Prof. Dr. David Roesner
LMU Munich
Theatre Studies
David Roesner is Professor for Theatre Studies at LMU Munich with a special focus on music theatre. His academic career includes stays at the Universities of Hildesheim, Exeter and Kent. Corresponding to his theoretical interest in the field, he also works as theatre musician.
In early 2018 Prof. Roesner was named visiting professor at the University of Sydney. From 2018 to 2022 he directed the DFG-project “Theatermusik heute als kulturelle Praxis”.
His publications include: Composed Theatre (with Matthias Rebstock, Intellect, 2011); Theatre Noise (with Lynne Kendrick, CSP, 2012); Musicality in Theatre: Music as Model, Method and Metaphor in Theatre-Making (Ashgate, 2014); Theatermusik. Analysen und Gespräche (Theater der Zeit, 2019).
In the 2022/23 academic year, David Roesner was Spokesperson of the CAS Research Group "Sound of Theatre".
Contribution to the CAS Blog
David Roesner, Theatre Sound – Echoes from a CAS Research Group, CAS LMU Blog, 02 October 2024, https://doi.org/10.5282/cas-blog/53