Our People
Senior Leadership Team
- Laura Leante - Head of Department
- John Snijders - Deputy Head of Department
- Karen Humes - Department Manager
- Ian Dickson - Director of Undergraduate Studies
- TBC - Director of Postgraduate Studies
- Nick Collins - Director of Research (Term 1)
- Tuomas Eerola - Director of Research (Term 2 and 3)
- Kelly Jakubowski - Directof of Impact (Term 1), Ethics Officer (Term 1)
- TBC - Directof of Impact (Term 2 and 3)
- Hector Sequera - Chair of the Board of Examiners
- Simone Tarsitani - Technical Manager
Head of Department
Name | Title |
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Professor Laura Leante | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
Administrative Staff
Name | Position |
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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 |
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Mr Martin Allison | Senior Technician |
Dr Simone Tarsitani | Technical Manager |
Academic Staff
Name | Title |
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Professor Martin Clayton | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
Professor Nick Collins | Professor |
Professor Tuomas Eerola | Professor of Music Cognition |
Dr Eric Egan | Assistant Professor of Composition |
Dr Katherine Hambridge | Associate Professor of Musicology |
Dr Samuel Horlor | Lecturer in Ethnomusicology |
Professor Julian Horton | Professor of Music Theory and Analysis |
Dr Amanda Hsieh | Assistant Professor of Musicology |
Dr Kelly Jakubowski | Associate Professor of Music Psychology |
Professor Simon Mills | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
Professor Richard Rijnvos | Professor of Composition |
Dr Hector Sequera | Assistant Professor of Performance |
Mr John Snijders | Associate Professor of Performance |
Dr James Weeks | Assistant Professor of Composition |
Professor Bennett Zon | Professor of Musicology |
Teaching Staff
Name | Title |
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Dr Ian Dickson | Assistant Professor (Teaching) |
Dr Alexandros Spyrou | Teaching Fellow in Composition |
Associated Staff
Name | Title |
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Professor Andy Hamilton | Professor in the Department of Philosophy |
Research Staff
Name | Title |
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Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow |
Dr Imre Lahdelma | Post-Doctoral Researcher |
Emeritus Staff
Name |
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Professor Max Paddison |
Honorary Fellows
Name |
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Professor Jeremy Dibble |
Dr Austin Glatthorn |
Dr Liila Tarrufi |