Karen Burland is an Associate Professor in Music Psychology at the University of Leeds. Her published research focuses on jazz audiences and their engagement in live performances in different contexts; the environmental conditions leading to childhood musical success and the professional development of musicians during career transitions; professional and amateur musical identities; and music therapists' use of music technology in therapeutic settings. Karen is a member of the SEMPRE committee and Reviews Editor for British Journal of Music Education. Stephanie Pitts is a Professor of Music Education at the University of Sheffield, UK and author of A Century of Change in Music Education (Ashgate, 2000), Valuing Musical Participation (Ashgate, 2005) and Chances and Choices: Exploring the Impact of Music Education (2012).

Chapter 1 Prelude, Stephanie Pitts, Karen Burland; Before the Event; Chapter 2 Marketing Live Music, Daragh O'Reilly, Gretchen Larsen, Krzysztof Kubacki; Chapter 3 Musical, Social and Moral Dilemmas, Stephanie Pitts; Chapter 4 Safe and Sound, Robert Kronenburg; During the Event; Chapter 5 Interlude - Audience Members as Researchers, Stephanie Pitts, Karen Burland; Chapter 6 The Value of 'Being There', Jennifer Radbourne, Katya Johanson, Hilary Glow; Chapter 7 In the Heat of the Moment, Catherine J. Stevens, Roger T. Dean, Kim Vincs, Emery Schubert; Chapter 8 Texting and Tweeting at Live Music Concerts, Lucy Bennett; Chapter 9 Moving the Gong, Karen Burland, Luke Windsor, Christophe de Bézenac, Matthew Bourne, Petter Frost Fadnes, Nick Katuszonek; Chapter 10 Context, Cohesion and Community, Sidsel Karlsen; Chapter 11 Interlude - Lasting Memories of Ephemeral Events, Karen Burland, Stephanie Pitts; Chapter 12 'The Gigs I've Gone To', Sara Cohen; Chapter 13 Warts and All, Paul Long; Chapter 14 Staying Behind, Melissa C. Dobson, John Sloboda; Chapter 15 Postlude, Karen Burland, Stephanie Pitts;