Music Research in Scotland Network Meeting
An inaugural meeting that will establish a network of music research in Scotland.
School of Culture & Creative Arts, Music
Date: Friday 28 August 2026
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre, Studio 2
Category: Concerts and music, Conferences, Academic events
Speaker: supported by the Royal Musical Association
Music Research in Scotland
Speakers full_biographies &_abstracts
9.30 am: Arrival
9.45 am: Welcome and Introduction
10-11: Lightning Talks 1
- Chair: Clair Rowden (Glasgow)
- Frances Wilkins: fieldwork on Scottish and Canadian traditional and sacred fiddle music
- Iona Burns: Gender, Affect and Emo Music Culture
- Ashley Stein: Music and gender identity, practice-based
11-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.45: Lightning Talks 2: Composition and Sound Studies
- Chair: Drew Hammond (Glasgow)
- Emily Doolittle: Music and environmentalism
- Jingyi Bai: Tangram: Divine Intimacies
- Sonia Allori: When Does Captioning Become a Score?
- Duncan MacLeod: Composition and Sound Art beyond the Concert Hall
- Iain Campbell: Philosophy and Experimental Music
12.45-1.45: Lunch Break
1.45-2.30: Panel: Global and Local, Micro and Macro
- Chair: Edward Campbell (Aberdeen)
- Björn Heile, Elaine Kelly, Vera Wolkowicz
2.30-3.30: Lightning Talks 3
- Chair: Jonathan Hicks (Aberdeen)
- Ingrid Bols: Orchestral repertoires and canons
- Martin Ashley: Using AI to create historically informed performances of Tudor church music
- Ziyang Cao: Singing and learning in Mandarin
- Lucy Forde: Music and Dementia Practice for Music Professionals
3.30-3.45: Coffee break
3.45-5.30: Panel: The Structure of Music Studies in Scotland
- Chair: Elaine Kelly (Edinburgh)
- Sally Garden: Companion to the Music of Scotland
- Gareth Whitehead: Cross-institutional collaboration
- Sandy Coffin: Maximising Legacies: John Wallace, Advocacy and Music Education
- Richard Craig: Practice-based music research in Scotland
- Xiaoqing Wu: Free improvisation in HME
Please note that there is no provision for meals and refreshments; participants should make their own arrangements, although the ARC has a café
Programme committee: Stephen Broad (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Edward Campbell (University of Aberdeen), Björn Heile (University of Glasgow), Jonathan Hicks (University of Aberdeen), Elaine Kelly (University of Edinburgh), Zack Moir (Edinburgh Napier University), Clair Rowden (University of Glasgow), John Williamson (University of Glasgow) and Vera Wolkowicz (University of Glasgow).
For any questions or comments, please contact Björn Heile, bjorn.heile@glasgow.ac.uk.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The aim of this inaugural meeting is to establish a network of music research in Scotland in order to improve communication and collaboration across institutions. We understand ‘music research’ in its broadest and most inclusive sense, including scholarly, empirical and practice-based research related to all and any forms of music, carried out within and outwith dedicated music departments or subject units. We welcome all music researchers based in Scotland, from PhD students to emeritus professors or unaffiliated researchers. Because we primarily want to encourage networking and open discussion, we are looking for position statements (10 min max), panels or round tables and object-focused group discussions or the like, rather than formal papers. If there is sufficient interest, we aim to hold regular events thereafter.
There are travel bursaries available of up to £100 for graduate students and £50 independent researchers generously funded by the Royal Musical Association.
Please make any submissions and applications for travel bursaries (if applicable) on our portal. The deadline is 1 June 2026; responses will be sent out shortly thereafter.