Edited by Gary McPherson, Professor of Music, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Gary E. McPherson is the Ormond Professor of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research interests are broad and his approach interdisciplinary. His most important research examines the acquisition and development of musical competence, and motivation to engage and participate in music from novice to expert levels. With a particular interest in the acquisition of visual, aural and creative performance skills, he has attempted to understand more precisely how music students become sufficiently motivated and self-regulated to achieve at the highest level. Gary has published over 250 articles and book chapters and co-authored, co-edited or edited 14 books for OUP, including The Child as Musician, Musical Prodigies: Interpretations from Psychology, Education, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, and The Oxford Handbook of Music Education.

Eckart Altenmüller, Hannover, University of Music, Drama, and Media
Liliana S. Araújo, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Sara Ascenso, Royal Northern College of Music
Dawn Bennett, Curtin University, Australia
Laura Bishop, University of Oslo
Peter Buckoke, Royal College of Music, London
Karen Burland, University of Leeds
Chris Chafe, Stanford University
Terry Clark, Royal College of Music
Antonella Delle Fave, University of Milan
Frank Diaz, Indiana University
Werner Goebl, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Johannes Hatfield, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Harald Jers, Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
Carol Johnson, University of Melbourne
Pétur Jónasson, Royal College of Music, London
Peter Keller, Western Sydney University
Jennifer Kirsner, Clinical Psychologist
Judith Kleinman, Royal College of Music
Reinhard Kopiez, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, Hannover
Tania Lisboa, Royal College of Music, London
Gary E. McPherson, University of Melbourne
Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre, Norwegian School of Sport Science
Margaret Osborne, University of Melbourne
Stephen Paparo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Richard Parncutt, University of Graz
Rosie Perkins, Royal College of Music
Friedrich Platz, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
Rafael Ramirez, Pompeu Fabra University
Bernard Richter, Freiburg Institute for Musicians' Medicine - University of Music and University Clinic Freiburg
Glyn Roberts, Norwegian School of Sport Science
Emery Schubert, University of New South Wales Sydney
Maria Schuppert, University of Music, Würzburg, University of Music, Drama, and Media
Claudia Spahn, Freiburg Institute for Musicians' Medicine - University of Music and University Clinic Freiburg
Sten Ternström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Valentine, Royal Holloway, University of London
George Waddell, Royal College of Music
Marcelo M. Wanderley, McGill University
Graham Welch, University College, London
Joe Wolfe, University of New South Wales Sydney
Jim Woodhouse, Cambridge University
Aaron Williamon, Royal College of Music