Trevor R. Nelson (He/Him)
@trevorrnelson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Musicology @ Wichita State. Scholar of 20th-Century British music, race, and the Commonwealth, but I mostly post about tennis and my cat. Views obviously my own.
www.TrevorRNelson.com
www.TrevorRNelson.com
At AMS/SMT and need something to do this afternoon? Come to the Race, Nation, and Identity panel to hear me speak on some usual ceremonies celebrating colonial independence at Westminster Abbey in the 1960s. 4 pm in Lake Superior A!
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At AMS/SMT and need something to do this afternoon? Come to the Race, Nation, and Identity panel to hear me speak on some usual ceremonies celebrating colonial independence at Westminster Abbey in the 1960s. 4 pm in Lake Superior A!
So excited to be in Montréal for this wonderful workshop/conference on Music, Diplomacy, and Propaganda.
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So excited to be in Montréal for this wonderful workshop/conference on Music, Diplomacy, and Propaganda.
Using Fall Break to catch up on a few things, including a "Research Security Training" which features this slide...Ohhhhh boyyyyy
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Using Fall Break to catch up on a few things, including a "Research Security Training" which features this slide...Ohhhhh boyyyyy
Because I like to stir the pot in the School of Music, today's lesson in Camp and Queer Aesthetics is totally relevant to our current holiday season...
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Because I like to stir the pot in the School of Music, today's lesson in Camp and Queer Aesthetics is totally relevant to our current holiday season...
Glad I went and got mine this morning
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Glad I went and got mine this morning
Happy First day of school! Year two for me at WSU brings launching a new musicology curriculum and 3 new course preps 🙃 but very excited for my Camp and Queer musical aesthetics class. Bring on the fall term!
August 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Happy First day of school! Year two for me at WSU brings launching a new musicology curriculum and 3 new course preps 🙃 but very excited for my Camp and Queer musical aesthetics class. Bring on the fall term!
Fun last night in the UK. Haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
July 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Fun last night in the UK. Haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
And now, back to London for a day before flying home tomorrow.
July 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
And now, back to London for a day before flying home tomorrow.
I love that when working at the Britten-Pears Archive you get to eat lunch in their garden. Highlight of the week.
July 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I love that when working at the Britten-Pears Archive you get to eat lunch in their garden. Highlight of the week.
Hello, Aldeburgh
July 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hello, Aldeburgh
It was a great time! I lucked out and got a seat on court 2 right at the net! I’m hoping to get to the US open soon, it’s just at such a bad time right at the start of the semester!
July 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It was a great time! I lucked out and got a seat on court 2 right at the net! I’m hoping to get to the US open soon, it’s just at such a bad time right at the start of the semester!
Thought I was gonna get a grounds pass. But there was one court 2 ticket left. Soooooo a late birthday present for me 🥰 Cobolli vs Cilic to start the day!
July 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Thought I was gonna get a grounds pass. But there was one court 2 ticket left. Soooooo a late birthday present for me 🥰 Cobolli vs Cilic to start the day!
A beautiful morning in the #wimbledon2025 queue🎾🎾
July 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A beautiful morning in the #wimbledon2025 queue🎾🎾
The NLW cafe gave me free carrot cake when they heard me tell someone in line that it was my birthday 🥹
July 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The NLW cafe gave me free carrot cake when they heard me tell someone in line that it was my birthday 🥹
Step 4: Birmingham to Aberystwyth
June 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Step 4: Birmingham to Aberystwyth
Step 3: LHR to Birmingham.
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Step 3: LHR to Birmingham.
Step 2: ATL to LHR.
June 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Step 2: ATL to LHR.
Starting a 24-hour travel marathon. Step 1: ICT to ATL.
June 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Starting a 24-hour travel marathon. Step 1: ICT to ATL.
Seeing someone use a leaf blower on a ridiculously windy day and suddenly I’m Cate Blanchett.
June 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Seeing someone use a leaf blower on a ridiculously windy day and suddenly I’m Cate Blanchett.
These books made me both gay and a historian and now I kinda want to do a history _of_ these books so happy to discuss most historical princesses.
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
These books made me both gay and a historian and now I kinda want to do a history _of_ these books so happy to discuss most historical princesses.
Fig has a crush on Sasha Bublik (even as I’m yelling at the tv for De Minaur to get his act together…)
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fig has a crush on Sasha Bublik (even as I’m yelling at the tv for De Minaur to get his act together…)
Time for some Rossini
May 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Time for some Rossini
I'm just leaving this here for all my music studies friends so they know that the Koch family has decided to move into music and sound studies.
April 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm just leaving this here for all my music studies friends so they know that the Koch family has decided to move into music and sound studies.
Congrats to the Wichita State History Department for organizing this wonderful Teach-In.
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Congrats to the Wichita State History Department for organizing this wonderful Teach-In.