Overview
Melodrama and related genres, from opera to film; theatrical practices and visual cultures; French musical aesthetics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, music and philosophy of the arts; the 'chanson populaire'.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Music
·
2008 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
What’s in a song: the case of Christopher Nolan’s ’Inception’
Journal Article SoundEffects · August 2013 Overblown cinematography and excess of visual attraction are the key features in Christopher Nolan’s Inception (UK/USA, 2010), a film that eventually exhausts itself in its numerous tours de force. Yet, Inception’s multi-levelled phantasmagoria cannot esca ... CiteRousseau in 2013
Journal Article Journal of the American Musicological Society · April 1, 2013 Full text CiteAu-delà de l’opéra : l’opposition théorique entre ces deux genres revue au prisme du modèle mélodramatique de J.-J. Rousseau
Journal Article Nouvelle Revue d’Esthétique, numéro spécial "Pourquoi l’opéra?" · 2013 CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Geneva (Switzerland) ·
2002
Ph.D.