Thursday, March 27, 2025

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] King's College London announces 20 new AI+ fellowships leading to open-ended academic posts





Dear all,

King's has just announced 20 new AI+ positions across the university.  These are 5-year fellowships and senior fellowships leading to open-ended academic posts : https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/kings-ai-academic-fellowships 

At King's, we have a growing community of academics interested in music and acoustics research across Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Digital Humanities, Engineering, Mathematics, and Music : https://marc.kcl.ac.uk

King's AI+ Initiative. King's College London is engaged in a major strategic investment in "AI+", focused on AI innovation and application applied to any/all areas of research – including health, humanities, biosciences, social sciences, arts, business and law, and physical/mathematical sciences.
Closing date for applications : 19 May 2025 23:59

Best wishes,

Elaine

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Elaine Chew | eniale.kcl.ac.uk
Professor of Engineering | King's College London
NMES: Engineering | FoLSM : BMEIS : Cardiovascular Imaging
Becket House, BH5.16 | 1 Lambeth Palace Rd, London, SE1 7EU, UK

PI, ERC COSMOS | cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk 
Founder/Director, Music Theranostics Lab | JCMB G.30

Seeing music's effect on the heart - doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae436
Ensemble musicians' heartbeats - doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1403599
Music based GCNN diagnosis of hypertension - bit.ly/music-DL-ht-diagnosis-preprint
Music to make the heart sing - alum.mit.edu/slice/music-make-heart-sing

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] AIMC’25 - 10-12 Sep 2025 - Brussels, Belgium - Keynote Announcement - CfP Deadline: 04 April 2025

Dear all,

Sorry for the cross-posting, please circulate widely! 


https://aimusiccreativity.org/2025


+ ----------------- AIMC '25 ---------------- +

| | . . . . . The Artist in The Loop . . . . . | | 

| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |

| | . . . . . 10-12 September 2025 . . . . | | 

| | . . . . . . Brussels, Belgium . . . . . . . | | 

| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |

| | . . . . . . PAPERS | MUSIC . . . . . . . | |

| | . . WORKSHOPS / TUTORIALS . . | | 

| | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |

| | . . Abstract Submission Deadline: . | | 

| | . . . . . . . . 04 April 2025 . . . . . . . . . | |

+ ----------------------------------------------- +

Keynote Announcement

In line with the AIMC 2025 theme — The Artist in the Loop, which explores feedback loops between human creators and AI systems across all stages of creative practice — the conference will feature an outstanding panel of keynote speakers offering deep insights into AI-driven creativity, human-AI collaboration, and the future of generative music.

- Marc Leman: Professor of Musicology at Ghent University, known for pioneering work in computational and embodied musicology. Founder of the Art & Science Lab at De Krook and author of over 450 publications. His current work focuses on high-dimensional music data and immersive environments.

- Katerina Kosta: Head of AI at Hook, previously at TikTok and Jukedeck. Expert in music AI, computational musicology, and expressive performance modeling. Holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, and combines deep technical knowledge with performance experience in classical piano.

Meanwhile, the call for AIMC 2025 is still open!
We invite submissions of papers, music, and workshop/tutorial proposals exploring the intersections of AI and music creativitym specially those that involve The Artist in the Loop.

Deadlines:

  • 04 April 2025 – Abstract deadline

  • 11 April 2025 – Full submission deadline

  • 30 May 2025 - Decisions and notifications to authors  

  • 10–12 September 2025 – Conference in Brussels

Details on keynotes and submission info:
https://aimusiccreativity.org/2025

Best,
AIMC 2025 Organising Committee


Monday, March 24, 2025

Fwd: ISPS 2025 | Oct 29-01 Nov 2025 | Shanghai

Dear colleagues, 

This is a gentle reminder about the abstract deadline (1 April) for the next International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS 2025) in Shanghai. 

