Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield
@musicpsychshef.bsky.social
Music psychology research and teaching in #Sheffield, UK. Muses, Mind, Machine; Music & Dementia; Performer & Audience research; MA programmes onsite and online.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/research-themes/psychology-music
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/research-themes/psychology-music
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Please take a look at our new 🗝️open access🗝️ article based on @sparcsheffield.bsky.social research at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, Peterborough Sings! and funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
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Investigating Amateur Choirs in the United Kingdom as Sites of Musical Learning and Ambition - Stephanie E. Pitts, Elizabeth H. MacGregor, 2025
Singing in an amateur choir is widely recognised as a source of enjoyment, social connection, and wellbeing. Choir membership in the United Kingdom, however, is...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Please take a look at our new 🗝️open access🗝️ article based on @sparcsheffield.bsky.social research at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, Peterborough Sings! and funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1177/0255...
doi.org/10.1177/0255...
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Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
News - Royal Northern College of Music
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
rncm.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate... Do you know an outstandingly qualified candidate for PhD study in Music Psychology? Tell them about this scholarship opportunity to study with #musesmindmachine and the School of Languages Arts and Societies.
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA)
Applications to the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield are open for 2026/27 entry.
sheffield.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate... Do you know an outstandingly qualified candidate for PhD study in Music Psychology? Tell them about this scholarship opportunity to study with #musesmindmachine and the School of Languages Arts and Societies.
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Excited to be part of this new journal, now welcoming original research on all aspects of live music, across genres, locations, methods and disciplines. Take a look, share with colleagues, and send us your brilliant research! www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
Journal of Live Music Studies
Journal of Live Music Studies; The Journal of Live Music Studies (JLMS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing knowledge of live music practices, performances, business, infrastructure ...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Excited to be part of this new journal, now welcoming original research on all aspects of live music, across genres, locations, methods and disciplines. Take a look, share with colleagues, and send us your brilliant research! www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
Thanks to Steven Rimmer #ticketsforgood partner with @sparcsheffield.bsky.social and #musesmindmachine Investigating the social and emotional benefits of increased access to cultural participation.
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thanks to Steven Rimmer #ticketsforgood partner with @sparcsheffield.bsky.social and #musesmindmachine Investigating the social and emotional benefits of increased access to cultural participation.
Hearing about the diverse collaborative dissertations our MA students in Psychology of Music have completed in the last few years and some of the new collaborations and research problems students can engage in this academic year. Come join our MA Psychology of Music sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hearing about the diverse collaborative dissertations our MA students in Psychology of Music have completed in the last few years and some of the new collaborations and research problems students can engage in this academic year. Come join our MA Psychology of Music sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Three types of AI deals for voice talent are set out brilliantly by legal advisor Dr Mathilde Pavis of Replique. If you're a vocalist, musician or agent are you seeing similar new licensing deals emerging? youtu.be/webyIJUDXkc
3 Types of AI Deals Every Agent & Talent Must Understand
YouTube video by Dr Mathilde Pavis
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Three types of AI deals for voice talent are set out brilliantly by legal advisor Dr Mathilde Pavis of Replique. If you're a vocalist, musician or agent are you seeing similar new licensing deals emerging? youtu.be/webyIJUDXkc
🎺Final call to join our research centres and students for a collaborative showcase this Friday at 3pm. 🎺Please sign up in the link below and we'll send more info...
Our MA and PhD Psychology of Music students have been doing collaborative research with local arts organisations, including #TicketsForGood. You're invited to join our showcase on 24 Oct, hosted jointly by our research centres, MMM and SPARC. Please sign up for event info: forms.gle/TqsNgfQQpPFF...
Collaborative research showcase
Thanks for your interest in joining our music psychology collaborative research showcase on Friday 24th October, 3.00-4.30pm. Please add your contact details below and tell us a bit about your interes...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🎺Final call to join our research centres and students for a collaborative showcase this Friday at 3pm. 🎺Please sign up in the link below and we'll send more info...
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Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre
The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail
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October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.
Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...
Our MA and PhD Psychology of Music students have been doing collaborative research with local arts organisations, including #TicketsForGood. You're invited to join our showcase on 24 Oct, hosted jointly by our research centres, MMM and SPARC. Please sign up for event info: forms.gle/TqsNgfQQpPFF...
Collaborative research showcase
Thanks for your interest in joining our music psychology collaborative research showcase on Friday 24th October, 3.00-4.30pm. Please add your contact details below and tell us a bit about your interes...
forms.gle
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our MA and PhD Psychology of Music students have been doing collaborative research with local arts organisations, including #TicketsForGood. You're invited to join our showcase on 24 Oct, hosted jointly by our research centres, MMM and SPARC. Please sign up for event info: forms.gle/TqsNgfQQpPFF...
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funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!
Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...
PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"
PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!
At Muses Mind Machine we're investigating how ecomusicking helps shape our environmental values, beliefs and behaviours Yesterday's www.bbc.co.uk/academy/live... and today's @granthamcsf.bsky.social symposium asks how individual and systemic change can shape the environmental choices we make.
