Schubert Mythologyâ, delivered at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, University of Leeds, 28 November 2007 (research seminar).
- ââA Relic of an Age Still Capable of a Romantic Outlookâ: The Master Musicians Series, 1899â1906â, delivered at âMusic and Britain: A Social History Seminarâ, Institute of Historical Research, London, 18 November 2002.
- ââWhen a Woman Speaks the Truth Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Her Bodyâ: Ethel Smyth, Virginia Woolf, and the Challenges of Lesbian Auto/biographyâ, delivered at Graduate Studentsâ Colloquia, University of Oxford, 22 January 2002.
Pre-Performance Talks
- Talk on Ethel Smyth for The Opera Makers, Holy Sepulchre London (The National Musiciansâ Church), 10 March 2023 (alongside a performance of Smythâs Der Wald).
- Pre-performance talk on Ethel Smyth for London Orianna Choir, Southwark Cathedral, London, 3 November 2018 (performance of Smyth's Mass in D).
- Pre-performance talk on Mozartâs CosĂŹ fan tutte for Glyndebourne Tour 2017, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, 7 November 2017.
- Pre-concert talk for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, G Live, Guildford, 7 April 2017 (host, with conductor Barry Wordsworth).
- Pre-performance talk on Pucciniâs Madama Butterfly for Glyndebourne Tour 2016, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, 9 November 2016 and Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, 30 November 2016.
- Pre-performance talk on Mozartâs Don Giovanni for Glyndebourne Tour 2016, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, 8 November 2016.
- Pre-performance talk on Mozartâs Die EntfĂŒhrung aus dem Serail for Glyndebourne Tour 2015, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, 1 December 2015.
- Pre-concert talk for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, G Live, Guildford, 15 May 2015 (host, with conductor Andrew Greenwood).
- Pre-concert talk for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, G Live, Guildford, 7 November 2014 (host, with conductor Eduardo Portal).
- Pre-performance talk on Mozartâs La finta giardiniera for Glyndebourne Tour 2014, Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, 28 October 2014.
- Pre-concert talk for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, G Live, Guildford, 23 October 2013 (host, with conductor Ivor Setterfield and soloist Alexander Sitkovetsky).
Other Public Output (Musicology)
- âLandmarking Surrey's Musical Heritage: Dame Ethel Smythâ, Being Human Festival 2024, The Guildford Institute, Guildford, 9 November 2024 (speaker, host, oboe, and chamber organ).
- âOdaline de la Martinez at 75â, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 31 October 2024 (classical concert with pre-concert talk and statue unveiling) (cor anglais, oboe, co-host, and pre-concert speaker).
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944): Composer, Author, Suffragette, and Surrey Residentâ, Dorking Library, Dorking, 7 May 2024.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944): Composer, Musician, and Surrey Residentâ, Surrey Local History Committee, âMusic in Surreyâ, Surrey History Centre, Woking, 22 April 2023.
- Speech delivered at the unveiling of the statue of Dame Ethel Smyth, Woking, Surrey, 8 March 2022.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944), Composer, Author, Suffragette, and Surrey Residentâ, Byfleet Heritage Society, St Maryâs Centre for the Community, Byfleet, 21 November 2019.
- âDame Ethel Smyth: Frimhurstâs Famous Residentâ, Heritage Open Days, Frimhurst Family House, Frimley Green (Ethel Smythâs childhood home), 15 September 2018.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944): Composer and Suffragetteâ, Farnham Society, Heritage Open Days, The Maltings, Farnham, 14 September 2018.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944), âDuchess of Wokingââ, Woking History Society, Christ Church, Woking, 3 September 2018.
- âDame Ethel Smyth, Groundbreaking Composer, Writer, and Suffragetteâ, talk for Surrey Local History Committee annual symposium, Surrey History Centre, Woking, 21 April 2018.
- âDame Ethel Smyth (1858â1944): Composer, Writer, Suffragette, and Woking Residentâ, International Womenâs Day talk, The Lightbox, Woking, 8 March 2018.
- âEthel Smythâs (feminist?) opera, The Boatswainâs Mateâ, talk for Guildford Hard of Hearing Support Group, 27 February 2017.
- âDame Ethel Smyth, Groundbreaking Composer, Writer, and Suffragetteâ, The Guildford Institute, Guildford, 18 January 2017.
