The role of a performer, the emotional experiences and the influences in music.

The role of a performer, the emotional experiences and the influences in music.

What factors contribute to emotional experiences of music performance? What is the role of the performer, the performance context, including the music, and other people influencing the performer? Use the research literature to address these or a sub-set of these questions, critically evaluating what is known, the evidence for it, and what is not yet known or uncertainties in the evidence. [Note: you may choose to focus this essay on the act of music performance or on listening to music]

The beneficial effects and evidence that music contribute in autism spectrum

How is music used to contribute to health or wellbeing challenges in a specific context (e.g. dementia
care, stroke survivors, autism spectrum)? What is it about music and the uses of music that facilitate
these beneficial effects? What is the evidence for beneficial effects of music? Use the research
literature to address these or subset of these questions. Include a critical evaluation and reflection on
potentially underlying assumptions that music is beneficial by default.