[AUDITORY] 2nd International Workshop on Quantitative and Qualitative Music Therapy Research - 2nd CFP

[Rafael Ramirez Melendez <rafael.ramirez@xxxxxxx>]

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Call for Abstracts

2nd International Workshop on Quantitative and Qualitative Music Therapy Research
http://quantitativemusictherapy.weebly.com [ quantitativemusictherapy. weebly. com ]
May 25, 2017, Barcelona, Spain

Motivation

Music is known to have the power to induce strong emotions and physiological changes. Musical activities have a positive impact in the perception of quality of life and may even improve cognitive, social and emotional abilities. it is not surprising that a variety of clinical conditions are often treated with music therapy. Large scale studies have shown that music therapy produces significant improvements in social behaviors, overt behaviors, reductions in agitated behaviors, and improvements to cognitive problems, However, the positive effects of music therapy are not homogeneous among all studies, and there is often a lack of formal research involving quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the benefits and limitations of  music therapy in concrete treatments. A special topic in this year's workshop is Accessible Music Interfaces as a means to allow people with disabilities to perform and compose music. A concert involving several accessible music interfaces is planed as part of the workshop. 

Workshop aims

The aim of the workshop is to promote fruitful collaboration among researchers, music therapists, musicians, psychologists and physicians who are interested in music therapy and its effects, evaluated by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. The workshop will provide the opportunity to learn about, present and discuss ongoing work in the area.  We believe that this is a timely workshop because there is an increasing interest in quantitative and qualitative methods in music therapy.

Agenda

The workshop will feature paper presentations and open discussions. The accepted contributions will be available from the workshop web page as soon as possible in order to encourage active discussion during the workshop. At the end of each paper session there will be time allocated for discussion. Each discussion will initially be focused on the research reported by the session contributions, and then generalized to the session general topic. At the end of the workshop there will be a dedicated session to discuss about the perspectives and future directions of quantitative and qualitative music therapy.

Important dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, April 23, 2017
Acceptance Notification: Friday, April 28, 2017
Camera-ready Paper Submission: Sunday, May 14, 2017
Workshop Date: Thursday, May 25, 2017

Submission of abstracts

We solicit abstracts reporting on quantitative or qualitative music therapy research.  Submissions should include the title, authors' names, institutions and contact email address. Submissions should be made as structured abstracts (500 words maximum) using the following headings: Background, Aims, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Abstracts should be submitted in pdf format by email to: rafael.ramirez@xxxxxxx (with subject: Q&QMT17 Submission) no later than Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Registration

In order to encourage participation, registration to the Workshop will be free of charge. However, the workshop has a limited number of places for non presenters, so please register by filling the registration form found in the workshop website.

Organizers

Rafael Ramirez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Zacharias Vamvakousis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Nuria Escudé, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona