Imogen joined Marshall Laing in 2018 as our specialist recorder tutor.
Fascinated by early and contemporary music alike, recorder player Dr. Imogen Morris is
active as a soloist and in a variety of ensemble settings. She has performed concerts in
Germany, Austria, and South Korea, as well as in New Zealand. Imogen is especially
passionate about developing New Zealand’s unique voice in recorder playing and frequently
performs and premieres works by New Zealand composers.
Imogen is the instrumental teacher for recorder at the University of Auckland, and also
teaches recorder at a number of schools across the city. She believes in reflecting the
professional player’s practice at all stages of learning. Her students learn sound technical
skills to underpin expressive and innovative performances of a wide range of repertoire.
Imogen is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Auckland, where she completed a PhD
in 2022 investigating high-pitched Baroque alto recorders and their repertoire. She has
presented research at a number of international conferences and been published by Academic
Studies Press. Imogen’s research straddles the line between scholarship and practice, and she
is interested in the ways each field can inform and provide inspiration for the other.
In 2017, Imogen completed a Master of Music in recorder at the Hochschule für Musik und
Theater Hamburg, studying with Prof. Peter Holtslag. Prior to this, she was taught by Jessica
Shaw at the University of Auckland, where she received her Bachelor of Music with First
Class Honours. Her education has been augmented by masterclasses with Han Tol, Myriam
Eichberger, Peter van Heyghen, and Martin Ripper, among others at the University of Auckland,. Imogen is also currently completing a PhD in musicology, supervised by Associate Professors Allan Badley and Nancy November and Dr Rachael Griffiths-Hughes.
In 2017, Imogen completed a Master of Music in recorder at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, studying with Prof Peter Holtslag. Prior to this, she was taught by Jessica Shaw at the University of Auckland, where she received her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours. Her education has been augmented by masterclasses with Han Tol, Myriam Eichberger, Peter van Heyghen, and Martin Ripper, among others.
