Aaron WilliamonProfessor of Performance Science
Royal College of Music

    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).

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    Email: aaron.williamon@rcm.ac.uk

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    PUBLICATIONS

    Books

    Williamon A, Ginsborg J, Perkins R, & Waddell G (2021), Performing Music Research: Methods in Music Education, Psychology, and Performance Science, Oxford University Press [ISBN] [WEBSITE].

    Rink J, Gaunt H, & Williamon A (eds.) (2017), Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance, Oxford University Press [ISBN].

    Williamon A (ed.) (2004), Musical Excellence: Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance, Oxford University Press [ISBN].

    Articles, chapters, and proceedings

    Forthcoming

    Shaughnessy C, Perkins R, Spiro N, Waddell G, & Williamon A (forthcoming), Cultivating progressive development in the cultural industries: challenges and support needs identified by the creative workforce in the United Kingdom, Cultural Trends [DOI]

    Shoda H, Tabei K, Abe M, Nakahara J, Yasuda S, Williamon A, & Isaka T (forthcoming), Effects of choir singing on physiological stress in Japanese older adults: its relationship with cognitive functioning and subjective wellbeing, Arts and Health [DOI].

    Volioti G & Williamon A (forthcoming), Nurturing the musical imagination: listening to recordings for self-regulating and creative learning, in G Volioti and D Barolsky (eds.), Recorded Music in Creative Practices, Routledge.

    2023

    Paolantonio P, Cavalli S, Biasutti M, Eiholzer H, & Williamon A (2023), Building community through higher music education: a training program for facilitating musical engagement among older adults, Frontiers in Psychology, 14 (1102446), 1-9 [DOI].

    Spiro N, Shaughnessy C, Waddell G, Perkins R, Campbell A, & Williamon A (2023), Modelling arts professionals’ wellbeing and career intentions within the context of COVID-19, PLOS One, 18 (e0292722), 1-22 [DOI].

    Spiro N, Yang J, Shaughnessy C, Churan L, Perkins R, Waddell G, & Williamon A (2023), Work and wellbeing among arts professionals in China during COVID-19 (August 2020 and October 2021), Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8 (100691), 1-9 [DOI].

    Thomson LJM, Spiro N, Williamon A, & Chatterjee HJ (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), 1-26 [DOI].

    2022

    Ascenso S, Delle Fave A, Perkins R, & Williamon A (2022), Fostering musicians’ wellbeing, in GE McPherson (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Vol 2 (pp. 574-594), Oxford University Press.

    Clark T & Williamon A (2022), Interdisciplinary experiential learning, in GE McPherson (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Vol 2 (pp. 555-573), Oxford University Press.

    Fonte V, Pipa L, Williamon A, & Lisboa T (2022), Memorising contemporary piano music as described by professional pianists, Music and Science, 5, 1-15 [DOI].

    Miller R, Hotton M, Williamon A, Kneebone R, Goodacre T, O’Leary D, & Chan JKK (2022), Surgical performance anxiety and wellbeing among surgeons: a cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom, Annals of Surgery, 275, 632-639 [DOI].

    Paolantonio P, Cavalli S, Biasutti M, & Williamon A (2022), Group music making in nursing homes: investigating experiences of higher education music students, International Journal of Community Music, 15, 113-142 [DOI].

    Paolantonio P, Pedrazzani C, Cavalli S, & Williamon A (2022), Music in the life of nursing home residents, Arts and Health, 14, 309-325 [DOI].

    Perkins R, Kaye SL, Zammit BB, Mason-Bertrand A, Spiro N, & 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, 1-6 [DOI].

    Shaughnessy C, Perkins R, Spiro N, Waddell G, Campbell A, & 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 and Humanities Open, 6 (100296), 1-12 [DOI].

    Waddell G & Williamon A (2022), Measuring the audience, in S Lee (ed.), Scholarly Research for Musicians (2e, pp. 217-227), Routledge.

    Williamon A (section ed.), Part VIII: Innovations, in GE McPherson (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Vol 2 (pp. 495-594), Oxford University Press.

    2021

    Cartwright P, Küssner M, & Williamon A (2021), Key performance dimensions of the ‘well-tempered musician’: a framework for artist management, International Journal of Arts Management, 23, 18-29.

