Barbara Titus studied musicology at Utrecht University and gained her doctorate from Oxford University in the United Kingdom (M.St. Lincoln College [2000], D.Phil. St Anne's College [2005]) with a dissertation entitled ‘Conceptualizing music: Friedrich Theodor Vischer and Hegelian currents in German music criticism, 1848-1871.’ (Leuven University Press [forthcoming]).

In 2007, she shifted her attention from German metaphysics to South African street music (maskanda), with the explicit aim to question the polarity that these two fields of investigation still seem to represent. Articles about subjects ranging from 19th-century German music criticism to contemporary popular musics in Southern Africa have been published in journals such as Acta Musicologica, Ethnomusicology, SAMUS: South African Music Studies and the Dutch Journal of Music Theory. Barbara is co-editor of the journal the world of music (new series), and is a member of the advisory board of the journal Music Theory and Analysis. Her book about maskanda is currently under review with the University of Chicago Press.

From 2008 to 2013, Barbara worked as an assistant professor teaching European music history post-1800 at Utrecht University. In 2013, she was appointed associate professor of cultural musicology at the University of Amsterdam. During two extensive field trips for her research into maskanda in 2008 and 2009, she was a visiting professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. In the winter semester 2013-14, she was a guest professor at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany.

Key publications

Books

Titus, Barbara 2015. “Your tongue, your sound, your song from your inside:” Hearing maskanda in post-apartheid South Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusciology) [Under review].

Titus, Barbara [Forthcoming]. Conceptualizing music: Friedrich Theodor Vischer and Hegelian currents in German music criticism, 1848-1871. Leuven: Leuven University Press [Accepted for publication].

Refereed journals

Titus, Barbara 2013. ‘“Walking like a crab”: Analyzing maskanda music in post-apartheid South Africa. Ethnomusicology 57/2, 286-310.

Titus, Barbara 2008a. ‘Global maskanda, global music historiography? Some preliminary enquiries.’ SAMUS: South African Music Studies 28, 43-54.

Titus, Barbara 2008b. ‘The quest for spiritualized form: (Re)positioning Eduard Hanslick.’ Acta Musicologica 80/1, 67-97.

Titus, Barbara 2001. ‘The end of the arts? “Gegenwartsbewußtsein” in German music criticism.’ Dutch Journal of Music Theory 6/2 (May), 83-88.

Titus, Barbara 1999. ‘Metamorfosen van een verborgen image: een analyse van Morton Feldmans Three Voices (1982).’ Dutch Journal of Music Theory 4/1 (February), 1-14.

Titus, Barbara 1997. ‘René Descartes’ Compendium Musicae (1618).’ Dutch Journal of Music Theory 2/3 (November), 204-212.

Book chapters

Titus, Barbara [forthcoming]. ‘“Her voice is singing in the old style”: Music analysis as social practice in South African maskanda’ in: Embracing restlessness: Cultural musicology, ed. Birgit Abels. Hildesheim: Olms [Accepted for publication].

Titus, Barbara [forthcoming]. ‘Between movement and fixation: Maskanda’s meanings in post-apartheid South Africa’ in: Music Moves: Framing space, media and meaning music(ologic)ally, eds Eva-Maria van Straaten et al [Accepted for publication].

Titus, Barbara 2012a. ‘“Die Nachwirkung vorher verklungener Töne”: Eduard Hanslick und Friedrich Theodor Vischer über die Historisierung des künstlerischen Materials’ in: Musik und kulturelle Identität: Bericht über den XIII. internationalen Kongress der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung Weimar 2004, 3 Bde, eds Detlef Alternburg & Rainer Bayreuther. Kassel: Bärenreiter.

Titus, Barbara 2012b. ‘Polyfone loopbaanbegeleiding’ in: Liber plurium vocum voor Rokus de Groot, eds Sander van Maas, Carolien Hulshof & Paulien Oldenhave. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, 155-158.

Book reviews 

Titus, Barbara 2012. ‘Muziekwetenschap als ideaal en instituut’ Boekman: Tijdschrift voor kunst, cultuur en beleid 93 (Winter), 116-117.

