School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Rosemary Lynch
PhD by research
Thesis
Thesis
Oboism? A thematic analysis of oboistic discourse from 1695 to present day
- Supervisor: Jennifer Cohen and Caroline Waddington-Jones
Perceptions of both the oboe and oboists have attracted paradoxical characterisations in oboistic discourse since the first treatise specifically for oboe was published in London in 1695. My interdisciplinary research explores recurrent themes I have found in past and present oboists’ discourse, and how the dominance of certain characterisations of both oboe and oboists has persisted with both positive and negative effects on the oboe’s appeal. To ensure the oboe’s relevance, accessibility, and visibility in today’s world, should we acknowledge and reframe our ‘othering’ of it? Or should we embrace its alienated position as the very conduit necessary for its survival?
Biography
Biography
A PhD student at the University of York, and a GTA in the Music Department, I have an MA in Music Performance (University of York) a BA(Hons) in English (Lancaster University), and dipABRSM (oboe performance). I play oboe, oboe d’amore and cor anglais regularly for various ensembles and theatre companies in York and the surrounding area, and am also studying the baroque oboe with Molly Marsh. As an approved woodwind teacher with York Music Hub and York Arts Education for the past 11 years, I teach students ranging between age 5 and 80 years, teaching in both primary and secondary schools in York, as well as privately. I also tutor on Yorchestra courses. Recent CPD includes training on working with students with neurodiversity. As a mother of four children, life is busy supporting them with their various interests and studies.
Research
Research
Oboe, period instruments, oboe pedagogy, musicology, historical performance practice, music psychology, sociology, music education, EDI, Musicians Health and Wellbeing, thematic analysis
External activity
External activity
Led and collaborated on several chapters of the Music Education Forum's book (ed. Dr Liz Haddon) due for publication 2025.
Guest-editing a special edition of the International Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing (ed. Dr Stephen Tatlow and Dr James Williams) due for publication in 2025.
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