- âEthel Smyth: Composer, Author, Suffragette, and Surrey Residentâ, talk at Frimhurst Family House, Frimley Green, 11 September 2016.
- âThe Composer Dame Ethel Smyth and her Deafnessâ, talk for Guildford Hard of Hearing Support Group, 26 January 2015.
- âStephen Sondheimâs Sweeney Todd in Contextâ (Sweeney Todd pre-screening talk), Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 5 November 2014.
- âMusic and the James Bond Phenomenonâ (Goldfinger pre-screening talk), Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 23 October 2014.
- Ethel Smyth Concert, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the composerâs death, Christ Church, Woking, 8 May 2014 (oboe, organ, and host).
- Concert at the Ethel Smyth Symposium, LGBT History Month 2014, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 19 February 2014 (oboe).
- âShout! Shout! Up With Your Song!â, invited public lecture delivered at The Womenâs Library, London, 27 September 2011 (with Sandi Toksvig).
Other Public Output (Science Communication)
- âMusic and Spaceâ, Southampton Astronomical Society, Southampton, forthcoming 12 June 2025 (one-hour talk with performance on piano).
- âMusic and Spaceâ, Kent Physics Centre, University of Kent, forthcoming 21 January 2025 (one-hour talk with performances on piano and oboe).
- âMusic and Spaceâ, Fusion Event for the Open University and the Institute of Physics, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 9 November 2024 (one-hour talk with performance on chamber organ).
- âSpace & Musicâ, Institute of Physics and Âé¶čÊÓÆ” takeover event for World Space Week, Tunsgate Quarter, Guildford, 5 October 2024 (20-minute talk).
- âThe Science of Musical Instrumentsâ for the Institute of Physics (aimed at KS2 students), Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 30 April 2024.
Scholarship in the Media
- âDame Ethel Smythâ (2023), Surrey Cultural Lives, published 9 May 2024. <>.
- âOpera in the British Isles: Dame Ethel Smythâ, Light & Lyrical: The Magazine of the Light Music Society, Vol. 95 (Spring 2022), pp. 20â1.
- âFive of Stephen Sondheimâs best showsâ, The Conversation, 1 December 2021. <>. TOP 10 ARTICLE: OVER 40,000 VIEWS
- âThe Prom: the challenges of adapting the stage to the screenâ, The Conversation, 10 November 2020. <>.
- âComposer of the Month: Ethel Smythâ, Limelight (January/February 2020), pp. 76â9.
- âThe Suffragette Movement and the Music of Ethel Smyth: The String Quartet and The Boatswainâs Mateâ, Exploring Surreyâs Past, 8 July 2019 (co-authored with Amy E. Zigler). <>.
- âDame Ethel Smyth: Remembering a Pathbreaking Artist, Suffragette, and Lesbianâ, LGBT History Month, 1 February 2018. <;.
- âRetrospect Operaâ, The Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS) Bulletin, No. 166 (Spring 2017), 9â10.
- âWhy music can add fright to your Halloween nightâ, Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Media Centre, 29 October 2015. <>
- âLes MisĂ©rables at 30: breaking hearts and recordsâ, The Conversation, 7 October 2015. <>.
- Interview with Surrey Research Insight, âSRI talks to Dr Christopher Wileyâ, 1 May 2015. <>.
- âFive Facts about Dame Ethel Smythâ, Oxford University Press Blog (OUPblog), 8 May 2014. <>.
- âAcademics should stand with Fry against anti-gay Russiaâ, The Conversation, 12 August 2013. <>.
- Interview with Michael Floyd, âMichael Jacksonâ, FAULT Magazine (Summer 2009), p. 150.
- Interview with Clarence Allen, âMichael Jackson: Thrillingâ, youlikewelike.com, 6 July 2009.
- Interview with Marisa Duffy on Abba and the film Mamma Mia!. âMy, my, how can we resist you?â, The Herald, 3 July 2008.
- âAndrew Lloyd Webber at 60â, Musical Stages: The World of Musical Theatre, No. 57 (Spring 2008), p. 7. Available online via .
Television and Radio
- Live one-hour interview (by phone) on ABC Radio, Australia, âTalking Point: The History of Movie Musicalsâ, 10 January 2025, Subject: film musicals. Listen again:
- Live interview (in studio) on the BBC Radio Surrey programme âBreakfast on BBC Radio Surreyâ, 24 October 2024. Subject: Upcoming public music events hosted by the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”.
