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: Dr Jennifer Cohen, Dr Caroline Waddington-Jones
The oboe has attracted strong opinions throughout its evolution with the first oboe concertos emerging from Venice, a place steeped in mythological language, whose survival relied on promoting the facade of the ethereal despite its tangibly man-made structures and troubles. My interdisciplinary research explores recurrent themes I have found in past and present oboists’ discourse. I hope to promote awareness of how linguistic barriers have persisted which, paradoxically, have had 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 Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies, 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. I am also studying baroque oboe. As an approved woodwind tutor with York Music Hub and York Arts Education for the past 10 years, I teach students ranging between 5 and 80 years, teaching in both primary and secondary schools in York, as well as privately. Recent CPD includes training on working with students with neurodiversity. As a mother of four children aged 23 to 15 years, life is busy supporting them with their various interests and studies.
Research
Research
Oboe, period instruments, musicology, historically informed performance, music psychology, sociology, thematic analysis, discourse analysis, music education
