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Department of Music

Our People

Senior Leadership Team

Laura Leante - Head of Department
John Snijders - Deputy Head of Department (Term 1 and 2)
Simon Mills - Deputy Head of Department (Term 3)
Karen Humes - Department Manager
Ian Dickson - Director of Undergraduate Studies
Bennett Zon - Director of Postgraduate Studies
Nick Collins - Director of Research (Term 1)
Tuomas Eerola - Director of Research (Term 2 and 3)
Hector Sequera - Chair of the Board of Examiners
Simone Tarsitani - Technical Manager

Head of Department

Name	Title
Professor Laura Leante	Professor 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 and Tuesday
Miss Ruth Daglish	Learning and Teaching Administrator (Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday)

Technical Staff

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

Academic Staff

Name	Title
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
Dr Imre Lahdelma	Lecturer in Music Psychology
Professor Simon Mills	Professor of Ethnomusicology
Professor Richard Rijnvos	Professor of Composition
Dr Hector Sequera-Mora	Assistant Professor of Performance
John Snijders	Associate Professor of Performance
Dr James Weeks	Assistant Professor of Composition
Professor Bennett Zon	Professor of Musicology

Teaching Staff

Name	Title
Dr Ian Dickson	Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Dr Alexandros Spyrou	Teaching Fellow in Composition

Associated Staff

Name	Title
Professor Andy Hamilton	Professor in the Department of Philosophy

Research Staff

Name	Title
Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Wei Wu	Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Music Psychology

Emeritus Staff

Name
Professor Jeremy Dibble
Professor Max Paddison

Honorary Fellows

Name
Dr Austin Glatthorn
Dr Liila Tarrufi

Research Student

Name	Title
Juliano Abramovay	Pgr Combined Role
Nashra Ahmad	Teaching Assistant
James Armitage	Vice Principal
Budhaditya Bhattacharyya	Research Postgraduate
Christopher Blakey	Pgr Combined Role
Amanda Botelho	Open Day Ambassador (Casual)
Phillip Broadhouse	Research Postgraduate
Reverend Nick Brown	Research Postgraduate
Athol Cassidy	Research Postgraduate
Isaac Conroy	Research Postgraduate
Ardi Echevarria	Pgr Combined Role
Thomas Graves	Pgr Combined Role
Jamison Hankins	Pgr Combined Role
Matthew Hansel	Conducting Exam Musician
Sophie Horrocks	Pgr Combined Role
Betsy Hou	Research Postgraduate
Angus Howie	Pgr Combined Role
Philip Keller	College Mentor
Sunbin Kim	Research Postgraduate
Rob King	Pgr Combined Role
Giselle Lee	Demonstrator (Ptt)
Ryan Mackey	Pgr Combined Role
Philip Marshall	Research Postgraduate
Matthew McCullough	Pgr Combined Role
Dominik Mitterer	Pgr Combined Role
Imogen Morgan	Research Postgraduate
Georgia Pallett	Research Postgraduate
Sara Salloum	Demonstrator (Ptt)
Bernard Salter	Research Postgraduate
Darach Sharkey	Pgr Combined Role
Nathan Smith	Research Postgraduate
Chara Steliou	Research Postgraduate
Ruth Thomas	Research Postgraduate
Ritsuko Ueda	Research Postgraduate
Katie Vishwanath	Pgr Combined Role
Shiyun Wang	Pgr Combined Role