- Live interview (in studio) on the BBC Radio Surrey programme âBreakfast on BBC Radio Surreyâ, 27 September 2024. Subject: The Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Community Orchestra.
- Live one-hour interview (by phone) on ABC Radio, Australia, âTalking Point â And the Song Goes On: The Business of Posthumously Released Musicâ, 10 May 2024, Subject: posthumously released popular music. Listen again:
- Live interviews (in studio) on the BBC Radio Surrey programme âBreakfast on BBC Radio Surreyâ, 14 March 2024 and 30 September 2023. Subject: Music at the Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, and the community and student orchestras.
- Live interview on the BBC Radio Surrey programme âBreakfast on BBC Surreyâ, 22 February 2021. Subject: Ethel Smyth.
- Interview with the Pyrford TV ARTS programme, Spring Edition 2018, <> (starting at 09:18). Subject: Ethel Smyth.
- Live interview on the BBC Radio Surrey programme âBreakfast on BBC Surreyâ, 6 February 2018. Subject: Ethel Smyth and womenâs suffrage.
- Live interview (2 hours, in studio) on Radio Woking, âFiery Birdâ programme, 28 October 2016. Various subjects, including Ethel Smyth and The Boatswainâs Mate.
- Interview (in studio) on Surrey and Hampshireâs Eagle Radio, 30 December 2014. Subject: the continuing popularity of âLet It Goâ from ¶ÙŸ±ČőČÔ±đČââs Frozen.
- Live interview on Monocle 24âs âThe Briefingâ (global radio station), 14 June 2013. Subject: the copyright challenge to âHappy Birthday to Youâ.
- Live interviews (in studio) on Hertfordshireâs Radio Verulam, 8 April, 13 May, 22 July, 29 July, and 30 September 2012, 6 January, 13 January, and 5 May 2013, and 28 December 2014. Various musical subjects, predominantly on topics of musical theatre and music in popular culture.
- Live interview on BBC Three Counties Radioâs âThe Other One Showâ, 8 March 2011, as the featured âguru of the dayâ.
- Interview on Leicesterâs Demon FM, 17 December 2010. Subject: Michael Jacksonâs posthumously released Michael album.
- Live interviews (in studio) on the BBC News Channel, 26 June 2009 and BBC One (BBC Breakfast), 27 June 2009 (two interviews). Subject: Michael Jackson.
- Interviews on LBC Radio (28 June 2009, live, plus podcast), BBC Radio Jersey (29 June 2009), Herts Mercury Radio (7 July 2009), and BBC Three Counties Radio (14 July 2009, live). Subject: Michael Jackson.
- Interview on the BBC Radio 4 programme âMr Haydnâs London Experienceâ, transmission date 26 May 2009, rebroadcast on Easter Day (4 April) 2010.
- Live interview (in studio) on BBC Radio 4âs âYou and Yoursâ programme, 26 January 2007. Subject: Downloads and the UK Charts.
Press
- Expert comment contributed to numerous publications including , (official website), , The Independent on Sunday, Education Magazine, , , The Sunday Times, Thelondonpaper, Hotcourses Postgraduate Guide, , and (2007â).
- Reviews for (2014â; over 60 reviews) and Musical Stages (2007/8).
- Featured in video and online article for Get Surrey (Surrey Advertiser), âSuffragette Vote 100 anniversary: University celebrates two Surrey women who were highly influential during the suffrage movementâ, 6 February 2018. <>
- Member of panel of experts for Guardian Careers Forum, âLive Q&A: What can I do with a degree in music?â, 3 March 2011. Available .
- âWhy study a music degree?â, article contributed to icould.com, 15 July 2009.
- Featured in articles in the Herts Advertiser (âReflecting on the man in the mirrorâ, 9 July 2009) and the Daily Record (, 26 June 2009).
- Letters to the Editor in The Guardian (, 27 May 2008; , 17 August 2007) and The Observer Review (, 14 October 2007).
PUBLICATIONS (EDUCATION)
Journal Articles
- âExploring the integration of teaching and research in the contemporary classroom: An autoethnographic enquiry into designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25&ČÔČúČő±è;Čč±ôČúłÜłŸâ,&ČÔČúČő±è;Arts & Humanities in Higher Education: An international journal of theory, research, and practice, Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2022), pp. 74â93. doi: . Available online via .
