Professor Aaron Williamon
BA, BSc, PhD, FHEA, FRSA, HonRCM
Aaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music (RCM) where he directs the Centre for Performance Science (CPS), a partnership of the RCM and Imperial College London. Aaron joined the RCM as Research Fellow in 2000 and was appointed Senior Research Fellow in 2004 and Professor of Performance Science in 2010. His research focuses on skilled performance and applied scientific initiatives that inform music learning and teaching, as well as the impact of music and the arts on society.
Aaron established the RCM Centre for Performance Science in 2000. As the first centre of its kind in a conservatoire, the CPS has remained alert to the mission and purpose of conservatoire training and to the demands of the music profession. In 2015, the CPS was awarded Centre of Excellence status at Imperial College London. The RCM–Imperial Centre for Performance Science captures, investigates, inspires and disrupts ways of thinking about performance practice that cut across a wide array of domains. It does this through dynamic partnerships with the renowned centres of art, design, science and technology clustered around London’s Exhibition Road.
Aaron is the founder of the International Symposium on Performance Science, founding chief editor of Performance Science (a Frontiers journal), and the founding chair of Healthy Conservatoires, an international network constituted in 2015 to support health literacy and wellbeing among student and professional performing artists. Aaron is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the UK’s higher education academy, AdvanceHE (FHEA), and in 2008, he was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music (HonRCM).
Aaron is a LAHP (London Arts & Humanities Partnership) doctoral student supervisor.
Selected publications
Williamon A, Ginsborg J, Perkins R, & Waddell G (2021), Performing Music Research: Methods in Music Education, Psychology, and Performance Science, Oxford University Press [ISBN 9780198714545] [WEBSITE].
Rink J, Gaunt H, & Williamon A (eds.) (2017), Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance, Oxford University Press [ISBN 9780199346677].
Williamon A (ed.) (2004), Musical Excellence: Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance, Oxford University Press [ISBN 9780198525356].
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Faculties / departments: Research, Academic staff
Research
Research areas
Research projects
TELMI
Sing with Us
Musical Impact
Performance Simulator
Time to Decide
Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery
HEARTS
Research students
Latest Publications
Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2024) The HEartS professional model: a conceptual model for arts professionals’ work and wellbeing. Social Sciences & Humanities Open ISSN 2590-2911 (online) (In Press)
Volioti, G. and Williamon, A. (2024) Nurturing the musical imagination: listening to recordings for self-regulated and creative learning. In: Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Education. SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music . Routledge, pp. 157-175. ISBN 9781032040608 (hardback) 9781003190004 (e-book) (In Press)
Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Yang, J. and Shaughnessy, C. and Luo, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. (2024) HEartS Professional survey: charting the effects of COVID-19 on working patterns, income, and wellbeing among arts professionals in China (October 2020, August 2021). [Dataset]
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2024) Enhanced performance training. In: Music, Technology, Innovation: Industry and Educational Perspectives. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780367485276 (hardback) 9780367485252 (paperback) 9781003041474 (e-book) (In Press)
Brizzi, M. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: counselling psychologist. [Video]
Costello, D. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: ear, nose, and throat (ENT) consultant. [Video]
Embleton, T. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: psychotherapist. [Video]
Mehta, M. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: osteopath. [Video]
Redding, E. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Assessing dancers' fitness levels. [Video]
Ryan, F. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: occupational health specialist. [Video]
Trouli, H. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Specialist support for performers: orthopaedic specialist. [Video]
Trouli, H. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) The importance of music tutors helping students form healthy practice habits. [Video]
Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Campbell, A. (2023) HEartS Professional survey: charting the effects of COVID-19 on working patterns, income, and wellbeing among arts professionals in the United Kingdom (April – May 2021). [Dataset]
Spiro, N. and Yang, J. and Shaughnessy, C. and Luo, C. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Work and wellbeing among arts professionals in China during COVID-19 (August 2020 and October 2021). Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8 (100691). ISSN 2590-2911 (online)
Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2023) Modelling arts professionals’ wellbeing and career intentions within the context of COVID-19. PLOS One, 18 (10) (e0292722). ISSN 1932-6203 (online)
Thomson, L. J. M. and Spiro, N. and Williamon, A. and Chatterjee, H. J. (2023) The impact of culture-, health-, and nature-based engagement on mitigating the adverse effects of public health restrictions on wellbeing, social connectedness, and loneliness during COVID-19: quantitative evidence from a smaller- and larger-scale UK survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (6943). ISSN 1660-4601 (online)
Shoda, H. and Tabei, K. and Abe, M. and Nakahara, J. and Yasuda, S. and Williamon, A. and Isaka, T. (2023) Effects of choir singing on physiological stress in Japanese older adults: its relationship with cognitive functioning and subjective well-being. Arts & Health ISSN 1753-3015 (print) 1753-3023 (online)
Williamon, A. and Dąbrowski, K. (2023) Program of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2023. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2023, 17-20 August 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Cultivating progressive development in the cultural industries: challenges and support needs identified by the creative workforce in the United Kingdom. Cultural Trends ISSN 0954-8963 (print) 1469-3690 (online)
Paolantonio, P. and Cavalli, S. and Biasutti, M. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2023) Building community through higher music education: a training program for facilitating musical engagement among older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 (1102446). ISSN 1664-1078
Fonte, V. and Pipa, L. and Williamon, A. and Lisboa, T. (2022) Memorising contemporary piano music as described by professional pianists. Music & Science, 5 pp. 1-15. ISSN 2059-2043
Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2022) The future of the cultural workforce: perspectives from early career arts professionals on the challenges and future of the cultural industries in the context of COVID-19. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 6 (1) pp. 1-12. ISSN 2590-2911 (online)
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2022) Measuring the audience. In: Scholarly Research in Music: Shared and Disciplinary-Specific Practices (Second Edition). Routledge. ISBN 9780367722166 (hardback) 9780367722180 (paperback)
Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Zammit, B. B. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Spiro, N. and Williamon, A. (2022) How arts engagement supported social connectedness during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the HEartS Survey. Public Health, 207 pp. 1-6. ISSN 0033-3506
Ascenso, S. and Delle Fave, A. and Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. (2022) Re-thinking musicians' wellbeing. In: The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780190058869 (hardback) 9780190058876 (e-book) 9780190058883 (e-book)
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2022) Interdisciplinary experiential learning. In: The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780190058869 (hardback) 9780190058876 (e-book) 9780190058883 (e-book)
Miller, R. and Hotton, M. and Williamon, A. and Kneebone, R. and Goodacre, T. and O'Leary, D. and Chan, J. K. K. (2022) Surgical performance anxiety and wellbeing among surgeons: a cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom. Annals of Surgery, 275 (4) pp. 632-639. ISSN 0003-4932 (print) 1528-1140 (online)
Williamon, A. (2022) Part VIII: innovations. In: The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 495-594. ISBN 9780190058869 (hardback) 9780190058876 (e-book) 9780190058883 (e-book)
Paolantonio, P. and Cavalli, S. and Biasutti, M. and Williamon, A. (2022) Group music making in nursing homes: investigating the experience of higher education music students. International Journal of Community Music, 15 (1) pp. 113-142. ISSN 1752-6299 (print) 1752-6302 (online)
Paolantonio, P. and Pedrazzani, C. and Cavalli, S. and Williamon, A. (2022) Music in the life of nursing home residents. Arts & Health, 14 (3) pp. 309-325. ISSN 1753-3015 (print) 1753-3023 (online)
Williamon, A. and Waddell, G. and Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Shaughnessy, C. and Campbell, A. and Miraldo, M. and Lalioti, V. and Ppali, S. (2022) Policy brief: HEartS professional: the Health, Economic and Social impact of COVID-19 on Professionals in the ARTs: findings and policy implications for cultural recovery. The Pandemic and Beyond.
Doe, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Specialist support for performers: optician. [Video]
Murphy, M. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Specialist support for performers: podiatrist. [Video]
Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Cossette, I. and Glasser, S. and Williamon, A. (2021) The effects of COVID-19 lockdown 1.0 on performing arts professionals. [Video]
Williamon, A. and Cossette, I. (2021) Program of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2021. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2021, 27-30 October 2021, Montréal, Canada.
