Thomas Richard Hilder

About

I am a writer, teacher, researcher, musician, activist, and associate professor in ethnomusicology at NTNU. My experiments in scholarship, pedagogy, and outreach explore the powerful connections between musical performance and a range of interdisciplinary issues, including justice, community, well-being, digitality, spirituality, advocacy, and care. I obtained my PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2011, and have held postdoctoral posts at the Center for World Music, University of Hildesheim (2011-2014) and at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen (2015-2017). With careful guidance from feminist, queer, and postcolonial perspectives, my work emerges from a pressing desire to question the present and to demand alternative futures.

I am currently researching LGBTQ+ ensembles in London, Rome and Warsaw, exploring the transformation of queer European citizenship and transnational activism in a post-Stonewall era. My monograph ‘Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe’ (2015) examined the role of Sámi popular music in shaping the politics of sovereignty, time, place, cultural heritage, and transnationalism. I was lead editor of the book ‘Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media’ (2017) which drew together the work of leading international scholars of Indigenous music. In addition, I have published articles, book chapters, and blogposts on Indigenous feminism, festivals, television music documentaries, transgressive pedagogies, Eurovision, and the politics of cultural repatriation.

I am co-founder and chair of the LGBTQ+ Music Study Group which promotes academic inquiry into issues of gender and sexuality, creates a support system for members of the LGBTQ+ community, and serves as a consulting body for wider issues of diversity and inclusion. Currently, I serve on the editorial board of the Journal of the Royal Musical Association (JRMA) and contribute to the work of the newly founded Equality, Diversity, Inclusion in Music Studies network (EDIMS). In 2015 I was programme committee member for the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Annual Conference. Academic events I have co-organised and co-convened include the Grieg Research School (Trondheim, 2018), the Berlin ethnomusicology research group BEAM (2012-15), and the International Doctoral Workshop in Ethnomusicology at the Center for World Music (2012-14). I am often invited to speak at academic and public events, including as a keynote speaker at the 2021 BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference at the University of Cambridge.

In Trondheim, I have been nurturing engaged pedagogical practice, pursuing forms of social and artistic outreach, and developing ideas to transform institutional structures and ethics. I teach BA and MA courses on ethnomusicology; music, gender and sexuality; music in Europe; music and social justice; and Nordic music. I currently supervise two PhD candidates and several MA and BA students with projects on a range of topics especially those employing ethnographic method. At the Department of Music, I am leader of a working group which explores issues of inclusion, equality, and diversity (RILM). In addition, I am chair of the local queer choir, Kor Hen.

Publications

2023

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2023) Stories of Songs, Choral Activism and LGBTQ+ Rights in Europe. Music & Minorities (M&M). volum 2.
Academic article

2022

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros: The Queer Ear and Radical Care. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy.
Chapter
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) LGBTQ+ Choirs, Community Music, Queer Artistic Citizenship in London. Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places.
Academic chapter/article

2021

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) Book Review: Gregory Barz and William Cheng, eds. Queering the Field: Sounding Out Ethnomusicology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Music & Minorities (M&M). volum 1.
Review

2020

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2020) Pedagogical Experiments in the Musicological Classroom. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2020) Queer Choirs in Corona Crisis. LGBTQ+ Music Study Group Blog.
Popular scientific article

2019

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Hand in Hand Cardiff 2019. Proud Voices.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Pride, Protest, Parade: Listening to Queer Voices. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Sámi Musical Performance, Media and the Politics of Globalization: The Case of Sápmi Sessions. In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization.
Academic chapter/article

2017

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Event Review: «Music – Gender – Activism: Transcultural Conversations». The 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Gender. Musikk og tradisjon.
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media. Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Nordic Sexual Exceptionalism and Indigenous Rights: Sámi Alternative Visions of Europe at the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing Sexual Identities: Nationalities on the Eurovision Stage.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Sámi Festivals and Indigeneity. The Oxford Handbook of Popular Music in the Nordic Countries.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Sámi Music. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume XI Genres: Europe.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) The Politics of Virtuality: Sámi Cultural Simulation through Digital Musical Media. Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard; Stobart, Henry; Tan, Shzr Ee. (2017) Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media. University of Rochester Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-58046-573-1.
Scientific anthology