    Perkins R, Mason-Bertrand A, Tymoszuk U, Spiro N, Gee K, & Williamon A (2021), Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS Survey, BMC Public Health, 21 (1208), 1-15 [DOI].

    Shaikh M, Tymoszuk U, Williamon A, & Miraldo M (2021), Socio-economic inequalities in arts engagement and depression among older adults in the United Kingdom: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Public Health, 198, 307-314 [DOI].

    Spiro N, Perkins R, Kaye S, Tymoszuk U, Mason-Bertrand A, Cossette I, Glasser S, & 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), 1-17 [DOI] [DATASET].

    Tymoszuk U, Spiro N, Perkins R, Mason-Bertrand A, Gee K, & Williamon A (2021), Arts engagement trends in the United Kingdom and their mental and social wellbeing implications: HEartS Survey, PLOS One, 16 (e0246078), 1-35 [DOI] [DATASET].

    Volioti G & Williamon A (2021), Performers’ discourses on listening to recordings, Research Studies in Music Education, 43, 481-497 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Spiro N, Kaye S, Tymoszuk U, Mason-Bertrand A, & 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), Dryad, dataset [DOI].

    Williamon A, Tymoszuk U, Spiro N, Gee K, Mason-Bertrand A, & Perkins R (2021), HEartS Survey 2019: charting the health, economic, and social impact of the arts, Dryad, dataset [DOI].

    2020

    Antonini Philippe R, Kosirnik C, Vuichoud N, Clark T, Williamon A, & McPherson GE (2020), Conservatory musicians’ temporal organization and self-regulation processes in preparing for a music exam, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (89), 1-12 [DOI].

    Araújo L, Wasley D, Redding E, Atkins L, Perkins R, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2020), Fit to perform: a profile of higher education music students’ physical fitness, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (298), 1-18 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Paolantonio P, Cavalli S, Biasutti M, Pedrazzani C, & Williamon A (2020), Art for ages: the effects of group music making on the wellbeing of nursing home residents, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (575161), 1-14 [DOI].

    Perkins R, Fancourt D, & Williamon A (2020), Making music, in P Crawford, B Brown & A Charise (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (pp. 317-323), Routledge.

    Perkins R, Mason-Bertrand A, Fancourt D, Baxter L, & Williamon A (2020), How participatory music engagement supports mental wellbeing: a meta-ethnography, Qualitative Health Research, 30, 1924-1940 [DOI].

    Schiavio A, Küssner M, & Williamon A (2020), Music teachers’ perspectives and experiences of ensemble and learning skills, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (291), 1-11 [DOI].

    Tymoszuk U, Perkins R, Fancourt D, & Williamon A (2020), Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between receptive arts engagement and loneliness among older adults, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology55, 891-900 [DOI].

    Tymoszuk U, Perkins R, Spiro N, Williamon A, & Fancourt D (2020), Longitudinal associations between short-term, repeated, and sustained arts engagement and well-being outcomes in older adults, Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 75, 1609-1619 [DOI].

    Williamon A & Antonini Philippe R (2020), Wellbeing in and through performance: perspectives from sports and music, Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (399), 1-3 [DOI].

    Williamon A, with Luo C and Yang J (2020), Lectures on music performance science and psychology I: key concepts and perspectives [Mandarin], Music Culture Studies, 2020 (1), 136-141 [LINK].

    Williamon A, with Nie J and Yang J (2020), Lectures on music performance science and psychology II: learning in the spotlight [Mandarin], Music Culture Studies, 2020 (4), 107-112 [LINK].

    2019

    Antonini Philippe R, Kosirnik C, Vuichoud N, Williamon A, & Crettaz von Roten F (2019), Understanding wellbeing among college music students and amateur musicians in Western Switzerland, Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (820), 1-11 [DOI].

    Giraldo SI, Waddell G, Nou I, Ortega A, Mayor O, Perez-Carrillo A, Williamon A, & Ramirez R (2019), Automatic assessment of tone quality in violin music performance, Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (334), 1-12 [DOI].

    Perkins R & Williamon A (2019), Creative leadership-in-action through a conservatoire-based MSc in Performance Science, in J Rowley, D Bennett, & P Schmidt (eds.), Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education (pp. 97-114), Routledge.

