This paper interrogates two different perspectives on music and wellbeing. The first positions
musical practice as being beneficial for emotional wellbeing and mental health, whilst the …

This paper outlines the growth of interest in the UK in the social and health impacts of the
arts from the late 1990s onwards. It highlights the early critiques of claims made about such …

Purpose To systematically review patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of
musicians' musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) and psychosocial factors and their …

People working in the music industry report significantly higher levels of anxiety and
depression than the general population, but to date, studies have not explored the …

Purpose: Previous epidemiological studies have shown higher levels of anxiety and
depressive symptoms among professional musicians, compared to the general workforce …

This article examines identity work in the creative industries as a type of identity formation
that has been underexplored in the literature on identity work to date. Based on interviews …

Evidence points towards the key role that networks of both formal and informal relationships
play in musicians' careers. Alongside this, these careers have in recent decades become …

One of the many lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the nature of it: it has been,
and still is, an evolving situation in which there are many questions, but not always …

There is a dearth of qualitative research exploring how freelancers working in the cultural
industries have been affected during COVID-19. In particular, there is a lack of research …

Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work: Transformational Approaches to Music Careers
Education promotes career counselling-informed techniques that encourage and guide …