Titus, Barbara 2010. ‘Review “Musically Sublime: Indeterminacy, Infinity, Irresolvability”, Kiene Brillenburg-Wurth.’ Dutch Journal of Music Theory 15/3, 219-225.

Titus, Barbara 2004. ‘Review Gambling on Culture: State lotteries as a source of funding for Culture – the Arts and Heritage’ Recources for Cultural Policy in Europe (RECAP). [http://www.recap-network.org]

Conference reports

Olwage, Grant & Titus, Barbara 2008. ‘African voices: The second conference of the South African Society for Research in Music, i: A post-conference conversation between Grant Olwage and Barbara Titus.’ SAMUS: South African Music Studies 28, 190-193.

Titus, Barbara 2007. ‘The South African Music Project Symposium: “Theorizing southern African music: Perspectives and conjectures”’. SAMUS: South African Music Studies 26/27, 175-176.

Titus, Barbara 2007. ‘The first congress of the South African Society for Research in Music: “Musics, theories, practices: Focus on South Africa”, ii: An “outsider’s view”.’ SAMUS: South African Music Studies 26/27, 172-173.

Edited books

Staverman, Désirée 2012. De toneelmuziek van Alphons Diepenbrock: Concept, compositie, uitvoering, eds Barbara Titus & Ton Braas. Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (Muziekhistorische Monografieën; 22).

Edited journals - Managing editorschip (Eindredactie)

Langenkamp, Harm & Titus, Barbara et al. 2013. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 18/1 (February) and 18/2 (November).

Meelberg, Vincent & Titus, Barbara et al. 2012. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 17/1 (February) and 17/2 (November).

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2011. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 16/1 (February) and 16/2 (November).

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2010. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 15/1 (February) and 15/2 (November).

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2009. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 14/1 (February) and 14/2 (November).

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2008. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 13/1 (February) and 13/2 (November).

Bleij, Barbara & Titus, Barbara et al. 2007. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 12/1 (February) 12/2 (May), and 12/3 (November).

Bleij, Barbara & Titus, Barbara et al. 2006. Dutch Journal of Music Theory 11/3 (November).

Edited conference proceedings

Titus, Barbara (ed.) 2013. Selected Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory ‘Nineteenth-century music theory’, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. (eds) 2012. Selected Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory ‘Muziektheorie en Onderwijs’, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2011. Selected Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2010. Selected Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory ‘Time, Temporality and Proportions’, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Schuijer, Michiel & Titus, Barbara et al. 2009. Selected Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory ‘Music Theory and Performance’, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Moortele, Steven Vande & Titus, Barbara et al. (eds) 2008. Selected Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory ‘Improvisation: Analytical, Theoretical and Critical approaches’, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Contributions to professional journals and broadcast media (selection)

Titus, Barbara 2013. Elucidating Wolfgang Rihm’s Vigilia, AVRO Radio 4 Avondconcert, 6 February 2013.

Titus, Barbara 2013. Elucidating Wolfgang Rihm’s Vigilia, NCRV Radio 5 Schepper & Co., 27 January 2013.

Titus, Barbara 2010. ‘Maskandi whitey: An outsider's view.’ South African Labour Bulletin 34/1, 63-65.

Titus, Barbara 2009. ‘Een zacht geruis van gefronste wenkbrouwen' VPRO Radio 6 Tchongcast, 20 May 2009.

Titus, Barbara 2008. ‘Authentieke muziek’ Teleac Radio 5 Hoe? Zo!, 2 December 2008.

Titus, Barbara 2004. ‘Van saz tot Elvis: Het Amsterdamse Aslan muziekcentrum’ Akkoord 2004/3 (June), 10-11.

Titus, Barbara 1997. ‘“Ik ben als een kind dat graag speelt”: Een interview met Wieland Kuijken’ Akkoord 1997/4 (September), 16-17.

Titus, Barbara 1996. ‘“Tekst is klank is muziek”: Boudewijn Tarenskeen over muziektheater’ Mens & Melodie 51 (February), 72-75.

Conference papers

Titus, Barbara 2013. ‘Music analysis as participant observation: Maskanda discourse(s) in South Africa’, Seventh conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), University of Fort Hare, East London (RSA).

