Laura Tunbridge,FBA,MAE (born 1974) is a Britishmusicologist and academic, specialising in 19th and20th-century music,Robert Schumann, andopera. She has been Professor of Music at theUniversity of Oxford since 2017 and aFellow ofSt Catherine's College, Oxford since 2014. Previously, she taught at theUniversity of Reading and theUniversity of Manchester.[1][2]
Biography
editTunbridge was born in London, England in 1974.[3] She studied music atThe Queen's College, Oxford, graduating with aBachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.[4][5] She studied for aMaster of Arts (MA) degree in musicology from theUniversity of Nottingham, graduating in 1997 with a distinction.[5] She then moved to the United States where she studied forMaster of Fine Arts (MFA) andDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees atPrinceton University:[4] she completed her PhD in musicology in 2002.[5]
Tunbridge began her academic career as alecturer in music at theUniversity of Reading from 2002 to 2004.[6] She then moved to theUniversity of Manchester where she was asenior lecturer in music analysis and critical theory.[6] In October 2014, she joined theUniversity of Oxford, and was elected a Henfrey Fellow andtutor in music atSt Catherine's College, Oxford.[3][4] In 2017, she was awarded aTitle of Distinction as Professor of Music.[1]
In 2020, she was elected aMember of the Academia Europaea (MAE).[6] In 2021, she was elected aFellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom'snational academy for the humanities and social sciences.[7] She has been appointed as the Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford from October 2025.
Selected works
edit- Tunbridge, Laura (2007).Schumann's late style. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0521871686.
- Tunbridge, Laura (2010).The song cycle. Cambridge Introductions to Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0521896443.
- Kok, Roe-Min; Tunbridge, Laura, eds. (2011).Rethinking Schumann. New York: OUP USA.ISBN 978-0195393859.
- Tunbridge, Laura (2018).Singing in the age of anxiety: lieder performances in New York and London between the World Wars. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN 978-0226563572.
- Tunbridge, Laura (2020).Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces. London: Viking.ISBN 978-0241414279.
References
edit- ^ab"Laura Tunbridge Appointed to Full Professorship".Faculty of Music. University of Oxford. 28 September 2017. Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved24 July 2021.
- ^"Laura Tunbridge".Faculty of Music. University of Oxford. Retrieved24 July 2021.
- ^ab"Tunbridge, Prof. Laura, (born 20 Nov. 1974), Professor of Music, University of Oxford, since 2014; Henfrey Fellow and Tutor in Music, St Catherine's College, Oxford, since 2014".Who's Who 2024. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved21 March 2024.
- ^abc"Laura Tunbridge".St Catherine's College. University of Oxford. Retrieved24 July 2021.
- ^abc"Laura Tunbridge - Curriculum Vitae".Academy of Europe. Retrieved24 July 2021.
- ^abc"Laura Tunbridge".Academy of Europe. Retrieved24 July 2021.
- ^"The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences".The British Academy. 23 July 2021. Retrieved24 July 2021.