With best wishes,
Aaron Williamon 

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CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
ISPS 2025 
Performance Science in Practice 
 
October 29 | 01 November 2025 
Shanghai | China 
 
 
 
The next International Symposium on Performance Science, ISPS 2025, will be hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music on October 29–01 November 2025. 
 
The ISPS 2025 theme, Performance Science in Practice, is intended to encourage discussion and debate on connections between performance, education, science, and society. Specific research topics, fields of study, and methodological approaches have been left open intentionally to encourage interdisciplinary exchange. 
 
Submissions detailing original research are invited from all performance disciplines, offering new perspectives from across the arts and sciences. 
 
We intend to offer both on-site and electronic presentation options, although the former will depend on possible restrictions on public meetings and international travel in place at the time of the event. 
 
IMPORTANT DATES 
 
01 April 2025: Paper/poster abstract submission deadline 
15 May 2025: Notification of submission decision 
01 June 2025: Article submissions open for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
01 September 2025: End of early registration 
29 October 2025: Start of ISPS 2025 
31 January 2026: Article submission deadline for ISPS 2025 Research Topic in Frontiers
 
SUBMISSIONS 
 
Submissions are invited for 
 
- Spoken papers 
- Poster presentations 
- Symposia 

Detailed instructions for submissions are available via the conference website: https://performancescience.org. 
 
Submissions should be made electronically by 01 April 2025. 
 
GRADUATE AWARDS 
 
The Scientific Committee is keen to encourage the attendance of students, as well as established researchers and practitioners. 
 
The ISPS 2025 Graduate Paper Award will be offered to one graduate student to present a keynote paper at the conference. 

In addition, at the symposium, delegates will be able to vote for the highest quality poster presentation delivered by a graduate student. The student(s) with the highest vote tally will be given the ISPS 2025 Graduate Poster Award. 

REVIEW PROCESS 
 
Each submission will be reviewed anonymously by the Scientific Committee according to its originality, importance, clarity, and interdisciplinarity. Corresponding authors will be notified by email of the Committee's decision by 15 May 2025. 
 
CONFERENCE PUBLICATION 
 
Building on the publication of articles from ISPS 2013, ISPS 2015, ISPS 2017, ISPS 2019, ISPS 2021, and ISPS 2023 in Frontiers in Psychology, the journal is hosting a Research Topic in the specialty section Performance Science for ISPS 2025 presenters. To qualify, the first (or corresponding) author must be a registered presenter at ISPS 2025, and the manuscript should be submitted to the journal for independent peer-review between 01 June 2025 and 31 January 2026. 
 
To learn more about the specialty section Performance Science, see https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/sections/performance-science. 
 
Note. The ISPS 2025 Research Topic replaces the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science. A proceedings volume will not be produced for ISPS 2025; however, published articles from all previous ISPS are freely available at https://performancescience.org. 
 
REGISTRATION 
 
Full and one-day registration options will be available, which also include student discounts and online-only options. 
 
Online registration will open on 15 May 2025. 
 
For further information about the venue, submissions, graduate award, and registration, visit the conference website: https://performancescience.org.  
 
The official language of the conference is English. There is also a special section for English/Chinese bilingual submissions as part of the Third International Forum on Musical Performance Studies (IFMPS 2025) that will be held together with ISPS 2025.
 
Aaron Williamon, London 
Yang Jian, Shanghai
 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

UCL iMerc newsletter #15

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Fwd: 1st Call for Papers: CMMR 2025 “Sound, Music: Space, Place” (UCL East, London, UK)



1st Call for Papers: 17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2025), London, 3 – 7 November 2025   

CMMR 2025 "Sound, Music: Space, Place"  UCL East, London, UK   3 - 7 November 2025      

The 17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) will be held at University College London (UCL) in East London (United Kingdom), 3 - 7 November 2025.   

CMMR 2025 invites contributions related to all aspects of multidisciplinary fields and approaches, regarding sound, music and computers. In particular, we welcome submissions matching this year's topic "Sound, Music: Space, Place".     

