General

Focusing on a single subject or period is a great bore – to one’s students, if not to one’s self after the decades. In no particular order, my current research projects include:

  • Reformation hymnody
  • 16th century Anglo-French motet manuscripts
  • 17th century Roman sacred opera
  • American Musical Theatre
  • KrĂ©ol Catholic Church Music of Mauritius

As an active church musician, I follow a syncretic approach to repertoire; needs and compatible affects & aesthetics matter more to me than an exclusively period repertoire. Most church repertoires are and have been a mix of old and new; the only thing that’s changed is the time frame.