    Waddell G, Perkins R, & Williamon A (2019), The Evaluation Simulator: a new approach to training music performance assessment, Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (557), 1-17 [DOI].

    Waddell G & Williamon A (2019), Technology use and attitudes in music learning, Frontiers in ICT, 6 (11), 1-14 [DOI].

    2018

    Ascenso S, Perkins R, Atkins L, Fancourt D, & Williamon A (2018), Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being, 13 (1484219), 1-15 [DOI].

    Ascenso S, Perkins R, & Williamon A (2018), Resounding meaning: a PERMA wellbeing profile of classical musicians, Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (1895), 1-14 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Cruder C, Falla D, Mangili F, Azzimonti L, Araújo L, Williamon A, & Barbero M (2018), Profiling the location and extent of musicians’ pain using digital pain drawings, Pain Practice, 18, 53-66 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Waddell G, Perkins R, & Williamon A (2018), Making an impression: error location and repertoire features affect performance quality rating processes, Music Perception, 36, 60-76 [DOI].

    2017

    Araújo L, Wasley D, Perkins R, Atkins L, Redding E, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2017), Fit to perform: an investigation of higher education music students’ perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors toward health, Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (1558), 1-19 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Ascenso S, Williamon A, & Perkins R (2017), Understanding the psychological wellbeing of professional musicians through the lens of positive psychology, Psychology of Music, 45, 65-81 [DOI].

    Aufegger L, Perkins R, Wasley D, & Williamon A (2017), Musicians’ perceptions and experiences of using simulation training to develop performance skills, Psychology of Music, 45, 417-431 [DOI].

    Chanwimalueang T, Aufegger L, Adjei T, Wasley D, Cruder C, Mandic DP, & Williamon A (2017), Stage call: cardiovascular reactivity to audition stress in musicians, PLOS One12 (e0176023), 1-14 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Perkins R, Reid H, Araújo L, Clark T, & 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), 1-15 [DOI].

    Volioti G & Williamon A (2017), Recordings as learning and practising resources for performance: exploring attitudes and behaviours of music students and professionals, Musicae Scientiae, 21, 499-523 [DOI].

    Waddell G & 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), 1-14 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Waddell G & Williamon A (2017), Measuring the audience, in S-H Lee (ed.), Scholarly Research for Musicians (pp. 148-155), Routledge.

    Williamon A & Jónasson P (eds.) (2017), Abstracts of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2017, Iceland Academy of the Arts [ISBN 9789935937803].

    Williamon A, Clark T, & Küssner M (2017), Learning in the spotlight: approaches to self-regulating and profiling performance, in J Rink, H Gaunt, & A Williamon (eds.), Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance (pp. 206-221), Oxford University Press.

    2016

    Alessandri E, Williamson VJ, Eiholzer H, & Williamon A (2016), A critical ear: analysis of value judgments in reviews of Beethoven’s piano sonata recordings, Frontiers in Psychology, 7 (391), 1-17 [DOI].

    Aufegger L, Wasley D, & Williamon A (2016), Facing the music: investigating the psychophysiology of musical performance, in A Mornell (ed.), Art in Motion III: Performing Under Pressure (pp. 77-92), Peter Lang.

    Biasutti M, Concina E, Wasley D, & 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), 1-10 [DOI].

    Fancourt D, Burton T, & Williamon A (2016), The razor’s edge: Australian rock music impairs men’s performance when pretending to be a surgeon, Medical Journal of Australia205, 515-518 [DOI].

    Fancourt D, Perkins R, Ascenso S, Atkins L, Kilfeather S, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A, & Williamon A (2016), Group drumming modulates cytokine response in mental health service users: a preliminary study, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 85, 53-55 [DOI].

    Fancourt D, Perkins R, Ascenso S, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A, & 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 (e0151136), 1-16 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Fancourt D & Williamon A (2016), Attending a concert reduces glucocorticoids, progesterone and the cortisol/DHEA ratio, Public Health, 132, 101-104 [DOI].

    Fancourt D, Williamon A, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A, Dow R, & Lewis I (2016), Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers, e-Cancer Medical Science, 10 (631), 1-13 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    McPherson GE & Williamon A (2016), Building gifts into musical talents, in GE McPherson (ed.), The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development (2e, pp. 340-360), Oxford University Press.

