Martin Harlow

Biography

Professor Martin Harlow studied music at the University of Durham (BA, 1985) before training in London, including at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies (Dip.NCOS, 1986). After working as a professional clarinettist he took a senior lectureship at Birmingham Conservatoire (1995). He has higher degrees from the University of Sheffield (MPhil, 1996; PhD, 2004). He was appointed Head of Undergraduate Studies at the RNCM in 2001, Dean of Academic Studies (2009), then Director of Studies (2013). He was made Fellow of the RNCM in 2008. The focus of current research is the music of Mozart. His edited book Mozart’s Chamber Music with Keyboard was published in 2012 (CUP); articles on Mozart’s writing process and implications for performance have recently appeared. Other work is in journals, including Musical Times, Acta Mozartiana and the Galpin Society Journal. A monograph, Mozart’s Harmoniemusik, is in preparation. His editions of Classical music have appeared from publishers including Bärenreiter and Ut Orpheus. These were used in collaborations with the Albion Ensemble, in recordings for Hyperion and Somm. An edition of chamber music by Anton Eberl appeared in 2013 (A-R Editions). He is currently preparing editions of nineteenth-century clarinet concertos by Jakob Philippe Riotte, and Iwan Müller. Martin has taught undergraduates and postgraduates, and has supervised research degrees, primarily in his specialist field of Classical performance practice. He had acted as external examiner and consultant for many UK conservatoires and unviersities, has been a principal examiner for A level provision, and is working on strategic boards of the new Music Education hubs.

Research Interest

Orchestra,clarinettist