2016

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2016) Book Review: Stephen Amico: Roll over, Tchaikovsky! Russian popular music and post-Soviet homosexuality. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 2014. Ethnomusicology Forum.
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2016) Sámi Popular Music, Indigenous Feminism, Environment: Mari Boine as Grenzgängerin. Jahrbuch Musik und Gender. volum 8.
Academic article

2015

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2015) Book Reveiw: Christine Dettmann. 2012. Ein anderes Gesicht: Lokale brasilianische Musiker in Lissabon. Intercultural Music Studies, 16. Berlin: VWB—Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung. Journal of World Popular Music. volum 2 (1).
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2015) Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2015. ISBN 978-0-8108-8895-1.
Scientific monography

2012

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2012) Repatriation, Revival and Transmission: The Politics of a Sámi Musical Heritage. Ethnomusicology Forum. volum 21 (2).
Academic article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2012) Website Review: Soundscapes Rostock: An Ethnomusicological View of City Sound. Yearbook for Traditional Music. volum 44.
Review

Scientific articles

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2023) Stories of Songs, Choral Activism and LGBTQ+ Rights in Europe. Music & Minorities (M&M). volum 2.
Academic article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2016) Sámi Popular Music, Indigenous Feminism, Environment: Mari Boine as Grenzgängerin. Jahrbuch Musik und Gender. volum 8.
Academic article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2012) Repatriation, Revival and Transmission: The Politics of a Sámi Musical Heritage. Ethnomusicology Forum. volum 21 (2).
Academic article

Journal publications

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) Book Review: Gregory Barz and William Cheng, eds. Queering the Field: Sounding Out Ethnomusicology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Music & Minorities (M&M). volum 1.
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2020) Pedagogical Experiments in the Musicological Classroom. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2020) Queer Choirs in Corona Crisis. LGBTQ+ Music Study Group Blog.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Hand in Hand Cardiff 2019. Proud Voices.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Pride, Protest, Parade: Listening to Queer Voices. NTNU Samfunn, språk og kultur blogg.
Popular scientific article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Event Review: «Music – Gender – Activism: Transcultural Conversations». The 9th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Gender. Musikk og tradisjon.
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2016) Book Review: Stephen Amico: Roll over, Tchaikovsky! Russian popular music and post-Soviet homosexuality. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 2014. Ethnomusicology Forum.
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2015) Book Reveiw: Christine Dettmann. 2012. Ein anderes Gesicht: Lokale brasilianische Musiker in Lissabon. Intercultural Music Studies, 16. Berlin: VWB—Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung. Journal of World Popular Music. volum 2 (1).
Review
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2012) Website Review: Soundscapes Rostock: An Ethnomusicological View of City Sound. Yearbook for Traditional Music. volum 44.
Review

Books

Hilder, Thomas Richard; Stobart, Henry; Tan, Shzr Ee. (2017) Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media. University of Rochester Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1-58046-573-1.
Scientific anthology
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2015) Sámi Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2015. ISBN 978-0-8108-8895-1.
Scientific monography

Part of book/report

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros: The Queer Ear and Radical Care. The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy.
Chapter
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) LGBTQ+ Choirs, Community Music, Queer Artistic Citizenship in London. Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2019) Sámi Musical Performance, Media and the Politics of Globalization: The Case of Sápmi Sessions. In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media. Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Nordic Sexual Exceptionalism and Indigenous Rights: Sámi Alternative Visions of Europe at the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing Sexual Identities: Nationalities on the Eurovision Stage.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Sámi Festivals and Indigeneity. The Oxford Handbook of Popular Music in the Nordic Countries.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) Sámi Music. Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume XI Genres: Europe.
Academic chapter/article
Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2017) The Politics of Virtuality: Sámi Cultural Simulation through Digital Musical Media. Music, Indigeneity, Digital Media.
Academic chapter/article

