SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
About the Book Series
The theme for the series is the psychology of music, broadly defined. Topics include (amongst others): musical development and learning at different ages; musical cognition and context; applied musicology; culture, mind and music; creativity, composition, and collaboration; micro to macro perspectives on the impact of music on the individual – from neurological studies through to social psychology; the development of advanced performance skills; music learning within and across different musical genres; musical behaviour and development in the context of special educational needs; music education; therapeutic applications of music; and affective perspectives on musical learning. The series seeks to present the implications of research findings for a wide readership, including user-groups (such as music teachers, policy makers, leaders and managers, parents and carers, music professionals working in a range of formal, non-formal and informal settings), as well as the international academic teaching and research communities and their students. A key distinguishing feature of the series is its broad focus that draws on basic and applied research from across the globe under the umbrella of SEMPRE’s distinctive mission, which is to promote and ensure coherent and symbiotic links between education, music and psychology research. There are now over 45 books in the series.
Singing and Inclusion: Promoting Social Justice in Collective Singing with Children and Youth
1st Edition
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By Carlo Nardi, Johann van der Sandt
March 10, 2027
This book provides a valuable contribution to the discourses on diversity, equity and inclusion in relation to education in singing. The role of inclusion is a topic of interest for both scholars of education sciences and those working in the field of music education, where access and participation...
Transforming Music Conservatoires and Higher Music Education: Towards the Art of Systems Change
1st Edition
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By Heidi Westerlund, Margaret S. Barrett
February 09, 2027
Transforming Music Conservatories and Higher Music Education provides a groundbreaking framework for reconceptualizing professional responsibility in music education during an era of global upheaval and environmental crisis. Through eleven chapters combining theoretical insights and practical case ...
Creating Career Pathways in Contemporary Art Music: FutureMakers
1st Edition
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By Margaret S. Barrett, Karlin G. Love
August 03, 2026
How do independent contemporary art musicians forge a career in the music industry? What knowledge, skills, and understandings are required to sustain a career in music? What environmental supports are needed to assist emerging musicians? This volume addresses these challenges through an analysis ...
Music Performers' Lived Experiences: Personal Perspectives: Volume Two
1st Edition
Edited
By Mine Doğantan-Dack
June 30, 2026
This second volume, together with the first of a two-volume set, probes the lived experiences and subjectivities of music performers in the western art music tradition, using phenomenological, hermeneutical, empirical and historical inquiry. The two volumes widen this research area through close ...
Music Performers' Lived Experiences
1st Edition
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By Mine Dogantan-Dack
June 30, 2026
The two volumes widen this research area through close investigations of a variety of rich, complex and nuanced experiences classical music performers have qua performers, as they interact with musical scores, instruments, performance traditions, other musicking individuals, wider artistic and ...
Music and Interculturalism: Perspectives in Education, Community and Creative Practice
1st Edition
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By Elaine King, Simon Desbruslais
June 22, 2026
This volume showcases contemporary research about interculturalism and music through exposing critical perspectives about real-world projects spanning different corners of the globe, including China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa regions, North India, Mexico,...
Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Education
1st Edition
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By Georgia Volioti, Daniel G Barolsky
May 22, 2026
Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Education brings new critical perspectives on recorded music research, artistic practice, and education into an active dialogue. Although scholars continue to engage keenly in the study of recordings and studio practices, less attention ...
Teenage Boys, Musical Identities, and Music Education: An Australian Narrative Inquiry
1st Edition
By Jason Goopy
November 28, 2025
Music is a powerful process and resource that can shape and support who we are and wish to be. The interaction between musical identities and learning music highlights school music education’s potential contributions and responsibilities, especially in supporting young people’s mental health and ...
Music Performers' Lived Experiences: Theory, Method, Interpretation: Volume One
1st Edition
Edited
By Mine Doğantan-Dack
July 30, 2025
The two volumes on Music Performers’ Lived Experiences seeks to widen this research area through close investigations of a variety of rich, complex and nuanced experiences classical music performers have qua performers, as they interact with musical scores, instruments, performance traditions, ...
Music and Science: A Guide to Empirical Music Research
1st Edition
By Tuomas Eerola
November 25, 2024
Music and Science provides an introduction and practical guidance for a scientific and systematic approach to music research. Students with a background in humanities may find the field hard to tackle and this accessible guide will show them how to consider using an appropriate range of methods, ...
Music and Social Inclusion: International Research and Practice in Complex Settings
1st Edition
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By Oscar Odena
August 26, 2024
How do we develop social inclusion through musical activities? What is the power of music in enhancing individual inclusion, group cohesion, and cross-community work in post-conflict environments? How can we investigate social music programmes and interventions? This comprehensive volume offers new...
Music and Mental Imagery
1st Edition
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By Mats B. Küssner, Liila Taruffi, Georgia A. Floridou
May 27, 2024
Drawing on perspectives from music psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, musicology, clinical psychology, and music education, Music and Mental Imagery provides a critical overview of cutting-edge research on the various types of mental imagery associated with music. The four main parts ...