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This internationally peer-reviewed journal, published on behalf of SEMPRE, promotes the dissemination and discussion of high quality research in music and music education. The journal encourages the interrogation and development of a range of research methodologies and their application to diverse topics in music education theory and practice. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE) View full journal description

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  • Julie Ballantyne
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Hip hop collective: Building resilience in music education

  • Jonathan Kladder
  • Anka Roberto
  • Josalin Hunter
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Searching for spaces of encounter and disorientation: Teachers’ lived experiences of music in diverse classrooms

  • Ailbhe Kenny
  • Catharina Christophersen
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An investigation of studio music teachers’ strategies to manage music performance anxiety

  • Isabella Mazzarolo
  • Kim Burwell
  • Margaret Osborne
  • Emery Schubert
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Music learning and school-aged children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing: A scoping review

  • Jason Goopy
  • Stephanie L R MacArthur
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Inclusion and pedagogical support for students with special educational needs in music lessons: A systematic review

  • Oula Mommo
  • Katja Sutela
  • Riikka Mononen
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Narrative Inquiry: A Methodology for Studying Lived Experience

  • D. Jean Clandinin
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Living with liminality: Reconceptualising music careers education and research

  • Nicole Canham
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Soundtrap usage during COVID-19: A machine-learning approach to assess the effects of the pandemic on online music learning

  • David H Knapp
  • Bryan Powell
  • Gareth D Smith
  • John C Coggiola
  • Matthew Kelsey
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The use of music therapy techniques as an educational tool: A systematic review

  • Gonzalo Marcos Treceño
  • Ana Rosa Arias Gago
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SEMPRE 50th Anniversary Commemorative Collection
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Analysis of Music Teacher Education Programmes in Puerto Rico

Community musicking and musical cognition among adungu music communities of the Acholi people from Awach, Gulu district, Northern Uganda

Breaking the sound of silence: Professional learning in an early career music teacher conversation group

Expanding professionalism in popular music voice teaching: A framework synthesis

Children as Songwriters: The Social-Emotional Benefits of Songwriting in the Primary Grades

Music Teacher Mothers’ Career Navigation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Young people navigating musical lives: Considering arts participation as agency in cultural authorship

An analysis of musculoskeletal disorder risk factors associated with common pedagogical principles of the Lhevinne and Taubman piano schools: A literature review

Maintaining and challenging conservative teaching and learning culture in conservatories: The need for holistic pedagogy in educational fields of tension

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Special issue panel on early childhood music education

Dr Amanda Nilend and Dr Patricia St John

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Maintaining and challenging conservative teaching and learning culture in conservatories: The need for holistic pedagogy in educational fields of tension

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