Volioti, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Performers’ discourses on listening to recordings. Research Studies in Music Education, 43 (3) pp. 481-497. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Limbering up for practice and performance. [Video]
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Musculoskeletal health for young performers. [Video]
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Prevention of performers' musculoskeletal issues. [Video]
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Symptoms of performers' musculoskeletal issues. [Video]
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Treatment of performers' musculoskeletal issues. [Video]
Shaikh, M. and Tymoszuk, U. and Williamon, A. and Miraldo, M. (2021) Socioeconomic inequalities in arts engagement and depression among older adults in the United Kingdom: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Public Health, 198 pp. 307-314. ISSN 0033-3506
Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Gee, K. and Williamon, A. (2021) Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS survey. BMC Public Health, 21 (1208) ISSN 1471-2458 (online)
Costello, D and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Singing safely in a pandemic. [Video]
Shepheard, R. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Noise at work regulations for performers. [Video]
Shepheard, R. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Noise induced hearing loss for performers. [Video]
Cartwright, P. A. and Küssner, M. B. and Williamon, A. (2021) Key performance dimensions of the 'well-tempered musician’: a framework for artist management. International Journal of Arts Management, 23 (2) pp. 18-29. ISSN 1480-8986 (print)
Ginsborg, J. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2021) Health education for musicians. [Video]
Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Gee, K. and Williamon, A. (2021) Arts engagement trends in the UK and their mental and social wellbeing implications: HEartS survey. PLOS One, 16 e0246078. ISSN 1932-6203
Williamon, A. and Ginsborg, J. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. (2021) Performing music research: methods in music education, psychology, and performance science. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780198714545 (paperback)
Williamon, A. and Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Gee, K. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Perkins, R. (2021) HEartS survey 2019: charting the health, economic, and social impact of the arts. [Dataset]
Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Perkins, R. (2021) HEartS Professional survey: charting the effects of COVID-19 lockdown 1.0 on working patterns, income, and wellbeing among performing arts professionals in the United Kingdom (April–June 2020). [Dataset]
Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Cossette, I. and Glasser, S. and Williamon, A. (2021) The effects of COVID-19 lockdown 1.0 on working patterns, income, and wellbeing among performing arts professionals in the United Kingdom (April–June 2020). Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (594086). ISSN 1664-1078
Paolantonio, P. and Cavalli, S. and Biasutti, M. and Pedrazzani, C. and Williamon, A. (2020) Art for ages: the effects of group music making on the wellbeing of nursing home residents. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (575161). ISSN 1664-1078
Araújo, L. and Wasley, D. and Redding, E. and Atkins, L. and Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2020) Music students’ physical fitness. [Video]
Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2020) Musicians' mental health. [Video]
Karni-Cohen, T. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) Specialist support for performers: general practitioner (GP). [Video]
Lisboa, T. and Jónasson, P. and Johnson, C. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) A guide to effective online music lessons. [Video]
Ryan, F. and Cordeaux, C. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) COVID-19 risk assessment guidelines. [Video]
Shepheard, R. and Cordeaux, C. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) Hearing conservation guidance for the performing arts. [Video]
Shepheard, R. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) Specialist support for performers: audiologist. [Video]
Upjohn, S. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) Specialist support for performers: physiotherapist. [Video]
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2020) Healthy performer trailer. [Video]
Tymoszuk, U. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Williamon, A. and Fancourt, D. (2020) Longitudinal associations between short-term, repeated, and sustained arts engagement and well-being outcomes in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75 (7) pp. 1609-1619. ISSN 1079-5014 (print) 1758-5368 (online)
Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Fancourt, D. and Baxter, L. and Williamon, A. (2020) How participatory music engagement supports mental wellbeing: a meta-ethnography. Qualitative Health Research, 30 (12) pp. 1924-1940. ISSN 1049-7323 (print) 1552-7557 (online)
Tymoszuk, U. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2020) Cross‑sectional and longitudinal associations between receptive arts engagement and loneliness among older adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55 (7) pp. 891-900. ISSN 0933-7954 (print) 1433-9285 (online)
Schiavio, A. and Küssner, M. B. and Williamon, A. (2020) Music teachers’ perspectives and experiences of ensemble and learning skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (291). ISSN 1664-1078
Williamon, A. and Antonini Philippe, R. (2020) Wellbeing in and through performance: perspectives from sports and music. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (399). ISSN 1664-1078
Araújo, L. and Wasley, D. and Redding, E. and Atkins, L. and Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2020) Fit to perform: a profile of higher education music students’ physical fitness. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (298). ISSN 1664-1078
Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2020) Making music. In: The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities. Routledge Literature Companions . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 317-323. ISBN 9781138579903 (hardback) 9780429469060 (e-book)
Antonini Philippe, R. and Kosirnik, C. and Vuichoud, N. and Clark, T. and Williamon, A. and McPherson, G. E. (2020) Conservatory musicians’ temporal organization and self-regulation processes in preparing for a music exam. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (89). ISSN 1664-1078
Williamon, A. and Glasser, S. and McPherson, G. E. (2019) Program of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2019. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2019, 16 - 20 July 2019, Australia.
