This poster presents a method for conceptualizing domains of activity in “real world” music
making. An extension of Herbert H. Clark's (1996)“action” theory of language use, this poster …

Music interactivity is a sub-field of human-computer interaction studies. Interactive situations
have different degree of structural openness and musical “ludicity” or playfulness …

Through the systematic analysis of data from music rehearsals, lessons, and performances,
this book develops a new conceptual framework for studying cognitive processes in musical …

This dissertation considers the development of musical form in improvised music
performances from a perspective based in embodied and ecological theories of cognition …

This dissertation presents an instrumentalist's perspective on cognition and meta-cognition
in music performance. The goal of the study is to identify and apply methods of inquiry that …

What does it mean to be 'moved'by music? Musical sounds can provoke strong emotions
and profound physical and physiological experiences. In groups of people, music can …

Music is sometimes compared to language as a system of communication, however this
comparison is usually at a generic formal, cultural or social level. This paper explores this …

This paper presents an exploration of the ontological shift from musical materials (ie melody,
harmony, rhythm, texture, timbre, register) to activities in music performance analysis. The …

Music and language seem, in our western conceptions, distinct spheres of human activity.
Each has features that the other does not: language can refer, and is of paramount …

This article presents an ecological model of musical performance drawn from the field of
Gibsonian Ecological Psychology and the techniques of Actor-Network Theory as explicated …