Journal of Popular Music Education (Journal)

ISSN 23976721 , ONLINE ISSN 2397673X

The main aims of the Journal of Popular Music Education are to define the parameters of the field and disciplines of its readership and contributors (especially with regard to other journals in popular music and music education), this being an emerging field of scholarship and practice. The other principal aim is to disseminate excellent critique and other forms of scholarship (e.g. phenomenological) in and related to the field. The journal has an inclusive, global reach. ‘Education’ and ‘popular music’ are terms that we expect to be stretched and problematized through rigorous examination from multiple international perspectives.

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Category: Music, Performing Arts


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Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

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Aims & Scope

One of the main aims of this journal is iteratively to define the parameters of the field and disciplines of its readership and contributors (especially with regard to other journals in popular music, and music education), this being an emerging field of scholarship and practice. The other principal aim is to disseminate excellent critique and other forms of scholarship (e.g. phenomenological) in and related to the field. The journal aims to have an inclusive, global reach. 'Education' and 'popular music' are terms that we are glad to see stretched and problematized through rigorous examination from multiple international perspectives. The other principal aim is to disseminate excellent critique and other forms of scholarship (e.g. phenomenological) in and related to the field. The journal has an inclusive, global reach. 'Education' and 'popular music' are terms that we expect to be stretched and problematized through rigorous examination from multiple international perspectives.

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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous anonymous peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland


General Call for Papers information

The Journal of Popular Music Education seeks to define, delimit, debunk, disseminate, and disrupt practice and discourse in and around popular music education. Popular music education takes place at the intersections of identity realization, learning, teaching, enculturation, entrepreneurship, creativity, a global multimedia industry, and innumerable instances of music making as leisure. Through drawing together diverse, rigorous scholarship concerning learning in, through and about popular music worldwide, JPME seeks to identify, probe and problematize key issues in this vibrant, evolving field. Scholarship from and across all relevant research methods and disciplines is welcome.

Areas for consideration could include but should not be limited to: performance, recording, production, songwriting, composition, technology, listening, movement, socializing, identity, travel, social classification and stratification, marketing, politics, religion, nationalism, fashion, multi-arts and cross-cultural perspectives.

Please submit manuscripts of between 6,000 and 8,000 words inclusive of references and abstract (double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12) for the attention of editors Gareth Dylan Smith and Bryan Powell by clicking the submit button on this page and following the subsequent directions.

Call For Reviews

The Journal of Popular Music Education seeks scholarly reviews of the latest books, films, media, exhibitions, musical groups and performers, and popular music education events. Please click the submit button on this page for reviews as well.

Special Issue Call for Papers 

Special Issue: 'Breaking Down Barriers'

To be published summer 2026

Guest Editors:

Zack Moir (Professor of Learning and Teaching in Music, Edinburgh Napier University)

Bryden Stillie (Associate Professor in Music and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Edinburgh Napier University)

Aidan Harvey (Associate Lecturer in Music, Edinburgh Napier University)

Call for Papers:

We live in an age in which technological advancements have rendered communication and collaboration across the globe easier and more accessible than ever before. However, there is simultaneously an increased presence of physical and ideological barriers between peoples and nations based on such issues as gender, race, language, social class, and culture. Additionally, social and cultural changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have had the effect of causing addition barriers to communication, collaboration and progress in our field. As such, this Special Issue seeks papers which investigate, problematize, and find ways to break down the barriers to, in, and for popular music education, and which consider ways to work together as educators to overcome the challenges faced by our field in an increasingly unsettled global social climate.

In addition to papers focussing on breaking down barriers within popular music education, we invite contributions on, but not limited to, the following themes:

  • Reconciling commercial interests and educational aspirations
  • Innovative approaches in music teaching and learning
  • Recording, production, and music technologies
  • Community music
  • Crossover musics
  • Inclusion and diversity
  • Curricula and assessment practices
  • Classroom conundrums
  • Music futures
  • Adult education
  • Music therapy
  • Populism and popularity
  • Collegiality, communities, and collectives
  • Facilities and facilitation
  • Bounded and boundaryless careers

Authors should submit manuscripts of between 6,000 to 8,000 words (double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12, including references). Please refer to the Intellect style guide when preparing a submission.