- âAutoethnography, autobiography, and creative art as academic research in music studies: A fugal ethnodramaâ, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, Vol. 18, No. 2 (July 2019), pp. 73â115. doi: . Available online at <>.
- âStandardised module evaluation surveys in UK higher education: establishing studentsâ perspectivesâ, Studies in Educational Evaluation, Vol. 61 (June 2019), pp. 55â65. ISSN: 0191-491X. doi: .
- âTracing pedagogic frailty in arts and humanities education: An autoethnographic perspectiveâ, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2018), pp. 241â64 (with Ian M. Kinchin). doi: . Available online via .
- âAcademic Leadership in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: A Personal Reflection on one Programme Directorâs Professional Developmentâ, Learning at City Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2 (October 2014), pp. 39â49. Available online via .
- âDivided by a Common Language? Evaluating Studentsâ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at a Single UK Higher Education Institutionâ, The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, Vol. 20, No. 3 (May 2014), pp. 1â11. Available online via .
- âReport on Work from October 2011 to August 2012 as University Learning Development Associate for Assessment and Feedbackâ, Learning at City Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 2012), pp. 46â54. Available online via .
Books and Reports
- The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity (co-edited with Peter Gouzouasis). Abingdon: Routledge, 2025. pp. xviii, 388. ISBN 978-0-367-35147-2 (hardback), 978-0-429-33004-9 (e-book). With chapters by Alice Barron, Benjamin Bolden, Sarah Callis & Neil Heyde, Rod Davies, Benjamin Davis, Monica Esslin-Peard, Iain Findlay-Walsh, Barbara Gentili, Peter Gouzouasis, Charissa Granger, Verica Grmusa, Ros Hawley, David Lines, Christopher Leedham & Martin Scheuregger, Jean Penny, Simon E. Poole, Bartosz Szafranski, Christopher Wiley, Bede Williams, Matthew Yanko, and Zane Zalis.
- Student Evaluation of Teaching: From Performance Management to Quality Enhancement. London: SEDA [Staff and Educational Development Association], 2021 (co-edited with Elizabeth Bennett). ISBN 978-1-902435-70-1. Contributors: Heather Addy, Jo Basford, Elizabeth Bennett, Peter Bryant, Matt Elphick, Meagan Fiselier, Mark Huxham, Ioanna Iosifidou, Dawne Irving-Bell, Cheryl Jeffs, Rosie Lewis, Janet Lord, Claire Lucas, Orlagh McCabe, Haleh Moravej, Rachel Murray, Leticia Nani Silva, Chrissi Nerantzi, Rejoice Nsibande, Stuart Sims, Christopher Wiley, Juliet Winter, and Tingting Yu.
- Using Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanities, Innovative Pedagogies series. York: Higher Education Academy, 2015. Available online at <>.
Book Chapters and Sections
- âAn autoethnography of designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25 albumâ, in Peter Gouzouasis and Christopher Wiley eds. The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity. Abingdon: Routledge, 2025, pp. 226â41. doi: 10.4324/9780429330049-17.
- âMusic, Autoethnography, and Reflexivity: An introductory conversationâ, in Peter Gouzouasis and Christopher Wiley eds. The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity. Abingdon: Routledge, 2025, pp. 1â18 (co-authored with Peter Gouzouasis). doi: 10.4324/9780429330049-1.
- âIntroduction â The challenges of student evaluation of teaching in the UKâ and âEpilogue â Student evaluation of teaching: Where next?â, in Christopher Wiley and Elizabeth Bennett eds. Student Evaluation of Teaching: From Performance Management to Quality Enhancement. London: SEDA, 2021, pp. 7â8 and 49â50.
- âGoing the extra mile with a postgraduate teaching qualificationâ, case study contributed to Peter Kahn and Lorraine Anderson. Developing Your Teaching, 2nd edn. London: Routledge, 2019, pp. 124â6.
- âFramed Autoethnography and Pedagogic Frailty: A Comparative Analysis of Mediated Concept Mapsâ, in Ian M. Kinchin and Naomi E. Winstone eds. Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University. Rotterdam: Sense, 2017, pp. 17â32 (with Jo Franklin).
