Perspectives is an area for performers, composers, teachers, scholars, students, and researchers to share experiences, thoughts, and ideas relating to music performance. The format is similar to commentaries or editorials, stressing experience and opinion. Contributions are peer-reviewed and readers have the opportunity to comment and discuss published work.
The Journal of Research in Music Performance presents a broad range of research that demonstrates the breadth of an emerging field of scholarly work. Research, in the context of this journal, is broadly defined to include quantitative, qualitative, ethnographic, historical, theoretical, philosophical, and experiential inquiry. Submissions to JRMP are accepted in print, audio, video, and multimedia formats.
The act of performing music forms the foundation of the writing and discussion that occupies this space. Music Performance is an area dedicated to sharing performances, new music, masterclasses, performance critiques, scores, or other creative contributions. Submissions will be accepted as audio, video, documents, or multimedia and will be reviewed by the editorial board.
Music performance is not so narrowly defined as to be simply a concert or a recital. It is an experience, encompassing teaching and learning, analysis and critique, and the combined experiences of those who interact in diverse ways with the processes and products of making music. This publication represents the merging of the aural and literate traditions that define and characterize music performance and those who study, teach, create, and critique it. It offers a space for the dissemination of research and embraces the aural traditions of sharing experience and opinion.
