School of Arts
Aurelie Solenne Gandour
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Key information
Key information
- Department
- 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
Biography
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.
Research interests
Barbershop singing, Popular music, Voice, Gender performance, Performance studies
