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Dr Ingrid Pearson

BMus (Hons), Dip Ed, PhD, LTCL, LMusA, SFHEA, HonRCM

Ingrid Pearson performs as a clarinettist in the arenas of historical and contemporary performance. She has recorded for DG Archiv and performed with major UK period ensembles including the English Baroque Soloists, The English Concert, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort and Players, The Hanover Band, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, in venues including London’s Barbican, Queen Elizabeth and Royal Albert and Wigmore Halls, the Salzburg Mozarteum and New York’s Lincoln Centre. Activities on modern clarinet include an AHRC-funded exploration of 19-tone equally-tempered microtonality and chamber music with Ensemble Émigré.

In tandem with her practical work, Ingrid’s activities across research and scholarship embrace historical and contemporary performance practices. Her publications encompass iconography, musical listening, organology as well as aspects of teaching and learning in the Conservatoire environment. Translations of Ingrid’s work appear in Chinese, German and Spanish. 

Ingrid completed undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney. As a targeted graduate she was employed by the New South Wales Department of Education as both a classroom music teacher and tutor for the Performing Arts Unit. The award of an Overseas Research Scholarship then enabled Ingrid to move to the UK to undertake a PhD in performance practice at the University of Sheffield.

Following lectureships in the UK university sector Ingrid joined the RCM professoriate in 2005. She works across the College’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and is the Area Leader for the MMus in Performance and Programme Leader for the BSc in Music and Physics. In addition to supervising doctoral students, Ingrid teaches Level 4 Historical Studies, Level 5 Writing about Music, Level 5 Interrogating Collection Materials, Level 6 Research Project, Level 6 and 7 Repertoire Project, Level 7 Performing Research: Researching Performance and Level 7 Research Project (Performance).

Selected publications

Pearson I (2018), ‘Articulation’, ‘Iconography’ and ‘Oral tradition’ in C Lawson & R Stowell (eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music, Cambridge University Press [].

Pearson I (2017), Listening and performing: experiences of twentieth-century British wind players, in H Barlow & D Rowland (eds.), Listening to Music: People, Practices and Experiences

Pearson I (2013), Research degrees in the conservatoire context: reconciling practice and theory, in S Harrison (ed.), Research and Research Education in Music Performance and Pedagogy (pp. 65-76), Springer [].

Pearson I (2012), By word of mouth: historical performance comes of age, Performance Practice Review 17, 1, 21-36 [].

Lawson C & Pearson I (2012), ‘Così fan tutte’ und der Charakter von E-Dur: Klangfarben der Klarinette', Acta Mozartiana, 59 (1), 36-44.

Pearson I (2007), Ferdinando Sebastiani, Gennaro Bosa and the Clarinet in Nineteenth-Century Naples, The Galpin Society Journal, 60, 203-214 [].

Hair G, Pearson I, Morrison A, Bailey N, McGilvray D, & Parncutt R (2007), The Rosegarden Codicil: rehearsing music in nineteen-tone equal temperament, Scottish Music Review 1 (1), 99-126 [].

Pearson I (2006), 18th- and 19th-century iconographical representations of clarinet reed position, in Z Bla?ekovic (ed.), Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography- special Chinese edition (pp. 143-154), Wuhan [ISBN 7-5354-3155-0].

View Ingrid's profile on Academia.eu.

Listen to Ingrid's lecture at Gresham College.

Faculties / departments: Historical Performance, Research, Academic staff

Latest Publications

Pearson, I. E. and Rice, A. R. (2024) Ad Parnassum: A Journal of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Instrumental Music, 22 (43) ISSN 1722-3954 (print) 2421-6933 (online) (In Press)

Pearson, I. E. (2021) Clarinet & Saxophone, 46 (2) ISSN 0260-390X

Pearson, I. E. (2021) In: The Clarinet. Eastman Studies in Music . University of Rochester Press, pp. 93-119. ISBN 9781648250170 (hardback) 9781800103498 (e-book) 9781800103504 (e-book) ISSN 1071-9989, v. 179

Meyn, N. and Pearson, I. E. and Sun, E. and Driver, D. (2021) [Audio]

