Conference papers presented
‘What recordings of 17th-century French harpsichord music (1980-2020) tell us about interpretative strategies and embellishment styles,’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Musical Interpretation and Performance in Sala Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Bergamo, November 2023.
‘Variation Techniques of “Les folies d’Espagne” in 17th-French Harpsichord Sources,’ Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, May 2023.
‘The colourful evolution of Johann Sebastian’s Chromatic Fantasia (BWV903): a study of recent trends in the interpretation,’ Keynote paper presented at the Colourful Keyboard Music, International Piano Conference in National University of Sun Yat-sen (NSYSU), Kaohsiung, December 2022.
‘Interpretations of BWV 903a: A Creative Exploration by Rethinking Historical and Stylistic Considerations,’ Paper presented at the Performance Studies Network Conference 2022, University of Surrey, London, July 2022.
‘A Study of the preludes with figured bass in F-Pn Vm8 1139,’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Musical Improvisation in the Baroque Era, Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca, September 2021.
‘A study of scribal practice in 17th-century French harpsichord music and its implications for modern editors and performers,’ Paper presented at the 19th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK, July 2021.
‘Reflections on baroque improvisation practices,’ Paper presented at the Symposium—Improvise! 2021, Shared Campus, Department of Music of HKBU and Zurich University of the Arts, 27 March 2021.
‘What newly-rediscovered sources tell us about the hidden practices of seventeenth-century French harpsichord music,’ Paper presented at Hidden Archives, Hidden Practices—Debates about Music-Making, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, June 2019.
‘Transcribing Couperin’s preludes à la D’Anglebert: a journey into the creative processes of the 17th-century improvised tradition,’ Paper presented at the Performance Studies Network Conference 2018, The Norway Academy of Music, Oslo, July 2018.
‘French harpsichord doubles and the art of embellishments of the clavecinistes,’ Paper presented at the International Conference on Musical Improvisation in the Baroque Era, Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca, May 2017.
‘What Newly-Rediscovered Sources tell us about Seventeenth-Century French Harpsichord Creativity,’ Paper presented at the 17th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, July 2016.
‘French harpsichord doubles and Creativity in the 17th-Century Keyboard Tradition’, Paper presented at the 16th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg, Salzburg, July 2014.
‘Reinventing BWV903: A Case Study in Creativity and Composer-Performer Collaboration’, Paper presented at the Performance Studies Network Second International Conference, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, April 2013.
‘Towards an Interpretation of JS Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia’, Paper presented at The Performer’s Voice 2nd Symposium: Horizons Crossing Boundaries, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, October 2012.
‘Some telling images of French baroque harpsichord music’, Paper presented at the 2012 Joint Meeting and Festival of the Midwestern and Southeastern Historical Keyboard Societies, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, March 2012.
‘Creativity in French harpsichord music’, Paper presented at the Performance Studies Network International Conference, AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, July 2011.
‘Linguistic awareness and ‘le bon goût’ in late-eighteenth-century French music’, Paper presented at the International Conference: European Music in the late 18th and 19th Century—Diversity and Evolution, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 2010.
‘New French in old Brussels’, Paper presented at the 14th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, Queen’s University, Belfast, July 2010.
‘The port de voix in Louis Couperin’s unmeasured preludes: a study of types, functions and interpretation’, Paper presented at The Performer’s Voice, An International Forum for Music Performance & Scholarship, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, October 2009.
‘The port de voix and le bon goût in French clavecin music’, Paper presented at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and WEKA/Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society Joint Meeting, Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A., March 2009.
‘Patronage and the development of French clavecin music during Louis XIV’s reign’, Paper presented at the International Conference in Musicology, Early Music: Context and Ideas II, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, September 2008.
‘The Menetou Manuscript: A Case Study of the Effect of Patronage on French Harpsichord Musical Style’, Paper presented at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, July 2008.
‘Observations on the Defects in Classic French Keyboard Music’, Paper presented at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Meeting, University of North Texas, Denton, U.S.A., March 2007.
‘The Port de voix and the coulé in context: a study of their notation and performance as evidenced in 17th-century French harpsichord music sources’, Paper presented at the 12th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, Institute of Musicology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland, July 2006.
‘A New Look at the Two Versions of Bach’s D major Toccata, BWV 912’, Paper presented at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and WEKA/Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society Joint Meeting, Stetson University, Deland, Florida, U.S.A., March 2005.
‘A New Look at the Relationship between Linguistic Theories and Musical Thinking of Classic French Keyboard Music, Paper presented at the Colloquium Series of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 2005.
‘Couperin or Couprain: Observations on attitudes towards irregularities and inconsistencies in classic French keyboard music’, Paper presented at the 11th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, United Kingdom, July 2004.
‘The Menetou Manuscript and 17th-Century French Culture and Politics’, Paper presented at the International Conference in Musicology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, September 2003.
‘A Re-examination of the Menetou Manuscript’, Paper presented at the First Combined National Meeting of the Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and WEKA, National Music Museum, University of South Dakota, U.S.A., March 2003.