Keynote Speakers
Prof. Katrina McFerran
Professor in Music Therapy, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Professor Katrina Skewes McFerran is an international expert on the topic of music, wellbeing and young people. She has undertaken a range of studies investigating healthy and uses of music with and by young people, preferring participatory approaches with an emphasis on reflexive, qualitative investigations. She has also contributed to the development of an assessment tool for increasing young people's conscious and intentional uses of music. Her music therapy research spans school, community and hospital based practices with young people incorporating a range of music strategies such as song writing, improvisation, performances and music sharing. She is committed to building healthy music cultures in schools that promote wellbeing and connectedness, as well as providing direct therapy services for young people who wish to work towards personal and interpersonal change and growth.
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Katrina McFerran
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Elizabeth Margulis
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Prof. Elizabeth Margulis
Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis is Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Music at Princeton University, with affiliations in Psychology and Neuroscience. She studies the perception and cognition of music. She directs Princeton’s Music Cognition Lab, which brings together students and researchers to ask questions that lie at the intersection of the humanities and the sciences. In particular, she’s interested in the aspects of musical experience that seem most powerful, but hardest to talk about. The lab uses experimental data as a provocative, illuminating way in to some of the most complex, subjective, culturally situated aspects of music, which in turn reveals neglected, broader aspects of human cognition and behavior.
Host
Prof. Suvi Saarikallio
Professor in Music Education, University of Jyväskylä
Professor Suvi Saarikallio conducts research and teaching in music psychology, music education, and music therapy. Saarikkallio is the primary investigator for the ERC-funded project MUSICONNECT. She is also co-PI for the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body & Brain, and co-PI for the University of Jyväskylä's profiling area for the Social Sustainability for Children and Families. Saarikallio is the President of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), the European Commissioner for the ISME (International Society for Music Education) Research Commission, and Chairman of the Finnish Society for Music Education (FiSME). Saarikallio will share what is MUSICONNEXT during her hosting address.
