Cuban Flute Improvisation
Cuban Charanga
Cuban Music -  History and Analysis
African American Studies and the Concept of Signifyin(g) – in particular the work of Henry Louis Gates and Samuel Floyd
Stylistic Improvisation
Performance
Analysis of Recorded Music
Empirical Musicology

Richard Egues and Sue Miller

PhD:

I am currently finishing a PhD part-time at the University of Leeds, UK, where I combine my practical work as a performer with more traditional research methods and academic writing. My work involves recording in the studio and live at concerts, with analysis, commentary and transcription of flute improvisations linking in to this practical side. My research therefore covers various academic areas such as music analysis, improvisation, ethnomusicology and performance.

My thesis title is ‘Flute Improvisation in Cuban Charanga performance, with a specific focus on the work of Richard Egües and Orquesta Aragón.’

I am supervised at the University of Leeds School of Music by Dr Luke Windsor (Psychology of Music and Performance)  Dr Luke Windsor