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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
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AHRC-funded network exploring the range and significance of musical imagery and wellbeing experiences 🎵

Led by @freyabailes.bsky.social and @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social

https://musicinmyhead.org/
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New blog post!

You may have heard of aphantasia, which is reduced or absent voluntary VISUAL mental imagery. But what about auditory aphantasia?

Neesa Suncheuri Sunar describes her personal experiences and research into auditory aphantasia as a musician.

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Blog 7: Beyond the Mind's Eye and Ear: Aphantasia among String Musicians - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
As an early-career researcher, I have the privilege of investigating aphantasia in musicians. I learned about my own aphantasia in 2018, while perusing social media. I read a basic description of apha...
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September 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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📖 ANOTHER new blog post! 📖

Phil Beaman offers a parent's perspective on behavioural silence and inner music in a non-verbal child.

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Blog 6: Behavioural Silence and Inner Music in a Non-Verbal Child: A Parent’s Perspective - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Infants are supposed to start babbling, and from this develop fully-fledged language and vocabulary from the age of about 1 ½. My son did not. When this happens the usual cause is a hearing problem bu...
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August 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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📖 New blog post! 📖

Phil Beaman explores how memory shapes our inner musical life.

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Blog 5: Working Memory, Inner Music, and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
A little over 15 years ago, I was a memory researcher with interests in how auditory distraction affects immediate memory. It’s well-known that playing sound – including music – in the background has ...
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July 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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A new blog post is live! 💥

Kelly Jakubowski reflects on themes from our International Symposium at Durham University, 18–19 May.

Read it here: musicinmyhead.org/blog-4-inter....
Blog 4: International Symposium on Inner Music and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The first International Symposium on Inner Music and Wellbeing was held on 18-19 May 2026 at Durham University. The event brought together a wide range of different disciplinary perspectives and speak...
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June 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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freyabailes.bsky.social
The excitement is ramping up as our @innermusicgroup.bsky.social symposium is just weeks away. This performance of acts from The Tempest will be on Day 2. Looking forward to exploring the challenges of staging imagined music.
innermusicgroup.bsky.social Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · Mar 31
Our symposium will feature performances of three scenes from Shakespeare’s Tempest by Elysium Theatre Company and Durham Student Theatre, directed by Jake Murray. Each feature inner music and have been scored by Ed Cooper.

1–2:30pm, 19 May, Hatfield Chapel, Durham 🔮

#shakespeare #inner #music
March 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Really looking forward to two full days of interdisciplinary conversation around inner music and wellbeing next week, a highlight of which will be this event that is free and open to all!
innermusicgroup.bsky.social Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · Mar 31
Our symposium will feature performances of three scenes from Shakespeare’s Tempest by Elysium Theatre Company and Durham Student Theatre, directed by Jake Murray. Each feature inner music and have been scored by Ed Cooper.

1–2:30pm, 19 May, Hatfield Chapel, Durham 🔮

#shakespeare #inner #music
May 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Our symposium will feature performances of three scenes from Shakespeare’s Tempest by Elysium Theatre Company and Durham Student Theatre, directed by Jake Murray. Each feature inner music and have been scored by Ed Cooper.

1–2:30pm, 19 May, Hatfield Chapel, Durham 🔮

#shakespeare #inner #music
March 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is pleased to partner with the World Tinnitus Congress London 2027, an international forum bringing together researchers, clinicians, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore the full complexity of tinnitus.
Combined logos from the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network and the 4th World Tinnitus Congress
February 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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💥 Registration is now open for our International Symposium! 💥

Find the signup link and a provisional programme here:

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International Symposium - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
International Symposium What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network will host its inaugural international symposium at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event br...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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These video portraits of musicians silently imagining their way through their own choice of music are really moving.

Perfectly connected to our interests @innermusicgroup.bsky.social
innermusicgroup.bsky.social Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · Jan 7
Sam Walton’s ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND — a beautiful project that aligns with what the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network explores.

These silent video‑portraits show musicians “performing” pieces that are significant to them.

Take a moment with the series:
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ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND | Sam Walton Photography
Video portrait series of musicians “hearing” important pieces in silence—intimate, real-time performances captured in stillness. Watch the full series.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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This is a really cool artistic demonstration of the inner experience of music
innermusicgroup.bsky.social Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · Jan 7
Sam Walton’s ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND — a beautiful project that aligns with what the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network explores.

