Dr Chris Dromey
| Name | Dr Chris Dromey |
|---|---|
| Job title | Interim Deputy Dean (Research & Knowledge Exchange) |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | School of Arts |
| Email address | C.Dromey@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3275-4777 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Dr Chris Dromey is Deputy Dean (Research & Knowledge Exchange) and Associate Professor in Music Business and Arts Management. His latest edited collection, The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology, was published in 2023. He was co-editor (with Julia Haferkorn) of The Classical Music Industry (Routledge,
2018) and has contributed articles, chapters, and essays to Musics With and After Tonality: Mining the Gap (Routledge, 2022), Stravinsky in
Context (Cambridge
University Press, 2021), Tempo (on
Grupo Novo Horizonte de São Paulo, 1988–99), Music in the Social and
Behavioral Sciences (SAGE, 2014),
British Music and Modernism, 1895–1960 (Ashgate,
2010), New Makers of Modern Culture
(Routledge, 2007), and Zemlinsky Studies
(Middlesex University Press, 2007). His monograph The Pierrot
Ensembles: Chronicle and Catalogue, 1912–2012 (Plumbago, 2013) celebrated
the centenary and examined the influence of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot
lunaire. Dr Dromey also writes programme
notes for Kings Place, London, gives pre-concert talks at UK music festivals, served as a Trustee of the Society for Music
Analysis for over ten years, and is an active pianist and organist.
Teaching Dr Chris Dromey has led BA Music Business & Arts Management since 2006. He previously taught at the Open University, King's
College London, the Royal Opera House, and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is Departmental Representative for MusicHE, Education Associate Lead (Middlesex University/Music Managers Forum), Convenor of Music's Concerts & Colloquia series, University Link Tutor (Middlesex University/School of Audio Engineering), Admissions Tutor, and Doctoral Supervisor/Director of Studies. He has served as External Examiner for multiple PhD theses. In his time at Middlesex, Dr Dromey has also led MA Arts Management, MMus Popular Music, and BMus Popular Music, and served on the Faculty Ethics Committee and Faculty REF Reading Panel.
Education and qualifications
SFHEA (Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy)
01 Jul 2024
Higher Education Academy / Middlesex University
PhD in Music
01 Oct 2024
King’s College, University of London
GCAP (Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice), Distinction
01 Oct 2024
King’s College, University of London
MMus Music Theory and Analysis, Distinction (Highly Commended)
01 Sept 2024
King’s College, University of London
BMus Music, Upper 2:1 Hons
01 Sept 2024
Goldsmith’s College, University of London
Grants
Prizes and Awards
Research outputs
Towards an applied health musicology: Aesthetic music therapy and beyond
Lee, C. A. and Dromey, C. 2023. Towards an applied health musicology: Aesthetic music therapy and beyond. in: Dromey, C. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology New York Routledge. pp. 184-191Cultural and artistic citizenship in classical music
Wimmer, C. and Dromey, C. 2023. Cultural and artistic citizenship in classical music. in: Dromey, C. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology New York Routledge. pp. 108–118The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology
Dromey, C. (ed.) 2023. The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology. New York Routledge.Musicology’s applied foundations (Or, how music was musealised)
Zapletal, M. and Dromey, C. 2023. Musicology’s applied foundations (Or, how music was musealised). in: Dromey, C. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology New York Routledge. pp. 23–33Musicology, mediation, metatonality: Rethinking the music of Rebecca Clarke and Erwin Schulhoff
Dromey, C. 2021. Musicology, mediation, metatonality: Rethinking the music of Rebecca Clarke and Erwin Schulhoff. in: Fleet, P. (ed.) Musics with and after Tonality: Mining the Gap Routledge. pp. 233–247Stravinsky’s ear for instruments
Dromey, C. 2020. Stravinsky’s ear for instruments. in: Griffiths, G. (ed.) Stravinsky in Context Cambridge University Press. pp. 170-178Classical music, copyright and collecting societies
Inglis, B. 2018. Classical music, copyright and collecting societies. in: Dromey, C. and Haferkorn, J. (ed.) The Classical Music Industry Abingdon, Oxon Routledge. pp. 7-31Dancing to another tune: classical music in nightclubs and other non-traditional venues
Haferkorn, J. 2018. Dancing to another tune: classical music in nightclubs and other non-traditional venues. in: Dromey, C. and Haferkorn, J. (ed.) The Classical Music Industry Abingdon, Oxon Routledge. pp. 148-171The Classical Music Industry
Dromey, C. and Haferkorn, J. (ed.) 2018. The Classical Music Industry. Abingdon, Oxon Routledge.On classical music competitions
Kwok, G. and Dromey, C. 2018. On classical music competitions. in: Dromey, C. and Haferkorn, J. (ed.) The Classical Music Industry Abingdon, Oxon Routledge. pp. 67-76Talking about classical music: radio as public musicology
Dromey, C. 2018. Talking about classical music: radio as public musicology. in: Dromey, C. and Haferkorn, J. (ed.) The Classical Music Industry Abingdon, Oxon Routledge. pp. 183-261New Horizons in Brazilian Contemporary Music: Grupo Novo Horizonte de São Paulo, 1988-99
Dromey, C. 2018. New Horizons in Brazilian Contemporary Music: Grupo Novo Horizonte de São Paulo, 1988-99. Tempo. 72 (284), pp. 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298217001267A century (and a bit) of Pierrot Ensembles: perspectives on Barcelona, London and São Paulo
Dromey, C. 2017. A century (and a bit) of Pierrot Ensembles: perspectives on Barcelona, London and São Paulo. Musical Modernism and the Commedia dell'arte. City, University of London, United Kingdom Jun 2017Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire: man, music, legacy
Dromey, C. 2016. Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire: man, music, legacy. 57th Little Missenden Festival: Post-interval talk. Little Missenden, United Kinkdom 07 - 10 Oct 2016The Pierrot Ensembles
Dromey, C. 2010. The Pierrot Ensembles. PhD thesis King's College, London MusicProgramme notes (2008 - present) for the London Chamber Music Society (LCMS), Kings Place, London
Dromey, C. 2016. Programme notes (2008 - present) for the London Chamber Music Society (LCMS), Kings Place, London. London Chamber Music Society.So You Want to Write An Opera?
