Spiro, Neta
Sanfilippo, Katie Rose M.
Shaughnessy, Caitlin
Rowles, Mark
Coombes, Elizabeth
Perkins, Rosie
Tredget, Emily
Funding for this research was provided by:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/P005888/1, AH/P005888/1)
UKRI Policy Support Fund and Participatory Research Fund, administered through the Royal College of Music, London, UK.
Leverhulme Trust, through the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme (SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572, SRG2223\230572)
Article History
Received: 29 January 2025
Accepted: 4 July 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for the whole project was given by the Conservatoires UK Research Ethics Committee on 18th of Febuary 2022, ID CUK/SF/2021–22/8. To address safeguarding issues, participants were fully informed about the topic and content before participation and were provided with information about routes to support both before and after participation in both phases. The focus group transcription, the google forms, and surveys were confidential. For both, participants were invited to provide an email address for future participation in the project. The email information was held separately from the confidential google form and survey data.
: Respondents provided written consent for publication as part of the study consent forms before data collection began.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.