1.0The Global Centre for Advanced Studieshttps://gcas.ie/frcrestondavishttps://gcas.ie/fr/author/crestondavis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nrijwm5Yze"><a href="https://gcas.ie/fr/faculty/april-wu/">April Wu, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gcas.ie/fr/faculty/april-wu/embed/#?secret=nrijwm5Yze" width="600" height="338" title="« April Wu, PhD » — The Global Centre for Advanced Studies" data-secret="nrijwm5Yze" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://gcas.ie/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://gcas.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/April.jpg15001500April Wu completed her Ph.D. in Music and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She holds first-class degrees from Oxford (BA in Music and MSc in Social Anthropology). She is interested in the fruitful exchange between listening and thinking, particularly in relation to the long nineteenth century. Her PhD project focused on voice’s slippery […]