Performing Music Research provides a comprehensive, accessible, and brilliantly written explanation of research technique, and an unparalleled teaching and learning resource that researchers in music education, music psychology, and performance science internationally and well into the future will all want to include in their library.
Gary E. McPherson
University of Melbourne
Performing Music Research takes students on a journey toward becoming a knowledgeable and productive scholar.
Drawing perspectives from across the music discipline, the authors provide relevant examples and address timely topics to effectively connect the doing of music with its systematic examination as a distinctive human phenomenon. This is an excellent guide for any student interested in the study of musical behaviors, attitudes, and practices.
Steven Morrison
Northwestern University
Performing Music Research is an essential read for anyone interested in interdisciplinary enquiry.... It provides a wealth of practical guidance, presented both with breadth and in depth, to guide the reader through the essential steps and common pitfalls of conducting research in music, informed by perspectives from multiple fields and supported by helpful learning resources. This book will no doubt become a central tool for training the next generation of music researchers, allowing them to navigate from one field to another and contribute to the advancement of musical knowledge and understanding.
Isabelle Cossette
McGill University
The authors have provided a start-to-finish manual of how to conceive, execute, analyse, and report empirical research on musical behaviour. Drawing on their extensive experience as researchers and teachers in music higher education, they have provided a resource which will be a useful refresher to experienced researchers as well as a systematic guide for novices.... It should be widely welcomed in conservatoires and university music departments as a valuable resource for researchers and teachers alike.