Invited Conference Papers (International)
- âA Performance on Writing Personal Experience as Academic Research in Music Studies and Music Education: Autoethnography, Arts-Based Research, and Reflexivityâ, World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) Summit Athens 2024, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 17â19 October 2024 (with Peter Gouzouasis and Ben Bolden) (presented remotely).
- Discussant, âReflexivity in Arts-Based Research through Performative Autoethnographyâ, The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 11â14 April 2024 (largest conference of education researchers worldwide).
- âUsing Electronic Voting Systems Creatively in the Arts and Humanitiesâ, delivered at the Turning Technologies User Conference 2018, Universitat AutĂČnoma de Barcelona, Spain, 7 November 2018.
- âDialogic Approaches to Frailtyâ, delivered at The First International Symposium of Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 6 September 2017 (with Jo Franklin).
- âStandardized Module Evaluation for Teaching Excellence and Enhancement: Views of Students at a Single UK Higher Education Institutionâ, delivered at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2014, âThe Past, Present, and Future of Educational Research in Europeâ, University of Porto, Portugal, 3 September 2014.
- âUsing Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanitiesâ, delivered at the Turning Technologies User Conference 2013, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 4 November 2013.
- âIncreasing Instructional Interactivity with Turning Technologies Response Technologyâ, workshop delivered at the International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2013, Minoa Palace Resort and Spa, Chania, Crete, 4â6 July 2013.
- âUsing Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanitiesâ, delivered at the Turning Technologies User Conference 2013, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 3 June 2013. Available online via .
- âDivided by a Common Language? Evaluating Studentsâ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at a Single UK Higher Education Institutionâ, delivered at the 19th International Conference on Learning, Institute of Education, London, 14â16 August 2012.
- âUsing Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanitiesâ, delivered at the Turning Technologies User Conference 2012, Aarhus University, Denmark, 19 June 2012.
Invited Conference Papers (National)
- âIntegrating Generative AI in undergraduate academic music studies: Opportunities and Threatsâ, The Second Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 4â6 July 2024.
- Roundtable panel member, Discussion of Christopher Wileyâs âExploring the integration of teaching and research in the contemporary classroom: An autoethnographic inquiry into designing an undergraduate music module on Adeleâs 25 albumâ, The Second Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 4â6 July 2024.
- âPopular music in higher education: three problems and a solutionâ, delivered at The First Biennial International Conference of Music and the University, City, University of London, 7â9 July 2022.
- âEnhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems: Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applicationsâ, delivered at the Turning Technologies User Conference, Thistle City Barbican, London, 24 October 2016.
- âEnhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems (EVS): Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applicationsâ, KEYNOTE, delivered at Transforming Technology Enhanced Learning (TTEL) 2016 Conference, University of Exeter, 17 June 2016.
- âHow to... use Electronic Voting Systems creatively in Arts and Humanities teachingâ, delivered at âInspire â sharing great practice in Arts and Humanities teaching and learningâ, Higher Education Academy (HEA) Conference, The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton, 3 March 2016.
- âStandardized Module Evaluation for Teaching Excellence and Enhancement: Views of Students at City University Londonâ, delivered at the Sixth Annual âLearning at Cityâ Conference, The Hatton, London, 4 June 2014.
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at âGoing to the Polls: Teaching and Learning with TurningPointâ, University of Birmingham, 21 April 2015.
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at âClicker Technologies Learning Forumâ, Southampton Solent University, 19 September 2014.
- âStandardized Module Evaluation for Teaching Excellence and Enhancement: Views of Students and Staff at a Single UK Higher Education Institutionâ, delivered at the 17th Annual SEDA Conference, Aston Business School, Birmingham, 15â16 November 2012.
- âThe Personal Response System: A View From the Chalkfaceâ, delivered at âLearning and Teaching: Moving Onâ, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, 7 October 2009.
Webinars
- âCreative Uses of Student Response Systemsâ, delivered in the Turning Webinar Series, 24 June 2021. Available .
- âUsing Electronic Voting Systems Creatively in the Arts and Humanitiesâ, delivered in the Turning Technologies Webinar Series, 4 March 2020. Available .
- âUsing Student Response Systems: Creative Applications, Advanced Features, and Tips for Getting Startedâ, delivered in the âExplore Innovationâ Turning Technologies Webinar Series, 28 September 2016.
