Applied Music Studies

Applied musicology is a relatively new discipline that promotes the appreciation of music and its role in society through the application of musical knowledge to practical contexts. Applied musicological analysis reveals the ways through which music is learned and remembered, and identifies the nature of interactions between performers. The series will cover elements such as music education, music therapy, cultural policy, and the general public’s relationship with music. It will examine the cognitive psychology of music, the physical dimension of music, embodied musicology, musical gesture, and the applications of information technology to the performance and reception of music. The series will also explore areas including arts management, business and music, audio technology, and music for applied media. Rather than dealing specifically with particular contexts or periods in music history, the principal focus of the series throughout these investigations will be the overarching, perpetual and ubiquitous nature of the phenomenon of music itself.