Music
Deepening knowledge, exploring possibiites, embracing creativity.
Music research at the School of the Arts and Media covers a wide range of inquiry, examining music as a creative, cultural, psychological, and social phenomenon. Our researchers investigate music from analytical, philosophical, pedagogical, and performance perspectives, establishing UNSW as a leader in contemporary music scholarship and practice.
Advancing music research
Our expertise encompasses music psychology and cognition, composition and performance, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, sound and media arts, and acoustic ecology. This diverse research culture fosters collaboration among scholars, performers, and creative practitioners who are expanding our understanding and experience of music in the 21st century.
We host the Empirical Musicology Laboratory, an internationally recognised hub for interdisciplinary music research. The researchers apply innovative methods from experimental and cognitive psychology, information retrieval engineering, statistics, and qualitative approaches to investigate how people perceive, experience, and create music.
Our research advances theoretical understanding and informs creative practice, education, and well-being, shaping how music is taught, performed, and experienced across cultures and contexts.
Our staff
To learn more about our research projects and collaborations, explore the profiles of our academic staff:
