Fwd: Music Therapy Charity Scoping Project Competition

SCOPING PROJECT COMPETITION
The Music Therapy Charity announces a competition for funds for a scoping project.  Applications are invited for project proposals likely to result in large-scale consortial bids for funding to national or international research bodies to investigate crucial and underdeveloped aspects of —or fields in— music therapy research.

Funding
Total costs must not exceed £17K for the duration of the scoping project.

Activity
The aim of the scoping project should be to identify a research focus in an underdeveloped aspect or field of music therapy and develop a collaborative research proposal to investigate it.

Eligibility
Each application to the scoping project competition must involve at least two HE institutions (the lead institution being based in the UK) and may involve music therapy organisations.  At least one of the HE institutions involved must have a significant track record of successful research in music therapy.

Timescale
Open Day for queries from interested parties:   15/05/20, 1pm-3pm (BST) via Zoom
Closing date for applications:                          11/09/20
Start date of project:                                          January 2021

The scoping project should be completed within eighteen months from the notification of the successful bid.

Outcomes:
Expected outcomes may include (but are not limited to); the submission of a large-scale proposal for funding to a major national or international research body; the completion of a study protocol for an intervention; the completion of a pilot study; or the successful procurement of funding to maintain a network capable of developing further collaborative research in one or more significant areas in music therapy.

Information:
All queries to be addressed to Professor Ian Cross at info@musictherapy.org.uk

The Open Day will be held via Zoom on 15/05/20 1pm-3pm (BST).  If you would like an opportunity to discuss your project with a panel of members of the Research Committee of The Music Therapy Charity prior to submitting an application please let our Administrator know (info@musictherapy.org.uk) as soon as possible so that we can send you a link to the Zoom session.

Fwd: CFP (extended deadline) : Early Child Development and Care

CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE

The editors of Early Child Development and Care wish you the best
health. We know that all of you are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic
differently, and this includes changes in work and home lives. At
this unprecedented time, we feel it is important to reach out and
connect with you and let you know that we understand that you, like
us, are not conducting business as usual. Some of you are even more
overburdened than usual, moving courses online and working full time
from home, sometimes with children doing schoolwork from home as well.
We recognise that normal due dates probably aren't feasible during
this period. Therefore, we publish herein an extended initial
deadline for submission for September 1 2020 (replacing the previously
published May 2020 deadline).
Please take the time to finish up a manuscript and submit it to our
Special Issue titled:
Music In The Lives Of Young Children.
Best Wishes.
Warren Brodsky & Ioulia Papageorgi (Co-Ediors)

* * * * * *

The journal Early Child Development and Care (Taylor & Francis) is
happy to announce a "Call For Papers" to be included in a special
issue titled: "Music In The Lives Of Young Children". The special
issue will target music and its significance in young children's lives
with a focus on music education and the musical experience of
pre-school children. The Guest Co-Editors of this special issue are
Professor Warren Brodsky, Director of the Music Science Lab in the
Arts Department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer-Sheva,
Israel) and Professor Ioulia Papageorgi (Associate Professor and
Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University
of Nicosia, Cyprus). Authors from all related fields such as Music
Education, Musical Development, Music Psychology, Ethnomusicology,
Anthropology and Sociology of Music, and Music Therapy, are invited to
submit original unpublished manuscripts describing empirical
investigations for consideration.

Among topics describing music education and the musical experience of
pre-school children are: music teaching and learning, classroom and
studio pedagogy, formal and informal contexts, as well as private and
group instruction. Among possible topics describing music experiences
of pre-school children, are: psychological aspects of musical skill
and development (related to listening, performing, memory, analysis),
and the power of music to enhance general childhood development and
care (related to cognitive development, social development, motor
development, emotional development, and health and well-being).
Projects investigating parental music engagement, musical experiences
in the home, the impact (benefits and costs) of media saturation,
music devices, the use of mobile applications, and soundscape studies,
are encouraged. Studies seeking to re-evaluate musical development
stage theory (i.e., validate or refute accepted stages of normal
musical development published prior to year 2000) are welcome. The
journal is a multidisciplinary publication with a readership of
psychologists, educators, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and social
workers.

The Journal publishes papers in all aspects of early child development
and care, including descriptive and evaluative articles, as well as
experimental and observational studies. Papers which relate
specifically to the construction, validation, or evaluation of
psychometric devices, measuring instruments, and scales, are not
normally published; exceptions may be made if such information is
essential in the context of a substantive research paper. All research
articles in the journal undergo a rigorous peer review by at least two
anonymous referees.

Submission information and Deadlines

Submission is via ScholarOne Manuscripts Central:
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gecd

Read our Instructions for Authors for more details on formatting your paper.

Extended Deadline:
Submission: 1st September 2020

For further inquiries, contact Warren Brodsky: wbrodsky@bgu.ac.il

Fwd: COVID-19 and workers in the arts and cultural sectors

Dear colleague,

Today, we launch an online survey to understand how Coronavirus
(COVID-19) is impacting on the arts and cultural sectors. If you are
working or studying in these areas, we invite you to share how the
current situation is affecting your work, livelihood, and wellbeing.

The survey is available at:

- Australia - https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bs9qhviUFYsrJiJ
- Canada - https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71zQl0IDIn5z5Rz
- New Zealand - https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0xPyLTxTOS0Svo9
- UK - https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3afY43j8pFhfwfb
- USA - https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2lNXOsQ87Tv9b0N

The survey is for you if you:

- currently live in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, or the USA

- work (in any role/capacity) in the areas of Crafts, Decorative Arts,
Literature, Music or Sound Arts, Performing Arts, and/or Visual Arts

- rely on part, or all, of your livelihood from work in the arts and
cultural sectors

- are 18 years old or over

The survey takes approximately 20-25 minutes and can be completed on a
computer, tablet, or smart phone. (Although, the best experience will
be on a computer or tablet.)

Please forward this invitation to colleagues, students (+alumni), and
your arts networks.

The study is being coordinated by the HEartS research team (Health,
Economic and Social impact of the ARTs,
https://performancescience.ac.uk/HEartS/), based at the Royal College
of Music and Imperial College London, in collaboration with leading
research teams worldwide.

If you live elsewhere and would like to take part, please contact the
HEartS team at hearts@rcm.ac.uk.

Thank you for your help.

With best wishes,
Aaron Williamon


Aaron Williamon
Professor of Performance Science

CENTRE FOR
PERFORMANCE SCIENCE

The CPS is a partnership of
Royal College of Music | Imperial College London

www.PerformanceScience.ac.uk