Nordoff Robbins Academic & Research Review 2016

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1 Nordoff Robbins Academic & Research Review

2 Editorial team: Owen Coggins, Chloe Parks, & Neta Spiro. Copyright Nordoff Robbins All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced without written consent from Nordoff Robbins. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy a non-profit making company limited by guarantee (trading as Nordoff Robbins). Registered in England No Registered Charity No Registered Office: 2 Lissenden Gardens, London NW5 1PQ Tel: +44 (0) research@nordoff-robbins.org.uk Web:

3 Table of contents Welcome p.3 PUBLICATIONS 1. Books p.6 2. Book chapters p.6 3. Articles in peer-reviewed journals p.6 4. Thematic journal issues p.7 5. Editorials p.7 6. Book reviews p.7 7. Resources for teaching, practice and research p.7 8. Articles in non-peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and reports p.7 PRESENTATIONS, EXTERNAL TEACHING & RESOURCES 9. Keynote conference presentations p Conference presentations p Conference workshops and panels p Poster sessions p Conference booklets p Teaching and lectures in other institutions (UK & abroad) p.13 PROJECTS 15. Research projects p Doctoral projects p Evaluation projects p.21 1

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5 Welcome This review summarises the academic and research work conducted this year by colleagues at Nordoff Robbins. Such activities are a core part of work at Nordoff Robbins. They are a primary means for understanding, improving and ensuring quality of the services offered by the charity. These academic and research activities reflect the charity s commitment to developing scholarship that builds upon Nordoff Robbins music therapy practices, and engages with contemporary intellectual currents and cross-disciplinary scholarship and research. After last year s comprehensive review of the academic and research activity related to Nordoff Robbins between 1980 and 2015, we are continuing to document, recognise and celebrate the valuable work in the areas of teaching, publications and evaluation carried out by people at Nordoff Robbins and associated partner institutions. This review brings together high profile outputs, in the form of publications (books, chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles) and prominent national and international conference presentations, as well as more modest academic and research work, some of which is work-inprogress. All of these activities together form a crucial foundation for growing a healthy attitude of continuous enquiry, of engaged curiosity, and for contributing to professional and disciplinary knowledge and debate. The research team at Nordoff Robbins carries out service evaluation projects as well as research work often in collaboration with Nordoff Robbins music therapists and external partners. Evaluation projects are included since they are often triggers for research. In addition to carrying out research and evaluation, a core part of Nordoff Robbins academic activity is to train future generations of music therapists and researchers. Data was collected by survey, and web search over the period from June to November These entries will be added to an ongoing document listing research activities from 1980 to the present. This review excludes the many case studies, video recordings, texts and other documentation of Nordoff Robbins work developed for practice, publicity and fundraising. This review is not exhaustive but represents to the best of our knowledge the kinds of research activities carried out by Nordoff Robbins staff and students. Some research activities are marked 2015; these are relevant activities which took place last year but were not included in the document. The work listed here has been directly supported by Nordoff Robbins, unless indicated with an asterisk at the end of the entry. Work marked as such was not directly supported by Nordoff Robbins, but is included here due to the involvement of Nordoff Robbins colleagues. We hope that this document shows the breadth, depth, quality and value of the academic and research activities conducted by and associated with Nordoff Robbins, and that it will invite interest in the work and achievements of the charity which remain centred around people s engagement with music. The Research Team December 2016 Suggested Citation: Coggins, O., Parks, C., & Spiro, N. (Eds.) (2016). Nordoff Robbins Academic & Research Review London: Nordoff Robbins. Available at: 3

