Dr. Sarah Moynihan

Biography

Sarah's research examines nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music, theorizing new ways of understanding harmony and musical structure. Her research aims to reformulate accepted views of Jean Sibelius as a National Romantic composer by focusing on overlooked aspects of musical forms and their historical and political contexts. Before settling at the University of Manchester, Sarah taught music theory and analysis at multiple institutions including the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Nottingham, and Royal Holloway, University of London. Her teaching includes various undergraduate and postgraduate modules in music analysis, theory, and composition, with a particular focus on dissertation supervision and critical editions. She is also a Fellow and Advanced Member of the Royal Musical Association. Sarah's expertise encompasses a broad range of topics such as Music Theory Analysis, Musicology, Nineteenth-Century Music, and Twentieth-Century Music, alongside specific theories related to Sibelius and contemporary music pedagogy.

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