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2019) Technology use and attitudes in music learning. Frontiers in ICT, 6 (11). ISSN 2297-198X
Antonini Philippe, R. and Kosirnik, C. and Vuichoud, N. and Williamon, A. and Crettaz von Roten, F. (2019) Understanding wellbeing among college music students and amateur musicians in Western Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (820). ISSN 1664-1078
Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2019) The Evaluation Simulator: a new approach to training music performance assessment. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (557). ISSN 1664-1078
Giraldo, S. and Waddell, G. and Nou, I. and Ortega, A. and Mayor, O. and Perez, A. and Williamon, A. and Ramirez, R. (2019) Automatic assessment of tone quality in violin music performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (334). ISSN 1664-1078
Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2019) Creative leadership in action through a conservatoire-based MSc in performance science. In: Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education. ISME Series in Music Education . Routledge, pp. 97-114. ISBN 9780367077327 (hardback) 9780367077334 (paperback) 9780429022418 (e-book)
Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2018) Resounding meaning: a PERMA wellbeing profile of classical musicians. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (1895). ISSN 1664-1078
Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2018) Making an impression: error location and repertoire features affect performance quality rating processes. Music Perception, 36 (1) pp. 60-76. ISSN 1533-8312
Williamon, A. (2018) Memory (performing from). In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 402-404. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)
Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2018) Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 13 (1) pp. 1-15. ISSN 1748-2631
Araújo, L. and Wasley, D. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Redding, E. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2018) Music students' perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward health. [Video]
Cruder, C. and Falla, D. and Mangili, F. and Azzimonti, L. and Araújo, L. and Williamon, A. and Barbero, M. (2018) Profiling the location and extent of musicians’ pain using digital pain drawings. Pain Practice, 18 (1) pp. 53-66. ISSN 1533-2500
Williamon, A. and Clark, T. and Küssner, M. B. (2017) Learning in the spotlight: approaches to self-regulating and profiling performance. In: Learning in the spotlight: approaches to self-regulating and profiling performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 206-221. ISBN 9780199346677 (hardback) 9780199346707 (online)
Volioti, G. and Williamon, A. (2017) Recordings as learning and practising resources for performance: exploring attitudes and behaviours of music students and professionals. Musicae Scientiae, 21 (4) pp. 499-523. ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)
Araújo, L. and Wasley, D. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Redding, E. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2017) Fit to perform: an investigation of higher education music students’ perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors toward health. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (1558). ISSN 1664-1078
Chanwimalueang, T. and Aufegger, L. and Adjei, T. and Wasley, D. and Cruder, C. and Mandic, D. P. and Williamon, A. (2017) Reacting to audition stress. [Video]
Cruder, C. and Falla, D. and Mangili, F. and Azzimonti, L. and Araújo, L. and Williamon, A. and Barbero, M. (2017) Profiling musicians' pain. [Video]
Fancourt, D. and Aufegger, L. and Williamon, A. (2017) The satisfaction and stress of singing professionally. [Video]
Perkins, R. and Reid, H. and Araújo, L. and Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2017) Perceived enablers and barriers to optimal health among music students: a qualitative study in the music conservatoire setting. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (968). ISSN 1664-1078
Aufegger, L. and Perkins, R. and Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. (2017) Musicians’ perceptions and experiences of using simulation training to develop performance skills. Psychology of Music, 45 (3) pp. 417-431. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2017) Eye of the beholder: stage entrance behavior and facial expression affect continuous quality ratings in music performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (513). ISSN 1664-1078
Chanwimalueang, T. and Aufegger, L. and Adjei, T. and Wasley, D. and Cruder, C. and Mandic, D. P. and Williamon, A. (2017) Stage call: cardiovascular reactivity to audition stress in musicians. PLOS ONE, 12 (4) pp. 1-14. ISSN 1932-6203
Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2017) Measuring the audience. In: Scholarly Research for Musicians. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 148-155. ISBN 978-1138208896
Ascenso, S. and Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. (2017) Understanding the wellbeing of professional musicians through the lens of positive psychology. Psychology of Music, 45 (1) pp. 65-81. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Fancourt, D. and Burton, T. M. W. and Williamon, A. (2016) The razor's edge: Australian rock music impairs men's performance when pretending to be a surgeon. Medical Journal of Australia, 205 pp. 515-518. ISSN 1326-5377
Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Atkins, L. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2016) Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery. Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice, 6 (11) pp. 1-17.
Biasutti, M. and Concina, E. and Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. (2016) Music regulators in two string quartets: a comparison of communicative behaviors between low- and high-stress performance conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (1229). ISSN 1664-1078
Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. and Carvalho, L. A. and Steptoe, A. and Dow, R. and Lewis, I. (2016) Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers. e-Cancer Medical Science, 10 (631) pp. 1-13.
Alessandri, E. and Williamson, V. J. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2016) A critical ear: analysis of value judgments in reviews of Beethoven’s piano sonata recordings. Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (391). ISSN 1664-1078
Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Carvalho, L. A. and Steptoe, A. and Williamon, A. (2016) Effects of group drumming interventions on anxiety, depression, social resilience and inflammatory immune response among mental health service users. PLOS ONE, 11 (3) pp. 1-16. ISSN 1932-6203 (online)
Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2016) Attending a concert reduces glucocorticoids, progesterone and the cortisol/DHEA ratio. Public Health, 132 pp. 101-104. ISSN 0033 3506
Aufegger, L. and Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. (2016) Facing the music: investigating the psychophysiology of musical performance. In: Art in Motion III: Performing Under Pressure. Peter Lang, Frankfurt, pp. 77-92. ISBN 978-3-631-67172-6
Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Atkins, L. and Kilfeather, S. and Carvalho, L. A. and Steptoe, A. and Williamon, A. (2015) Group drumming modulates cytokine response in mental health services users: a preliminary study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 85 (1) pp. 53-55. ISSN 0033-3190
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2015) Applications within performance psychology. In: Performance Psychology: A Scientific Guide Across Perception, Action, Cognition, and Emotion. Academic Press, London, pp. 45-63. ISBN 9780128033777 (hardcover) 9780128033913 (e-book)
McPherson, G. E. and Williamon, A. (2015) Building gifts into musical talents. In: The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development (second edition). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 340-360. ISBN 9780198744443
Fancourt, D. and Aufegger, L. and Williamon, A. (2015) Low-stress and high-stress singing have contrasting effects on glucocorticoid response. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (1242). ISSN 1664-1078
Alessandri, E. and Williamson, V. J. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2015) Beethoven recordings reviewed: a systematic method for mapping the content of music performance criticism. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (57). ISSN 1664-1078
Perkins, R. and Aufegger, L. and Williamon, A. (2015) Learning through teaching: exploring what conservatoire students learn from teaching beginner older adults. International Journal of Music Education, 33 (1) pp. 80-90. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)
Küssner, M. B. and Aufegger, L. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2015) Der Performance Simulator: Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Trainingsangebots für Musiker am Royal College of Music (The performance simulator: development and evaluation of a training facility for musicians at the Royal College of Music). In: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie, Band 25 (Yearbook of the German Society for Music Psychology, Vol. 25). Hogrefe, Göttingen, pp. 159-169. ISBN 9783801727345
Clark, T. and Lisboa, T. and Williamon, A. (2014) Learning to be an instrumental musician. In: Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning. SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music . Ashgate, London, pp. 287-300. ISBN 9781409436898