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8 PUBLICATIONS 1. Books Ansdell, G., & DeNora, T. (2016). Musical pathways in recovery: Community music therapy & mental wellbeing. London: Routledge. 2. Book chapters Ansdell, G. (in press). Practising Goethe's 'Delicate Empiricism' in music therapy research: Finding value and saving the phenomenon. In T. Stickey & S. Clift (Eds.), Arts & Health: A Theoretical Inquiry. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. Ansdell, G., & Stige, B. (2016). Community music therapy. In J. Edwards (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Karkou, V., Tsiris, G., & Kagiafa, D. (in press). Εκπαίδευση και Επαγγελματική Αναγνώριση για τους Θεραπευτές Μέσω Τέχνης: Ευρωπαϊκές Προοπτικές [Education and professional recognition of arts therapists: European perspectives]. In L. Giotis, D. Maravelis, Α. Pantagoutsou & Ε. Giannouli (Eds.), Η Συμβολή των Ψυχοθεραπειών Μέσω Τέχνης στην Ψυχιατρική Θεραπευτική [The Contribution of Arts Psychotherapies in Psychiatric Treatment]. Athens: Vita Publications. Tsiris, G., Pasiali, V., & Dimitriadis, Τ. (in press). Ερευνητικές Προσεγγίσεις και Προοπτικές στη Μουσικοθεραπεία: Παραδείγματα από το Χώρο της Ψυχικής Υγείας [Research approaches and perspectives in music therapy: Examples from the field of mental health]. In L. Giotis, D. Maravelis, Α. Pantagoutsou & Ε. Giannouli (Eds.), Η Συμβολή των Ψυχοθεραπειών Μέσω Τέχνης στην Ψυχιατρική Θεραπευτική [The Contribution of Arts Psychotherapies in Psychiatric Treatment]. Athens: Vita Publications. Wood, S., & Ansdell, G. (in press). Community music and music therapy: Jointly and severally. In L. Higgins (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Community Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 3. Articles in peer-reviewed journals Athanasiadou, F., Kagiafa, D., Karkou, V., Lykopoulou, M., Babalis, T., Bitzaraki, A., Bouzioti, C., Sampathianaki, E., & Tsiris, G. (2016). The CATI Team: Experiences and reflections regarding the co-action of arts therapies [H ομάδα KATI: Βιώματα και αναστοχασμοί σχετικά με τη σύμπραξη των θεραπειών μέσω τεχνών]. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, Special Issue 8(1), Knight, S., Spiro, N., & Cross, I. (2016). Look, listen and learn: Exploring effects of passive entrainment on social judgements of observed others. Psychology of Music. Advance online publication. Procter, S. (2016). Playing with distinction? Music therapy and the affordances of improvisation. Music and Arts in Action, 5, (1), Sanfilippo, K.R., & Spiro, N. (2016). Conference report: The third Nordoff Robbins Plus conference, Exploring music in therapeutic and community settings. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy. Online First. August Schober, M. F., & Spiro, N. (2016). Listeners and performers shared understanding of jazz improvisations. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Spiro, N., Rink J., & Gold, N. (2016). Musical motives in performance: A study of absolute timing patterns, Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. Spiro N., & Himberg T. (2016). Analysing change in music therapy interactions of children with communication difficulties. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 371: Tsiris, G. (2016). Music therapy and spirituality: An international survey of music therapists perceptions. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, DOI: /

9 PUBLICATIONS 4. Thematic journal issues Ridder, H.M., & Tsiris, G. (Eds.) (2015). Special issue on Music therapy in Europe: paths of professional development. Approaches: Music Therapy & Special Music Education, Special Issue 7 (1), Editorials Ridder, H. M., & Tsiris, G. (2015). Thinking globally, acting locally : Music therapy in Europe. Approaches: Music Therapy & Special Music Education, Special Issue 7(1), Approaches_712015_Ridder-Tsiris_Editorial.pdf. Tsiris, G., & Carr, C. (2015). Key changes and developments. Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, 7(2), Book reviews Tsiris, G. (2015). Book Review: Taking music seriously: Stories from South African music therapy (Pavlicevic, M., Dos Santos, A., & Oosthuizen, H. Eds.). In Music Therapy Perspectives Resources for teaching, practice and research Ansdell, G. (2016). How Does Music Support Communities And Enhance Connectedness? Educational film interview for University of Melbourne Department of Music Therapy distance learning programme. Cripps, C., Tsiris, G., & Spiro, N. (Eds.) (2016). Outcome Measures in Music Therapy: A Free Online Resource by the Nordoff Robbins Research Team. London: Nordoff Robbins. Cripps, C., Tsiris, G., & Spiro, N. (Eds.) (2016) Research and Resources for Music Therapy 2016: A Compilation Developed by the Nordoff Robbins Research Team. London: Nordoff Robbins. Tsiris, G., Boyce, S., Farrant, C., Lander, N., & Spiro, N. (Eds.) (2015). Nordoff Robbins Academic and Research Review London: Nordoff Robbins. Tsiris, G. (2015). International Index of Music Therapy Organisations (2 nd edition, version 2) Articles in conference proceedings, non-peer-reviewed journals and reports Kagiafa, D., Karkou, V., & Tsiris, G. (in press). Training and professional recognition in the arts therapies: Some perspectives from Europe. AToL: Art Therapy OnLine, Special issue with the conference proceedings: Finding spaces, making places: Exploring social and cultural space in contemporary art therapy practice (13-16 April 2016, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK). Spiro, N., & Tsiris, G. (2016) Assessment and evaluation in music therapy: Is there a difference? Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 25 (sup1) Spiro, N., & Schober, M. F. (2016). A classical cello-piano duo s shared understanding with their audience and with each other. Proceedings of the 2016 ICMPC (International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (San Francisco). Spiro, N., & Himberg, T. (2016). Representing change in patterns of interaction of children with communication difficulties in music therapy: what do the therapists think? Proceedings of the 2016 ICMPC (International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (San Francisco). Tsiris, G., Derrington, P., Sparkes, P., Spiro, N., & Wilson, G. (forthcoming). Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, health and wellbeing: difficulties, challenges and pitfalls. In M. Belgrave (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Seminar of the Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, and Music Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, (Australia: National Library of Australia Cataloguing). 7

