Christopher Dingle, guest lecturer
Christopher Dingle is Professor of Music and Research Degrees Coordinator at the Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham, United Kingdom). He is a specialist in French Music, notably Messiaen, and the history and practice of music criticism.
He is author of Messiaen’s Final Works (Ashgate, 2013) and the acclaimed biography The Life of Messiaen (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He is also co-editor of Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences and Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception (both Ashgate, 2013) as well as the earlier collection Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature. He was the organizer of the Messiaen 2008 Centenary Conference hosted by Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2008, having previously conceived and organised the Messiaen 2002 International Conference in Sheffield. He is currently editing The Cambridge History of Music Criticism and working on a book of conversations with Julian Anderson.
He has given numerous talks in the UK and abroad, in venues such as at The Proms, the RNCM, the RAM, the South Bank, King’s Place, on BBC Radio 3 and at the Greenbelt Festival. He is a member of the review panel for BBC Music Magazine, has broadcast for BBC Radio 3, and written for Music and Letters, Tempo, MLA Notes, The Guardian, The Independent, The Herald, The Tablet, and Organists’ Review. He was a member of the jury for the BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2011 and 2008, and was one of the contributors to 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before your die, Matthew Rye (ed.), Quarto Press (2007). He has provided programme notes for major record companies, such as EMI and Naxos, and for numerous orchestras and organizations including the Aldeburgh Festival, BBCSO, BBC Singers, BBC Music Magazine, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Proms, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Originally from Ilford, Dingle was a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, having previously been Associate Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Music at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. His graduate and postdoctoral research was all funded by the British Academy. In 1994 he was awarded ‘The Chancellor’s Medal’ for his research into Messiaen and his contribution to the musical life of the University of Sheffield. He is also a keen performer, appearing as conductor, percussionist, pianist, and bass guitarist, while it is rumored that he is also a lapsed oboist.
Mr. Dingle will deliver a lecture and participate in a panel discussion on Saturday, March 7.
He is author of Messiaen’s Final Works (Ashgate, 2013) and the acclaimed biography The Life of Messiaen (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He is also co-editor of Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences and Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception (both Ashgate, 2013) as well as the earlier collection Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature. He was the organizer of the Messiaen 2008 Centenary Conference hosted by Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2008, having previously conceived and organised the Messiaen 2002 International Conference in Sheffield. He is currently editing The Cambridge History of Music Criticism and working on a book of conversations with Julian Anderson.
He has given numerous talks in the UK and abroad, in venues such as at The Proms, the RNCM, the RAM, the South Bank, King’s Place, on BBC Radio 3 and at the Greenbelt Festival. He is a member of the review panel for BBC Music Magazine, has broadcast for BBC Radio 3, and written for Music and Letters, Tempo, MLA Notes, The Guardian, The Independent, The Herald, The Tablet, and Organists’ Review. He was a member of the jury for the BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2011 and 2008, and was one of the contributors to 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before your die, Matthew Rye (ed.), Quarto Press (2007). He has provided programme notes for major record companies, such as EMI and Naxos, and for numerous orchestras and organizations including the Aldeburgh Festival, BBCSO, BBC Singers, BBC Music Magazine, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Proms, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Originally from Ilford, Dingle was a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, having previously been Associate Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Music at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. His graduate and postdoctoral research was all funded by the British Academy. In 1994 he was awarded ‘The Chancellor’s Medal’ for his research into Messiaen and his contribution to the musical life of the University of Sheffield. He is also a keen performer, appearing as conductor, percussionist, pianist, and bass guitarist, while it is rumored that he is also a lapsed oboist.
Mr. Dingle will deliver a lecture and participate in a panel discussion on Saturday, March 7.