_____ 2013. Position statement concerning “Music, politics and the Academy”, Round table, Seventh conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), University of Fort Hare, East London.

_____ 2013. ‘“Come meet me half way”: Maskanda music as a Third Space of enunciation in post-apartheid South Africa.’ Expert meeting of the DFG-project group “Moving Music. Meaning, Space, Musical Transformation”, Musicology Department Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen (D).

_____ 2012. ‘A cry for lust or an ancestor calling? Intercultural analysis of aural experience’, International Study day “Music and Science”, Universiteit Utrecht (NL).

_____ 2012. ‘Music, movement, meaning: Maskanda performance in post-apartheid South Africa’, Conference of the International Musicological Society (IMS), Rome, Italy.

Titus, Barbara & Olsen, Kathryn 2011. ‘Double Take: A dialogue on Zulu popular music on a world music platform’, Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), Rhodes University, Grahamstown (RSA).

Titus, Barbara 2011. ‘Zulu Blues: Response to Iain Chambers “Mediterranean blues: Musics and critical melancholy”’, Postcolonial Studies Initiative (PCI), Universiteit Utrecht.

_____ 2010. ‘Fieldwork on the doorstep: Shiyani's Ngcobo's Dutch Tour’, Joint conference of the International Musicological Society (IMS) and the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), University of Stellenbosch (RSA).

_____ 2010. ‘Towards a spatial theory of musical meaning: Maskanda performance in (post)apartheid South Africa’ Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Conference, Los Angeles (USA).

_____ 2009. ‘Representations of “Zuluness” in contemporary maskanda performance’, Third Conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (RSA).

_____ 2009. ‘The utopia of phesheya (overseas) in maskanda performance in South Africa’ Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban .

_____ 2009. ‘Between Hanslick and maskanda: A musicological safari?’ Conference of the Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, ‘Past, present and future of Dutch musicology’, Universiteit Utrecht (NL).

_____ 2008. ‘Local identities going global: Maskanda, “Zuluness” and fantasies of Africa’ Second conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth (RSA).

_____ 2008. ‘“The bird among the arts”: Idealist aestheticians on music around 1850’, Symposium of the Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (NGE), Amsterdam (NL).

_____ 2007. ‘European and Zulu aesthetics in globalized maskanda music’, Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), Goldsmiths College – University of London (UK).

_____ 2007. ‘Globalized maskanda music between European musical aesthetics and Zulu musical practices’, Symposium of the South African Music Project, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, & First conference of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (RSA)

_____ 2007. ‘Music and modernity: Reflections on the implications of Hegel’s ideal of “Kunstreligion”’, conference “Spiritual New Music: Between Fall and Resurrection”, Universiteit van Amsterdam (NL).

_____ 2006. ‘(Dis)placing the wanderer musician: Global representations of contemporary South African maskanda music’, Herder & Music Symposium, Jesus College Oxford (UK).

_____ 2005. ‘An “aesthetic changeling”? Programme music and the authority of idealist philosophy in Germany’, Conference of the Royal Musical Association (RMA), University of Manchester.

_____ 2004. ‘“Die Nachwirkung vorher verklungener Töne”: Eduard Hanslick und Friedrich Theodor Vischer über die Historisierung des künstlerischen Materials’, Internationale conferentie van de Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (GfM), ‘Musik und kulturelle Identität’, Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar (D).

_____ 2004. ‘“A truthful expression of the present”: Theodor Adorno’s dependence on 19th-century German idealist aesthetics’, Biennial Conference on 19th-century music, School of Music, Durham University (UK).

_____ 2003. ‘In the beginning is the end: Theodor Adorno’s dependence on 19th-century German idealist aesthetics’, Conference of the Royal Musical Association (RMA), School of Music, Cardiff University.

_____ 2002. ‘Gegenwartsbewußtsein in German music criticism, 1848-1871: A Hegelian epistemology of change’ Conference of the International Musicological Society (IMS), K.U. Leuven (B).

_____ 2001. ‘The end of the arts? “Gegenwartsbewußtsein” in German music criticism’ Graduate Research Students’ Conference, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge (UK)

_____ 2001. ‘The end of the arts? “Gegenwartsbewußtsein” in German music criticism’, Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory, Konklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag (NL).

