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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 14h

At Muses Mind Machine we're investigating how ecomusicking helps shape our environmental values, beliefs and behaviours Yesterday's www.bbc.co.uk/academy/live... and today's @granthamcsf.bsky.social symposium asks how individual and systemic change can shape the environmental choices we make.

Climate Creatives 2025 presented by BBC Academy Live

A conference to spark and inspire compelling climate storytelling which took place on 7 October, live from the Royal Geographical Society.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UiO - RITMO @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social · 14h

Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!😁
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:

Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion

Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

www.uio.no

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 1d

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How AI Is changing music: creativity, copyright, and the future of songwriting

YouTube video by The University of Sheffield Player

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic insight on film and TV scoring from @gazelletwin.bsky.social Great music psych questions - scoring for the jumpscare; keeping musical consistency across TV series; working the temp music as mood cue... Thanks @sensoriafestival.bsky.social

Gazelle Twin @gazelletwin.bsky.social · 7d

This Friday at @sensoriafestival.bsky.social I’ll be talking about scoring for Film & TV with Daniel Dylan Wray (The Guardian). 10am at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.

www.sensoria.org.uk/sensoriapro-...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 7d

Brilliant to welcome our new #MusicPsychology MA students to @sheffielduni.bsky.social this week. We asked them their favourite things about Sheffield so far: friendly people, green spaces, Chinese restaurants, and er, the weather 😎Good job we asked them yesterday!

Screenshot of the BBC Weather forecast for Sheffield, showing 'Gusty winds and heavy rain'

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to Sheffield PhD graduate @ehmacgregor.bsky.social on another new article - very useful comparison of the thinking behind music education policy in England and Wales; timely for GCSE results week!

Elizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm delighted to see this article published in Arts Education Policy Review (🔑OPEN ACCESS🔑) with my wonderful colleagues @thomasbreeze.bsky.social and Viv John.
#MusicEd #CardiffMet @somervillecollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1063...

A National Plan for Music Education: A comparative “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” analysis across England and Wales

In 2022 both England and Wales released policy documents entitled A National Plan for Music Education. While the English policy was a long-awaited update to a similar policy published in 2011, the ...

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 CALLING ALL CREATIVES!!! WE NEED YOU!!!
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

Become a mentor

Registration to be a mentor in 2026 is now open! Arts Emergency mentors support young people in Greater Manchester, London and Merseyside who are interested in the creative and cultural industries and...

www.arts-emergency.org

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Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @neuroceutical.bsky.social & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, Renee Timmers & WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch

doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jul 16

Lovely memories here of the wonderful @jayteetang.bsky.social and his time in Sheffield with @musicpsychshef.bsky.social We'll really miss you!!

Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’ve truly enjoyed my PhD journey at @sheffielduni.bsky.social @musicpsychshef.bsky.social! 🎓🎶 Grateful to my amazing supervisors, Nikki Dibben & Renee Timmers, for their guidance, support & inspiration throughout this research adventure. Excited for what's next! #PhDLife #MusicPsychology

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Music in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · Jul 16

JOIN THE MUSIC IN THE ROUND TEAM!

We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield

Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs

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Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social · Jun 4

FANS CALLED TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC

For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵

Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Winners of the Team Prize, the Access Folk team, commented:

"Having been awarded the Team Prize for Open Research has provided affirmation that all the effort we are putting in is recognised as high quality by the institution. This has given us momentum to keep doing what we feel is important."

Open Research Prize 2025 - winners and runners up

The winners of the University of Sheffield’s 2025 Open Research Prize have now been announced - many congratulations to our prize winners.

www.sheffield.ac.uk

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Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves.
doi.org/10.56883/aij...

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Elizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Two articles published in one week! One on #singing with the wonderful @sparcsheffield.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social and one on #vulnerability from my recent research at @somervillecollege.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social.
🎵 doi.org/10.1386/ijcm...
✏️ doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Evaluating collaborative action ethnography as a means of co-constructing ‘pedagogies of vulnerability’ in the post-pandemic music classroom - Elizabeth H MacGregor, 2025

Following the lengthy period of isolation enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the imperative for qualitative researchers to re-engage in personal and participato...

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Francesca Talamini @francescatalamini.bsky.social · Jun 23

JOB OFFER: 4-year PostDoc position in the field of music psychology. Join us at the University of Innsbruck, in the heart of Austrian Alps!
lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karri...

Studienorganisation

Chiffre PSY-SPORT-15172

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 13

What great programming @sysmus.bsky.social organising committee: Katarina Henttonen gives her paper on scary music, today, Friday 13th 👻😉

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lovelt to see Joy (Yue You) from @musicpsychshef.bsky.social also presenting at @sysmus.bsky.social today

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Not only does Jaytee Tang have his PhD viva today, he is presenting! @sysmus.bsky.social

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Keynote Prof Anja Volk @sysmus.bsky.social Great examples of computational and cognitive musicology informing creative and health applications, and raising great questions about explainable AI.

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 11

Very happy to be presenting at SysMus25!

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SysMus @sysmus.bsky.social · Apr 24

P.S. If you haven’t registered yet, head over to the registration tab in the website and sign up. See you there!

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European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music - ESCOM @escom.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great start to @sysmus.bsky.social 25 with a keynote on ecomusiking from Prof. Nicola Dibben @musicpsychshef.bsky.social

Looking forward to great collection of presentations and posters @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social!!

Prof. Nicola Dibben giving the first keynote of sysmus25

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations Jenni MacRitchie, Justin Christensen and team on 4 years of the Music, Dementia, Technology project. Great to see so many partners celebrating the shared musical, technological life enhancing activities and learning from working together.

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Sarah K Whitfield @sarahinthepark.bsky.social · Jun 3

Lovely funded PhD project over at RNCM www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD studentship associated with a Collaborative Partnership between RNCM and Olympias Music Foundation: Cultural diversity and global music teacher training: Improving teacher training and development...

PhD Project - PhD studentship associated with a Collaborative Partnership between RNCM and Olympias Music Foundation: Cultural diversity and global music teacher training: Improving teacher training a...

www.findaphd.com

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · May 22

Bravo to @keetjeellis.bsky.social and @eiscoo.bsky.social for their contributions to this brilliant gig. Great to see Kate's research on experiences of homelessness, and Emily's on benefits of singing put into joyful action!

Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · May 20

Really special to see Sheffield Cathedral packed yesterday for the debut gig of @choirwithnoname.bsky.social and their guests #SheffieldOneWorldChoir

www.choirwithnoname.org/choirs/sheff...

Sheffield — The Choir with No Name

www.choirwithnoname.org

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