The 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and the 4th International Spirituality and Music Education (SAME) Conference — Karin S. Hendricks & Tawnya D. Smith

Special Issue 11 (1) 2019 “Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education” – Conference report (first published on 24 November 2019)

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The 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and the 4th International Spirituality and Music Education (SAME) Conference ‘Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education’

Karin S. Hendricks

Boston University, USA

Tawnya D. Smith

Boston University, USA


The 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and 4th International Spirituality and Music Education (SAME) Conference ‘Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education’,London, UK, 9-10 December 2017.


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Karin S. Hendricks is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Boston University. She has served in local, state, and national music education leadership roles and has published papers on motivation and social justice in a variety of academic journals and books. Hendricks is an award-winning orchestra teacher, researcher, and clinician. [khen@bu.edu] Tawnya D. Smith is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Boston University. As a researcher and educator, she is interested in transforming educational spaces by applying therapeutic knowledge to create safe and healthy learning environments. She has published papers on personal development in education, and explores the use of art-based research as a means to better understand the inner-world of learners. [tdsmith7@bu.edu]