Irène Deliège obtained her qualifications at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. After a twenty year career as a music teacher, she retrained in psychology and obtained her PhD in 1991 from the University of Liège where she was responsible for the Unit of Research in Psychology of Music. A founding member of ESCOM, she has acted since its inception as permanent secretary and Editor of the Journal MUSICÆ SCIENTIÆ. She is the author of several articles and co-edited books dedicated to music perception.Jane Davidson is the current Callaway/Tunely Chair of Music at the University of Western Australia. She has published extensively within psychology of music with research topics including expressive body movement, collaborative performance, music learning and ability, and singing. Her first academic appointment was at University of Keele between 1991-1993, where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow with John Sloboda and Michael Howe on an innovatory study of the biographical determinants of musical abilities. This led to more than 20 joint peer-reviewed publications.

• JOHN SLOBODA AND HIS CONTRIBUTION; MOTIVATING MUSICAL LIVES; MUSIC AND EMOTION; SLOBODA'S RECALL PARADIGM; MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT AND EXPERTISE; EXAMINING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION

Irène Deliège obtained her qualifications at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. After a twenty year career as a music teacher, she retrained in psychology and obtained her PhD in 1991 from the University of Liège where she was responsible for the Unit of Research in Psychology of Music. A founding member of ESCOM, she has acted since its inception as permanent secretary and Editor of the Journal MUSICÆ SCIENTIÆ. She is the author of several articles and co-edited books dedicated to music perception.Jane Davidson is the current Callaway/Tunely Chair of Music at the University of Western Australia. She has published extensively within psychology of music with research topics including expressive body movement, collaborative performance, music learning and ability, and singing. Her first academic appointment was at University of Keele between 1991-1993, where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow with John Sloboda and Michael Howe on an innovatory study of the biographical determinants of musical abilities. This led to more than 20 joint peer-reviewed publications.

• JOHN SLOBODA AND HIS CONTRIBUTION; MOTIVATING MUSICAL LIVES; MUSIC AND EMOTION; SLOBODA'S RECALL PARADIGM; MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT AND EXPERTISE; EXAMINING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION

Irène Deliège obtained her qualifications at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. After a twenty year career as a music teacher, she retrained in psychology and obtained her PhD in 1991 from the University of Liège where she was responsible for the Unit of Research in Psychology of Music. A founding member of ESCOM, she has acted since its inception as permanent secretary and Editor of the Journal MUSICÆ SCIENTIÆ. She is the author of several articles and co-edited books dedicated to music perception.Jane Davidson is the current Callaway/Tunely Chair of Music at the University of Western Australia. She has published extensively within psychology of music with research topics including expressive body movement, collaborative performance, music learning and ability, and singing. Her first academic appointment was at University of Keele between 1991-1993, where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow with John Sloboda and Michael Howe on an innovatory study of the biographical determinants of musical abilities. This led to more than 20 joint peer-reviewed publications.

• JOHN SLOBODA AND HIS CONTRIBUTION; MOTIVATING MUSICAL LIVES; MUSIC AND EMOTION; SLOBODA'S RECALL PARADIGM; MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT AND EXPERTISE; EXAMINING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; MUSIC AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION