Professor Rosie Perkins

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)

Greenwood, L. and Farquharson, Y. and Dye, H. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. (2024) Group singing and postnatal depression. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 66-91. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Lisboa, T. and Santiago, D. and Fonte, V. and Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. (2024) Group music-making with families affected by Zika virus in Brazil. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 262-280. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Perkins, R. (2024) A note on the future of music and parental mental wellbeing. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 307-314. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Perkins, R. and Miele, M. (2024) Music and parental mental wellbeing [introduction]. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 3-24. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Shaughnessy, C. and Hall, A. and Perkins, R. (2024) Online personalised music-making with patients in hospital during pregnancy. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Adediran, R. and Osmond, P. and Tredget, E. and Sharma, S. and Perkins, R. (2024) Online songwriting and postnatal loneliness. In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 92-120. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

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]

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)

Spiro, N. and Sanfilippo, K. R. M. and McConnell, B. B. and Pike-Rowney, G. and Bonini Baraldi, F. and Brabec, B. and Van Buren, K. and Camlin, D. A. and Cardoso, T. M. and Çifdalöz, B. U. and Cross, I. and Dumbauld, B. and Ettenberger, M. and Falkenberg, K. and Fouché, S. and Frid, E. and Gosine, J. and graham-jackson, a. l. and Grahn, J. A. and Harrison, K. and Ilari, B. and Mollison, S. and Morrison, S. J. and Pérez-Acosta, G. and Perkins, R. and Pitt, J. and Rabinowitch, T. C. and Robledo, J. P. and Roginsky, E. and Shaughnessy, C. and Sunderland, N. and Talmage, A. and Tsiris, G. and de Wit, K. (2023) Perspectives on musical care throughout the life course: introducing the Musical Care International Network. Music & Science, 6 pp. 1-18. ISSN 2059-2043 (online)

Bind, R. H. and Sawyer, K. and Hazelgrove, K. and Rebecchini, L. and Miller, C. and Ahmed, S. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Bakolis, I. and Davis, R. and Baldellou Lopez, M. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Greenwood, L. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Pariante, C. M. and Estevao, C. (2023) Feasibility, clinical efficacy, and well-being outcomes of an online singing intervention for postnatal depression in the UK: SHAPER-PNDO, a single-arm clinical trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9 (131) ISSN 2055-5784

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)

Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. (2023) Online songwriting reduces loneliness and postnatal depression and enhances social connectedness in women with young babies: randomised controlled trial. Public Health, 220 pp. 72-79. ISSN 0033-3506

Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. (2023) Songs from Home dataset. [Dataset]

Shaughnessy, C. and Hall, A. and Perkins, R. (2023) Becoming the right musician for the job: versatility, connectedness, and professional identities during personalized, online music-making in hospital maternity wards. Musicae Scientiae ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)

Bind, R. H. and Estevao, C. and Fancourt, D. and Hazelgrove, K. and Sawyer, K. and Rebecchini, L. and Miller, C. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Greenwood, L. and Bakolis, I. and Baldellou Lopez, M. and Davis, R. and Perkins, R. and Pariante, C. (2022) Online singing interventions for postnatal depression in times of social isolation: a feasibility study protocol for the SHAPER-PNDO single-arm trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8 (148) ISSN 2055-5784

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)

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)

Lisboa, T. and Santiago, D. and Perkins, R. and Silva, K. J. (2022) A música no atendimento a crianças afetadas pelo vírus Zika e suas famílias: uma prática informada por evidências [Music in the care of children and families affected by Zika virus: practice informed by evidence/La música en la atención a niños afectados por el virus zika y sus familias: una práctica informada por evidencias]. Project Report. Royal College of Music and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.

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.

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]

Estevao, C. and Bind, R. and Fancourt, D. and Sawyer, K. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Rebecchini, L. and Hazelgrove, K. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Davis, R. E. and Soukup, T. and Arias de la Torre, J. and Bakolis, I. and Healey, A. and Perkins, R. and Pariante, C. (2021) SHAPER-PND trial: clinical effectiveness protocol of a community singing intervention for postnatal depression. BMJ Open, 11 (e05213) ISSN 2044-6055

Perkins, R. (2021) Group singing to support women experiencing symptoms of postnatal depression. International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, 8 (4) ISSN 2054-0779 (print) 2054-0787 (online)

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)

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

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]

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)

Camlin, D. A. and Caulfield, L. and Perkins, R. (2020) Capturing the magic: a three-way dialogue on the impact of music on people and society. International Journal of Community Music, 13 (2) pp. 157-172. ISSN 1752-6299 (print) 1752-6302 (online)

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)

Warran, K. and Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2019) The experience and perceived impact of group singing for men living with cancer: a phenomenological study. Psychology of Music, 47 (6) pp. 874-889. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Heyman, L. and Perkins, R. and Araújo, L. (2019) Examining the health and well-being experiences of singers in popular music. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3 (2) pp. 173-201. ISSN 2397-6721 (print) 2397-673X (online)

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

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 McCormick, J. and Perkins, R. (2019) Leadership in the transition from music student to professional musician: the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Fellowship. In: Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education. Routledge, pp. 18-38. ISBN 9780367077327 (hardback) 9780367077334 (paperback) 9780429022418 (e-book)

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2019) Creative interventions for symptoms of postnatal depression: a process evaluation of implementation. Arts & Health, 11 (1) pp. 38-53. ISSN 1753-3015 (print) 1753-3023 (online)

