Joining Queens’ College Chapel Choir as Tenor Lay Clerk
As you may know, I’m a keen choral singer, and moving to Cambridge I needed to find a choir to sing with. I’m really happy to announce that I have joined Queens’ College Chapel Choir as their tenor lay clerk. I’ve been made to feel so welcome at Queens’ by all of the staff I’ve…
Linguistic methods can be used to analyze musical–aesthetic variables
A quick post to celebrate my newest article, “O–hel–pu–slor”: Realization of word-final /d/ in British classical choral singing, which has just been published by International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. If you are wondering where “O–hel–pu–slor” comes from, Hugh S. Roberton — director of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir wrote that singers frequently sing “O–hel–pu–slor”…
À bientôt, ERO!
It’s been just over a week since I had my last day working as a Research Funding Specialist at Edinburgh Research Office and I’m now in the midst of packing for my move down south. In amongst the forest of boxes in my living room, I thought I’d write a brief reflection on my time…
Marshall_LifeUpdate_BA.PDF
It’s been a bit of a crazy time. I’m just three weeks away from finishing up my stint in professional services at the University of Edinburgh (for now). After 12 years living in Glasgow, I’m shortly moving south to Cambridge and I can finally publicly tell you why! I’m still completely shocked to announce that…
Choral phonology is influenced by spoken accents
I’m so pleased to announce that my first sole-authored article ‘Sweet singing in the choi/r/’: How spoken dialect affects choral phonology in Glasgow and Cambridge has been accepted for publication in the Journal of English Linguistics (February 2026). While it may be a little while yet till it is published, the pre-print is available on…
A Week in Research Funding: Behind the Scenes
I started writing this week’s blog a little prematurely as major deadlines were still approaching and clearly in my mind- but when ideas come, I usually need to make some notes before they dissipate. So, here’s a little bit about my week. I’ve worked as a Research Funding Specialist as part of Edinburgh Research Office,…
Preparing for ‘Making the Motet’
iuchair is an early music vocal ensemble based in Glasgow, UK. We are currently preparing to perform our new programme ‘Making the Motet’ in March in Glasgow and Edinburgh. It’s long days for us all at the moment as I’ve been out the house since 06:50 and Josh S is leaving for Newcastle as I…