Laura Tunbridge

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Laura Tunbridge, FBA , MAE (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]

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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] [5] She studied for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in musicology from the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1997 with a distinction. [5] 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: [4] she completed her PhD in musicology in 2002. [5]

Tunbridge began her academic career as a lecturer in music at the University of Reading from 2002 to 2004. [6] She then moved to the University of Manchester where she was a senior lecturer in music analysis and critical theory. [6] 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. [3] [4] In 2017, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Music. [1]

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]

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