    Perkins R, Ascenso S, Atkins L, Fancourt D, & Williamon A (2016), Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery, Psychology of Well-Being, 6 (11), 1-17 [DOI].

    2015

    Alessandri E, Williamson VJ, Eiholzer H, & Williamon A (2015), Beethoven recordings reviewed: a systematic method for mapping the content of music performance criticism, Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (57), 1-14 [DOI].

    Clark T & Williamon A (2015), Applications within performance psychology, in M Raab, B Lobinger, S Hoffmann, A Pizzera, & S Laborde (eds.), Performance Psychology: A Scientific Guide across Perception, Action, Cognition, and Emotion (pp. 45-63), Academic Press.

    Fancourt D, Aufegger L, & Williamon A (2015), Low-stress and high-stress singing have contrasting effects on glucocorticoid response, Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (1242), 1-5 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Küssner M, Aufegger L, Eiholzer H, & 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 W Auhagen, C Bullerjahn, Rv Georgi (eds.), Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie, Band 25 [Yearbook of the German Society for Music Psychology, Vol. 25] (pp. 159-169), Hogrefe.

    Perkins R, Aufegger L, & Williamon A (2015), Learning through teaching: exploring what conservatoire students learn from teaching beginner older adults, International Journal of Music Education, 33, 80-90 [DOI].

    Williamon A & Miura M (eds.) (2015), Abstracts of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2015, Ryukoku University [ISBN 9784904945605].

    2014

    Alessandri E, Eiholzer H, & Williamon A (2014), Reviewing critical practice: an analysis of Gramophone’s reviews of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, 1923-2010, Musicae Scientiae, 18, 131-149 [DOI].

    Clark T, Lisboa T, & Williamon A (2014), An investigation into musicians’ thoughts and perceptions during performance, Research Studies in Music Education, 36, 19-37 [DOI].

    Clark T, Lisboa T, & Williamon A (2014), Learning to be an instrumental musician, in I Papageorgi & G Welch (eds.), Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning (pp. 287-300), Ashgate.

    Perkins R & Williamon A (2014), Learning to make music in older adulthood: a mixed-methods exploration of impacts on wellbeing, Psychology of Music, 42, 550-567 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    Williamon A (2014), Implications for education, in D Fabian, R Timmers, & E Schubert (eds.), Expressiveness in Music Performance: Empirical Approaches Across Styles and Cultures (pp. 348-351), Oxford University Press.

    Williamon A, Aufegger L, & Eiholzer H (2014), Simulating and stimulating performance: introducing distributed simulation to enhance musical learning and performance, Frontiers in Psychology, 5 (25), 1-9 [DOI] [VIDEO].

    2013

    Alessandri E, Eiholzer H, & Williamon A (2013), Between producers and consumers: critics’ role in guiding listeners’ choices, in A Williamon & W Goebl (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2013 (pp. 671-676), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Biasutti M, Concina E, Wasley D, & Williamon A (2013), Behavioral coordination among chamber musicians: a study of visual synchrony and communication in two string quartets, in A Williamon & W Goebl (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2013 (pp. 223-228), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Clark T, Williamon A, & Redding E (2013), The value of health screening in music schools and conservatoires, Clinical Rheumatology, 32, 497-500 [DOI].

    Korte M, Perkins R, & Williamon A (2013), Learning to perform in older adulthood: implications for physical and mental wellbeing, in A Williamon & W Goebl (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2013 (pp. 459-464), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Ritchie L & Williamon A (2013), Measuring musical self-regulation: linking processes, skills, and beliefs, Journal of Education and Training Studies, 1, 106-117 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Aufegger L, & Eiholzer H (2013), Simulating and stimulating performance: designing and validating simulated music performance settings, in A Williamon & W Goebl (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2013 (pp. 547-548), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Williamon A, Aufegger L, Wasley D, Looney D, & Mandic DP (2013), Complexity of physiological responses decreases in high stress musical performance, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 (89), 1-6 [DOI].

    Williamon A & Goebl W (eds.) (2013), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, European Association of Conservatoires [ISBN 9782960137804].

    Wöllner C, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2013), Familiarity and reflexivity in the research process, in E King & H Daynes (eds.), Music and Familiarity: Listening, Musicology, and Performance (pp. 175-195), Ashgate.

