Amateur Musicians in the Nineteenth Century

Nancy November is Professor of Musicology in the University of Auckland’s School of Music, New Zealand. Combining interdisciplinarity and cultural history, her research centers on chamber music of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, probing questions of historiography, canonization, and genre. She is the recipient of a Humboldt Fellowship (2010-12); and three Marsden Grants from the New Zealand Royal Society. Recent books include Opera in the Viennese Home from Mozart to Rossini (2024) and Haydn Studies 2 (2025).

Imogen Morris is a post-doctoral fellow and instrumental teacher at the University of Auckland, Australia, where she recently completed her PhD. Her research interests include recorder performance, history, repertoire, and pedagogy; Historically Informed Performance; and Creative Practice Research. As a performer, Imogen is active both as a soloist and in a variety of ensemble settings, and has performed in Germany, Austria, and South Korea as well as her native New Zealand. Outside of her researching and teaching commitments at the university, she teaches recorder to students of all ages and coaches recorder ensembles across Auckland.