Professor of Musicology at the University of Oxford and Student (Fellow) of Christ Church, Oxford, Jonathan has worked for over 30 years in higher education as a teacher and researcher. He has published five books and around 70 articles on 20th-century and contemporary music. He is also committed to engaging a wider audience with new ideas about music through his regular public writing, speaking and broadcasting. He was for many years a Trustee of the Hinrichsen Foundation and is currently a Trustee of the Spectra Ensemble. Jonathan also served as a Governor of Fitzmaurice Primary School, Bradford on Avon. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an elected Member of both the British Academy and the Academy of Europe.