    2012

    Clark T & Williamon A (2012), Imagining the music: methods for assessing musical imagery ability, Psychology of Music, 40, 471-493 [DOI].

    Clark T, Williamon A, & Aksentijevic A (2012), Musical imagery and imagination: the function, measurement, and application of imagery skills for performance, in DJ Hargreaves, DE Miell, & RAR MacDonald (eds.), Musical Imaginations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Creativity, Performance, and Perception (pp. 351-365), Oxford University Press.

    Ginsborg J, Spahn C, & Williamon A (2012), Health promotion in higher music education, in RAR MacDonald, G Kreutz, & L Mitchell (eds.), Music, Health, and Wellbeing (pp. 356-366), Oxford University Press.

    Ritchie L & Williamon A (2012), Self-efficacy as a predictor of musical performance quality, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 6, 334-340 [DOI].

    Wasley D, Taylor A, Backx K, & Williamon A (2012), Influence of fitness and physical activity on cardiovascular reactivity to musical performance, Work, 41, 27-32 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Perkins R, Ritchie L, & 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 M Richelle & R Wangermée (eds.), Musique et Sciences de l’esprit [Music and the Sciences of the Mind] (pp. 123-137), Académie Royale de Belgique [Royal Academy of Belgium].

    2011

    Alessandri E, Eiholzer H, Cervino A, Senn O, & Williamon A (2011), Investigating critical practice, in A Williamon, D Edwards, & L Bartel (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011 (pp. 497-502), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Burt-Perkins R & Williamon A (2011), ‘I kind of get lost in it’: experiences of learning to perform music in older adulthood, in A Williamon, D Edwards, & L Bartel (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011 (pp. 305-310), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Clark T & Williamon A (2011), Evaluation of a mental skills training program for musicians, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23, 342-359 [DOI].

    Ritchie L & Williamon A (2011), Measuring distinct types of musical self-efficacy, Psychology of Music, 39, 328-344 [DOI].

    Ritchie L & Williamon A (2011), Primary school children’s self-efficacy for music learning, Journal of Research in Music Education, 59, 146-161 [DOI].

    Wasley D, Williamon A, & Taylor A (2011), A comparison of music performance anxiety to a laboratory stressor, in A Williamon, D Edwards, & L Bartel (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011 (pp. 445-450), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Wasley D, Williamon A, & Taylor A (2011), An investigation into the acute effect of exercise on physiological and psychological responses to musical performance, in A Williamon, D Edwards, & L Bartel (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011 (pp. 579-583), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Williamon A, Edwards D, & Bartel L (eds.) (2011), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, European Association of Conservatoires [ISBN 9789490306021].

    Wöllner C, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2011), Music researchers’ musical engagement, Psychology of Music, 39, 364-382 [DOI].

    2009

    Backus BC & Aaron Williamon A (2009), Evidence of noise-induced hearing loss among orchestral musicians, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (pp. 225-230), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Clark T & Williamon A (2009), Developing evidence-based interventions to enhance performance, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (pp. 97-102), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Clark T & Williamon A (2009), Imaging the music: a context-specific method for assessing imagery ability, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (pp. 573-578), Utrecht, The Netherlands: European Association of Conservatoires (AEC).

    Ginsborg J, Kreutz G, Thomas M, & Williamon A (2009), Healthy behaviours in music and non-music performance students, Health Education, 109, 242-258 [DOI].

    Kreutz G, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2009), Health-promoting behaviours in conservatoire students, Psychology of Music, 37, 47-60 [DOI].

    Nuti G, Solomon A, & Williamon A (2009), The Listening Gallery: integrating music with exhibitions and gallery displays, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (pp. 341-346), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Rosenkranz K, Butler K, Williamon A, & Rothwell JC (2009), Regaining motor control in musician’s dystonia by restoring sensorimotor organization, Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 14627-14636 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Backus BC, Dance S, & Zepidou G (2009), Hearing and the noise of performance: solutions for sound monitoring, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (p. 459), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Williamon A, Pretty S, & Buck R (eds.) (2009), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, European Association of Conservatoires [ISBN 9789490306014].

