[ecrea] New Book: Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience

Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience
Edited by Karen Burland, University of Leeds, UK and Stephanie Pitts, 
University of Sheffield, UK

* Series : SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience explores the 
processes and experiences of attending live music events from the 
initial decision to attend through to audience responses and memories of 
a performance after it has happened. The book brings together 
international researchers who consider the experience of being an 
audience member from a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives. 
Whether enjoying a drink at a jazz gig, tweeting at a pop concert or 
suppressing a cough at a classical recital, audience experience is 
affected by motivation, performance quality, social atmosphere and group 
and personal identity. Drawing on the implications of these experiences 
and attitudes, the authors consider the question of what makes an 
audience, and argue convincingly for the practical and academic value of 
that question.
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Contents: Prelude. Section 1 Before The Event: Preparing and 
Anticipating: Marketing live music, Daragh O’Reilly, Gretchen Larsen and 
Krzysztof Kubacki; Musical, social and moral dilemmas: investigating 
audience motivations to attend concerts, Stephanie Pitts; Safe and 
sound: audience experience in new venues for popular music performance, 
Robert Kronenburg. Section 2 During The Event: Listening and Connecting: 
Interlude - audience members as researchers, Stephanie Pitts and Karen 
Burland; The value of ‘being there’: how the live experience measures 
quality for the audience, Jennifer Radbourne, Katya Johanson and Hilary 
Glow; In the heat of the moment: audience real time response to music 
and dance performance, Catherine J. Stevens, Roger T. Dean, Kim Vincs 
and Emery Schubert; Texting and tweeting at live music concerts: flow, 
fandom and connecting with other audiences through mobile phone 
technology, Lucy Bennett; Moving the gong: exploring the contexts of 
improvisation and composition, Karen Burland and Luke Windsor (with 
Christophe de Bézenac, Matthew Bourne, Petter Frost Fadnes and Nick 
Katuszonek); Context, cohesion and community: characteristics of 
festival audience members’ strong experiences with music, Sidsel 
Karlsen; Interlude - lasting memories of ephemeral events, Karen Burland 
and Stephanie Pitts; ‘The gigs I’ve gone to’: mapping memories and 
places of live music, Sara Cohen; Warts and all: recording the live 
music experience, Paul Long; Staying behind: explorations in 
post-performance musician-audience dialogue, Melissa C. Dobson and John 
Sloboda. Postlude, Karen Burland and Stephanie Pitt. References; Index.
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About the Editor: Karen Burland is an Associate Professor in Music 
Psychology at the University of Leeds. Her published research focuses on 
jazz audiences and their engagement in live performances in different 
contexts; the environmental conditions leading to childhood musical 
success and the professional development of musicians during career 
transitions; professional and amateur musical identities; and music 
therapists’ use of music technology in therapeutic settings. Karen is a 
member of the SEMPRE committee and Reviews Editor for British Journal of 
Music Education.

Stephanie Pitts is a Professor of Music Education at the University of 
Sheffield, UK and author of A Century of Change in Music Education 
(Ashgate, 2000), Valuing Musical Participation (Ashgate, 2005) and 
Chances and Choices: Exploring the Impact of Music Education (2012).




















































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