Invited lectures

2012   ‘Wie heeft de Zoeloe blues? Zuid-Afrikaanse maskanda in mondiaal perspectief’, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht – Workshop for the Antropologendag 'Muziek over Grenzen: Etnomusicologie in een gemondialiseerde wereld'.

2011/12 ‘Gender roles in contemporary maskanda performance in South Africa’, Gender and Ethnicity Programme, Universiteit Utrecht – Several guest lectures.

2010   ‘Multiple maps and incompatible utopia’s: Maskanda performance in (post)apartheid South Africa’ Universiteit van Amsterdam – Colloquium series musicology programme.

2010   ‘Maskanda performance in South Africa’, Amsterdam Conservatory – Guest lecure in African Music Course.

2009   ‘Who's playing with identities? Postcolonial consciousness in the context of maskanda performance’, Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (CCRRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal (RSA) & School of Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal (RSA) – On the Off Beat Seminars.

2009   ‘A globalized locality: 'Zuluness' in contemporary maskanda performance’, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles (USA) – Musicology Seminar & University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Ethnomusicology Seminar.

2009   ‘Ein Zulukunstwerk oder ein europäisches Artefakt? Musikästhetische Betrachtungen über die globalisierte Rezeption südafrikanischer Maskandamusik’, Universität des Saarlandes (D) – Saarbrücker Kolloquium zur Musikwissenschaft.

2008   ‘Maskanda overseas: Some preliminary enquiries’, Stellenbosch University (RSA) – Musicology Colloquia & School of Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal (RSA) – On the Off Beat Seminars.

2008   ‘Zulu identities in globalized maskanda performance’, Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity (CCRRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal (RSA).

2008   ‘Muziekgeschiedenis als exercitie van de Geest: De idealistische erfenis van Hegel’, K.U. Leuven (België) – Three guest lectures in the MA musicology programme.

2007   ‘Who needs “world music”? European musical aesthetics and Zulu musical practices in South African maskanda music’, University of Southampton (UK) – Music Research Seminar

2007   ‘Beyond Self and Other: Tracing histories of western music in globalized maskanda performance’, Universiteit Utrecht – Utrecht Colloquia in the Musicologies.

2007   ‘Diabolus in musica / De duivel in de muziek’, Universiteit Utrecht – Introductory lecture for the BA Musicology programme.

2007   ‘The musical anthropology of Johann Gottfried Herder’, Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg – Guest lecture in the BA Arts and Humanities programme

2007   ‘Zwervend erfgoed: Representaties van Zuid-Afrikaanse maskandamuziek’, Universiteit van Amsterdam – Colloquium series musicology programme.

2006   ‘Music as the devil: A legitimization crisis in 19th-century German music criticism’, Universiteit van Amsterdam – Collegium Musicologicum

2006   ‘Who needs classical music?’, Onderzoeksinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur, Universiteit Utrecht – Guest lecture in the Research Master programme.

2005   ‘Muzikaal formalisme: scheldwoord of geuzennaam?’, University of Amsterdam – Guest lecture for the BA musicology programme.

2005   ‘Faust en de psychoanalyse van de programmamuziek’, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen – Guest lecture for the programme Algemene Cultuurwetenschappen.

2003   ‘An “aesthetic changeling”? Programme music in the context of Friedrich Theodor Vischer’s aesthetics’, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford – Graduate Students’ Colloquia.

2001   ‘Hegel, Hanslick and the problem of a musical “aesthetics of feeling”’, Amsterdam Conservatory – Guest lecture in the Music History and Aesthetics Course.

