Call for Papers: Ecologies of Practice in Music, Spirituality, and Well-Being

    The School of Music at North-West University and Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing is organizing a conference on for April 25-27, 2024, that will take place online. Call for Papers: “Ecologies of Practice in Music, Spirituality, and Well-Being” Conference Discover the fascinating interplay between music, spirituality, and well-being at our upcoming interdisciplinary conference. Join scholars, READ MORE

Special Edition Call for the International Journal of Education and the Arts

International Journal of Education and the Arts Special Edition Call: Positive Psychology and Music Education Guest editor: Liesl van der Merwe Associate editor: Ewie Erasmus The International Journal of Education & the Arts is an open-access platform for scholarly dialogue. We are committed to the highest forms of scholarship invested in the significance of the READ MORE

Tales, Myths and Stories: Call for chapter proposal

Call for chapter proposal Tales, Myths and Stories: Exploring Narrative Methodologies in Music Research Edited by Tiri Bergesen Schei, Amira Erlich and Kari Holdhus Book to be proposed for publication in landscapes: The arts, Aesthetics end education (Springer publishing: Liora Bresler, Series Editor). Storytelling is both an extraordinary and everyday practice which includes ancient fairytales READ MORE

Music, Spirituality and Genre study day Schedule

Friday 20 May 2022 Dr Mike Dines and Dr Brian Inglis, in association with the international network Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing (MSW)  From Lady Gaga and Leonard Cohen to Arvo Pärt and Galina Ustvolskaya via John Coltrane, musicians working in various genres have notably explored spiritual themes and/or made music with spiritual intention. Music without READ MORE

Presentations of the book ‘Heart’s Ease. Spirituality in the Music of John Tavener’

We are happy to announce two presentation events in the UK for this book on 12th November (Winchester) and 30th November (Middlesex) Our age owes Sir John Tavener deep gratitude. His works cross both cultural and disciplinary boundaries. He illustrated how to deal with intense suffering and felt deeply for the suffering of the world. READ MORE