Margaret S Barrett Editor & Author

Margaret S. Barrett is Professor and Head of the School of Music and Director of the Creative Collaboratorium Research Group at The University of Queensland, Australia. She has served as President of the International Society for Music Education (2012-2014), Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (2013-2015), Chair of the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education (2009-2011) and President of the Australian Society for Music Education (1999-2001). Her research has investigated creative thought and practice across the lifespan and the use of narrative and arts-based research methods in music. Margaret's research is supported by grants from the Australian Research Council and has been reported in the major journals and edited collections of the field. Recent publications include: A Cultural Psychology of Music Education (2011), and Narrative Soundings: An Anthology of Narrative Inquiry in Music (with Sandra Stauffer, 2012).