Williamon, A. (2014) Implications for education. In: Expressiveness in Music Performance: Empirical Approaches Across Styles and Cultures. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 348-351. ISBN 9780199659647 (print) 9780191771651 (online)
Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2014) Learning to make music in older adulthood: a mixed-methods exploration of impacts on wellbeing. Psychology of Music, 42 (4) pp. 550-567. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Clark, T. and Lisboa, T. and Williamon, A. (2014) An investigation into musicians' thoughts and perceptions during performance. Research Studies in Music Education, 36 (1) pp. 19-37. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)
Williamon, A. and Aufegger, L. and Eiholzer, H. (2014) Simulating and stimulating performance: introducing distributed simulation to enhance musical learning and performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 (25). ISSN 1664-1078
Alessandri, E. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2014) Reviewing critical practice: an analysis of Gramophone's reviews of Beethoven's piano sonatas, 1923-2010. Musicae Scientiae, 18 (2) pp. 131-149. ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)
Williamon, A. and Aufegger, L. and Wasley, D. and Looney, D. and Mandic, D. P. (2013) Complexity of physiological responses decreases in high-stress musical performance. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 (89) ISSN 1742-5689 (print) 1742-5662 (online)
Alessandri, E. and Eiholzer, H. and Williamon, A. (2013) Between producers and consumers: critics’ role in guiding listeners’ choices. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.
Biasutti, M. and Concina, E. and Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. (2013) Behavioral coordination among chamber musicians: a study of visual synchrony and communication in two string quartets. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.
Korte, M. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2013) Learning to perform in older adulthood: implications for physical and mental wellbeing. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.
Williamon, A. and Aufegger, L. and Eiholzer, H. (2013) Simulating and stimulating performance: designing and validating simulated music performance settings. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.
Wöllner, C. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2013) Familiarity and reflexivity in the research process. In: Music and Familiarity: Listening, Musicology and Performance. SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music . Ashgate, Abingdon, pp. 175-195. ISBN 9781409420750
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. and Redding, E. (2013) The value of health screening in music conservatoires. Clinical Rheumatology, 32 pp. 497-500. ISSN 0770-3198 (print) 1434-9949 (online)
Ritchie, L. and Williamon, A. (2013) Measuring musical self-regulation: linking processes, skills, and beliefs. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 1 (1) pp. 106-117. ISSN 2324-805X (print) 2324-8068 (online)
Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. and Ritchie, L. and Thompson, S. (2012) Premiers pas en musique: étude de l’engagement des enfants vis-à-vis de la musique [Musical beginnings: a study of children’s engagement with music]. In: Musique et Sciences de l’Esprit (Music and the Sciences of the Mind). Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, pp. 123-137. ISBN 978-2-8031-0299-0
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2012) Imagining the music: methods for assessing musical imagery ability. Psychology of Music, 40 pp. 471-493. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Ginsborg, J. and Spahn, C. and Williamon, A. (2012) Health promotion in higher music education. In: Music, Health, and Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 356-366. ISBN 9780199686827
Ritchie, L. and Williamon, A. (2012) Self-efficacy as a predictor of musical performance quality. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6 (4) pp. 334-340. ISSN 1931-3896 (print) 1931-390X (online)
Wasley, D. and Taylor, A. and Backx, K. and Williamon, A. (2012) Influence of fitness and physical activity on cardiovascular reactivity to musical performance. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 41 (1) pp. 27-32. ISSN 1051-9815 (print) 1875-9270 (online)
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. and Aksentijevic, A. (2011) Musical imagery and imagination: the function, measurement and application of imagery skills for performance. In: Musical Imaginations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Creativity, Performance and Perception. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 351-365. ISBN 9780199568086
Alessandri, E. and Eiholzer, H. and Cervino, A. and Senn, O. and Williamon, A. (2011) Investigating critical practice. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, 24-27 August 2011, Canada.
Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2011) ‘I kind of get lost in it’: experiences of learning to perform music in older adulthood. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, 24-27 August 2011, Canada.
Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. and Taylor, A. (2011) A comparison of music performance anxiety to a laboratory stressor. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, 24-27 August 2011, Canada.
Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. and Taylor, A. (2011) An investigation into the acute effect of exercise on physiological and psychological responses to musical performance. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, 24-27 August 2011, Canada.
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2011) Evaluation of a mental skills training program for musicians. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23 pp. 342-359. ISSN 1041-3200 (print) 1533-1571 (online)
Ritchie, L. and Williamon, A. (2011) Measuring distinct types of musical self-efficacy. Psychology of Music, 39 (3) pp. 328-344. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Ritchie, L. and Williamon, A. (2011) Primary school children’s self-efficacy for music learning. Journal of Research in Music Education, 59 (2) pp. 146-161. ISSN 0022-4294 (print) 1945-0095 (online)
Wöllner, C. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2011) Music researchers’ musical engagement. Psychology of Music, 39 (3) pp. 364-382. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Backus, B. C. and Williamon, A. (2009) Evidence of noise-induced hearing loss among orchestral musicians. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.
Nuti, G. and Solomon, A. and Williamon, A. (2009) The Listening Gallery: integrating music with exhibitions and gallery displays. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.
Williamon, A. and Backus, B. C. and Dance, S. and Zepidou, G. (2009) Hearing and the noise of performance: solutions for sound monitoring. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.
Williamon, A. and Wasley, D. and Burt-Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Hildebrandt, W. (2009) Profiling musicians’ health, wellbeing, and performance. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.
Rosenkranz, K. and Butler, K. and Williamon, A. and Rothwell, J. C. (2009) Regaining motor control in musician’s dystonia by restoring sensorimotor organization. Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (46) pp. 14627-14636. ISSN 1529-2401 (online)
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2009) Developing evidence-based interventions to enhance performance. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2009) Imaging the music: a context-specific method for assessing imagery ability. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, New Zealand.
Ginsborg, J. and Kreutz, G. and Thomas, M. and Williamon, A. (2009) Healthy behaviours in music and non‐music performance students. Health Education, 109 (3) pp. 242-258. ISSN 0965-4283
Kreutz, G. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2009) Health-promoting behaviours in conservatoire students. Psychology of Music, 37 (1) pp. 47-60. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Stewart, L. and Williamon, A. (2008) What are the implications of neuroscience for musical education? Educational Research, 50 (2) pp. 177-186. ISSN 0013-1881 (print) 1469-5847 (online)
Kreutz, G. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2008) Music students' health problems and health-promoting behaviours. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 23 (1) pp. 3-11. ISSN 0885-1158 (print) 1938-2766 (online)
Rosenkranz, K. and Butler, K. and Williamon, A. and Cordivari, C. and Lees, A. J. and Rothwell, J. C. (2008) Sensorimotor reorganization by proprioceptive training in musician’s dystonia and writer’s cramp. Neurology, 70 (4) pp. 304-315. ISSN 0028-3878 (print) 1526-632X (online)
Wöllner, C. and Williamon, A. (2007) An exploratory study of the role of performance feedback and musical imagery in piano playing. Research Studies in Music Education, 29 (1) pp. 39-54. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)
Ritchie, L. and Williamon, A. (2007) Measuring self-efficacy in music. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, 22-23 November 2007, Portugal.
Rosenkranz, K. and Butler, K. and Williamon, A. (2007) Epidemiology of musician’s dystonia: experience from the London clinic, 2002-07. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, 22-23 November 2007, Portugal.
Rosenkranz, K. and Williamon, A. and Rothwell, J. C. (2007) The tuned brain: enhanced brain plasticity in musicians. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, 22-23 November 2007, Portugal.
