I was delighted to learn this week that my PhD thesis, “Musical Warriors“, has received the 2026 Research Prize from The International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB). The award recognizes the best dissertation in the field of wind music research completed in the last five years.
The prize also includes an invitation to present at the IGEB annual conference in Bern, Switzerland in July 2026, with the reimbursement of accommodation costs.
I am grateful for this vote of confidence in my work by the judging panel of musicians and musicologists. It is a welcome fillip in advance of the publication of my book, Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars, by McGill-Queen’s University Press early next year.
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