The conference will be hosted by the world-leading departments of Anthropology (within the forward-thinking School for the Creative & Cultural Industries) and the Bartlett School of Architecture. As such, contributions centring on practices of culture (those of human as well as other living beings, including 'musical', acoustic and behavioural aspects of animals) and spatial practices, including architecture, are very welcome.   

CMMR is an open-minded symposium that provides an opportunity to exchange ideas, opinions, and findings for everyone engaged in sound, music, and computers. We warmly welcome submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and the industry, and others with an interest in related topics. CMMR is an in-person conference. All presenters are required to participate in the conference and present their works on site.     

CMMR 2025 will feature a diverse range of activities across the following tracks: papers, demos, music and installations, tutorials, and workshops.   

Call for Papers   

The conference accepts short papers of 8 pages to present work-in-progress and long papers of 12 pages to present a more substantial contribution to the field (Springer LNCS single-column format).   

Papers must be submitted as PDF files using EasyChair. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two experts in the field to ensure quality and suitability. Accepted papers will be presented in the conference programme and proceedings in open access (OA) format.   

The Scientific Program Committee will determine the presentation format (oral / poster) of each accepted paper based on the reviewers' recommendations. The camera-ready version of accepted papers must implement revisions requested by the reviewers.   

The conference will feature special paper sessions, the topics of which will be made available in due course.    

As in the previous CMMRs, post-symposium proceedings consisting of selected peer-reviewed papers are planned to be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series of Springer Verlag.    

Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to the following topics: 

  • Affective computing 
  • Architectural acoustics 
  • Artificial intelligence applied to sound and music 
  • Audio signal processing 
  • Auditory perception and cognition 
  • Augmented and smart musical instruments 
  • Aural diversities 
  • Bioacoustics   
  • Computational musicology 
  • Cooperative music networks 
  • Digital audio effects 
  • Digital communities 
  • Digital music libraries 
  • Embodied musical interaction 
  • Evaluation of creative music systems 
  • Extended reality (VR/AR/MR) and music 
  • Human-computer interaction applied to music 
  • Intelligent music tutoring systems 
  • Live coding 
  • Motion and gesture 
  • Multimodal perception 
  • Music and emotions 
  • Music education 
  • Music ethnography 
  • Music games and interactive learning 
  • Music information retrieval 
  • Music production and composition tools 
  • Music representation and visualization 
  • Music structure analysis 
  • Music transcription 
  • Musical interface design 
  • Optical music recognition 
  • Oral histories & storytelling 
  • Semantic web 
  • Sonification and musification 
  • Sound and music in visual media 
  • Sound source separation 
  • Sound studies & sonic anthropology 
  • Sound synthesis 
  • Soundscape and acoustic ecology 
  • Spatial audio 
  • User studies (e.g., ethnography, UI/UX)   

Important Dates: 

Paper submission deadline: 30 May 2025 

Paper notification of acceptance: 28 July 2025  

Conference dates: 3 – 7 November 2025   

Conference Committee 

General Chair: Angela McArthur (UCL) 

General Co-Chair: Emma-Kate Matthews (UCL)   

Further information pertaining to the various conference tracks, including submission requirements and conference logistics, will be disseminated in due course. 


Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Fwd: HearMus Seminar 6



The next seminar in the HearMus series is taking place next on 25th March with Dr Chi Lo (Macquarie University) and Dr Alan Sanderson (Brighton and Sussex Medical School).

 

HearMus Seminar 6 (March 25.03.25) 14:00-16:00 GMT (15:00-17:00 CET)

 

Music and hearing loss across the lifespan: transfer effects to support speech-in-noise perception

Dr Chi Lo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University and Australian Institute of Health Innovation

 

Speech perception in noisy environments remains a critical challenge for individuals with hearing loss. Recent evidence suggests that music processing skills and training can facilitate improvements in auditory perception. In this presentation, the findings from two music intervention studies (paediatric and geriatric) will be discussed and consolidated.

