Archive of Special Issues

Ethical questions in transforming music practices (2025)

Edited by:
Sanna Kivijärvi, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki & Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Taru Koivisto, Center for Educational Research and Academic Development in the Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland

Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education (2019)

Edited by:
Giorgos Tsiris, Queen Margaret University; St Columba’s Hospice Care, UK
Gary Ansdell, University of Bergen, Norway; University of Exeter, UK

Guided Imagery & Music: Contemporary European Perspectives and Developments (2017)

Edited by:
Bolette Beck, Aalborg University, Denmark
Evangelia Papanikolaou, Sonora-Organization for Music Therapy & Research, Greece; Aalborg University, Denmark

Partners: This special issue is supported by the European Association for Music & Imagery (EAMI) and SONORA-Organization for Music Therapy & Research.

Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Music Therapy and Special Music Education (2016)

Edited by:
John Habron, Royal Northern College of Music, United Kingdom

Music, Drama, Dance Movement and Art Therapy: Interdisciplinary Dialogues (2016) 

Edited by:
Vicky Karkou, Edge Hill University, UK

Music Therapy in Europe: Paths of Professional Development (2015)

Edited by:
Hanne Mette Ridder, Aalborg University, Denmark
Giorgos Tsiris, Nordoff Robbins, UK

Partners: This special issue was a collaboration between Approaches and the European Music Therapy Confederation (EMTC). 

The Orff Approach to Special Music Education and Music Therapy: Practice, Theory and Research (2013)

Edited by:
Shirley Salmon, Carl Orff Institute for Elemental Music and Dance Pedagogy, Austria

Proceedings of the 1st One-Day Conference of the Greek Association of Certified Professional Music Therapists (ESPEM) “Music Therapy: Theory and Practice” (2011)

Edited by:
Giorgos Tsiris, UK/Greece

Partners: This special issue was a collaboration between Approaches and the Greek Association of Certified Professional Music Therapists (ESPEM).