Emma Hooper

Personal statement

I'm a performer (strings, vocals), composer/songwriter, author and researcher with particular interest in study and practice that defies or redefines boundaries of discipline.

Academic qualifications

PhD University of East Anglia
MA Bath Spa University
BA(Hons) University of Alberta.

Professional qualifications

PhD, University of East Anglia, Norwich
MA, Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) University of Alberta, Canada.

Professional memberships

PRS
PPL
Word and Music Studies Forum
Musician's Union
Association of Writers and Publishers
Suzuki Association of the Americas
Bristol Suzuki Group.

Teaching specialism

Research Supervision
Performance
Writing/Creative Writing.

Interest areas

The areas I'm most interested and active in currently are:

Musico-Literary Studies
Intermediality (esp. in relation to semiotics)
Gender Studies
Retro-Futurism
Creative Writing
Structure Play
Musical Pedagogy (esp. Immersive and Ludic Learning)
Character Studies
Lyric and Libretto.

Research and academic outputs

Go to ResearchSPAce

Our homesick songs

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Hooper, E (2018) Our homesick songs. Penguin, London. ISBN 9780241273807

Etta and Otto and Russell and James

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Hooper, E (2015) Etta and Otto and Russell and James. Penguin, London. ISBN 9780241003329

The gatekeeper gap: searching for solutions to the UK’s ongoing gender imbalance in music creation

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Hooper, E (2019) 'The gatekeeper gap: searching for solutions to the UK’s ongoing gender imbalance in music creation.' In: Raine, S and Strong, C, eds. Towards gender equality in the music industry: education, practice and strategies for change. Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781501345500

This everything

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Hooper, E (2017) 'This everything.' In: McSweeney's Issue 51. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 245-272. ISBN 9781944211448

How to (almost) never play a bad gig again: a simple way to approach performing professionally

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Hooper, E (2017) 'How to (almost) never play a bad gig again: a simple way to approach performing professionally.' In: Williams, J and Williams, K, eds. The singer-songwriter handbook. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 9781628920291

Do the stars know why they shine? An argument for including cultural theory on popular music programmes

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Hooper, E (2017) 'Do the stars know why they shine? An argument for including cultural theory on popular music programmes.' In: Smith, G.D, Moir, Z, Brennan, M, Rambarran, S and Kirkman, P, eds. The Routledge research companion to popular music education. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 153-165. ISBN 9781472464989

My superbrain is all binary: nostalgic futurism as Robyn's feminist super-persona

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Hooper, E (2014) 'My superbrain is all binary: nostalgic futurism as Robyn's feminist super-persona.' Journal of Popular Music Studies, 26 (4). pp. 445-464. ISSN 1524-2226

Why are novelists obsessed with music?

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Hooper, E (2014) 'Why are novelists obsessed with music?' Publishers Weekly, 261 (42). p. 28. ISSN 0000-0019

Somewhere a place for us: how intratextual music-association conveys characteral identity in "The Time of Our Singing" by Richard Powers.

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Hooper, E (2013) 'Somewhere a place for us: how intratextual music-association conveys characteral identity in "The Time of Our Singing" by Richard Powers.' Journal of Music and Meaning (JMM), 11. ISSN 1603-7170

Hear me: how intratextual musical association develops literary characters

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Hooper, E (2012) 'Hear me: how intratextual musical association develops literary characters.' Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, 14 (2). pp. 180-196. ISSN 1524-8429

The world is listening: panel discussion, interviews and workshops

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Hooper, E and Honan, N (2017) The world is listening: panel discussion, interviews and workshops. In: Shambala Festival, 25 - 27 August 2017, Northamptonshire, UK.

The World is Listening: Brighton residency [organisers]

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Hooper, E and Honan, N (2017) The World is Listening: Brighton residency [organisers]. In: The World is Listening: Brighton residency, 25-26 March 2017, The Rosehill, Brighton, UK.

The world is listening: panel discussion, interviews and workshops

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Hooper, E and Honan, N (2016) The world is listening: panel discussion, interviews and workshops. In: Shambala Festival, 25 – 28 August 2016, Northamptonshire, UK.

Where are all the women? [panel discussion]

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Hooper, E, Honan, N, Painter, K and Lynch, R (2015) Where are all the women? [panel discussion]. In: Where Are All The Women?, 8 March 2015, Rise Records, Bristol.

Music while you write

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Hooper, E (2015) Music while you write. In: Bath Literature Festival, 27 February - 8 March, 2015, Bath, UK.

My superbrain is all binary: nostalgic futurism as Robyn's feminist super-persona

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Hooper, E (2014) My superbrain is all binary: nostalgic futurism as Robyn's feminist super-persona. In: IASPM UK & Ireland Conference, 11-14 September 2014, Cork, Ireland.

Looking back to looking forward to looking forward: a very short introduction to retro-futurism

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Hooper, E (2013) Looking back to looking forward to looking forward: a very short introduction to retro-futurism. In: QTalks Lecture Series 2013, August 2013, London.

Who is the lark?: Vaughan Williams’ 'The lark ascending' as characterization in 'An equal music' by Vikram Seth

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Hooper, E (2013) Who is the lark?: Vaughan Williams’ 'The lark ascending' as characterization in 'An equal music' by Vikram Seth. In: RMA Study Day: Twentieth-Century British Poets in Music, 28 June 2013, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

Who's afraid of who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?: a very short introduction to cultural theory

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Hooper, E (2013) Who's afraid of who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?: a very short introduction to cultural theory. In: QTalks Lecture Series 2013, Febraury 2013, London.

Sing for the win!: making a case for a ludic-immersive approach to teaching musicality

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Hooper, E and Williams, C (2013) Sing for the win!: making a case for a ludic-immersive approach to teaching musicality. In: Music Learning Live!, 23 - 26 October 2013, Singapore.

Instrumental portraiture: the use of Elgar’s "Variations on an original theme" in my creative process as novelist

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Hooper, E (2009) Instrumental portraiture: the use of Elgar’s "Variations on an original theme" in my creative process as novelist. In: Word and Music Studies: Seventh International Conference, 10 June - 13 June 2009, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Death, treason, rhyme and reason

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Honan, N, Wescott, E, Burgess, R, Martin, H, MacDonald, J, Hooper, E and Abel, S (2014) Death, treason, rhyme and reason. Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, 7-10 May 2014.