Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music

The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music brings together leading researchers in infant and early childhood cognition, music education, music therapy, neuroscience, cultural and developmental psychology, and music sociology to interrogate questions of how our capacity for music develops from birth, and its contributions to learning and development.

Margaret S. Barrett is Head of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance at Monash University. Current research investigates music early learning and development, pedagogies of creativity and expertise, collaborative creativity, ecopolitics in music education, music and gender, and career pathways in and through music. This research has been funded by the Australian Research Council, numerous industry partners, the British Council, and the Academy of Finland. She has served as President of ISME, WAAE, APSMER, and ASME and as Board Director of the Australian Music Centre, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and Queensland Music Festival.

Graham F. Welch has held the UCL Institute of Education (formerly University of London) Established Chair of Music Education since 2001. He was a full-time generalist Primary teacher in London for 14 years, and spent over two decades as a part-time professional singer. He has worked in universities since 1985. He is Chair of the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) and is a Past President of the International Society for Music Education (ISME). Publications number over 400.