Emma Dillon
Emma Dillon is a British musicologist currently serving as Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King's College London. Her main research interest is medieval music.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Dillon read music at the University of Oxford, graduating with a BA in 1992. She was subsequently awarded a DPhil in 1998.[1]
Academic career
[edit]Dillon became a lecturer in music at the University of Bristol in 1998, before moving to the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 as an assistant professor. While at Penn, she was promoted to full professor, eventually becoming chair of the department.[1]
In 2013, Dillon returned to the UK to join the music department at King's College London.[1] In 2025, she became the Thurston Dart Professor of Music, succeeding Roger Parker.[2]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2026, Dillon was appointed the Christoph Wolff Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.[3] She has also been a visiting scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to which she returned in 2022 to curate an exhibition of the Parker Library.[4] In 2024, Dillon delivered the Oxford Seminar in Music Theory and Analysis, on the topic of French songs of the 12th and 13th centuries.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Emma Dillon". King's College London. 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Professor Emma Dillon becomes King's Thurston Dart Professor of Music". King's College London. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "Christoph Wolff Distinguished Visiting Scholar: Emma Dillon". Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 17 February 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "Listening in the Library: Matthew Parker's Sonorous Books | Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge". www.corpus.cam.ac.uk. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "The Oxford Seminar in Music Theory and Analysis: Emma Dillon (King's College London)". www.music.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-04.