- âBYOD, Mobile Technologies, and Social Media for Learningâ, delivered in the ELESIG Webinar Series 2013, 24 April 2013. Webcast available .
Learning and Teaching Workshops
- âEnhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems: Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applicationsâ, delivered at âLunch and Learnâ, University of York, 1 March 2017.
- âEnhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems: Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applicationsâ, delivered at âLunch and Learnâ, University of Lancaster, 15 November 2016.
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at âLunch and Learnâ, University of Sussex, 9 September 2015.
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at the University of Durham, 3 April 2014.
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at âLunch and Learnâ, University of Hull, 12 March 2014.
Internal Learning and Teaching Conferences
- âThe Patchwork Text as an Alternative to the Essay Assessmentâ, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 25 April 2022 (with Dudu Pektunç, Robin Bailey, and Jessye Durrant).
- âPlayful methods of student evaluation of teachingâ, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium (held online), Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 14 April 2021.
- âGiving music students ownership of their learningâ, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 3 April 2019 (student discussion forum, with Heather Neele, Katy Jackson, Edward Bellett-Travers, and Diana Nemyrovska).
- âFrom Research-led Teaching to Teaching-led Research: Keeping curricula contemporaryâ, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 3 January 2018.
- âExploring the potential benefits of online discussion forums in enabling students to become agents of research-led teachingâ, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 4 January 2017 (student panel discussion, with Karen Taylor, Octavius Longcroft-Wheaton, Jadene Doak, and Kirsten Parry).
- âHow can we increase teaching quality without increasing teaching preparation time?â, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 6 January 2016 (discussion forum, with Anna McNamara and Sean McNamara).
- âModule Evaluation Questionnaires: How can we use them to enhance teaching?â, delivered at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 7 January 2015 (discussion forum).
- âEnhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogiesâ, delivered at the inaugural Surrey ExciTeS Symposium, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 8 January 2014.
- Convener and Facilitator, Learning and Teaching Symposia, School of Arts, Âé¶čÊÓÆ”, 2014â16 (five one-day or half-day events).
- âDivided by a Common Language? Evaluating Studentsâ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at City University Londonâ, delivered at the Fourth Annual âLearning at Cityâ Conference, City University London, 13 June 2012. Available online via .
- âIdentifying Best Practices in Writing Handbooks for Postgraduate Research Degrees at City University Londonâ, delivered at the Third Annual âLearning at Cityâ Conference, City University London, 23 June 2011.
- âThe Personal Response System: A View From the Chalkfaceâ, delivered at the First Annual âLearning at Cityâ Conference, City University London, 4 June 2009.
Other Public Output
- âTeaching During the Pandemic: Technology to the Rescueâ, DisplayNote Dialogues blog, 8 September 2021. <>
- Guest-host, No. 193 [Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Twitter chat], âEvaluating Student Evaluation of Teachingâ, 13 January 2021. <>
- âFeedback and Evaluation using Electronic Voting Systemsâ, , 2016. <>
- âThree Creative Ways to use Audience Response Systemsâ, Turning Technologies UK blog, 2 August 2016. <>
- âTwitter chats â why are they useful and how do they benefit academic staff?â, Âé¶čÊÓÆ” Social Media blog, 5 February 2016. <>
- âHow do National Teaching Fellows make a contribution in their institution?â, Association of National Teaching Fellows blog, 11 January 2016. <>
- Regular contributor to City University Londonâs website, 2011â13. <>
- Invited guest-speaker for the inaugural University Learning and Teaching Debate, on âAssessment and Feedbackâ, City University London, 1 February 2012 (with Professor Nigel Duncan).
- Presentations at Higher Education Conferences in London (2006â08, 2011â13), Birmingham (2007â08), and Canterbury (2007).
Press and Online
- Featured on the Turning Technologies blog: âAudience Response Systems Arenât Just For STEMâ, <>, 20 July 2016.
- Featured on the Turning Technologies website: âElectronic Voting Systems as a Springboard for Student Engagementâ, <>, April 2015, by Carly McCracken.
- Featured on the BETT Show 2014 Blog: âHow Hand-Held Electronic Voting Systems Add a New Dynamic to Lecturesâ, <>, 6 January 2014.
- Featured on âTurn to Your Neighbor: The Official Peer Instruction Blogâ: , 10 June 2013, by Julie Schell.