I studied Organ, Piano and Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK) and gained my BA in Music Production, MA and PhD from the the University of Central Lancashire. After working in business and Church Music as a Cathedral Organist, I joined Liverpool Hope University in 2022.
My role is divided into two major strands. I currently lecture in Music Theory, Performance and Notations in the Faculty of Creative Arts and Humanities. I also direct the University Chamber Choir alongside working with MA and PhD students.
My research focuses on Culture and Librarianship and how they work through History and with other fields. It includes Sonic Installation Art, Domesticity, Slavery and the Pipe Organ within a variety of communities. Much of my work is interdisciplinary and looks at the relationships between culture and practice across time. Another strand of my research is as The Girly Organist where I explore feminine identity, ritual and sexuality in church music.
Publications
The Girly Organist Rebekah Okpoti (2024). Adelaide Watt: the unwanted burden Chamber Opera. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHgh9oRfVUo [Accessed 13 Jun. 2024].
Lo, P., Okpoti, R., Hsu, W.-E. and Hermina G.B. Anghelescu (2024). Stop the War! Performing Artists Across the World Call for Peace in Ukraine. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Lo, P., Okpoti, R. (2023). Inside Hong Kong’s Arts and Cultural Scene: Conversations with Hong Kong’s Leading Arts and Cultural Administrators, Educators, Producers and Presenters.
The Girly Organist Rebekah Okpoti (2023). The 7 Lamps of Cumbria, Ruskin Project. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR88edcYx8U [Accessed 13 Jun. 2024].
Okpoti, R (2023) Strategic Planning for Digital Submissions for Institutions with Creative Arts Programmes; Considerations, Challenges and Routes to Benchmarking. In: Benchmarking Library, Information and Education Services: New Strategic Choices in Challenging Times. (Chapter 21) Elsevier. ISBN 9780323956628
Okpoti, R (2022) Anne Lister's Organ Sonata Score,https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/tkm875-anne-lister-s-organ-sonata