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12 PRESENTATIONS 9. Keynote conference presentations Ansdell, G. (2015). A case of practice: The rationale, status, uses, challenges, limitations, and satisfactions of the single case in musical-social research. Keynote presentation at Grieg Research School in Interdisciplinary Music Studies Autumn Research Conference, Bergen, Norway. Ansdell, G. (2016). How music helps: A perspective from community music therapy. Keynote presentation at Swedish Music Therapy Conference, Karlstad, Sweden. Ansdell, G. (2016). How music helps - Working across individual, group, and community in music therapy. Keynote presentation at Korean Music Therapy Association Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea. Ansdell, G. (2016). The opposite of treatment? What good are the arts in healthcare contexts? (a contrarian suggestion). Keynote presentation at The International Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Dublin, Ireland. 10. Conference presentations Ansdell, G. (2015). A sympathy with sounds - The case of a professional musician, a music therapist and an ipad. University of Melbourne/Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions, Study Day: Remembrance and the Expressive Arts. University of Melbourne, Australia. Ansdell, G. (2016). Is therapy a welcome guest at the arts & health table? If so, what's its place? Arts & Health Witness Seminar, Wellcome Institute, London, UK. Ansdell, G. (2016). Community music therapy as pragmatic practice and disruptive theory. Seminar Series, Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland. Ansdell, G. (2016). Pondlife - a short dip into the ecologies of music and wellbeing. Sociology of the Arts Group Seminar, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Philosophy, University of Exeter, UK. Ansdell, G. (2016). Strange knowledge - The arts therapies in the defence of humanistic research. Invited seminar presentation at Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel. Ansdell, G., & DeNora, T. (2015). Music, health and wellbeing: Ethnography, ethics, and good musicking. Department of Music Seminar, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Coggins, O. (2015). Certain methods to cross the abyss : Discourses of therapy, noise and ritual in drone metal. Aesthetics of Music and Sound Seminar, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.* Derrington, P., & Tsiris, G. (2016). Building a research culture: The case of the QMU MSc music therapy programme. Inaugural Conference of the QMU Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) What Has Social Science Ever Done for Us? Applying Social Science in the Community, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. Dunbar, N., & Sampathianaki, E (2016). Is three a crowd? Lessons learned from music therapy with a school-age child and a parent who is also a music therapist. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* Farrant, C. (2016). Supporting vulnerable children through music therapy in schools. SENCO Inclusion Conference 2016: supporting SEMH needs. Enfield Council, London, UK, 24 May 2016.* Flower, C. (2016). Beyond the child, parent, therapist trio: Exploring complexities in practice and research. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* Flower, C. (2016). Researching practice, practising research: Exploring music therapy with children, parents and therapists. 3 rd Nordoff Robbins Conference Exploring Music in Therapeutic and Community Settings, London, UK, 17 May Hornblower, A., & Robinson, D. (2016). A presentation on Nordoff Robbins music therapy, UK. Chromosome 18 European Conference, Rome, Italy, 6 August

13 PRESENTATIONS Kagiafa, D., Karkou, V., & Tsiris, G. (2016). Training and professional recognition in the arts therapies: Some perspectives from Europe. Finding Spaces, Making Places: Exploring Social and Cultural Space in Contemporary Art Therapy Practice, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Pavlicevic, M., & Parker, D. (2016). Music therapy, resilience and the refugee crisis. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-10 April 2016.* Sampathianaki, E., & Evans, P. (2016). But can we really make a difference? Music therapy with an adult with challenging behaviour. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-10 April 2016.* Spiro, N. (2016). Research on music therapy, Nature of Evidence, Oxford, 16 November, Spiro, N., & Himberg, T. (2016). Representing change in patterns of interaction of children with communication difficulties in music therapy: What do the therapists think? Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, United States. Spiro, N., & Schober, M. F. (2016). A classical cello-piano duo s shared understanding with their audience and with each other. Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, San Francisco, United States. Spiro, N., & Tsiris, G. (2016). Assessment and evaluation: Is there a difference? 10 th European Music Therapy Conference A Symphony of Dialogues, Vienna, Austria, 5-9 July Thorpe, D. (2016). Music education Therapy or teaching? A personal and professional view of how music therapy can support the aims, attainment targets and subject content of the current primary national curriculum framework. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* Zharinova-Sanderson, O., & Procter, S. (2016). Practising gentle pragmatism Making music therapy more available in an age of austerity. 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Conference workshops and panels Annesley, L., Hadley, S., Quin, A., Sharp, K., Sloboda, A., & Spiro, N. (2016). So, what is music therapy then? : Talking about music therapy with non-music therapists. Roundtable discussion at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Ansdell, G. (2015). When are we working as music therapists with larger groups in community settings? Hints, tips, possibilities and challenges. Keynote Workshop Presentation at AMTA National Conference: From Clinical Practice to Community Music Therapy, Sydney, Australia. Flower, C. (2016) The unstable nature of video evidence in music therapy, presentation at Nature of Evidence Seminar, Oxford, UK, 15 November Hornblower, A., & Robinson, D. (2016). Music therapy taster sessions. Workshop at Chromosome 18 European Conference, Rome, Italy, 6 August Loewy, J., & Flower, C. (2016) NICU music therapy - First sounds: Rhythm, breath and lullaby. Workshop held at the Music for Health Research Centre, Cambridge, UK, 13 January Rowland, C. (chair), Pryce, L., Warren-Thomas, R., & Wetherick, D. (2016). Freelance issues in music therapy practice. Roundtable discussion at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April * Rosscomes, C., Loombe, D., O Neill, N., Morrison, K., Thomas, M., & Birch, C. (2016). Music therapy with children in NHS hospital setting. Roundtable at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April

14 PRESENTATIONS Tsiris, G., Derrington, P., Sparkes, P., Spiro, N., & Wilson, G. (2016). Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, health and wellbeing. Roundtable at ISME commission on special music education & music therapy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, July Poster sessions Carr, C., Tsiris, G., Swijghuisen Reigersberg, M., & Watts, G. (2016). Mapping the profile of music therapists in the UK. Poster presentation at the 3rd Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference Exploring music in therapeutic and community settings, Nordoff Robbins, London, UK, 17 May Carr, C., Tsiris, G., Swijghuisen Reigersberg, M., & Watts, G. (2016). Understanding the present, re-visioning the future: Mapping the profile of music therapists in the UK. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* Farrant, C., Cacija, D., Thorpe, D., Walker, E. & O Dempsey, G. (2016). What does music therapy offer children in mainstream education? Service evaluations from London-based primary schools. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Lyons, J. (2016). A music therapy provision for teenagers with cancer. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April O Neill, N. (2016). Fertile ground between education and health: The development of an extensive music therapy contract within a special needs school. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Ryz, M. (2016). The music object in the treatment of borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia: An exploration into music as both a concrete and abstract experience. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* Sandford, S., Watts, G., & Flower, C. (2016) Music therapy at Chelsea and Westminster: Engaging in research, developing practice. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Spiro, N., Cripps, C., & Tsiris, G. (2016). Music therapy specific outcome measures: An overview. Poster presentation at the 10th European Music Therapy Conference A Symphony of Dialogues, Vienna, Austria, 5-9 July Spiro, N., Farrant, C., & Himberg, T. (2016). Similarities and differences among individuals and pairs in music therapy sessions. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Spiro, N., Farrant, C., Himberg, T., & Pavlicevic, M. (2016). What do music therapists look for when assessing clients in music therapy sessions? Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re- Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Spiro, N., Tsiris, G., & Pavlicevic, M. (2015). Randomised controlled trials on music practices in dementia care: Patterns, gaps and future directions. Poster presentation at the 2nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-visioning our voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Spiro, N., Tsiris, G., & Pavlicevic, M. (2016). Music in dementia care: An overview of randomised controlled trials. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April Wetherick, D. (2016) Musical beginnings: Audition requirements in the context of UK music therapy trainings. Poster presentation at the 2 nd British Association for Music Therapy Conference Re-Visioning our Voice: Resourcing music therapy for contemporary needs, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 8-10 April 2016.* 12