Dromey, C. 2015. So You Want to Write An Opera? The Works: Magazine of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.Dorothy Dorow
Dromey, C. 2015. Dorothy Dorow. in: Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online) Oxford University Press (OUP).Pierrot ensemble
Dromey, C. 2015. Pierrot ensemble. in: Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online) Oxford University Press (OUP).Modernism(s) reborn? British chamber music in analysis
Dromey, C. 2014. Modernism(s) reborn? British chamber music in analysis. 16th Annual conference of the Modernist Studies Association (MSA 16): Confluence and Division. Pittsburgh, USA 06 - 09 Nov 2014The Pierrot Ensemble in Brazil: the music of Harry Crowl and Silvio Ferraz
Dromey, C. 2014. The Pierrot Ensemble in Brazil: the music of Harry Crowl and Silvio Ferraz. Fourth International Meeting for Chamber Music. University of Brasília, Brazil 12 Apr 2014Competitions: Classical and Popular
Dromey, C. 2014. Competitions: Classical and Popular. in: Thompson, W. (ed.) Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia Sage.Hierarchical organization
Dromey, C. 2014. Hierarchical organization. in: Thompson, W. (ed.) Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia Sage.Dances and Laments: Chamber Music by Peter Fribbins
Dromey, C. 2014. Dances and Laments: Chamber Music by Peter Fribbins. Guild.A Century of Pierrot Ensembles, 1912-2012
Dromey, C. 2013. A Century of Pierrot Ensembles, 1912-2012. Music Colloquia. King’s College London 16 Oct 2013Prospects for Neomodernism in the Music of Matthew Taylor and Peter Fribbins
Dromey, C. 2013. Prospects for Neomodernism in the Music of Matthew Taylor and Peter Fribbins. International Journal for Contemporary Composition. 7, pp. 1-19.A Snapshot of the Pierrot Ensemble Today
Dromey, C. 2013. A Snapshot of the Pierrot Ensemble Today. Proceedings of the Third International Meeting for Chamber Music.The Pierrot Ensembles, 1912-2012
Dromey, C. 2013. The Pierrot Ensembles, 1912-2012. Concerts and Colloquia series. Middlesex University 24 Jan 2013A Snapshot of the 'Pierrot' Ensemble Today
Dromey, C. 2013. A Snapshot of the 'Pierrot' Ensemble Today. Third International Meeting for Chamber Music, organised by Dr Zoltan Paulinyi. University of Évora, Portugal 08 - 10 Jan 2013Prospects for a British 'Second Modernity' in the Music of Matthew Taylor and Peter Fribbins
Dromey, C. 2012. Prospects for a British 'Second Modernity' in the Music of Matthew Taylor and Peter Fribbins. New Music in Britain, organised by Dr Eva Mantzourani. Canterbury Christ Church University 10 - 12 May 2012The Pierrot Ensembles: Chronicle and Catalogue, 1912-2012
Dromey, C. Wintle, C. (ed.) 2012. The Pierrot Ensembles: Chronicle and Catalogue, 1912-2012. London Plumbago.Peter Fribbins: Chamber and Orchestral Works
Dromey, C. 2011. Peter Fribbins: Chamber and Orchestral Works. Guild.Peter Fribbins: Chamber Music for Strings
Dromey, C. 2010. Peter Fribbins: Chamber Music for Strings. Guild.Benjamin Britten’s 'Pierrot' Ensembles
Dromey, C. 2010. Benjamin Britten’s 'Pierrot' Ensembles. in: Riley, M. (ed.) British Music and Modernism, 1895-1960 Farnham Ashgate. pp. 219-247Peter Maxwell Davies.
Dromey, C. 2008. Peter Maxwell Davies. in: Wintle, J. (ed.) New Makers of Modern Culture New York Routledge.Three Pedagogic Innovations to Improve Learning on the BA Music and Arts Management Programme
Dromey, C., Anastasiades, M. and Yiangou, C. 2007. Three Pedagogic Innovations to Improve Learning on the BA Music and Arts Management Programme. Conference co-presented by the School of Health and Social Science and the Centre for Learning and Quality Enhancement (CLQE) “On Formative Assessment”. Middlesex University, London, UK 12 Nov 2007Zemlinsky’s Surface Structures: Maiblumen blühten überall and the String Sextet Genre
Dromey, C. 2007. Zemlinsky’s Surface Structures: Maiblumen blühten überall and the String Sextet Genre. in: Frith, M. (ed.) Zemlinsky Studies Middlesex University Press. pp. 77-89Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, and the String Sextet
Dromey, C. 2006. Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, and the String Sextet. Zemlinsky Lost and Found, conference organised by Dr Mine Dogantan Dack, Dr Peter Fribbins and Dr Christopher Dromey. Middlesex University, London, UK 11 Oct 2006The “Pierrot” Ensemble before the Pierrot Players
Dromey, C. 2006. The “Pierrot” Ensemble before the Pierrot Players. Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire and Its Legacy. Kingston University 02 Mar 2006The 'Pierrot' Ensemble in London: The Birth of a Genre?
Dromey, C. 2005. The 'Pierrot' Ensemble in London: The Birth of a Genre? Society for Music Analysis TAGS conference. University of East Anglia 23 Apr 20052132
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