Thompson, S. and Williamon, A. and Valentine, E. (2007) Time-dependent characteristics of performance evaluation. Music Perception, 25 (1) pp. 13-29. ISSN 1533-8312
Rosenkranz, K. and Williamon, A. and Rothwell, J. C. (2007) Motorcortical excitability and synaptic plasticity is enhanced in professional musicians. Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (19) pp. 5200-5206. ISSN 1529-2401 (online)
Backus, B. C. and Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2007) Noise exposure and hearing thresholds among orchestral musicians. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, 22-23 November 2007, Portugal.
Clark, T. and Williamon, A. and Lisboa, T. (2007) The phenomenology of performance: exploring musicians' perceptions and experiences. In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, 22-23 November 2007, Portugal.
Williamon, A. (2007) The art of musical memory. Studien zur Wertungsforschung, 47 pp. 30-41.
Williamon, A. and Thompson, S. (2006) Awareness and incidence of health problems among conservatoire students. Psychology of Music, 34 (4) pp. 411-430. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
McPherson, G. E. and Williamon, A. (2006) Giftedness and talent. In: The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 239-256. ISBN 978-0198530329
Williamon, A. and Thompson, S. and Lisboa, T. and Wiffen, C. (2006) Creativity, originality, and value in music performance. In: Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice. Psychology Press, London, pp. 161-180. ISBN 978-1841695082
Lisboa, T. and Williamon, A. and Zicari, M. and Eiholzer, H. (2005) Mastery through imitation: a preliminary study. Musicae Scientiae, 9 (1) pp. 75-110. ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)
Rosenkranz, K. and Williamon, A. and Butler, K. and Cordivari, C. and Lees, A. J. and Rothwell, J. C. (2005) Pathophysiological differences between musician's dystonia and writer's cramp. Brain, 128 (4) pp. 918-931. ISSN 0006-8950 (print) 1460-2156 (online)
Williamon, A. and Egner, T. (2004) Memory structures for encoding and retrieving a piece of music: an ERP investigation. Cognitive Brain Research, 22 (1) pp. 36-44. ISSN 0926-6410 (print) 1872-6348 (online)
Williamon, A. (2004) A guide to enhancing musical performance. In: Musical Excellence: Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 3-18. ISBN 9780198525356 (paperback) 9780191689345 (online)
Williamon, A. and Thompson, S. (2004) Psychology and the music practitioner. In: The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener. Ashgate, Abingdon, pp. 9-26. ISBN 9781315085807
Thompson, S. and Williamon, A. (2003) Evaluating evaluation: musical performance assessment as a research tool. Music Perception, 21 (1) pp. 21-41. ISSN 1533-8312
Lindström, E. and Juslin, P. N. and Bresin, R. and Williamon, A. (2003) ‘Expressivity comes from within your soul’: a questionnaire study of music students’ perspectives on expressivity. Research Studies in Music Education, 20 (1) pp. 23-47. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)
Williamon, A. (2002) Memorising music. In: Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 113-126. ISBN 9780521783002
Aiello, R. and Williamon, A. (2002) Memory. In: The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 167-181. ISBN 9780195138108
Williamon, A. and Davidson, J. W. (2002) Exploring co-performer communication. Musicae Scientiae, 6 (1) pp. 53-72. ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)
Williamon, A. and Valentine, E. (2002) The role of retrieval structures in memorizing music. Cognitive Psychology, 44 (1) pp. 1-32. ISSN 0010-0285 (print) 1095-5623 (online)
Williamon, A. and Valentine, E. and Valentine, J. (2002) Shifting the focus of attention between levels of musical structure. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 14 (4) pp. 493-520. ISSN 2044-5911 (print) 2044-592X (online)
Williamon, A. and Valentine, E. (2000) Quantity and quality of musical practice as predictors of performance quality. British Journal of Psychology, 91 (3) pp. 353-376. ISSN 0007-1269 (print) 2044-8295 (online)
Williamon, A. (1999) The value of performing from memory. Psychology of Music, 27 (1) pp. 84-95. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)
Contact
For enquiries please contact:
Professor Aaron Williamon
Head of Centre for Performance Science, Doctoral Supervisor
Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS
United Kingdom
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