Laura Tunbridge Explained

Laura Tunbridge, (born 1974) is a British musicologist and academic, specialising in 19th and 20th-century music, Robert Schumann, and opera. She has been Professor of Music at the University of Oxford since 2017 and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford since 2014. Previously, she taught at the University of Reading and the University of Manchester.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Tunbridge was born in London, England in 1974.^[3] She studied music at The Queen's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.^[4] She studied for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in musicology from the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1997 with a distinction. She then moved to the United States where she studied for Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees at Princeton University:^[5] she completed her PhD in musicology in 2002.

Tunbridge began her academic career as a lecturer in music at the University of Reading from 2002 to 2004. She then moved to the University of Manchester where she was a senior lecturer in music analysis and critical theory. In October 2014, she joined the University of Oxford, and was elected a Henfrey Fellow and tutor in music at St Catherine's College, Oxford. In 2017, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Music.

In 2020, she was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE).^[6] In 2021, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[7]

Selected works

• Book: Tunbridge . Laura . Schumann's late style . 2007 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-0521871686.
• Book: Tunbridge . Laura . The song cycle . Cambridge Introductions to Music . 2010 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-0521896443.
• Book: Kok . Roe-Min . Tunbridge . Laura . Rethinking Schumann . 2011 . OUP USA . New York . 978-0195393859.
• Book: Tunbridge . Laura . Singing in the age of anxiety: lieder performances in New York and London between the World Wars . 2018 . University of Chicago Press . Chicago . 978-0226563572.
• Book: Tunbridge . Laura . . 2020 . Viking . London . 978-0241414279.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura Tunbridge Appointed to Full Professorship . Faculty of Music . University of Oxford . 28 September 2017 . 24 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210724130830/https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/laura-tunbridge-appointed-to-full-professorship/ . 24 July 2021.
2. Web site: Laura Tunbridge . Faculty of Music . University of Oxford . 24 July 2021.
3. Web site: 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 . . Oxford University Press . 21 March 2024 . en . 1 December 2023.
4. Web site: Laura Tunbridge - Curriculum Vitae . Academy of Europe . 24 July 2021.
5. Web site: Laura Tunbridge . St Catherine's College . University of Oxford . 24 July 2021.
6. Web site: Laura Tunbridge . Academy of Europe . 24 July 2021.
7. Web site: The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences . The British Academy . 24 July 2021 . en . 23 July 2021.