Department Member, Music
Thesis Title: (mis)understanding complexity from Transit to Toop: 'New Complexity' in the British context (1977-88)
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Dr Mic Spencer
Dr Martin Iddon |
About
Roddy is a Teaching Fellow in Music at the University of Manchester. He lives in London.
His doctoral dissertation looked at the emergence of the term 'New Complexity' in Britain with a focus on reception and cultural politics. He is concerned in all his work to examine the role of ideology in the way music is put to use in societies, both today and in the very recent past.
He was the co-convenor of the international conference 'The Symphony Orchestra as Cultural Phenomenon' alongside Duncan Boutwood, which took place in July 2010 at the Institute of Musical Research in London (with support from the British Academy). A conference proceedings is currently in process.
He has taught courses and modules in Aesthetics, Popular Music, Composition and Music History as well as supervised dissertations, Research Skills training and individual and group tutorials, both at the University of Leeds and in his current position at Manchester.
Roddy is an occasional composer and plays bass guitar regularly in different bands in London and the south-east. He also writes about music and society for non-specialist periodicals and blogs.
Contact Information
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