These silent video‑portraits show musicians “performing” pieces that are significant to them.

Take a moment with the series:
www.samwaltonphotography.com/enable-origi...
ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND | Sam Walton Photography
Video portrait series of musicians “hearing” important pieces in silence—intimate, real-time performances captured in stillness. Watch the full series.
www.samwaltonphotography.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM
innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Sam Walton’s ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND — a beautiful project that aligns with what the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network explores.

These silent video‑portraits show musicians “performing” pieces that are significant to them.

Take a moment with the series:
www.samwaltonphotography.com/enable-origi...
ENABLE ORIGINAL SOUND | Sam Walton Photography
Video portrait series of musicians “hearing” important pieces in silence—intimate, real-time performances captured in stillness. Watch the full series.
www.samwaltonphotography.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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🎶 We're thrilled to share that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network's International Symposium is now held in association with Sempre!

💫 Students and unwaged delegates can now apply for funding to support their attendance.

🗓️ Deadline: 4 Nov 2025

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium!

📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026

🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
musicinmyhead.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Our Call for Contributions is still open! Please share widely 💥
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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💥 Call for Contributions 💥

We are seeking contributions for our symposium at Durham University, 18–19 May 2026.

Deadline: 4 Nov 2025.

Full details below 👇

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International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
musicinmyhead.org
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is a Strategic Partner of the 4th World Tinnitus Congress & XV International Tinnitus Seminar, 30 June–2 July 2027.

@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.

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WTC & ITS 2027
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August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🧠🎶 We’re not organising it—but we think it’s worth your radar.

The International Conference on Music and Sleep 2026 dives into sound, neuroscience, and sleep studies.

📍 Aarhus, Denmark | 📅 1–3 Oct 2026 🔗 Learn more: musicinthebrain.au.dk
Center for Music in the Brain
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July 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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freyabailes.bsky.social
@innermusicgroup.bsky.social, this looks like some fascinating research
lennietm.bsky.social Lennie (Thomas M.) @lennietm.bsky.social · Jun 12
The Emotional-Motivational Functions of Musical Imagery in Parkinson's Patients by Marietta Ungerer at #SysMus25
June 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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New entry in our database of musical imagery in fiction and biography! 📖

Jack Reacher, the protagonist of @leechild58.bsky.social's novels, often experiences music internally rather than through external devices. Example from 'The Killing Floor' below 👇

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Killing Floor - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Jack Reacher, the protagonist of Lee Child’s novels, often experiences music internally rather than through external devices. He has a deep appreciation for blues music, and songs frequently play in h...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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freyabailes.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening I'll be delivering a public talk about the 'Science of 'Earworms': reasons to care about the 'sounds' of silence': www.cafe-sci.org.uk Ideas relating to our work at the @innermusicgroup.bsky.social
Cafe Sci Leeds
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May 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Thanks to @aliyaedwards.bsky.social from @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social for this excellent guest blog post about the opportunities she’s been afforded by the Inner Music and Wellbeing network!
May 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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We have a new blog post!

@aliyaedwards.bsky.social reflects on our Collaborative Exchange scheme ☕💬

Read here:

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Blog 3: Networking is always less intimidating when pre-arranged with a cuppa - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Networking is always less intimidating when pre-arranged with a cuppa: an Early Career Researcher’s experience of the network’s monthly Collaborative Exchange meetings  Networking can sometimes feel l...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The blog continues to grow! Our second post is live. ⚡

@kellyjakubowski.bsky.social offers some thoughts following our second webinar led by Dr Jan Coebergh.

Read it through the link below 👇

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Blog 2: Unwanted inner music: When and why does it become difficult? - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The second webinar of the AHRC Inner Music and Wellbeing Network was led by Dr Jan Coebergh, who works as a Consultant Neurologist in the UK. Dr Coebergh has documented cases of musical hallucinations...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Our first blog post is live! 📖 🤩

@freyabailes.bsky.social reflects on our first webinar led by Professor Andrea Halpern and @jgkennaway.bsky.social.

Read it through the link below👇

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Blog 1: Attitudes To and Perceptions of Musical Imagery and Wellbeing - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
The first session of the Inner Music and Wellbeing webinar series was a celebration of different disciplinary perspectives, featuring talks by two of our network members. Professor Andrea Halpern is a...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM