DrCyrus Meurant

Honours Thesis Supervision

• The Cast Down Soul Within Me: Approaches to Post-Reformation Psalm Setting in the Works of J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky (2025-6)

• Messiaen’s Birds: Harmonic Construction and Progression of Birdsong in Olivier Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques (2025)

• Mahler’s Trumpet: An Analysis of Mahler’s Trumpet Solos, their milieu and legacy (2024)

• Symphonic Music and 21st Century Media (2024)

• The Creeping Death of Originality in Contemporary Music: Can AI Manifest Originality? (2024)

• The evolving role of the orchestral oboe from Bach to Stravinsky (2023)

Master’s Thesis Supervision

• Evolution or Extinction: Modern day approaches to performance and interpretation of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto (2026)