Personal details

Dr Barbara Titus

Associate Professor of Musicology (UHD)

Department of Art, Religion and Cultural Studies

University of Amsterdam

b.titus@uva.nl

 

Languages

Dutch – native speaker

English – fluent, written and spoken

German – fluent, written and spoken

French, Italian, Latin – functional

isiZulu, Indonesian – basic

 

Education

2000–2005 D.Phil. (Doctor of Philosophy) in musicology, St Anne’s College, Oxford University

Thesis: ‘Conceptualizing music: Friedrich Theodor Vischer and Hegelian currents in German music

criticism 1848–1887’ [Thesis approved without corrections]

Supervisor: Dr Bojan Bujić, Magdalen College

Examiners: Prof Reinhard Strohm, Prof Robert Pascall

 

1999–2000 M.St. (Master of Studies) in musicology, Lincoln College, Oxford University

Thesis: ‘The “unspecific meaning” paradox: Form and content in the musical aesthetics of Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887)’

Supervisor: Dr Bojan Bujić

 

1992–1997 MA (“Doctorandus”) in musicology, Utrecht University

Thesis: ‘Absolute music as an ideal: The romantic roots of post-war serialist aesthetics’  [In Dutch]

Supervisor: Dr Paul van Emmerik

 

1986–1992 Grammar school (“Gymnasium”). Equivalent of baccalaureate in:

Dutch, English, German, Ancient Greek languages, Music, History, Geography, Mathematics

 

Scholarships and prizes

2013 KNAW Research Stipend for the research project Zulu Blues and Islamic Swing

2012 Aspasia Research Stipend for the research project Zulu Blues and Islamic Swing

2011 KNAW Conference Subsidy for the international conference Negotiating the West Music(ologic)ally

2008 & 2009 Fieldwork funding from the Research Institute for History and Culture, Utrecht University (OGC)

2001  Research grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2000–2003 Balfour Studentship, St Anne’s College, Oxford University

2000–2003 Studentship, Faculty of Music, Oxford University

2000–2003 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Award

1999 Erich and Rochelle Friedmann Prize, Lincoln College, Oxford University

1999 Award Genootschap Noorthey, The Hague, Netherlands

 

Employment

Academic positions

University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Netherlands

2013 – present

Associate Professor (UHD) of Cultural Musicology at the Department of Art, Religion and Cultural Studies, 1.0 fte, fixed term (2 year) culminating in a permanent position.

 

Georg-August-Universität (GAU), Göttingen, Germany

2013 – 2014

Guest Professor in Cultural Musicology for the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar (temporary replacement for Prof Birgit Abels) (Wintersemester)

 

Utrecht University (UU), The Netherlands

2008 – 2013

Assistant Professor (UD) of Musicology at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, 1.0 fte, tenured [permanent position].

 

University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

2008 & 2009

Visiting Professor at the School of Music, 1.0 fte (1 July to 1 November)

 

Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany [not taken up]

2008

Lecturer at the Institut für Musikwissenschaft, 1.0 fte, fixed term (1 year), followed by a Juniorprofessur with ‘Habilitation’.

 

University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Netherlands

2006 – 2008

Lecturer in Musicology at the Department for Art, Religion and Culture Studies (September 2006 & 2007 to February 2007 & 2008)

 

University of Oxford (Oxon), United Kingdom

2001 – 2003

Teaching assistant for the Faculty of Music, 0.2 fte

 

Public relations and marketing

2005 – 2006 Public relations for the Dutch Booksellers Assocation, Bilthoven

2004 Staff member public relations for the Boekman Foundation – Research centre for culture, policy and related studies, Amsterdam (covering maternity leave)

1997 – 1999 Assistant editor for “Frits Philips” Concert hall, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

 

Editorships

Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung (VWB), Berlin, Germany

2014 – present: Co-editor the world of music (new series) 3 -  ISSN 0043-8774

 

Amsterdam University Press (AUP)

2007 – 2013 Managing editor Dutch Journal of Music Theory / Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie (TvM), 11-18 (1, 2 & 3) ISSN 1385-3066

 

Juries and selection committees:

2012 – present: Member of the FWO-expertpanel Cult 3 (History, Art History and Archeology),

Flemish Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium.

2012 – present: Reviewer for the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa.

2012 – present: Secretary of the dr. Catharine van Tussenbroekfonds, selecting Dutch female scholars for research grants.

2009 – 2013 Member of the selection committee interviewing prospective music students for the Research Master in Musicology, Utrecht University

2006 – present: Peer-reviewer for the scholarly journal Dutch Journal of Music Theory.

2007 Member of the jury for the Jan Pieter Heije thesis prize for the Royal Society for Music History in The Netherlands (KVNM)

2006 – 2008 Member of the committee selecting paper proposals for the 9th, 10th en 11th Conferences of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory (VvM).

