Title:Participatory Musicking and Arts Activities for Women and Children Living in Refuge: Impact, Process, Outcomes, and Mechanisms of Change
Year 3 of my PhD research at City St George’s I am getting nearer to completion, although it feels miles away! Take a look at the seminars and conferences I have been part of over this period…been a busy few years!
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Live Music, Resilience, and Transformative Music
Interactions for Families Living in the Refuge’. ICTMD Early Career Workshop in
Ethnomusicology, University of Munster, Germany, November 2025 (award from University of
Munster)
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Musical Resilience: Transformative Effects of Music
Interventions for Families in Women’s Refuges’. Royal Musical Association Annual Conference,
University of Southampton, September 2025
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Participatory musicking and arts activities for women
and children living in refuge: Impact, process, outcomes and mechanisms of change’. Musical
Futures PhD Symposium, University College London, June 2025
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Music For All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ Music Research and Activism II:
Solidarities and Urgencies Conference, University of Helsinki, May 2025
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Creative Interventions: Music Projects in the Refuge.’
SEMPRE Spring Conference, Royal Northern College of Music, April 2025(award from Sempre)
• Conference Submissions: Peer Reviews: Brown, M. K. (2025). SEMPRE Spring Conference,
Royal Northern College of Music, April 2025
• Conference Sessional Chair: Brown, M. K. (2025). SEMPRE Spring Conference, Royal
Northern College of Music, April 2025
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ BFE/RMA RSC Research
Students’ Conference, University of Aberdeen, January 2025
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2025). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ PhD Symposium in Media and
Communications, London-wide Media and Communication PhD Symposium, Westminster
University, London, September 2024
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ Violence in Society Centre
(VASC), City University of London, August 2024
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence/Creative Activism.’ Central
European University Budapest – Mobilizing the Feminist Imaginary, July 2024
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ SCC Postgraduate Conference,
City, University of London, June 2024
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’Music and Misogyny Working
Group, University of Southampton, November 2024
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• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Music for All: Transformative Elements of Music
Projects for Women and Children Fleeing Domestic Violence.’ London Postgraduate Music
Seminar, City University of London, April 2024
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2024). ‘Musician & Researcher: Ethics, Positionality &
Identity.’ EDI in Research Symposium, City University of London, April 2024
Upcoming Conference Presentations:
• Poster Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2026). SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference, Faculty of Music,
Cambridge University, April 16 2026
• Conference Coordinator: ‘Enhancing Research Culture’ ,City St George’s University of London,
SPARC Research Centre, May 2026
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2026). RMA-SMI-EADH Conference, SARC: Queens
University Belfast, August 29, 2026
• Oral Presentation: Brown, M. K. (2026). Violence in Society Centre (VASC), City St George’s
University of London, September 2026
• Lecture Recital (Cello): Brown: M. K. (2026). Performance Space, City St George’s University
of London, October 2026
• Conference coordinator: ‘Enhancing Research Culture’ funding, so the Creative Health
Forum City St George’s University of London, SPARC Research Centre May 2026