With Prof. Fiona M. Palmer and Yajie Ye

Fiona M. Palmer (Professor of Music, Maynooth University, Ireland) is a musicologist with a background as a professional orchestral double bassist. Her publications explore music and musicians in Britain (1780s–1930s) by engaging with issues surrounding professionalization, institutions, networking, performance practice, and reception. Her monographs include Conductors in Britain, 1870–1914: Wielding the Baton at the Height of Empire (Boydell, 2017), and she is currently writing a book on the orchestral conducting profession in the 1920s.