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Research Roundups: Music Education Research in 2024, Part 2

Welcome back to this two-part Research Roundup for 2024. Let’s jump right in! If you remember from last week, the green ticks…

14th Jan 2025

Research Roundups: Music Education Research in 2024, Part 1

Last year was a packed year for music education research journals, books and edited collections. Settle in, over the next two weeks…

Research Shorts: ‘Joining alone’ Factors that influence the musical participation of young adults after leaving school

This week I’m talking to Emma White and Professor Stephanie Pitts about their work exploring what happens to young people and their…

17th Dec 2024

Research Shorts: Rethinking ‘musical excellence’ from a decolonial perspective

This week I spoke to Professor David G. Hebert about a collaborative research article, ‘Rethinking ‘musical excellence’ from a decolonial perspective: Disruptive…

10th Dec 2024

Research Shorts: Working Together Well – Amplifying Group Agency and Motivation in Higher Music Education

This week I’m talking to Jacob Thompson-Bell at the University of Lincoln about his research in supportive group work in higher music…

3rd Dec 2024

Research Shorts: Professional Development in Music Education for Generalist Teaching Staff

This week I’m talking with Ruth Atkinson, author of Mastering Primary Music (Bloomsbury, 2018). Ruth has recently published a journal article ‘Incidental…

12th Nov 2024

Research Shorts: Inclusive and meaningful post-school music education for learning disabled students

This week I’m really excited to be sharing the emerging research project from doctoral student, Beth Black at Leeds Beckett. I was…

22nd Oct 2024

Research Shorts: Moving Beyond ‘Formal’ and ‘Informal’ Music Learning

This week I’m exploring informal musical learning with Prof Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly, based at the University of Macau. Katy spoke…

14th Oct 2024

Research Shorts: Guest Blog on Nate Holder’s ‘If I Were a Racist’

This week I’m delighted that Professor Robert Mitchell is bringing you Research Shorts, sharing his thoughts on Nate Holder’s recent book publication…

25th Sep 2024

Research Shorts: Using AI in contemporary composition

This week I’ve been talking to Zakiya Leeming about her work with artificial intelligence (AI) and music, and it’s great to be…

20th Sep 2024

Research Shorts: Growing the future early childhood music education workforce

This week’s Research Shorts follows on from last week’s lovely research on playful learning, which I’d like to claim credit for but…

10th Sep 2024

Research Shorts: Playful music learning for primary schools

Welcome back to Research Shorts, kicking off this September with Dr Rachael Byrne’s work on playful music. Her recent article presents a…

3rd Sep 2024

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