 

In the first study, 39 older adult hearing aid users (aged 57–90) were assigned to a 14-week, three-arm intervention (choir singing, music appreciation, and do-nothing control). Results revealed that participants assigned to the music groups had enhanced speech-in-noise perception as well as frequency following responses after the intervention.

 

The second study involved 14 children (aged 6–9) with prelingual sensorineural hearing loss that used cochlear implants, and/or hearing aids. Participation involved a 12‐week intervention incorporating weekly group‐based music therapy, supplemented with a take-home music app. Compared with an age‐matched typical hearing cohort, the children with hearing loss showed a significant improvement for SIN perception which was mechanistically linked to better timbre and spectral resolution perception.

 

Collectively, these findings highlight the potential of music‐based interventions as a complementary rehabilitation strategy. They suggest that structured music training may play critical roles in enhancing auditory outcomes across the lifespan.

 

Balancing auditory stimulation and noise exposure: Lessons from private and NHS audiology

Dr Alan Sanderson, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK

 

Dr Sanderson is a Clinical Lecturer in Audiology. In parallel to his research on tinnitus and hearing devices, Alan works in NHS and private clinical audiology. At the HearMus seminar, Alan will share how he and Conor O'Kane, an audiologist and classically trained pianist, set up an audiology service to optimise and protect hearing for patients that love music. The talk will use clinical case examples to draw out patterns that we can use to improve and standardise clinical protocols for people that play and/or listen to music.

 

Alinka Greasley is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HearMus Seminar 6 (25.03.25)

Time: Mar 25, 2025 14:00-16:00 GMT (15:00-17:00 CET)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/81935189643

Meeting ID: 819 3518 9643

 

We look forward to seeing some of you there! Please pass on to anyone you feel would be interested.

 

The HearMus seminar series provides a monthly forum for the discussion of a broad array of topics around music and hearing health. The series aims to yield a state of the art of research on music perception and hearing impairment, hearing aids and music, and individual differences in music perception and production. Besides presentations from experts in academia and industry, the seminar series seeks to foster lively discussions and exchange of ideas, with the joint goal of sustaining and enhancing access to music for people with diverse hearing needs.

 

You can find out more details and watch previous seminars here: https://musicandhearingaids.org/hearmus-seminars/

 

Prof. Alinka Greasley

Professor of Music Psychology

Director of Research and Innovation

School of Music | University of Leeds | Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Email: a.e.greasley@leeds.ac.uk | Phone: + 44 113 343 4560

 


Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Fwd: Reminder: Musical care in dialogue 18th March 2025


[sent on behalf of Dr Neta Spiro]

Dear all
 
The next in the Musical care in dialogue series hosted by the Musical Care International Network will be on Hearing, disability, and musical care and is coming up this month.
 
Speakers:
Juanita Eslava (Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellin, Colombia)
Kjetil Falkenberg (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Ailsa Lipscombe (University of Cincinnati, USA) 
 
Date:
Tuesday 18th March 2025 14:00 – 15:00 GMT
 
Medelline, Colombia – 09:00-10:00
Cincinnati, Ohio, US – 10:00-11:00
London, UK – 14:00-15:00
Stockholm, Sweden – 15:00-16:00
 
You can join the dialogue following the Zoom link here: 
  
Click here to find out more about and join the network: https://musicalcareresearch.com/musical-care-network/

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] Jason Yust: "Musical Rhythm as Signal" @ KCL, March 26

 

Tl;dr:

Jason Yust is visiting KCL for a seminar exactly one month from today. All are welcome; registration is needed.

 

Jason Yust is renowned as one of the world's foremost experts in music theory, particularly the mathematical modelling thereof.