    Williamon A, Wasley D, Burt-Perkins R, Ginsborg J, & Hildebrandt W (2009), Profiling musicians’ health, wellbeing, and performance, in A Williamon, S Pretty, & R Buck (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009 (pp. 85-90), European Association of Conservatoires.

    2008

    Kreutz G, Ginsborg J, & Williamon A (2008), Music students’ health problems and health-promoting behaviors, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 23, 3-11.

    Rosenkranz K, Butler K, Williamon A, Cordivari C, Lees AJ, & Rothwell JC (2008), Sensorimotor reorganization by proprioceptive training in musician’s dystonia and writer’s cramp, Neurology, 70, 304-315 [DOI].

    Stewart L & Williamon A (2008), What are the implications of neuroscience for musical education? Educational Research, 50, 177-186 [DOI].

    2007

    Backus B, Clark T, & Williamon A (2007), Noise exposure and hearing thresholds among orchestral musicians, in A Williamon & D Coimbra (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007 (pp. 23-28), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Clark T, Williamon A, & Lisboa T (2007), The phenomenology of performance: exploring musicians’ perceptions and experiences, in A Williamon & D Coimbra (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007 (pp. 35-40), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Thompson S, Williamon A, & Valentine E (2007), Time-dependent characteristics of performance evaluation, Music Perception, 25, 13-29 [DOI].

    Ritchie L & Williamon A (2007), Measuring self-efficacy in music, in A Williamon & D Coimbra (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007 (pp. 307-213), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Rosenkranz K, Butler K, & Williamon A (2007), Epidemiology of musician’s dystonia: experience from the London clinic, 2002-07, in A Williamon & D Coimbra (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007 (p. 129), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Rosenkranz K, Williamon A, & Rothwell JC (2007), Motorcortical excitability and synaptic plasticity is enhanced in professional musicians, Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 5200-5206 [DOI].

    Rosenkranz K, Williamon A, & Rothwell JC (2007), The tuned brain: enhanced brain plasticity in musicians, in A Williamon & D Coimbra (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007 (p. 131), European Association of Conservatoires.

    Williamon A (2007), The art of musical memory, Studien zur Wertungsforschung, 47, 30-41.

    Williamon A & Coimbra D (eds.) (2007), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, European Association of Conservatoires [ISBN 9789090224848].

    Wöllner C & Williamon A (2007), An exploratory study of the role of performance feedback and musical imagery in piano playing, Research Studies in Music Education, 29, 39-54 [DOI].

    2006

    McPherson GE & Williamon A (2006), Giftedness and talent, in GE McPherson (ed.), The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development (pp. 239-256), Oxford University Press.

    Williamon A & Thompson S (2006), Awareness and incidence of health problems among conservatoire students, Psychology of Music, 34, 411-430 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Thompson S, Lisboa T, & Wiffen C (2006), Creativity, originality, and value in music performance, in I Deliège & G Wiggins (eds.), Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice (pp. 161-180), Psychology Press.

    2005

    Lisboa T, Williamon A, Zicari M, & Eiholzer H (2005), Mastery through imitation: a preliminary study, Musicae Scientiae, 9, 75-110 [DOI].

    Rosenkranz K, Williamon A, Butler K, Cordivari C, Lees AJ, & Rothwell JC (2005), Pathophysiological differences between musician’s dystonia and writer’s cramp, Brain, 128, 918-931 [DOI].

    2004

    Williamon A & Egner T (2004), Memory structures for encoding and retrieving a piece of music: an ERP investigation, Cognitive Brain Research, 22, 36-44 [DOI].

    Williamon A & Thompson S (2004), Psychology and the music practitioner, in JW Davidson (ed.), The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher, and Listener (pp. 9-26), Ashgate.

    2003

    Lindström E, Juslin PN, Bresin R, & Williamon A (2003), ‘Expressivity comes from within your soul’: a questionnaire study of music students’ perspectives on expressivity, Research Studies in Music Education, 20, 23-47 [DOI].

    Thompson S & Williamon A (2003), Evaluating evaluation: musical performance assessment as a research tool, Music Perception, 21, 21-41 [DOI].

    2002

    Aiello R & Williamon A (2002), Memory, in R Parncutt & GE McPherson (eds.), The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning (pp. 167-181), Oxford University Press.

