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Students
Thank you for the music ONE question that I have come up against a lot recently ... that my master’s degree is in the ‘Psychology of Music’ the response is typically something along the lines ... What’s that then?’ It seems that the idea of studying music...
‘The world needs to come into music’
... Menuhin and his friend, Ian Stoutzker CBE, UK charity Live Music Now joined forces here with the Royal Society of Medicine to consider core benefits for music interventions. The conference brought together a ... address by Ewan Dawson (Executive Director for...
A self-defining period
... got me thinking about the ways that the brain processes music. When I have cried at songs in the past, I had always ... to investigate some studies related to the psychology of music, and here’s what I found. It has been proposed that neural structures of the...
Memory and music at the BBC Proms
... symphony no.40 in G minor entirely from memory. Free from music stands and with almost all standing, they played with ... enriched our relationship with this extraordinary piece of music, forcing us to internalise nuances that can be easily ... question of how...
A 3D audioscape with Martyn Ware
New adventures in hi-fi The Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival Martyn Ware (‘Recapture’) and Alexis Kirke ... (‘Remember a Day’) The Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival has often explored the relationship between music and memory,...
Interesting insights
... combines psychology with Soviet history and the meaning of music was always going to catch my eye. My Russian ... Stalin’s regime, and many have conjectured that his music carried coded political messages. In this short book, ... now and again to explain the...
The harmonic healing houses of Turkey
... were used as places of education in the Ottoman Empire. Music and the sound of nature were used as a treatment, ... the most well-known method was the use of sounds and music. They were considered a strategic tool, with particular ... to this notion and stated...
Honorary life membership
... and outstanding contributions to the psychology of music and psychology in education through the three strands of her career – as a professional musician, music educator and academic. Professor Hallam has published ... high quality of her personal contribution...
One hour of 120 bpm
... praise from the Evening Standard ( “Dizzying dance music trip… something to rave about”) that may seem ... so that new segments are brought into relief, the use of music in the virtual tour is pretty excellent too. Even if it ... of physical ecstasy”, the...
The personal at the heart of the music business
... problems is huge. Empirical evidence backs this up: the music industry really does make people sick . Joe Penhall’s new play, 'Mood Music', currently showing at the Old Vic in London, explores ... complex psychological issues that lie at the heart of...
Honoured psychologists
Experts in emergency preparedness, psychosis, music and psychology, as well as a former British ... Sloboda, Research Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, for services to psychology and music, collaborating with professional...
Psychologists honoured
... people with intellectual disabilities and services to music education. They told us about their plans for the ... she added. Susan Hallam, Professor of Education and Music Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London, received an MBE for...
From openings to the power of music
... we use it to calm down, get excited and cry to… it’s music. In her captivating talk, Professor Catherine Loveday (University of Westminster) explored why music has such overwhelming power for most people. She explained that music has...
News
... impossible finding that listening to children’s music can reduce participants’ actual chronological age. ... are self-harming and their families.’ js The mystery of music The latest of the ‘Plug in your brain’ public ... came in the form of a delightful...
Finding a melancholic balance
... revealed across four EPs. Russian Linesman writes all his music on acoustic guitar and piano, harking back to a past ... touring as an acoustic singer/songwriter playing folk music. This ethos has evolved into recording with vocals as ... and in turn finding...
An evening of inspiring ideas, cleverly communicated
... want to let things go! It’s my insurance policy .’ Music is so powerful in creating memories and shaping ... books, greatest footballers, etc – occurs earlier in music. This may suggest that music is particularly important in shaping our...
Digest
... supported this idea: participants who listened to music with the intention of feeling happier actually ended up ... feeling less happy than others who merely listened to the music with no happiness goal. But now a new study has come ... Sheldon criticise the...
‘Let’s make a joyful noise!’
... Choir With No Name , has a passion for using the power of music and song as pathways to recovery for people with a ... Memory, put the audience through a rigorous experience of music memorisation using chunking, imagery, mnemonics and a ... notation but, on...
An invigorating look at heroin and jazz
... heroin epidemic prevalent in the 40s and 50s jazz music scene in the USA. Prudent music choices from the period place the listener at the heart ... for drug addiction, the ‘Narcotic Farm’, where music played a huge part. The researchers of the...
Book reviews
... Tyneside & Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust. Putting music in context Musical Communication Dorothy Miell, Raymond ... line-up of academic and applied researchers, including music psychologists, therapists and educationalists; ... the general public...
Orchestra wins impact award
... mental illness. The award, supported by the ABRSM – a music exams board – is given to organisations or ... impact on those who might not usually experience classical music. The Sound Young Minds programme, run in partnership ... Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital...
Society
... save an attractive moat containing myriad fish. African music and tropical animal noises piped throughout added to ... of volunteering activities.’ Research seminars on music and language Middlesex University’s Language & ... competition to hold a series...
A treasure trove of psychological wisdom
Rap music for many brings to mind themes such as exorbitant ... and psychologically insightful genres of contemporary music. A politically charged subgenre of rap – known as ... However in rap especially, the narrative nature of the music means you...
Book Reviews
... Northampton Eminently readable The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology Susan Hallam, Ian Cross & Michael Thaut ... to rehab, I said no, no, no.’ The public face of popular music in the 21st century seems to be all rock ‘n’ roll ... questions concerning...
Dredging the riverbed of our national psyche
... ’. It’s a charge that could be levelled at the music world, too. Like psychologists and psychotherapists, ... grin. Gazelle Twin has always made deeply psychological music. She’s influenced as much by the Freudian dystopian ... horror films of David Cronenberg...