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Senior Leadership Team

Head of Department

NameTitle
Professor Laura LeanteProfessor of Ethnomusicology

Administrative Staff

Name Position
Mrs Karen Humes Department Manager
Mr Lewis Wilkinson Assistant Manager, Music for Experience Durham
Miss Sarah Lane Learning and Teaching Manager
Miss Deborah Norman Learning and Teaching Administrator (Wednesday, Thursday am and Friday)
Mrs Angela Rutherford  Learning and Teaching Administrator (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday am)
Miss Faye Smith Learning and Teaching Administrator (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday am)
Miss Ruth Daglish Learning and Teaching Administrator (Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday)
Ms Laura Kovic Operations Administrator (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday am)

Technical Staff

Name Position
Mr Martin Allison Senior Technician                                                                              
Dr Simone Tarsitani Technical Manager

 

Academic Staff

NameTitle
Professor Martin ClaytonProfessor of Ethnomusicology
Professor Nick CollinsProfessor
Professor Tuomas EerolaProfessor of Music Cognition
Dr Eric EganAssistant Professor of Composition
Dr Katherine HambridgeAssociate Professor of Musicology
Dr Samuel HorlorLecturer in Ethnomusicology
Professor Julian HortonProfessor of Music Theory and Analysis
Dr Amanda HsiehAssistant Professor of Musicology
Dr Kelly JakubowskiAssociate Professor of Music Psychology
Professor Simon MillsProfessor of Ethnomusicology
Professor Richard RijnvosProfessor of Composition
Dr Hector SequeraAssistant Professor of Performance
Mr John SnijdersAssociate Professor of Performance
Dr James WeeksAssistant Professor of Composition
Professor Bennett ZonProfessor of Musicology

Teaching Staff

NameTitle
Dr Ian DicksonAssistant Professor (Teaching)
Dr Alexandros SpyrouTeaching Fellow in Composition

Associated Staff

NameTitle
Professor Andy HamiltonProfessor in the Department of Philosophy

Research Staff

NameTitle
Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-ReadeLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Imre LahdelmaPost-Doctoral Researcher

Emeritus Staff

Name
Professor Max Paddison

Honorary Fellows

Name
Professor Jeremy Dibble
Dr Austin Glatthorn
Dr Liila Tarrufi