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'Vincent d'Indy et Maurice Barrès'; in Fabien Michel, Nouveaux Regards sur Vincent d'Indy (Editions symétrie, Paris,: publication pending).
'Musical Performance in Post-Conflict Societies: Collaboration, Reconciliation and Community Cohesion', Defence Review, Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (Volume II, July 2018). pp.38-55.
'Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera' in Barbara Kelly, Music, Culture and National Identity in France, 1870-1939 (University of Rochester Press, 2008), pp.90–104. ISBN 978-1-58046-272-3.
‘Music in the French Salon’; in Caroline Potter and Richard Langham Smith (eds.), French Music Since Berlioz (Ashgate Press, 2006), pp.91–115. ISBN 0-7546-0282-6.
'Vincent d'Indy l'interprète'; in Manuela Schwartz (ed.), Vincent d'Indy et son temps (Sprimont, Mardaga, 2006), pp.331–49. ISBN 2-87009-888-X
Forward: Geoffrey Evans, The Call of the Trumpet (Redwoods Music, 2004; second edition, 2008): ISBN 0-9547455-0-7.
‘D’Indy’s Fervaal: Reconstructing French Identity at the Fin-de-Siècle’, Music and Letters 84/2 (May 2003), pp.209–40.
Advised and updated information on entries for Bruneau, d’Indy and Chausson: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London, 2001).
Review: ‘Paula Gillet, Musical Women in England, 1870–1914 (London, 2000). English Historical Review cxvii / 474 (Nov 2002), pp.1367–68.
Review: Stephen Studd, Saint-Saëns: A Critical Biography (London, 1999), Music and Letters 81/3 (Aug 2000), pp.460–61.
Review: Bruce R. Smith, The Acoustic World of Early Modern England (Chicago, 1999), English Historical Review cxv/462 (Jun 2000), pp.708–09.
‘Triumph in Belgium’, BBC Music Magazine (May 2000), p.6.
‘Opera on disc: Chausson, Le Roi Arthus’, Opera (Jan 2000), pp.121–22.
‘Frank Martin, La Nique à Satan’, Opera (June 1999), pp.722–23.
Crisis and Transformation: French Opera, Politics and the Press, 1897–1903. D.Phil. thesis, Oxford University, 1998.
‘Mistaken Identity: Paul Dukas and Vincent d’Indy’, Musical Times 138 (Aug 1997).
Hillis, O.J.M., Macleod, M., Ross, J.M. and Simms, B., Sustaining Progress: Approaches to Establishing Reconciliation and Stability in Northern Ireland (Bow Publications: London, 1996).
Seminars and Conference Organisation
Organiser: Bow Group Oxford Conferences: Northern Ireland: The Road to Peace and Modern British Identity, Exeter College, 1994 and 1995.
Organised and chaired Oxford University Seminars in Musicology, 1995–97.
Assistant organiser: Oxford International Mahler Symposium, 1995–96.
Papers Presented and Lectures - samples
‘Chausson, Concert’. Lecture recital with the Allegri String Quartet, Oxford, 1995.
‘Over-reaching Wagner: Chausson’s Le Roi Arthus‘, Oxford Musicology Seminars, 1996.
‘Messidor: Patriotic Image-Making in French Opera’. Conference: ‘Power and Persuasion: The French Press’, Royal Holloway College, London: 4 Dec 1999.
Invited speaker: ‘Constructing Ends of Centuries’ Conference, City University, London, 6 July 2000.
Invited speaker: Vincent d’Indy Conference, Trinity College, Hartford, U.S.A., 11-13 May 2001.
Invited speaker and session chairman: 'Nationalism and Identity in Third Republic France', Keele University, 6-8 July 2001. Papers on the Zola – Bruneau Collaboration, and on Music and Musicians in the Siege of Paris, 1870–71.
Invited speaker: 'Vincent d'Indy et son temps': Société française de Musicologie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 26-28 Sept 2002.
‘Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.1’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 30 May 2004.
‘Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 9 Oct 2004.
‘Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony and the Romanticisation of Scotland’. Lecture for the British Scholars Association, The British Council, Colombo, 25 May 2005.
‘Orientalism in Russian Music’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 9 Dec 2005.
‘Hindemith and Brahms’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, June 2008.
‘Mahler's Resurrection Symphony’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, May 2010.
‘Performing New Music: The Conductor's Perspective’. The Purcell School, November 2011.
'Les Femmes compositeurs françaises' and 'Les Femmes compositeurs allemands', Béyzl, Brittany, France, January 2020.
'250 Years of Beethoven', Sidcup Scientific and Literary Society, February 2021.
Les Femmes compositeurs française', Les Amitiés françaises, Godalming, January 2022.
'Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach et Rebecca Clarke', Béyzl, Brittany, France, February 2023.
