Research

"To Hear Real Freedom": Overcoming Barriers to Promoting Everyday Singing as a Form of Accessible, Universal Musical Care

West, S., Pike-Rowney, G., Bodkin-Allen, S., McConnell, B., Gulliver, A., Castro De Jong, D., Cave, B., Loudon, J., Anyos, B. & Pearce, C., 9 May 2026, In: Music and Science. 9

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Disciplining Harmony: A transdisciplinary historical interrogation of the ‘disciplining’ of music in education, and its impact on music participation in society

Pike-Rowney, G., 1 Jan 2026, Harmony of the Spheres: Ancient and Recent Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 125-142

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From mice to music: a historical critique of optimal arousal in music performance

Rivera, K., Smyth, L., West, S. & Pike-Rowney, G., Feb 2026, In: Music Performance Research. 13, p. 1-37

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​Are we all anxious about the same thing? A comparison of lay definitions of music making and performance in the context of music participation

Rivera, K., Smyth, L., Pike-Rowney, G. & West, S., 31 Jul 2024, In: Psychology of Music.

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The ‘Distant Music of Social Radicalism’: The Debate between Pelagius and Augustine of the 4th Century CE and its Relevance to Music Education

Pike-Rowney, G., 2024, In: Journal of Historical Research in Music Education.

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Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course: Introducing the Musical Care International Network

Spiro, N., Sanfilippo, K. R. M., McConnell, B. B., Pike-Rowney, G., et al, 2023, In: Music and Science. 6

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Shared music, shared occupation: Embedding music as a socio-altruistic collective- and co-occupation in occupational therapy education

de Jong, D. C., Pike, G., West, S., Valerius, H., Kay, A. & Ellis, S., 2021, In: Journal of Occupational Science. 28, 3, p. 374-387 14 p.

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The Music Engagement Program for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Pilot feasibility trial outcomes

Gulliver, A., Pike, G., Banfield, M., Morse, A. R., Katruss, N., Valerius, H., Pescud, M., McMaster, M. & West, S., Aug 2021, In: Evaluation and Program Planning. 87, 101930.

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'It's not that bad singing with other people': The effect of a single Outreach on singing attitudes and confidence in adults.

Bodkin-Allen, S., Swain, N., West, S. In: Australian Journal of Music Education, 2019, v. 52, n. 2, p. 22

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The Past, Present and Future of Music in Education: a transdisciplinary framework designed to promote re-engagement and reform in music education for teachers, students and the community

Doctoral thesis, Pike, G., 2018

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Simply Singing: the use of interdisciplinary educational design research to facilitate music making in intercultural Islamic settings

West, S., Griffiths, P. & Pike, G., 2017, Building Interdisciplinary & Intercultural Bridges: Where Practice Meets Research and Theory. University of Cambridge: BIBACC Publishing, p. 133-141

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A new paradigm in music education: the Music Education Program at The Australian National University

Doctoral Thesis, West, S., 2007