Academia

0009-0002-6571-789X

My research interests lie predominantly in flute pedagogy and performance practice, and narrativity in ludomusicology. When approaching my flute research, this has also led me to investigate aspects of instrumental organology and construction, prompting my recent collaboration with flutemaker Robert Bigio to build a custom mopane headjoint. Dr Bigio and I are currently continuing our collaboration through a grant from Heritage Crafts UK.

Throughout my research, I have pursued various projects with the aim of building a career combining my two musical loves of performing and academia.

Research

Publications

  • Hill, C. (2026, forthcoming) 'Whose Leitmotif is it Anyway?', Journal of Sound and Music in Games.

Editorial

  • Hill, C., Lind, S., Mantilla-Wright, S., Shahmehri, D. (Eds.) (2025), 'Special Issue: The Sound and Music of Hades', University of California Press. Available at https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2025.6.1.8

Presentations

  • Hill, C. (2024), 'Pan as Flute God' [lecture recital], University of Birmingham. 28 February.

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Grants

  • Heritage Crafts UK, Endangered Crafts Fund 2025–26

Conferences

  • Ludo25: Presenter

    • Hill, C. (2025) 'ExileLord's Soulless Series — Composing for the Plastic Guitar Virtuoso' Ludo25: Fourteenth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound. University of East London, 10–12 July.

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  • Ludo24: Attendee

  • NACVGM 2024: Attendee

  • Ludo23: Co-Presenter

    • Hill, C. and Pollacco, S. (2023) 'Spoken Without Speech — Examining "Beep Speech" and its Role in Characterization' Ludo23: Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound. University of Edinburgh, 23–25 March.

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  • NACVGM 2023: Attendee

  • Ludo22: Presenter

    • Hill, C. (2022) 'Mythological Narrative and Aesthetic in the Music of "Hades"' Ludo22: Eleventh European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound. Royal Holloway University of London, 21–23 April.

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