'Musical Performance in Post-Conflict Societies: Collaboration, Reconciliation and Community Cohesion', Defence Review, Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (Volume II, July 2018). pp.38-55.
'Messidor: Republican Patriotism and the French Revolutionary Tradition in Third Republic Opera' in Barbara Kelly, Music, Culture and National Identity in France, 1870-1939 (University of Rochester Press, 2008), pp.90–104. ISBN 978-1-58046-272-3.
‘Music in the French Salon’; in Caroline Potter and Richard Langham Smith (eds.), French Music Since Berlioz (Ashgate Press, 2006), pp.91–115. ISBN 0-7546-0282-6.
'Vincent d'Indy l'interprète'; in Manuela Schwartz (ed.), Vincent d'Indy et son temps (Sprimont, Mardaga, 2006), pp.331–49. ISBN 2-87009-888-X
Forward: Geoffrey Evans, The Call of the Trumpet (Redwoods Music, 2004; second edition, 2008): ISBN 0-9547455-0-7.
‘D’Indy’s Fervaal: Reconstructing French Identity at the Fin-de-Siècle’, Music and Letters 84/2 (May 2003), pp.209–40.
Advised and updated information on entries for Bruneau, d’Indy and Chausson: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London, 2001).
Review: ‘Paula Gillet, Musical Women in England, 1870–1914 (London, 2000). English Historical Review cxvii / 474 (Nov 2002), pp.1367–68.
Review: Stephen Studd, Saint-Saëns: A Critical Biography (London, 1999), Music and Letters 81/3 (Aug 2000), pp.460–61.
Review: Bruce R. Smith, The Acoustic World of Early Modern England (Chicago, 1999), English Historical Review cxv/462 (Jun 2000), pp.708–09.
‘Triumph in Belgium’, BBC Music Magazine (May 2000), p.6.
‘Opera on disc: Chausson, Le Roi Arthus’, Opera (Jan 2000), pp.121–22.
‘Frank Martin, La Nique à Satan’, Opera (June 1999), pp.722–23.
Crisis and Transformation: French Opera, Politics and the Press, 1897–1903. D.Phil. thesis, Oxford University, 1998.
‘Mistaken Identity: Paul Dukas and Vincent d’Indy’, Musical Times 138 (Aug 1997).
Hillis, O.J.M., Macleod, M., Ross, J.M. and Simms, B., Sustaining Progress: Approaches to Establishing Reconciliation and Stability in Northern Ireland (Bow Publications: London, 1996).
Seminars and Conference Organisation
Organiser: Bow Group Oxford Conferences: Northern Ireland: The Road to Peace and Modern British Identity, Exeter College, 1994 and 1995.
Organised and chaired Oxford University Seminars in Musicology, 1995–97.
Assistant organiser: Oxford International Mahler Symposium, 1995–96.
Papers Presented and Lectures - samples
‘Chausson, Concert’. Lecture recital with the Allegri String Quartet, Oxford, 1995.
‘Over-reaching Wagner: Chausson’s Le Roi Arthus‘, Oxford Musicology Seminars, 1996.
‘Messidor: Patriotic Image-Making in French Opera’. Conference: ‘Power and Persuasion: The French Press’, Royal Holloway College, London: 4 Dec 1999.
Invited speaker: ‘Constructing Ends of Centuries’ Conference, City University, London, 6 July 2000.
Invited speaker: Vincent d’Indy Conference, Trinity College, Hartford, U.S.A., 11-13 May 2001.
Invited speaker and session chairman: 'Nationalism and Identity in Third Republic France', Keele University, 6-8 July 2001. Papers on the Zola – Bruneau Collaboration, and on Music and Musicians in the Siege of Paris, 1870–71.
Invited speaker: 'Vincent d'Indy et son temps': Société française de Musicologie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, 26-28 Sept 2002.
‘Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.1’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 30 May 2004.
‘Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 9 Oct 2004.
‘Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony and the Romanticisation of Scotland’. Lecture for the British Scholars Association, The British Council, Colombo, 25 May 2005.
‘Orientalism in Russian Music’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, 9 Dec 2005.
‘Hindemith and Brahms’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, June 2008.
‘Mahler's Resurrection Symphony’. Lecture for Friends of St. Albans Symphony Orchestra, May 2010.
‘Performing New Music: The Conductor's Perspective’. The Purcell School, November 2011.
'Les Femmes compositeurs françaises' and 'Les Femmes compositeurs allemands', Béyzl, Brittany, France, January 2020.
'250 Years of Beethoven', Sidcup Scientific and Literary Society, February 2021.
Les Femmes compositeurs française', Les Amitiés françaises, Godalming, January 2022.
'Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach et Rebecca Clarke', Béyzl, Brittany, France, February 2023.