Dr Laura Anderson

Biography

Laura Anderson is a musicologist with interests in film music, sound design, audio-visual archives, nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, and issues of music and national identity. She was awarded a first-class honours degree in Music and French from Trinity College Dublin.She holds a MMus degree with distinction in Advanced Musical Studies and a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London where her doctoral studies were supported by the AHRC. Her PhD, ‘The Poetry of Sound: Jean Cocteau, Film, and Early Sound Design’ explored Cocteau’s approach to music and sound throughout his career in film.

Research Interest

Arts