Music Production Pedagogy: Perspectives on Innovation in Music Production Education

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Brendan Anthony Carola Boehm

Music Production Pedagogy

Perspectives on Innovation in Music Production Education

Brendan Anthony, Carola Boehm, Tim Canfer , Paul Thompson

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Focal Press
09 December 2025

Music recording & reproduction; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Adult education, continuous learning; Teaching skills & techniques; Audio processing

Series: Perspectives on Education in Audio & Music Production

Music Production Pedagogy: Perspectives on Innovation in Music Production Education explores and disseminates innovative educational methods, curriculum designs, and conceptual underpinnings for learning environments that facilitate the delivery of high-quality tuition to an ever-growing pool of students in the field of music production.

With chapters from renowned instructors across the globe, this book attends to the significant changes that have occurred over the last century in how music is created, recorded and produced, leading to a need for effective and appropriate educational strategies that bridge traditional and modern professional practices. Readers will gain insights into both conceptual and critical phenomena in this subject area, as well as learn from practically implementable pedagogical innovations in the music production education space, underpinned by various lines of enquiry using methodologically diverse research methods.

Music Production Pedagogy is cutting-edge reading for instructors of music production and music technology both at secondary and tertiary levels, as well as researchers considering the area of audio education.

Edited by: Brendan Anthony, Carola Boehm, Tim Canfer, Paul Thompson, Stephen B. Ward
Imprint: Focal Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9781032732480
ISBN 10: 1032732482
Series: Perspectives on Education in Audio & Music Production
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 09 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brendan Anthony is a music producer, mixer, song writer and scholar. Following on from an internationally accredited career he remains connected to the music scene by mixing new music releases. Brendan is lecturing higher education students in music production at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia. Carola Boehm is Professor of Arts and Higher Education at the C3 Centre for Creative Industries and Creative Communities at the University of Staffordshire, UK. Her recent work considers the role of the arts in academia, including its implications for Creative Industry and Higher Education policy. Tim Canfer is a Lecturer in Music Production at Keele University, UK. He is the host and producer of the podcast Sound Learnings and editor of the Perspectives on Education in Audio and Music Production (POEM) series. Tim is the author of the Focal Press book Music Technology in Live Performance: Tools, Techniques, and Interaction. Paul Thompson is Reader in Popular Music at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Paul has worked as a professional recording engineer for over 15 years and his work has been played on BBC6 Music, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and on independent radio stations. Stephen B. Ward is a composer, music technologist and educator at Mercy University, USA. He currently teaches in the Music Production & Recording Arts programme at Mercy University.