School of Arts

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School of Arts
Email address
676498@soas.ac.uk
Thesis title
Gender in barbershop singing: Shifting tradition through performative negotiations of gender
Internal Supervisors
Professor Rachel Harris

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Aurélie Gandour is a doctoral researcher in SOAS' music department.

Their research is concerned with gender in barbershop singing, an a cappella genre which is usually practiced in gender-segregated ensembles. Aurélie sings in the barbershop style with award-winning chorus London City Singers, as well as with Endeavour Chorus and Peridot quartet.

She is a former academic librarian and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Barbershop singing, Popular music, Voice, Gender performance, Performance studies

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676498@soas.ac.uk

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