Darla Crispin (born 12 March 1964) is a

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pianist, scholar, lecturer and academic leader. She was the Director of Arne Nordheim Centre for Artistic Research (NordART) and Vice Rector for Research and Artistic Development at the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

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Early life and education

Crispin was born in

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, Canada, and took her BMus at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

. She later moved to the

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, and had her Concert Recital Diploma from the

Guildhall School of Music & Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

, London, and an MMus and PhD in Historical Musicology from King’s College,

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Career

She worked for several years with contemporary music ensembles in

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, before she shifted her focus towards teaching and scholarship. She was responsible for developing postgraduate programmes at the

Guildhall School The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

and, later, at the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...

, where she established, and was the first Head of the RCM Graduate School, being granted the title of HonRCM in 2009. In 2008–2013 Crispin worked as a Research Fellow at the Orpheus Research Centre in Music (ORCiM). Her areas of expertise are artistic research and musical modernity and historical musicology, especially the music of the Second Viennese School. Several of her recent works examine the Second Viennese School repertoire through methods of artistic research in music. She is recognized for her work in the field of artistic research, currently as an advisor for the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, and on the International Advisory Board of PARSE ( Gothenburg, Sweden). She has published many articles and conference papers, and has given invited presentations at several international events on artistic research, its development in higher music institutions and its relevance to her own work.

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Publications by Crispin
in academia.edu {{DEFAULTSORT:Crispin, Darla 1964 births Living people Musicians from British Columbia University of Victoria alumni Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Alumni of King's College London Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom Canadian expatriates in England 20th-century musicologists 21st-century musicologists Women musicologists Canadian women pianists 21st-century Canadian pianists 21st-century Canadian women musicians 21st-century women pianists