15 PRESENTATIONS 13. Conference booklets Spiro, N., Farrant, C., Tsiris, G., Cripps, C., & Pavlicevic, M. (Eds.) (2015). Evaluating Music Therapy: Considering Value, Benefit and Impact (The 2nd Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference, 9 th June 2015). Spiro, N., Farrant, C., Tsiris, G., Cripps, C., & Sanfilippo, K. R. (Eds.) (2016). Exploring Music in Therapeutic and Community Settings (The 3rd Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference, 17th May 2016). London: Nordoff Robbins Teaching and lectures in other institutions (UK & abroad) Ansdell, G. (2015). Public Lecture: Music therapy in healthcare: Needs, possibilities, evidence. Vimhans Institute of Medicine, Delhi, India. Ansdell, G. (2016). Guest teaching for Masters music therapy programme, Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland. Ansdell, G. (2016). Guest teaching for Masters music therapy programme (ongoing), University of Bergen, Norway. Ansdell, G. (2016). Working musically with people and their communities: A perspective from community music therapy. Workshop for collected Israeli music therapy students at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Ansdell, G. (2016). When music is helpfully present. Workshop teaching session for music therapists of Barchester Healthcare, London, UK. Dunbar, N. (2015). Music therapy with under-5s and their parents and carers. Guildhall School of Music and Drama music therapy course, London, UK, September 2015.* Dunbar, N. (2016). Music therapy with children, parents and carers. Nordoff Robbins students, July Flower, C. (2016). Music therapy in the child development service: Thinking about parental onvolvement, lecture for 1 st year Masters Music Therapy Students, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK, 10 November, Hornblower, A. (2016). Musical resources techniques. Workshops and Seminars as part of Music and Resiliance training (MARS), Prima Materia, Italy, 6-9 July Procter, S. (2016). Rehearsal the real thing? Lecture in The Sir John Manduell Research Forum Series, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 10 February Spiro, N. (2016). Music in mind. Talk at St Mary s School, Calne, UK, 20 October, Spiro, N. (2016). Introduction to music and science, Music+ London, Southbank Centre, London, UK, 29 November, Tsiris, G. (2016). Service evaluation in the arts therapies. Invited presentation at the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Arts Therapies subgroup re-launch, Edinburgh, UK, 4 October Tsiris, G. (2016). At the heart of things: Some reflections on meaning-making in music therapy practice and research. Invited presentation at the AGM of Arkordia, Edinburgh, 23 September Tsiris, G. (2015). Introduction to music therapy. Lecture for the 3rd Year Applied Music, Health and Wellbeing students, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, 1 February

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18 PROJECTS 15. Research projects An overview of internal and collaborative research projects is provided below. Most projects involve at least informal contributions by people beyond the project team. A number of themes run through the projects including: the exploration of what happens in music therapy; how it can be discussed, assessed and evaluated; and, how music therapy is seen by clients and those around them. Music is at the heart of many of these projects, and at the same time they explore how related fields can inform music therapy practice and research. All of the projects have the overarching aim of learning about, and contributing to, practice. We thank the members of Nordoff Robbins Research Ethics Committee for their guidance and support throughout the research projects. Research projects are ordered according to the date first published. Research projects that are still in-progress and with no publication record are listed first followed by the ones with the most recent first publication. Explanation of information provided in the research projects below: Start date Date first published Full reference Link Abstract Date of approval by research ethics committee. Date of the first academic publication in relation to the project. Only articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, or book chapters are included here. If these are not available, and the project has been completed, we include the abstracts from non-peer reviewed publications. Reference of publication. Online link to publication. The abstracts describing the projects have been taken directly from abstracts of peer-reviewed papers, conference proceedings or book descriptions from the publishers websites. A project outline is given only when there is no abstract available. Nordoff Robbins music therapy interaction analysis Research team: Organisations involved: Mercédès Pavlicevic, Neta Spiro & Camilla Farrant Nordoff Robbins Start date: February 2013 Project outline: This study uses two approaches to develop a taxonomy for describing music therapy interactions, in order to link broader observations with detailed music therapist interpretation. Nordoff Robbins rating scales Research team: Organisations involved: Mercédès Pavlicevic, Neta Spiro & Camilla Farrant Nordoff Robbins Start date: February 2013 Project outline: In order to further build on Nordoff Robbins practice, in this study we are carrying out an analysis of the levels in Nordoff Robbins Evaluation Scale 1 and how the terms therein are used when describing short music therapy video extracts. We are investigating the connection between what can be seen and heard in videos and the terms used to describe them. 16