For more on Yust see his website:

www.sites.bu.edu/jyust

 

If you know Jason's work, you'll know how fascinating it is. If you don't  know his work, then come to the talk and find out! You might think of attendance as a step towards greater dialogue between the MIR, MCM, and music theory communities 😉

 

Details:

 

Please do register: If you're coming from outside KCL I need to give your name to the desk so you can get in. The campus is a bit of a fortress!

 

Thanks and best wishes,

Mark

 

-- 

Mark Gotham

https://markgotham.github.io/


Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] Call for Contributions: First AES International Conference on AI and Machine Learning for Audio (AIMLA 2025) - extended deadline



[apologies for cross-posting, please circulate this call widely] - deadline extended 

First AES International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Audio (AIMLA 2025), London, Sept. 8-10, 2025, Call for contributions

The Audio Engineering Society invites audio researchers and practitioners, from academia and industry to participate in the first AES conference dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning, as it applies to audio. This 3 day event, aims to bring the community together, educate, demonstrate and advance the state of the art. It will feature keynote speakers, workshops, tutorials, challenges and cutting-edge peer-reviewed research.

The scope is wide - expecting attendance from all types of institutions, including academia, industry, and pure research, with diverse disciplinary perspectives - but tied together by a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning for audio. 

Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to the following topics:

* Intelligent Music Production
-  Knowledge Engineering Systems
-  Automatic Mixing / Remixing / Demixing / Mastering
-  Differentiable Audio Effects
* Audio and Music Generation
-  Generative models for audio
-  Deep Neural Audio Codecs
-  Neural Audio Synthesis
-  Text-to-audio generation
-  Instrument models
-  Speech and Singing voice synthesis
-  AI for sound design
-  Differentiable Synthesisers using DDSP and other neural models
* Representation Learning
-  Fingerprinting using deep learning
-  Transfer Learning 
-  Domain Adaptation
-  Transfer of musical composition and performance characteristics including, timbre, style, production, mixing and playing technique
* Real-time AI For Audio
-  Model Compression (Quantization, Knowledge Distillation) 
-  Efficient Model Design and Benchmarking
-  Real-time inference frameworks in software and hardware
* Applications of AI in Acoustics and Environmental Audio
-  Machine learning and AI models for acoustic sensing
-  Deep learning for acoustic scene analysis
-  Deep learning for localisation in noisy and reverberant environments
-  Binaural processing with AI or ML
-  Source and scene classification
-  Source separation, source identification and acoustic signal enhancement
-  AI-driven distributed acoustic sensor networks
-  Control and estimation problems in physical modelling
-  AI-based perception models inspired by human hearing
-  Application of AI to wave propagation in air, fluids and solids
* AI Ethics for Audio and Music
-  AI-Generated Music and Creativity
-  Intellectual Property in AI-Composed Music
-  AI in Environmental Sound Monitoring
-  Cultural Appropriation in AI Music
-  Environmental Impact of Audio Data Processing

Call for Papers
The conference accepts full papers of 4-10 pages (including references). Papers must be submitted as PDF files using EasyChair. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two experts in the field, and accepted papers will be presented in the conference programme and proceedings published in the AES Library in open access (OA) format at no additional cost to the author. Final manuscripts of accepted papers must implement all revisions requested by the review panel and will be presented in an oral or poster session.

Important dates:
Paper submission deadline: 15 March 2025 midnight AOE (extended deadline from 28 Feb. 2025)
Notification of acceptance: 16 June 2025
Camera-ready submission deadline: 14 July 2025
Conference: 8-10 Sept. 2025

Submission information: 

Submission is via EasyChair. Paper templates are provided on the AES website in LaTex and Word format:


Call for Special Sessions
As a part of this conference, we invite submissions for panel discussions (still open), tutorials, and challenges (closed). 

Call for Panel Discussions
We are seeking experts and professionals in the field to propose a 60-minute Panel discussion with at least 4 panellists on the proposed topics. The proposal should include a title, an abstract (60-120 words), a list of topics for discussion, and a description (up to 500 words). Additionally, the submission should include the number, names, and qualifications of presenters, and technical requirements (sound requirements during the presentation, such as stereo, multichannel, etc.).

Important dates:
Deadline for panel discussion proposals: 15 March 2025 (extended deadline from 28 Feb. 2025)
Accepted panels notified by: 10 June 2025

Organizing Committee
General Chair: Prof. Joshua Reiss (QMUL) (chair-aimla@qmul.ac.uk)
Papers Co-Chairs: Brecht De Man (PXL-Music) and George Fazekas (QMUL) (papers-aimla@qmul.ac.uk)
Special Sessions Co-Chairs: Soumya Vanka (QMUL) and Franco Caspe (QMUL) (special-sessions-aimla@qmul.ac.uk)
Sponsorships Co-Chairs: Farida Yusuf (QMUL) and Gary Bromham (QMUL)

Best wishes,
George


— 
Dr. George Fazekas, 
Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) in Digital Media 
Programme Director, Sound and Music Computing (SMC, QMUL)
Programme Director, Digital Media Technology (DMT, QMSH)
Taught Programme Lead and Co-I, AI and Music (AIM) PhD programme
Centre for Digital Music (C4DM)
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London, UK
FHEA, M. IEEE, ACM, AES

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Fwd: HearMus Seminar Series


HearMus Seminar – February 20th 14:00-16:00 GMT (15:00-17:00 CET)

 

Making music more accessible for cochlear implant users

Professor Waldo Nogueira, Hannover Medical School, Germany

 

Music is vital in our lives, connecting people emotionally and culturally. However, cochlear implants, designed to restore speech, often fail to help users enjoy music. This presentation reports on outcomes of the Music4u project which aims to change this by developing technology to improve music perception for cochlear implant users. This involves creating new signal processing algorithms to enhance music enjoyment and personalizing it based on individual hearing performance and brain signals. The goal is to improve users' quality of life by making music more accessible.

 

1st Cadenza Machine Learning Challenge for Music and Hearing Loss: Listener Evaluation Data

Dr Scott Bannister, University of Leeds, UK

 

The Cadenza Project (https://cadenzachallenge.org/) aims to improve music listening experiences for people with a hearing loss, through machine learning challenges and perceptual studies. The 1st Cadenza Challenge (CAD1) tasked entrants with improving music audio quality for people with hearing loss, listening to music unaided and over headphones. Entrant systems were assessed via an objective metric, and subjectively evaluated by a Listener Panel of hearing aid users. This talk aims to summarise recent sensory evaluation work to understand attributes of music audio quality from the perspectives of hearing loss, and to present Listener Panel evaluation data for CAD1. Findings will be discussed in relation to music listening difficulties experienced through hearing loss, and next steps in the Cadenza Project will be outlined.

 

Alinka Greasley is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HearMus Seminar 5 (20.02.25)

Time: Feb 20, 2025 14:00-16:00 GMT (15:00-17:00 CET)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/87092558319

Meeting ID: 870 9255 8319

 

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HearMus Seminar 6 (March 25.03.25) 14:00-16:00 GMT (15:00-17:00 CET)

Dr Alan Sanderson, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK

Dr Chi Lo, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

 

The HearMus seminar series provides a monthly forum for the discussion of a broad array of topics around music and hearing health. The series aims to yield a state of the art of research on music perception and hearing impairment, hearing aids and music, and individual differences in music perception and production. Besides presentations from experts in academia and industry, the seminar series seeks to foster lively discussions and exchange of ideas, with the joint goal of sustaining and enhancing access to music for people with diverse hearing needs. You can access recordings of the previous seminars here: https://musicandhearingaids.org/hearmus-seminars/

 

Seminar leaders: Prof. Alinka Greasley, Prof. Kai Siedenburg

 

Prof. Alinka Greasley

Professor of Music Psychology

Director of Research and Innovation

School of Music | University of Leeds | Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Email: a.e.greasley@leeds.ac.uk | Phone: + 44 113 343 4560