Dr Tamsin Alexander completed her PhD on an AHRC-funded place at the University of Cambridge under Prof. Marina Frolova-Walker. Her research there explored the transnational spread of Russian opera in the nineteenth century, focusing particularly on Prague, London and Nice. Most recently, her work has been published in Cambridge Opera Journal and Music & Letters. She is now embarking on a new project on lighting technologies in nineteenth-century London, considering the ways in which lighting shaped listening experiences in the theatre, concert hall and the home.
Academic qualifications
PhD, Selwyn College, Cambridge (2010-14)
MPhil, Selwyn College, Cambridge (2008-9)
BMus, King’s College, London (2005-8)
Teaching
Soviet Music and Politics (Level 3); Russian Music in Context: Glinka to Stravinsky (Level 2); Romanticism and its Legacy (Level 2); Advanced Topics in Music History (Level 3); Western Art Music: 900-1900 (Level 1); Aesthetics, Meaning and Culture (Level 2); Performance Styles and Contexts (Level 2); Research Essay; Dissertation.
Areas of supervision
Nineteenth-century music and musical culture in Europe
Opera
Russian and Soviet music
Current PhD students
Evgeniya Kondrahina
Adam Nee
Catherine Hutchinson
Magdalini Nikolaidou