Dr. Oliver Chandler

Biography

Oliver Chandler is a Departmental Lecturer in Music Analysis and the Director of Studies in Music at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He is also a Stipendiary Lecturer in Music at Keble, St. Hugh's, and St. Anne's Colleges. A notable figure in the field of music analysis, he has previously held positions at Anglia Ruskin, King’s College London, Goldsmiths, and Royal Holloway. In 2024, he received the Adele Katz Early Career Researcher Award from the Society for Music Analysis, recognizing his potential to make significant contributions to the discipline. His publications include the book "Return to Riemann: Tonal Function in Chromatic Music" (Routledge, 2024) and co-edited the work "Born Thames: Stephen Dodgson, Centenary Celebration" (de la Porte, 2024). Chandler's articles have been published in leading journals such as Music & Letters, Music Analysis, and Music Theory Online. He serves as the Critical Forum Editor for Music Analysis and is a Score Editor for Soundboard Scholar, a prominent journal in guitar studies. He directs a guitar orchestra at the Royal Greenwich Guitar Festival and provides program notes for the Julian Bream Trust. Chandler's academic interests include Discrete Fourier Transform, (neo-)Riemannian Theory, British Music, Guitar Studies, and Schema Theory.

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