19 PROJECTS How much do listeners share understanding of the jazz performances they hear? Research team: Organisations involved: Michael Schober & Neta Spiro Start date: September 2013 Project outline: The New School for Social Research, New York; in association with Nordoff Robbins How can we talk about a specialist activity such as music therapy to different audiences? The question of the extent of shared understanding between those participating in an activity and those observing is not limited to music therapy. This study explores audience interpretation of duo musical performance and the extent to which variability in hearing across different audience members can be predicted by prior musical experience. In particular, using an online questionnaire the study asks: To what extent do non-performing listeners understand a performance in the same way as the two performers who originally played? To what extent do audience members with different musical backgrounds hear the performance in the same way as each other? i.e. how much variability in hearing is there across an audience? When the performers have different interpretations of what happened in the performance, do audience hearings correspond more with one performer s interpretation than another s, or are hearings individually variable across all audience members? Are audience members with musical training more likely to agree with performers interpretations than audience members without musical training? Are audience members who have played the same instrument as a performer more likely to endorse that performer s interpretations? Are audience members more likely to agree with claims about the performance that both players endorse than claims that only one performer endorses? Are audience members any more or less likely to endorse interpretations by an outside expert (analogous to a critic) than interpretations by the performers? This is one of a series of studies about shared understanding in collarboative music making. We hope that the methods developed and findings identified in these projects will help inform our exploration of the variability of shared understanding in music and music therapy. A research study on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of music therapy services Research team: Organisations involved: Giorgos Tsiris, Neta Spiro, Mercédès Pavlicevic & Sarah Boyce Nordoff Robbins Start date: September 2013 Project outline: The study aims to build an evidence base which will inform future M&E initiatives, including appropriate collection and analysis methods, report formats and dissemination methods. Initially, 27 M&E projects which were completed between by the Nordoff Robbins Research Department were analysed in terms of their methods and main areas of findings. Through this retrospective analysis of evaluation material, a number of impact areas of music therapy services were identified. Since these impact areas and their ratings per client group and settings emerge from a relatively small sample, a follow-up online survey helped to check the extent to which the themes (impact areas) identified were comprehensive. All Nordoff Robbins employed and supported music therapists were invited to respond to the survey which also asked them to rank the given impact areas in order of importance according to the different sites and client groups with whom they have worked with since

