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Dr Bryan White

Dr Bryan White

  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Areas of expertise: seventeenth-century music; eighteenth-century music; opera; choral music; odes; St Cecilia and music; music editing
  • Email: B.White@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 8228
  • Location: 207 School of Music
  • Website: Googlescholar | ORCID

Profile

Dr Bryan White is a member of the Purcell Society and  Director of Research and Innovation in the School of Music, a member of the Leeds University Centre for English Music (LUCEM), and director of the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds (CCL). Dr White studied for his first degree (BMus, 1991) at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. From there he moved to the University of Wales, Bangor, where he studied for an MA in Performance Studies (1992). He was awarded a Ph.D from Bangor University (2000) for his thesis 'Louis Grabu and his opera Albion and Albanius'. He began lecturing at Bretton Hall in 1998, and moved to the University of Leeds in 2001.

Responsibilities

  • Director of Research and Innovation

Research interests

I am a member of the Purcell Society for which I have edited two volumes for the Companion Series. My primary research area is English music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. I am interested in the music of the English court and Chapel Royal, opera at court and in the public theatres, anthem texts, odes (especially Cecilian odes), celebrations of St Cecilia's Day in the British Isles, and reports of music making in personal correspondence. I am also investigating the collecting activities of W. T. Freemantle (1849-1931) and the material formerly owned by him now held in the Special Collections of the library of the University of Leeds. I am curating an exhibition on this material at the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery from March to August 2019. I am an active performer as a choral director, soloist and choral singer. My work with the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds includes performances of literature relating to my research interests.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Professional memberships

  • Purcell Society
  • Society for Seventeenth-Century Music

Student education

I teach in the areas of music history, notation and editing, opera studies and choral performance.

Research groups and institutes

  • Music as Culture
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/research-opportunities">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>