Research
Research Shorts: Young Men, Music and Mental Health
This week I met Alex Theophilus to talk about his doctoral project entitled ‘Young men and their use of music in coastal…
Research Short: Melodic Minds and Rhythm Sticks
This week, I’m speaking to Nathaniel Ford-Francis about his doctoral project ‘Melodic minds and rhythm sticks: the stories of disabled musicians’. His…
Research Short: Women Transforming Classical Music
Today I am speaking with Laura Hamer about her new free, online, 6-hour course, produced by The Open University, Women Transforming Classical…
Environmental sustainability practices in Music Hubs & Services
In response to the climate crisis and a growing need for sustainable practices in music education, Music Mark commissioned a research project…
Research Shorts: Musical Vulnerability in Music Education
Today I’m talking with Elizabeth MacGregor about her recent book, Musical vulnerability: Receptivity, susceptibility, and care in the music classroom (Routledge, 2025)….
Research Shorts: Advancing Excellence in Teaching
This week I’m talking to Dr Lilian Simones about her work in developing a new model called Echoes for Excellence, an approach…
Research Shorts: Do you ‘tell’ or ‘talk with’ your students?
This week, I’m chatting with James Poole, who is a piano and woodwind teacher in the middle of his doctoral research on…
Research Shorts: The Smile Project (Strategies for Music in Learning-difficulties Education)
This week I’ve been talking to Dr Caroline Waddington-Jones about her work with the Smile Project. This vital work aims to improve…
Research Shorts: East Asian Voices of Resistance Against Racism in Music
This week, I spoke with Dr Maiko Kawabata about her vital new collection, co-edited with Ken Ueno, East Asian Voices of Resistance…
Research Roundup: A spring roundup!
Since we are officially in conference season for academics, and we’re in a quiet spot for Research Shorts, I’ve decided to pull…
Research Shorts: Bringing Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music out of the archive
Last week, the combined ensembles of Croydon Youth Orchestra and Trinity Music Academy played the UK premiere of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s ‘Comet Prelude’…
Research Shorts: Sustainable Teaching Practices in a Music Outreach Project in Southwark
Today we’re meeting Javier Rivas and Esther Cavett, to hear about their collaboration and research into collaborative learning practices. In this project,…