20 PROJECTS Nordoff Robbins music therapy and improvisation Research team: Organisations involved: Start date: October 2013 Project outline: Neta Spiro & Michael Schober Nordoff Robbins; The New School for Social Research, New York Since improvisation is at the heart of Nordoff Robbins music therapy, this study investigates the following questions: 1. What characterises music therapy improvisation in the eyes of co-improvising music therapists? 2. What are the techniques used? 3. To what extent co-improvisers agree about 'what happened'? This project builds on a series of studies about shared understanding in collaborative music making. Outcome measures for use in music therapy Research team: Organisations involved: Neta Spiro, Giorgos Tsiris, Charlotte Cripps, Anna Snowman & Mercédès Pavlicevic Nordoff Robbins Start date: October 2014 Project outline: Although there is currently a plethora of outcome measures available for music therapists, and a large number of these are used in music therapy work, practitioners and researchers often encounter problems in identifying the most appropriate outcome measures. This project identifies outcome measures that are currently available for those working with clients with dementia and autism and investigates: what the methods of assessment are, where the focus lies in terms of the client s behaviour, what the differences and similarities are across different outcome measures, what (if anything) is missing from the measures, what the pros and cons of using such measures might be in different situations. As part of the project we will also bring together definitions of outcome measures, while considering their potential usefulness to Nordoff Robbins work. Randomised controlled trials in music therapy: What have we learned so far Research team: Organisations involved: Neta Spiro, Giorgos Tsiris, Tatiana Sobolewska & Mercédès Pavlicevic Nordoff Robbins Start date: October 2014 Project outline: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), which often feature in debates regarding hierarchical models of evidence and their methodological assumptions, play a key role in the modern healthcare landscape. Findings from RCTs influence policy-making and shape the image of professional fields nationally and internationally. This holds true for music therapy and the wider field of music and health too. Despite the increasing number of RCTs conducted in music therapy and other music interventions, the research community is still learning how to carry out and report on such studies. Studies have considered practical guidelines for the design and implementation of RCTs in music, but it is equally important for researchers, and also for research audiences, to develop clear theoretical foundations and understanding of the links between RCTs and the practices that they study. Through analysis of 25 RCTs on music therapy and music intervention in dementia care, this study provides an overview of the type and format of practices studied in these RCTs, the outcome measures, as well as the relationship between the aims of such practices and foci of RCTs respectively. The patterns, as well as the methodological tensions and gaps identified in the study, help us to learn about the connections between practice and outcome, as well as raise questions that have perhaps been overlooked in review studies that emphasise aspects of reliability, validity and generalisability. Looking ahead, the consideration of RCTs alongside other research approaches can enhance mutual understanding and exchange. 18

21 PROJECTS To what extent do performers and listeners share understanding of free jazz performances? Research team: Organisations involved: Start date: November 2014 Project outline: Amandine Pras, Michael Schober & Neta Spiro The New School for Social Research, New York; in association with Nordoff Robbins Music therapists communicate with a range of audiences about their work. The questions they face regarding the extent of shared understanding between those participating in an activity and those observing are not limited to music therapy. Through interviews and questionnaires, this case study investigates free jazz musicians creative processes and the extent and nature of shared understanding when they improvised together for the first time. It also observes the extent to which other free jazz musicians within the same community agree with the performers characterizations when listening to their recorded performance. This is one of a series of studies about shared understanding in collarboative music making. We hope that the methods developed and findings identified in these projects will help inform our exploration of the variability of shared understanding in music and music therapy. Players' and audience members' overlapping understanding of a piano-cello chamber workshop performance Research team: Organisations involved: Start date: May 2015 Project outline: Michael Schober & Neta Spiro The New School for Social Research, New York; in association with Nordoff Robbins Communication with non-music therapists about their work is a daily challenge for NR practitioners. The question of the extent of shared understanding between those participating in an activity and those observing is not limited to music therapy. Therefore, our study explores audience interpretation of duo musical performance and the extent to which variability in understanding across different audience members can be predicted by prior musical experience. In particular, using a questionnaire the study asks: To what extent do non-performing listeners understand a performance in the same way as the two performers who originally played? To what extent do audience members with different musical backgrounds hear the performance in the same way as each other? When the performers have different interpretations of what happened in the performance, do audience hearings correspond more with one performer s interpretation than another s, or are hearings individually variable across all audience members? Are audience members with musical training more likely to agree with performers interpretations than audience members without musical training? Are audience members who have played the same instrument as a performer more likely to endorse that performer s interpretations? Are audience members more likely to agree with claims about the performance that both players endorse than claims that only one performer endorses? This is one of a series of studies about shared understanding in collaborative music making. We hope that the methods developed and findings identified in these projects will help inform our exploration of the variability of shared understanding in music and music therapy. 19