Teaching

Courses

Media

2022

Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) Autoethnographic tales of LGBTQ+ choral performance in Warsaw, London and Rome. Social Acoustics . University of Bergen; 2022-08-19.
Popular scientific lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2022) Collaboration, Community, Care: LGBTQ+ Choirs, Social Inclusion, 21st Century Europe. AKKS Landsmøtet . AKKS; Trondheim. 2022-06-29.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard; Patch, Holly. (2022) From Musical Asylum to Queer Choral Mobilization. Global Contestations of Women’s and Gender Rights ; Bielefeld University. 2022-03-05 - 2022-03-12.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard; Snorre, Sletten; Czerniak, Misza; Chew, Hsien; Kitchens, Mary Ellen; Patch, Holly; Strappaghetti, Riccardo. (2022) LGBTQ+ Choirs, Care, and Activism since the COVID Pandemic. “Queer, Care, Futures”: 4th Symposium of the LGBTQ+ Music Study Group ; University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. 2022-04-22 - 2022-04-24.

2021

Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) Keynote Lecture: "Choral Activism, LGBTQ+ Rights, Queering Identity in 21st Century Europe". Music & Minorities Research Centre Annual Lecture ; University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. 2021-11-11 - 2021-11-11.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) Keynote Lecture: "Imagining Music Scholarship as Radical Care: Stories of Research, Pedagogy, and Activism". BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference ; University of Cambridge. 2021-01-12 - 2021-01-14.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) Keynote Lecture: “Imagining Music Scholarship as Radical Care: Stories of research, pedagogy, and activism”. GRS International Summer School 2021 ; University of Agder. 2021-06-07 - 2021-06-09.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) LGBTQ+ Choirs and Queer European Citizenship. Queery: Queery/ing Popular Culture . Queery; 2021-06-10 - 2021-06-10.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) LGBTQ+ Choirs and Queer European Citizenship. Musicological Colloquium ; The University of Göttingen. 2021-05-12 - 2021-05-12.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2021) “Transgressive Pedagogies in the Musicological Classroom”. IASPM-Norden Research Seminar Series . IASPM; Digital. 2021-03-25 - 2021-03-25.
Popular scientific lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard; Murray, Tai; Anna, Floren; Eidsvåg, Einar Idsøe. (2021) How to Increase Diversity in Classical Music?. Bergen International Festival ; 2021-05-28 - 2021-05-28.
Popular scientific lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard; Sletten, Snorre; Fayant, Amanda Nicole; Nesset, Julie; Thobro, Mette. (2021) Community music making: Mangfold- og inkluderingsarbeid i musikalsk tiltak i Trondheim og Norge. Feminalen ; Trondheim. 2021-11-13 - 2021-11-13.

2020

Popular scientific lecture

Eidsheim, Nina; Paine, Garth; Musiol, Hanna; Hilder, Thomas Richard; Rasika, Ajotikar; Bergsland, Andreas. (2020) Modalities of Listening, NTNU ARTEC Seminar Series Seminar. NTNU ARTEC Seminar Series . NTNU ARTEC; NTNU. 2020-09-21 - 2020-09-21.
Academic lecture

Hilder, Thomas Richard. (2020) Choral Activism and Queer European Citizenship. Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference ; 2020-10-21 - 2020-10-31.
Popular scientific lecture

Schulman, Sarah; Raha, Nat; Hellesund, Tone; Branlat, Jennifer; Garcia Zarranz, Libe; Hilder, Thomas Richard; Musiol, Hanna. (2020) Pandemics, Archives, Justice: A Webinar with Sarah Schulman. Literature and Cultural History Research Group Seminar . NTNU ISL, TransLit & ILU, Gender Hub, LGBTQ+ Study Music Gr.; NTNU. 2020-11-11 - 2020-11-11.

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