    Williamon A (2002), Memorising music, in J Rink (ed.), Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding (pp. 113-126), Cambridge University Press.

    Williamon A & Davidson JW (2002), Exploring co-performer communication, Musicae Scientiae, 6, 53-72 [DOI].

    Williamon A & Valentine E (2002), The role of retrieval structures in memorizing music, Cognitive Psychology, 44, 1-32 [DOI].

    Williamon A, Valentine E, & Valentine J (2002), Shifting the focus of attention between levels of musical structure, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 14, 493-520 [DOI].

    2000

    Williamon A & Valentine E (2000), Quantity and quality of musical practice as predictors of performance quality, British Journal of Psychology, 91, 353-376 [DOI].

    1999

    Williamon A (1999), The value of performing from memory, Psychology of Music, 27, 84-95 [DOI].

    GRANTS

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigators R Bland and G Waddell (2023-24), Royal College of Music Performance VR, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £40,954 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigators R Bland and G Waddell (2022-23), Royal College of Music Performance Laboratory, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £1.89 million [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigator H Eiholzer (2022), Valuing and Evaluating Music Performance, Swiss National Science Foundation, CHF 14,000 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigators A Campbell, V Lalioti, M Miraldo, N Spiro, R Perkins, U Tymoszuk, and G Waddell (2020-22), HEartS Professional: Health, Economic, and Social Impact of COVID-19 on PROFESSIONALs in the ARTs, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £390,868 [REF].

    Williamon A (Co-Investigator), with Principal Investigator HJ Chatterjee and Co-Investigators N Daykin, D Fancourt, M Richardson, and LJM Thomson (2020-21), Combating Social Isolation through Creative and Community Engagement: COVID and Beyond (Community COVID), Arts and Humanities Research Council, £207,457 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigator G Waddell (2019-20), Healthy Performer, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £80,639 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigators D Fancourt, M Miraldo, R Perkins, R Perneczky, and N Spiro (2018-21), Health, Economic, and Social impact of the ARTs (HEartS): A Public Health Study, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £809,096 [REF].

    Williamon A (Applicant), with Principal Applicant S Hepworth (2018-21), MedTech SuperConnector, Research England, £4.95 million.

    Williamon A (Co-Investigator), with Principal Investigator R Ramirez and Co-Investigators G Volpe, M Oliveira, and C Sans (2016-19), Technology Enhanced Learning of Musical Instrument Performance (TELMI), Horizon 2020, €2.62 million [REF].

    Williamon A (Co-Investigator), with Principal Investigator D Fancourt and Co-Investigator T Wiseman (2016-18), Sing with Us: A Study of the Effects of Singing for Cancer Patients and Their Carers, Tenovus Cancer Care, £154,942.

    Williamon A (Co-Investigator), with Principal Investigator GE McPherson and Co-Investigators P Evans, P Miksza, R Ryan, and B Zimmerman (2015-18), Optimal Music Performance, Australian Research Council, AUD 376,300.

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigators S Cavalli, P Di Giulio, and H Eiholzer (2015-17), Art for Ages: Investigating the Benefits of Musical Experience on Older Adults’ Wellbeing, Gebert Rüf Stiftung, CHF 293,460.

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator) (2014-15), Performance Simulator: Enhancing Musical Learning through Distributed Simulation, Peter Sowerby Foundation, £133,110.

    Williamon A (Co-Investigator), with Principal Investigator P Crawford and Co-Investigators B Brown, S Hogan, L Lewis, N Manning, and M Wilson (2013-18), Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery: Connecting Communities for Mental Health, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £1.20 million [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Principal Investigators Jane Ginsborg and Emma Redding (2013-18), Musical Impact: A Study of Musicians’ Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £808,090 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Co-Investigator R Perkins (2010-12), Rhythm for Life: Music Making and Wellbeing Enhancement for Older Adults, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, £109,372.

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator) (2008-10), The Listening Gallery: Integrating Music with Exhibitions and Gallery Displays, Arts and Humanities Research Council, £234,685 [REF].

    Williamon A (Principal Investigator), with Principal Applicant J Ritterman and Co-Investigators C Connolly, J Gruzelier, and A Taylor (2000-02), Zoning In: Motivating the Musical Mind, The Leverhulme Trust, £288,500.

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