22 PROJECTS Understanding the present, re-visioning the future: An initial mapping of music therapists in the United Kingdom Research team: Organisations involved: Start date: Project outline: Catherine Carr, Giorgos Tsiris & Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg British Association for music Therapy (BAMT) & Goldsmiths, University of London April 2015 (start of data collection) The aim of this study was to explore the profile of the UK music therapy workforce in terms of demographics, training and employment characteristics. An online survey was circulated to all BAMT members. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and coding of free text responses. A total of 374 therapists responded (44% response rate). As an initial mapping of the current UK workforce, this study offers a pragmatic platform to consider development and strategic priorities and thus to re-vision the future of music therapy in the country. Potential implications for the international music therapy community are also discussed. 16. Doctoral projects The Nordoff Robbins MPhil/PhD programme was inaugurated in Initially the programme was validated by City University London, and from 2016 will be validated by Goldsmith's University. The projects listed here are part of the Nordoff Robbins programme or are projects carried out in other programmes by individuals during their Nordoff Robbins employment. The projects are ordered according to the year of completion, starting with the projects that are inprogress. In progress The Musical Training of Music Therapists Donald Wetherick (PhD student); Stuart Wood (Supervisor) Registering institution: Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2015 ongoing. Music Therapy and Spirituality (working title) Giorgos Tsiris (PhD student); Gary Ansdell & Mercédès Pavlicevic (Supervisors) Registering institution: Nordoff Robbins / Goldsmiths, University of London 2011 ongoing Music Therapy with Children and Parents in a Child Development Service: A Qualitative Study of the Dynamics of Expertise. Claire Flower (PhD student) Mercedes Pavlicevic & Gary Ansdell (Supervisors) Registering Institution: Nordoff-Robbins/Goldsmiths University 2011 ongoing. 20

23 PROJECTS 17. Evaluation projects This section includes monitoring and evaluation projects of music therapy services provided or supported by Nordoff Robbins, in collaboration with partner organisations. It also includes monitoring and evaluation projects of continuing professional development courses provided by Nordoff Robbins. Projects are ordered according to their delivery date Teenage Cancer Trust Harriet Crawford Jimmy Lyons Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Teenage Cancer Trust Date of report delivery: 23rd February 2016 Royal Bolton Hospital David Robinson Lucie Philips Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Bolton Hospital Date of report delivery: 9th June 2016 Dragonflies Nursery School Lindsay McHale Kate Bennett Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Dragonflies Nursery School Date of report delivery: 9th June 2016 Second Chance Headway Centre Alison Hornblower Alan Rudkin Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Second Chance Headway Centre Date of report delivery: 9th June 2016 Nightingale Hospice David Robinson Charlotte Bailey Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Nightingale Hospice Date of report delivery: 22nd June 2016 Grange School David Robinson Sarah Denman Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Grange School Date of report delivery: 22nd June 2016 Piper Hill School David Robinson Antonia Beardsall Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Piper Hill School Date of report delivery: 28th June

24 PROJECTS Priory Hospital Alison Hornblower Richard Bennett Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Priory Hospital Date of report delivery: 29th June 2016 St. Matthews Hall David Robinson Brigitte Schwarting Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and St. Matthews Hall Date of report delivery: 29th June 2016 Carlton Primary School Harriet Crawford Donald Wetherick (Elaine McGregor) Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Carlton Primary School Date of report delivery: 8th July 2016 Kentish Town Primary Harriet Crawford Elaine McGregor Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Albert Hall Date of report delivery: 21st July 2016 Royal Manchester Children's Hospital School Regional David Robinson Brigitte Schwarting Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital School Date of report delivery: 15th November 2016 Beormund School Lindsay McHale Fraser Moyle Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Beormund School Date of report delivery: 17th November 2016 Melrose School Lindsay McHale Natasha Merritt Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Melrose School Date of report delivery: 17th November 2016 Garston Manor School Harriet Crawford Laura Borrows Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Garston Manor School Date of report delivery: 21st November 2016 QEII Jubilee School Harriet Crawford Jose Alor Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and QEII Jubilee School Date of report delivery: 24th November

25 PROJECTS Sheffield Children s Hospital Alison Hornblower Sarah Smith Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Sheffield Children s Hospital Date of report delivery: 24th November 2016 Royal Victoria Infirmary Alison Hornblower Beverly Rayner Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Victoria Infirmary Date of report delivery: 28th November 2016 Royal Albert Hall Harriet Crawford Elaine McGregor Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Albert Hall Date of report delivery: 29th November 2016 Kinsley School Alison Hornblower Susanna Hewitt Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Kinsley School Date of report delivery: 29th November 2016 Royal Albert Hall Harriet Crawford Elaine McGregor Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and the Royal Albert Hall Date of report delivery: 29th November 2016 St Nicholas School Lindsay McHale Fraser Moyle Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and St Nicholas School Date of report delivery: 1st December 2016 Save the Family David Robinson Charlotte Bailey Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Save the Family Date of report delivery: 9th December 2016 Stanley Park High School Lindsay McHale Kate Bennett Organisations involved: Nordoff Robbins and Stanley Park High School Date of report delivery: 22nd December