Event overview
Music Research Series presents: George Musgrave "Can Music Make You Sick: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition" (This event was originally planned for 30th November)
Join us for this special Music Research Series with George Musgrave, a lecturer based in the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship. In this presentation, he will be outing some of the key themes and debates in his book ‘Can Music Make You Sick?’, which was released last year and was an Amazon Number 1 Best Seller in sociology. The book explores the paradox that whilst music making is therapeutic, making a career out of music can be traumatic, examining the possible causes of high levels of anxiety and depression amongst musicians. Moving away from ideas of the ’tortured genius’ or personality factors of musicians, the work instead examines the psychosocial working conditions of life as contemporary musicians, to suggest that an inter-related series of ’status’ factors, collide together to make the development of a musical career not quite the life of glamour, fun and excitement many imagine it to be.
George is a Lecturer at Goldsmiths (University of London). His research concerns the psychological experiences and working conditions of creative careers, with a current focus on mental health and wellbeing in the music industry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Music Research Lectures are free and all are welcome.
The Music Research Series invites researchers from across the country, and from within the department, to present and discuss their work.
The Series is a space for the development of cutting-edge research in music, and for the training of postgraduate and Early Career Researchers from Goldsmiths and elsewhere.
The sessions bring together scholars, practitioners, and people working in music outside the university. They may include formal papers, panel discussions, conversations, or any other format that suits the research.
Attendance is strongly recommended for all postgraduate students (MA, MMus and PGR) in Music, as the events will help hone research skills, facilitate the creation of professional networks and help to consolidate the department’s postgraduate community. Undergraduates, researchers and visitors from across the college and the community are also most welcome to these public lectures.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2022 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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