Orpheus Institute Series

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Throughout the Orpheus Institute’s various activities there is a clear focus on the development of a new research discipline in the arts, one that addresses questions and topics that are at the heart of musical practice, building on the unique expertise and perspectives of musicians and in constant dialogue with more established research disciplines.

Within this context, the Orpheus Institute launched an international Research Centre in 2007 that acts as a stable constituent within an ever-growing field of enquiry. The Orpheus Research Centre is a place where musical artists can fruitfully conduct individual and collaborative research on issues that are of concern to all involved in artistic practice. It is important that at the centre of the international Orpheus Institute network is a place, a building, a community. As the concepts and methodologies of artistic research in music have evolved, work at Orpheus Institute has found new structures. Since 2012, research has been consolidated into a number of groups focused on specific areas, each led by a principal investigator of substantial international reputation as a practicing musician. The work of Orpheus Institute is disseminated through events, publications and musical performances, and through its active animation of discussion within the sector.

This series of peer-reviewed publications —launched in 2013— encompasses monographs by Research Fellows and associates of the Orpheus Institute, compilations of lectures, texts, and performances from seminars and study days, and edited volumes on topics arising from work at the institute. Research can be presented in digital media as well as printed texts. As a whole, the series is meant to enhance and advance discourse in the field of artistic research in music and to generate future work in this emerging and vital area of study.

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Editorial board

William Brooks (Chair, Series Editor), Peter Dejans, Jonathan Impett, Kathleen Coessens, Paulo de Assis, Heike Vermeire, Ed Crooks, Laura Cull, Aurelie Daems

Proposals

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to the series editor William Brooks.
Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
Authors interested in Open Access can consult the available funding options.

Links & Resources

Proposal Submission Form
Open Access & Funding Options
Book cover for the book Performing by the Book? Performing by the Book?

Bruno Forment (Editor),

March 2025

Book cover for the book Performance, Subjectivity, and Experimentation Performance, Subjectivity, and Experimentation

Catherine Laws (Editor),

February 2025

Book cover for the book Sound Work Sound Work

Jonathan Impett (Editor),

December 2021

Book cover for the book Experience Music Experiment Experience Music Experiment

William Brooks (Editor),

August 2021

Book cover for the book Machinic Assemblages of Desire Machinic Assemblages of Desire

Paulo de Assis (Editor), Paolo Giudici (Editor),

March 2021

Book cover for the book Listening to the Other Listening to the Other

Stefan Östersjö (Author),

July 2020

Book cover for the book Aberrant Nuptials Aberrant Nuptials

Paulo de Assis (Editor), Paolo Giudici (Editor),

February 2025

Book cover for the book Voices, Bodies, Practices Voices, Bodies, Practices

Catherine Laws (Author), William Brooks (Author), David Gorton (Author), Nguyễn Thanh Thủy (Author), Stefan Östersjö (Author), Jeremy J. Wells (Author),

November 2019

Book cover for the book Sensorial Aesthetics in Music Practices Sensorial Aesthetics in Music Practices

Kathleen Coessens (Editor),

July 2019

Book cover for the book Futures of the Contemporary Futures of the Contemporary

Paulo de Assis (Editor), Michael Schwab (Editor),

February 2025

Book cover for the book Logic of Experimentation Logic of Experimentation

Paulo de Assis (Author),

October 2018

Book cover for the book Virtual Works – Actual Things Virtual Works – Actual Things

Paulo de Assis (Editor),

July 2018