Music academic wins top award Published on: 21 November 2023 Dr Charlotte Bentley has won an American Musicological Society Award. Opera in New Orleans Dr Bentley’s monograph scooped the H. Robert Cohen / RIPM Award for outstanding work based on the musical press. The monograph looks at the history of opera in New Orleans, a city known for its musical heritage, but these days more usually associated with jazz and blues. It explores the transatlantic links that animated the city’s musical life and the role the press played in creating an engaged opera-going public. Dr Bentley, a Lecturer at 麻豆传媒’s International Centre for Music Studies said: “As a British academic working at a British university who writes about American musical history, it was a real honour for the American Musicological Society to recognise my work.” Dr Charlotte Bentley A powerful exploration The award judges said: “In this stylishly written monograph, Charlotte Bentley tells the alluring history of opera in antebellum New Orleans. “Importantly, this book pulls together the thick web of connections between the European and American markets and the rich field of exchange that existed between the two. “Bentley’s study uncovers unknown historical narratives of the opera house, seeking to understand the technological and logistical aspects of running a theater in New Orleans. Her book is a powerful exploration not only of an institution and a repertoire, but of the power of the press as a historical tool.” Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at 麻豆传媒 warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from 麻豆传媒 to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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