National Forum on Research in Motor Learning and Music

The National Forum on Motor Learning in Music is funded by the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professorship, the Center for Music Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, and the Institute for Music Research at The University of Texas at San Antoinio. The Forum is an ongoing research consortium devoted to questions about motor skill development and procedural memory. This approach to collaborative research, though common in most disciplines with a long-established tradition of research activity, is a departure from the typical course of research in music, in general, and in music education, in particular. Our hope is to create a model that will focus on interesting, meaningful questions that contribute to our fundamental understanding of human cognition and behavior.

Participating members in the consortium include faculty from the University of Washington, The Ohio State University, Louisiana State University, University of the Pacific, Temple University, Bowling Green State University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, VanderCook College of Music, and faculty and graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin. Pooling intellectual and fiscal resources in this way promises to generate a more active community of scholars and increase the value of the effort and funding devoted to the subject. Such an infusion of research activity in the literature of our discipline is intended to inspire future research collaborations in music.

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From the First Forum Meeting held in Austin, 5 March 2005

Forum Participants

Dr. Sarah Allen, Southern Methodist University

Dr. James Byo, Louisiana State University

Dr. Ruth Brittin, University of the Pacific

Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt, Texas State University

Dr. Elaine Colprit, Bowling Green State University

Dr. Eugenia Costa-Giomi, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Carla Davis, Texas Tech University

Dr. Robert Duke, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Jacqueline Henninger, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Judith Jellison, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Steve Morrision, University of Washington

Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal, VanderCook College of Music

Dr. Laurie Scott, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Deborah Sheldon, Temple University

Dr. Amy Simmons, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Fourth Annual Forum Meeting

9 April 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin