The following is a representative selection of recent essays written by Dr. Shenton.
“Negotiating Rapture: Tekno, Teknival and T. A. Z.: the Temporary Autonomous Zone,” in Liminal Auralities, Kiene Wurth-Brillenburg and Sander van Maas, editors, (New York: Fordham University Press, forthcoming 2012).
“The Essential and Phenomenal Arvo Pärt,” in The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt, Andrew Shenton, editor, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2012).
“Introducing Messiaen the Theologian,” in Messiaen the Theologian, Andrew Shenton, editor, (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010), pp. 1-12.
“Five Quartets: The Search for Stillness and Reconciliation in the War Works of Olivier Messiaen and T. S. Eliot,” in Messiaen the Theologian, Andrew Shenton, editor, (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010), pp. 145-161.
“Composer as Performer, Recording as Text: Notes Towards a ‘Manner of Realization’ for Messiaen’s Music,” in The Cambridge Messiaen Companion, Robert Sholl, editor, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 168-187).
“Observations on Time in Olivier Messiaen’s Traité,” in Olivier Messiaen: Music Art, Literature, Christopher Dingle & Nigel Simeone, editors, (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 173-189).