Full papers should be uploaded via the journal’s submission website- https://submission.pubkit.co/publisher/29/journal/308/login or using the submissions portal via the JPME website by 1 February 2025.

Enquiries are welcome, and should be emailed to the corresponding guest editor, Professor Zack Moir- (Z.Moir@napier.ac.uk)

Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

Editorial Board

Joe Abramo
University of Connecticut, USA

Randall Allsup
Columbia University, USA

Tom Attah
Leeds Arts University, UK

adam patrick bell
Western University, Canada

Matt Brennan
University of Glasgow, UK

Simone Krüger Bridge
Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Christopher Cayari
Purdue University, USA

Matt Clauhs
Ithaca College, USA

Radio Cremata
Ithaca College, USA

Robert Cutietta
University of Southern California, USA

Ruth Debrot
Boston University, USA

Mike Dines
Middlesex University, UK

Jay Dorfman
Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Kent State University

Heloisa Feichas
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Paul Fleet
Newcastle University, UK

Andrew Goodrich
Boston University, USA

David Hebert
Bergen University College, Norway

Shannan Hibbard
Wayne State University, USA

Diane Hughes
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Mark Hunter
Middlesex University, UK

Alexis Kallio
Griffith University, Australia

Brian Kellum
Boston University, USA

Phil Kirkman
University of Cambridge, UK

David H. Knapp
Florida State University, USA

John Kratus
Michigan State University, USA

Andy Krikun
Bergen Community College, Norway

Austina Lee
Boston University, USA

Roger Mantie
University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

Candice Mattio
University of Southern California, USA

Sean McLaughlin
The University of the Highlands and Islands, UK

Zack Moir
Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Gwen Moore
Mary Immaculate College, Ireland

Nasim Niknafs
University of Toronto, Canada

Tom Parkinson
University of Kent, UK

Rich Perks
University of Kent, UK

Avra Pieridou Skoutella
Cyprus Music Leadership Institute, Cyprus

Joe Pignato
SUNY, USA

Stephanie Pitts
University of Sheffield, UK

Shara Rambarran
University of York, UK

Clint Randles
University of South Florida, USA

Kat Reinhert
Berklee College of Music, USA

Tiger Robison
University of Wyoming, USA

Josh Russel
University of Hartford, USA

Brian Russell
University of Miami, USA

Patrick Schmidt
Western University, Canada

Rupert Till
University of Huddersfield, UK

Evan Tobias
Arizona State University, USA

Janice L Waldron
University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.

Virginia Wayman Davis
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Donna Weston
Griffith University, Australia

Sheila Woodward
Eastern Washington University, USA

Ruth Wright
Western University, Canada

Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

 
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Contents

  • Volume (8): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2024


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  • Volume (8): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2024


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  • Volume (8): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2024


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  • Volume (7): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2023


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  • Volume (7): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2023


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  • Volume (7): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2023


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  • Volume (6): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (6): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (6): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (5): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (5): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (5): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (4): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2020


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  • Volume (4): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2020


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  • Volume (4): Issue (3)
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  • Volume (3): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2019


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  • Volume (3): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2019


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  • Volume (3): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2019


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  • Volume (2): Issue (1&2)
  • Cover date: 2018


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  • Volume (2): Issue (3)
  • Cover date: 2018


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  • Volume (1): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2017


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  • Volume (1): Issue (2)
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  • Volume (1): Issue (3)
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Co-Editor

Bryan Powell
Montclair State University, USA
powellb@montclair.edu

Gareth Dylan Smith
Boston University, USA
gdsmith@bu.edu

Assistant Editor

Warren Gramm
Lebanon Valley College, USA
gramm@lvc.edu

Advisory Board

Pam Burnard
University of Cambridge, UK

Lucy Green
University College London, UK
l.green@ucl.ac.uk

Lee Higgins
York St John University, UK
l.higgins@yorksj.ac.uk

Patricia Shehan Campbell
University of Washington, USA

Lauri Vakeva
Sibelius Academy, Finland

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