2002 Member of the selection committee interviewing prospective music students for the Faculty of Music, Oxford University.

 

Organizational and administrative activities

Executive positions

2013 – present: Programme co-ordinator for the BA and MA Musicology programmes at the University of Amsterdam

2013 – present: Chair of the Educational Board for the BA and MA Musicology programmes at the University of Amsterdam

2013 – present: Member of the Board for Exams for the BA Musicology programme at the University of Amsterdam

2012 – 2013 Chair of the Educational Advisory Board for the BA and MA Musicology programmes at Utrecht University.

2010 – 2012 Programme co-ordinator for the BA and MA Musicology programmes at Utrecht University.

2006 – 2010 Treasurer of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory (VvM)

2001 – 2002 Chair of the Oxford Chamber Choir

Conference organization

2011 Organizer (with Rachel Beckles-Willson [RHUL]) of the international conference Negotiating the West Music(ologic)ally, 11-13 April 2011, Universiteit Utrecht.

2008 Co-organizer of the ‘Music Theorist in Residence’ for the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory (VvM) – Prof Kofi Agawu, Princeton University.

2008 Co-organizer of the 10th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory (VvM), Conservatorium Maastricht/Hogeschool Zuyd.

2002 – 2003 Organizer of the Graduate Students’ Colloquia, Faculty of Music, Oxford University.

2001 – 2002. Co-organizer of the Graduate Students’ Exchange Conference University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King’s College – University of London, Royal Holloway – University of London.

 

Musicianship

Singing (1993 – present):

The Netherlands:

* Vocaal Ensemble Venus, specialized in contemporary composed music.

New compositions (dedicated to the ensemble) from Wolfgang Rihm and Calliope Tsoupaki, among others.

* Ars Nova Trajectina (early music ensemble of the Musicology Programme), specialized in European music from 1300 to 1650

* Utrecht Dome Choir (Utrechtse Domcantorij) and Capella Occento

Fringeconcerten in the Utrecht Early Music Festival (1997), European tour with scenic performance of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (1998), European tour with Bach’s B-minor Mass (2000).

England:

* Mensural notation singing group supervised by Prof. Margaret Bent, All Souls College Oxford

* Chapel choir of Lincoln College Oxford

Evensong in o.a. York Minster (2003), St Paul’s Cathedral (1999) & Canterbury Cathedral (2000)

* The Oxford Chamber Choir, New Chamber Opera Studio (New College Oxford), Voces Intimae Oxford

South Africa:

* Rehearsals and performance with Skho Miya en her group Abagqugquzeli in Durban.

* Lessons in maskanda guitar from Shiyani Ngcobo in Durban and Josefa Nkwanyana in Mandeni, Tugela.

 

Oboe (1987 – 1998):

* Ars Floreat Amsterdam – Consisting of members of national radio orchestra’s

* Consort De Kleine Johannes – Baroque orchestra of Universiteit Utrecht

Taught courses  (B = Bachelor, M = Master)

Oxford University (Oxon), Utrecht University (UU), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (GAU), University of Amsterdam (UvA)

 

Musical cross-culturalism and globalisation

World music and globalisation (UvA) B

A musical journey around the world: A methodological introduction into the musicologies (UU) B

Music and Identity (UKZN, UU, GAU) B

Cultural Musicology (UvA) M

Theorizing music in society (UKZN) M

‘Ida y vuelta’: Travelling music (UU) Research M

Non-western concepts in western music after 1945 (UvA) M

 

History of western music

History of western music 800-1800 (UU) B, 1600-1900 (UU) B, and 1890-1950 (UvA) B

‘Undanceable dances’: Case studies in music history 1100-2000 (UU) B

‘Madrigalisms’: The 16th-century madrigal (UU) B

The early German lied (Oxon) B

19th-century opera (Oxon) B

Transformations in 20th- and 21st-century music (UvA) M

 

Others

Information technology in musicology (UU) B

Core problems in current musicology (UU) B

Sound and rhythm in language and music (UU) B [in collaboration with Linguistics Department]

Canon of Research in the arts (UvA) M

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