Music and Familiarity

Elaine King is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Hull, UK. She co-edited Music and Gesture (2006) and New Perspectives on Music and Gesture (2011), and has published book chapters and articles on aspects of ensemble rehearsal and performance, including practice techniques, gestures and team roles. She is a member of the Royal Musical Association (Council, 2009-12) and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Conference Secretary, 2006-12). She is an active cellist, pianist and conductor. Helen M. Prior (née Daynes) is a music psychologist with wide-ranging interests including music performance, music and emotion, music perception and familiarity, and music education. She is currently a Research Assistant at the University of Hull working with Dr Andrew King and Dr Rob MacKay on a project supported by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts - Nesta, the AHRC and Arts Council England. The project investigates the use of online learning to support peripatetic music lessons in remote rural communities. She has previously lectured in Music and Music Psychology at the Universities of Hull and Sheffield. She has also undertaken research at King's College, London with Professor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson on a project investigating Shaping Music in Performance as part of the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP). She is a member of the Royal Musical Association and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research.