John Dack

Key details:

Department:
Guildhall Young Artists | Junior Guildhall
Role:
Musical Awareness

Biography

John Dack: Musicologist, born Kings Cross, London 1950. Studied music as a mature student at Middlesex Polytechnic (BA Hons, 1980). Subsequent studies: PhD with Denis Smalley, 1989; Post-graduate Diploma in Music Information Technology (distinction), City University, 1992; MSc (distinction), City University, 1994; MMus in Theory and Analysis, Goldsmiths College, 1998; MA in Aesthetics and Art Theory (merit), Middlesex University, Centre for Modern European Philosophy, 2004. In 1998, employed as Research Fellow at the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University, in 2006 promoted to Senior Research Fellow, since 2016 employed as Senior Lecturer (Music and Technology) at Middlesex University. Former visiting lecturer in the Music Departments of Goldsmiths College and City University. John Dack is co-editor of 6 books. He has published 20 book chapters and 9 journal articles and has given 90 conference presentations in Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, China and Turkey.