Climate Creatives 2025 presented by BBC Academy Live
A conference to spark and inspire compelling climate storytelling which took place on 7 October, live from the Royal Geographical Society.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
At Muses Mind Machine we're investigating how ecomusicking helps shape our environmental values, beliefs and behaviours Yesterday's www.bbc.co.uk/academy/live... and today's @granthamcsf.bsky.social symposium asks how individual and systemic change can shape the environmental choices we make.
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Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!😁
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:
Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception
- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!😁
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:
Fantastic insight on film and TV scoring from @gazelletwin.bsky.social Great music psych questions - scoring for the jumpscare; keeping musical consistency across TV series; working the temp music as mood cue... Thanks @sensoriafestival.bsky.social
This Friday at @sensoriafestival.bsky.social I’ll be talking about scoring for Film & TV with Daniel Dylan Wray (The Guardian). 10am at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Fantastic insight on film and TV scoring from @gazelletwin.bsky.social Great music psych questions - scoring for the jumpscare; keeping musical consistency across TV series; working the temp music as mood cue... Thanks @sensoriafestival.bsky.social
Brilliant to welcome our new #MusicPsychology MA students to @sheffielduni.bsky.social this week. We asked them their favourite things about Sheffield so far: friendly people, green spaces, Chinese restaurants, and er, the weather 😎Good job we asked them yesterday!
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Brilliant to welcome our new #MusicPsychology MA students to @sheffielduni.bsky.social this week. We asked them their favourite things about Sheffield so far: friendly people, green spaces, Chinese restaurants, and er, the weather 😎Good job we asked them yesterday!
Congratulations to Sheffield PhD graduate @ehmacgregor.bsky.social on another new article - very useful comparison of the thinking behind music education policy in England and Wales; timely for GCSE results week!
I'm delighted to see this article published in Arts Education Policy Review (🔑OPEN ACCESS🔑) with my wonderful colleagues @thomasbreeze.bsky.social and Viv John.
#MusicEd #CardiffMet @somervillecollege.bsky.social
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#MusicEd #CardiffMet @somervillecollege.bsky.social
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A National Plan for Music Education: A comparative “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” analysis across England and Wales
In 2022 both England and Wales released policy documents entitled A National Plan for Music Education. While the English policy was a long-awaited update to a similar policy published in 2011, the ...
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August 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Congratulations to Sheffield PhD graduate @ehmacgregor.bsky.social on another new article - very useful comparison of the thinking behind music education policy in England and Wales; timely for GCSE results week!
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📢 CALLING ALL CREATIVES!!! WE NEED YOU!!!
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
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Become a mentor
Registration to be a mentor in 2026 is now open! Arts Emergency mentors support young people in Greater Manchester, London and Merseyside who are interested in the creative and cultural industries and...
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August 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📢 CALLING ALL CREATIVES!!! WE NEED YOU!!!
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...
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Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @neuroceutical.bsky.social & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, Renee Timmers & WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @neuroceutical.bsky.social & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, Renee Timmers & WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Lovely memories here of the wonderful @jayteetang.bsky.social and his time in Sheffield with @musicpsychshef.bsky.social We'll really miss you!!
I’ve truly enjoyed my PhD journey at @sheffielduni.bsky.social @musicpsychshef.bsky.social! 🎓🎶 Grateful to my amazing supervisors, Nikki Dibben & Renee Timmers, for their guidance, support & inspiration throughout this research adventure. Excited for what's next! #PhDLife #MusicPsychology
July 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Lovely memories here of the wonderful @jayteetang.bsky.social and his time in Sheffield with @musicpsychshef.bsky.social We'll really miss you!!
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JOIN THE MUSIC IN THE ROUND TEAM!
We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield
Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs
We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield
Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs
July 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
JOIN THE MUSIC IN THE ROUND TEAM!
We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield
Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs
We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield
Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs
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FANS CALLED TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC
For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.
For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.
June 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
FANS CALLED TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC
For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.
For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.
Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵
Winners of the Team Prize, the Access Folk team, commented:
"Having been awarded the Team Prize for Open Research has provided affirmation that all the effort we are putting in is recognised as high quality by the institution. This has given us momentum to keep doing what we feel is important."
"Having been awarded the Team Prize for Open Research has provided affirmation that all the effort we are putting in is recognised as high quality by the institution. This has given us momentum to keep doing what we feel is important."
Open Research Prize 2025 - winners and runners up
The winners of the University of Sheffield’s 2025 Open Research Prize have now been announced - many congratulations to our prize winners.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵
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Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves.
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June 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves.
doi.org/10.56883/aij...
doi.org/10.56883/aij...
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Two articles published in one week! One on #singing with the wonderful @sparcsheffield.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social and one on #vulnerability from my recent research at @somervillecollege.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social.
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Evaluating collaborative action ethnography as a means of co-constructing ‘pedagogies of vulnerability’ in the post-pandemic music classroom - Elizabeth H MacGregor, 2025
Following the lengthy period of isolation enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the imperative for qualitative researchers to re-engage in personal and participato...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Two articles published in one week! One on #singing with the wonderful @sparcsheffield.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social and one on #vulnerability from my recent research at @somervillecollege.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social.
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