I distinctly remember one of the first times I went to a contemporary gallery; I can't remember
which one it was. I was 17. I walked in the door and I was made to feel like a piece of shit …

“Musicians often pay a high price for sharing their art with us. Underneath the glow of
success can often lie loneliness and exhaustion, not to mention the basic struggles of paying …

This paper considers the purpose, values and principles underpinning higher music
education (HME) as one of the performing arts in a context of turbulent global change …

Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with students who had attempted to report staff
sexual misconduct to their higher education institutions in the UK, the article analyses …

Enhancing our knowledge about students' experiences during their studies in higher music
education is essential to understand and support them as they cope with their specific …

Fashion is under the spotlight like never before. Activists call for environmental
accountability, and wide-ranging debates highlight exploitation across global supply chains …

Evidence points towards the key role that networks of both formal and informal relationships
play in musicians' careers. Alongside this, these careers have in recent decades become …

Making sense of musicians' professional learning pathways is of crucial importance to
understanding their career progressions, their routes into creative employment, and the …

Despite decades of discussion, debate, and incremental gains, acceptance of popular music
education in collegiate institutions is still in its inception. Higher education (and indeed …

Across the globe, many countries are at a nexus of multiple crises. The COVID-19 pandemic,
structural racism, the climate crisis, and a severe economic downturn have all converged …