Biography
Martin Parker Dixon trained as a composer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before moving into music research. He read for his PhD in Critical Theory at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and was Lecturer at the School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, between 2002 and 2019. He is now a Bye-Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Music where he teaches aesthetics. With 25 years of experience in education, he has consolidated a student-centred approach to learning which seeks out intrinsic motivations for study.