Books By Raymond MacDonald, Maria Sappho, Tia DeNora, Robert Burke, Ross Birrell - Author

Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist and Professor of Music Psychology and Improvisation at Edinburgh University. His co-edited texts include, Musical Identities, Musical Communication, Music Health and Wellbeing, Musical Imaginations and, The Handbook of Music Identities and he co-authored (with Graeme Wilson) The Art of Becoming: How Group Improvisation Works. He was head of music at Edinburgh University from 2013-2017 and editor of the Journal Psychology of Music from 2006-2012. He is a co-founder of The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, has produced music for film, television, theatre and art installations, released over 60 albums and toured and broadcast worldwide. Tia DeNora is Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. Her books include Hope: the dream we carry, Music in Everyday Life, and Music Asylums: Music and Wellbeing in Everyday Life. She was Principal Investigator on the AHRC Care for Music project (2019-2023). She is a Leverhulme Major Fellow working on Island Life and Death