Pearson, I. E. (2020) In: Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs Conference: Exploring Musical Resemblance, 10-11 October 2020, Cecil Sharp House, London. (Unpublished)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) Nineteenth-Century Music Review, 15 (3) pp. 1-3. ISSN 1479-4098 (print), 2044-8414 (online)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 28-33. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781316257678 (e-book)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 317-319. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781316257678 (e-book)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 448-451. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781316257678 (e-book)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Pearson, I. E. (2018) In: Lexikon der Holzblasinstrumente: Oboe, Klarinette, Saxophon und Fagott ¨C Baugeschichte und Spielpraxis ¨C Komponisten und ihre Werke ¨C Interpreten. Laaber, Laaber, Germany, pp. 747-748. ISBN 978-3-89007-866-3

Pearson, I. E. (2017) In: The Listening Experience Database Project Conference 2015 Listening to Music: People, Practices and Experiences, 24-25 October 2015, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Bailey, N. and South, A. and Pearson, I. E. and Dunlop, R. and Bok, H. and Nimmo, K. (2015) In: ClarinetFest, 22 - 26 July 2015, Madrid. (Unpublished)

Pearson, I. E. (2014) In: Research and Research Education in Music Performance and Pedagogy. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 11 . Springer, Switzerland, pp. 65-76. ISBN 9789400774353

Hair, G. and Morrison, A. and Pearson, I. E. (2013) [Audio]

Pearson, I. E. (2012) In: Proceedings of the Clarinet and Woodwind Colloquium 2007: Celebrating the Collection of Sir Nicholas Shackleton. Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, Edinburgh, pp. 141-150. ISBN 978 0 907635 59 8

Lawson, C. and Pearson, I. E. (2012) Acta Mozartiana, 59 (1) pp. 36-44. ISSN 0001-6233

Pearson, I. E. (2012) Performance Practice Review, 17 (1) pp. 21-36. ISSN 1044-1638 (print) 2166-8205 (online)

Pearson, I. E. (2012) Musica Antiqua, 1 (1) pp. 34-38. ISSN 2049-1514

Pearson, I. E. (2011) [Video]

Pearson, I. E. (2009) The Galpin Society Journal, 62 pp. 292-293. ISSN 0072-0127

Pearson, I. E. (2007) In: The Clarinet and Woodwind Colloquium 2007, 22-24 June 2007, Edinburgh University. (Unpublished)

Pearson, I. E. (2007) The Galpin Society Journal, 60 pp. 203-214. ISSN 0072-0127

Hair, G. and Pearson, I. E. and Morrison, A. and Bailey, N. and McGilvray, D. and Parncutt, R. (2007) Scottish Music Review, 1 pp. 99-126. ISSN 1755-4934 (online)

Pearson, I. E. (2006) In: Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography: special Chinese edition. Changjiang Wenyi Chubanshe, Wuhan, pp. 143-154. ISBN 7-5354-3155-0

Pearson, I. E. (2002) Clarinet & Saxophone, 27 (2) pp. 20-22. ISSN 0260-390X

Pearson, I. E. (2001) The Clarinet, 28 (4) pp. 66-69. ISSN 0361-5553

Pearson, I. E. (2001) The Clarinet, 28 (3) pp. 48-52. ISSN 0361-5553

Pearson, I. E. (2000) In: The Early Clarinet: A Practical Guide. Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 41-62. ISBN 9780521624596 (hardback) 9780521624664 (paperback) e-book (9780511059780)

Pearson, I. E. (2000) Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography,, 25 pp. 87-95. ISSN 1522-7464 (print) 2169-9488 (online)

Pearson, I. E. (1999) Tibia: Magazin f¨¹r Holzbl?ser, 24 (4) pp. 605-611. ISSN 0176-6511

Pearson, I. E. (1999) The Clarinet, 26 (3) pp. 56-59. ISSN 0361-5553

Pearson, I. E. (1999) Australian Clarinet and Saxophone, 2 (2) pp. 8-13.

Pearson, I. E. (1998) ClarinetFest 1998

Pitfield, S. and Pearson, I. E. (1998) The Clarinet, 25 (3) pp. 56-59. ISSN 0361-5553

Contact

For enquiries please contact:

Dr Ingrid Pearson

Historical Clarinet professor, Senior Academic Tutor, Doctoral Supervisor

research@rcm.ac.uk

ingrid.pearson@rcm.ac.uk

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