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

Perkins, R. and Yorke, S. and Fancourt, D. (2018) Learning to facilitate arts-in-health programmes: a case study of musicians facilitating creative interventions for mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression. International Journal of Music Education, 36 (4) pp. 644-658. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)

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

Perkins, R. and Yorke, S. and Fancourt, D. (2018) How group singing facilitates recovery from the symptoms of postnatal depression: a comparative qualitative study. BMC Psychology, 6 pp. 1-12. ISSN 2050-7283

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2018) Could listening to music during pregnancy be protective against postnatal depression and poor wellbeing post birth? Longitudinal associations from a preliminary prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 8 (7) pp. 1-8. ISSN 2044-6055

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

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2018) The effects of mother-infant singing on emotional closeness, affect, anxiety, and stress hormones. Music & Science, 1 pp. 1-10. ISSN 2059-2043

Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. (2018) Effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: a three-arm randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 212 (2) pp. 119-121. ISSN 0007-1250 (print) 1472-1465 (online)

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]

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Does attending community music interventions lead to changes in wider musical behaviours? The effect of mother-infant singing classes on musical behaviours amongst mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression. Psychology of Music, 47 (1) pp. 132-143. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (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

Stahl, G. and Burnard, P. and Perkins, R. (2017) Critical reflections on the use of Bourdieu's tools 'in concert' to understand the practices of learning in three musical sites. Sociological Research Online, 22 (3) pp. 57-77. ISSN 1360-7804

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

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Maternal engagement with music up to nine months post-birth: findings from a cross-sectional study in England. Psychology of Music, 46 (2) pp. 238-251. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

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)

Yorke, S. and Perkins, R. (2017) Music and motherhood: facilitating interventions for mothers and their babies. Manual. Royal College of Music, London.

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Associations between singing to babies and symptoms of postnatal depression, wellbeing, self-esteem and mother-infant bond. Public Health, 145 pp. 149-152. ISSN 0033-3506

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)

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.

Perkins, R. (2016) Bourdieu applied in the analysis of conservatoire learning cultures. In: Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Education. Routledge. ISBN 9781472448293 (hardback) 9780367597337 (paperback) 9781315569819 (e-book)

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 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

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)

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)

Perkins, R. (2013) Hierarchies and learning in the conservatoire: exploring what students learn through the lens of Bourdieu. Research Studies in Music Education, 35 (2) pp. 197-212. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)

Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. (2013) ‘The more the merrier’? Understanding the wellbeing of professional musicians in collaborative and solo work settings. 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.

Perkins, R. (2013) Learning cultures and the conservatoire: an ethnographically-informed case study. Music Education Research, 15 (2) pp. 196-213. ISSN 1461-3808 (print) 1469-9893 (online)

Perkins, R. and Triantafyllaki, A. (2013) School and conservatoire music teachers’ ‘vocational habitus’: lessons for music teacher education. In: Professional Knowledge in Music Teacher Education. Routledge, pp. 173-185. ISBN 9781409441113 (hardback) 9781138272583 (paperback) 9781315602332 (e-book)

Perkins, R. (2012) Rethinking ‘career’ for music students: identity and vision. In: Life in the Real World: How to Make Music Graduates Employable. New Directions in the Humanities . Common Ground Research Networks, pp. 11-26. ISBN 978-1-61229-078-2 (paperback) 978-1-61229-079-9 (PDF)

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

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.

Perkins, R. (2010) Exploring the one-to-one context at conservatoires through the lens of ‘learning cultures’: the role of student self-documentation. Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 47 (2) pp. 437-462. ISSN 0582-2351

Burt-Perkins, R. (2009) The learning cultures of performance: applying a cultural theory of learning to conservatoire research. 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.

Burt-Perkins, R. and Mills, J. (2009) Pitching it right? Selection and learning at a music conservatoire. British Educational Research Journal, 35 (6) pp. 817-835. ISSN 1469-3518 (online)

Lebler, D. and Burt-Perkins, R. and Carey, G. (2009) What the students bring: examining the attributes of commencing conservatoire students. International Journal of Music Education, 27 (3) pp. 232-249. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)

Burt-Perkins, R. (2008) Students at a UK conservatoire of music: working towards a ‘diverse employment portfolio’? In: Inside, Outside, Downside Up: Conservatoire Training and Musicians' Work. Black Swan Press, pp. 49-60. ISBN 9780975751961

Burt-Perkins, R. and Mills, J. (2008) The role of chamber music in learning to perform: a case study. Music Performance Research, 2 pp. 26-35. ISSN 1755-9219 (online)

Burt, R. (2007) Preschool children’s emotional responses to music: a window into learning in the early years. In: Listen to Their Voices: Research and Practice in Early Childhood Music. Canadian Music Educators’ Association, pp. 126-139. ISBN 0-920630-13-6

Burt, R. and Oakes, L. and Mills, J. (2006) Working in music: the trombonist. Research Perspectives in Music Education, 10 (1) pp. 27-43. ISSN 1947-7457

Burt, R. and Mills, J. (2006) Taking the plunge: the hopes and fears of students as they begin music college. British Journal of Music Education, 23 (1) pp. 51-73. ISSN 0265-0517 (print) 1469-2104 (online)

Perkins, R. Learning cultures, creativities and higher music education institutions. In: Developing Creativities in Higher Music Education: International Perspectives and Practices. Routledge Research in Higher Education . Routledge, pp. 223-233. ISBN 9780415709941 (hardback) 9781138669819 (paperback) 9781315885223 (e-book)