Department of Music staff

Dr Freida Abtan

Lecturer
f.abtan (@gold.ac.uk)

Freida is an artist and composer, primarily working with samples of both musical and non-musical objects.

Dr Tamsin Alexander

Lecturer
t.alexander (@gold.ac.uk)

Researching the transnational spread of Russian opera in the 19th century, Tamsin focusses on Prague, London and Nice.

Professor John Baily

Emeritus Professor of Ethnomusicology
j.baily (@gold.ac.uk)

John’s principal research interests are ethnomusicology, in performance and film, and music’s relation to migration.

Paul Bartholomew

Lecturer in Music
p.bartholomew (@gold.ac.uk)

A concert and studio arranger, Paul’s musical interests have led to performing with BB King, Barry White and more.

Alexis Bennett

Associate Lecturer
a.bennett (@gold.ac.uk)

Alexis is currently completing doctoral research at Goldsmiths whilst teaching Music in Film and Media Composition.

Mr Simon Deacon

Co-Head of Department, Senior Lecturer. Pathway Convenor for MMus in Popular Music
s.deacon (@gold.ac.uk)

Simon has overseen the development of a performance culture within the Music department and is a founder of NX Records.

Professor John Levack Drever

Professor of Acoustic Ecology and Sound Art Head of the Unit for Sound Practice Research (SPR)
j.drever (@gold.ac.uk)

Intersecting sonic arts, soundscapes and acoustics, John’s research is an inquiry into everyday environmental sound.

Dr Dimitris Exarchos

Associate Lecturer
d.exarchos (@gold.ac.uk)

Dimitris is a theorist and musicologist who explores both post-structuralist philosophy and contemporary composition.

Ian Gardiner, BMus, MA

Senior Lecturer
i.gardiner (@gold.ac.uk)

Ian is an accomplished composer and orchestral arranger with an interest in Film music in Britain and Media composition.

Dr Iris Garrelfs

Lecturer in Sonic Arts
i.garrelfs (@gold.ac.uk)

Iris works on the cusp of music, art and sociology across improvised performance, installation and media projects.

Mr Mikko Gordon

Head of Goldsmiths Music Studios
m.gordon (@gold.ac.uk)

Mikko is a music producer and mixing engineer, who has worked with artists such as Thom Yorke, Pete Townshend and Gaz Coombes. He is responsible for the Goldsmiths Music Studios.

Dr Stephen Graham

Co-Head of Department, Lecturer in Music.
s.graham (@gold.ac.uk)

Stephen’s interest is piqued by contemporary music, including the underground, experimental and popular.

John Harries

Lecturer, Admissions Tutor for BMus Popular Music, Pathway Leader and Admissions Tutor for MMus Creative Practice
j.harries (@gold.ac.uk)

John is a producer, performer and composer whose music ranges from improvised noise to detailed electronic pop.

Dr Berta Joncus, BA (New York), MA (Bonn), DPhil (Oxon)

Senior Lecturer in Music
b.joncus (@gold.ac.uk)

Berta researches the eighteenth-century London stage, European vocal music, European popular music before 1800.

Ms Maria Krivenski

Associate Tutor & Instrumental Tutor
m.krivenski (@gold.ac.uk)

Maria focusses on the culture of ‘classical’ musical performance – how it is created, transmitted and transformed.

Dr Naomi Matsumoto

Lecturer in Music
n.matsumoto (@gold.ac.uk)

Naomi has scholarly interests in Italian opera, Purcell and Monteverdi and Baroque period performance practice.

Professor Simon McVeigh

Professor of Music, Academic Director of Research Policy
s.mcveigh (@gold.ac.uk)

Simon is a musicologist specialising in British musical life 1700-1945, violin music and performance practices.

Professor Keith Negus

Professor of Musicology
k.negus (@gold.ac.uk)

Keith has written books on Bob Dylan, the music industry, and various articles on music’s place in culture.

Dr Barley Norton BSc (Mus), MMus, PhD

Reader in Ethnomusicology
b.norton (@gold.ac.uk)

Barley is an ethnomusicologist and filmmaker with research interests in the music and culture of Southeast Asia.

Dr Tom Perchard

Reader in Music, Director of Research, Programme Convenor for BMus Popular Music
t.perchard (@gold.ac.uk)

Tom’s teaching and research centres on the cultural history and historiography of jazz and popular music.

Jeremy Peyton Jones

Reader in Music, Director of Studies
j.peyton.jones (@gold.ac.uk)

Jeremy is a composer with interests in post-operatic music theatre and the role of narrative and body in performance.

Keith Potter

Reader in Music
k.potter (@gold.ac.uk)

Keith’s present research work includes books on the American composers Earle Brown and Steve Reich.

Roger Redgate

Professor in Composition, Director Contemporary Music Research Unit
r.redgate (@gold.ac.uk)

Roger works in jazz, improvised music and film and his compositions have been performed across Europe and the USA.

Dr Lauren Redhead

Senior Lecturer, Head of Undergraduate Studies
l.redhead (@gold.ac.uk)

Lauren is interested in the aesthetics as socio-semiotics of music, and is a composer of experimental music and a performer of music for organ and electronics.

Dr Holly Rogers

Senior Lecturer, Chair of Exams
h.rogers (@gold.ac.uk)

Holly is interested in the ways in which music interacts with other disciplines and how such combinations are received. 

Ian Stonehouse

Head of the Electronic Music Studios
i.stonehouse (@gold.ac.uk)

A trained artist, Ian has worked in film, sound, video and animation and is invested in electronic music research.