Dr Lesley Anne Knight
Lesley Anne is a Musical Theatre historian and singing practitioner with a background in performance, broadcast and vocal coaching with a PhD from the University of West London. She studied voice with James Gaddarn and John Wakefield at Trinity College of Music and has worked as a classical soloist, in comedy (Fascinating Aida), musical theatre in the West End and as a session singer for radio and television. She has worked in television and radio as a researcher/writer/presenter and is a full member of The Writers Guild of Great Britain.
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Qualifications
- PHD, Music (University of West London)
- MA, Music (Oxford Brookes)
- LTCL (Trinity College of Music)
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Memberships
Writers Guild of Great Britain (full)Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS)Equity
Teaching
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre with Foundation
- Contextualising Musical Theatre History
- The Supporting Actor-Singer
- 1:1 singing and solo performance technique
- Voice in Performance
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Research and publications
Doctoral thesis: ‘A way with words. The art of negotiation and collaboration in the age of the New Woman on Broadway as seen through the careers of Anne Caldwell, Dorothy Donnelly and Rida Johnson Young, 1906-28.’ Principal supervisor: Professor David Osbon.
Feminist Futures Programme/Autonomy, October 2021: ‘About time. Lessons in financial equality and female empowerment from backstage on Broadway in the early 1900s.’ Visit the Autonomy website for more information.
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Conferences
UWL Annual Doctoral Conference, July 2021. He said, She said. Utilising a proven language analysis formula to identify male/female collaboration in creative writing using Language Inquiry and Word Count software.
UWL Annual Doctoral Conference, June 2020. A way with words. The path to a methodological process to interpret gender identity in creative language and collaboration. Awarded: Doctoral Conference Prize, Best Presentation
