Dr Michelle Phillips

What an honor to be invited to deliver the keynote talk at the Dutch-Flemish Society for Music Theory this weekend in The Hague.

Here’s to collaboration, sharing of ideas, and working across boundaries - disciplinary and geographical.

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@rncmresearch.bsky.social

Early Career Development Fellowship in Jazz and Popular Music | King's College London

FOURTH JOB! We're hiring a 2-year Early Career Development Fellow in Jazz and Popular Music! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/140186-...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We are recruiting! Postdoctoral research fellow at www.sdn-lab.org, studying the computational & neural basis of social decision-making. Birmingham is a fantastic & affordable place to live, with one of the youngest populations in Europe & over 600 parks. Please share!
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Stimulating week on this BPM Rehab research project with DJ Mark One, Dr Penny Trayner & Charlotte Naylor

The project explores how immersive training environments influence DJ education for individuals with neurodisability or neurodivergent profiles

@rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social

MUSICOTAS 2025-2029 Musical Sharing In Copresent Time And Space

Study from MUSICOTAS: www.jyu.fi/en/projects/..., with @dana-and-monsters.bsky.social , @pattinijhuis.bsky.social, @js.bamford.id.au , lead by Martin Hartmann. Consortium with @vtt.fi

What makes a concert unforgettable? Researchers are looking for people to share their experiences of in-person and streamed music concerts Researchers are looking for both music fans and musicians to share what makes concerts meaningful and special.

News page from our university about a group interview study we just launched!
Feel free to share. We are looking for people based in Finland, fluent in English, 18+.
www.jyu.fi/en/news/what...

#musicresearch #musicscience

Soooooooo honoured and over the moon to be a finalist in the Northern Power Women Awards!

Here’s to all the inspiring powerful Northern women in my life! 😍 💪

We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Thank you! I feel very surprised and undeserving, but really honoured!

Thank you very much Patrick!

Over the moon to win the Alan Turning Award at last night’s ’I Love Manchester’ ceremony, which ‘honours the boldest problem-solvers in Greater Manchester, individuals & organisations using fresh ideas and forward thinking’ 😃 🏆

Our @rncmlive.bsky.social students rocked the stage with their music!

News - Royal Northern College of Music Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.

Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch

“Manchester has been a musical explosion!” -John Adams after the concert ‘Hallé Chamber Series: John Adams Chamber Symphony’ just now at our @rncmlive.bsky.social with Hallé & RNCM musicians

Awesome performances & a wonderful chance for our incredible students to work with this musical legend!

What a special opportunity tonight - to see & hear John Adams conducting his music with the awesome Halle orchestra at the wonderful @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social!

Excited about tomorrow when John Adams visits us for 2 performances of his music @rncmlive.bsky.social

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Great to deliver this KTP50 talk today! Thanks Sinead (MMU), Clare (Uni of Manc Innovation Factory) & Paul (Uni of Salford)

It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
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#KTP2025

Self Esteem and the power of live music (by Michelle Phillips and Jason Taylor) “All the days you get to have are big”So broadcast the poster that many of us left gig venues around the UK with recently - a reminder of the joy of each day, and of living life to the full. But it’s ...

🧠 🎵 🪩 New blog post by me & Jason Taylor: 🪩 🎵 🧠 @canadianjason.bsky.social

www.whyhumansneedmusic.com/post/self-es...

We had the utter joy of seeing @selfesteem.music-social.com ‘s ‘A Complicated Woman’ show-Great to see what we know from our research on live music in action!

#AComplicatedWoman

What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social

🧠 🎵 Great to talk to John Pienaar on Times Radio today about this amazing story of Denise, who played her clarinet while undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery to help with her Parkinson’s symptoms: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🎵 🧠 @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social

Research Assistant - Cognitive Ability & Plasticity Lab at University of Sheffield Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Assistant - Cognitive Ability & Plasticity Lab opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

🌟 We’re hiring! 🌟 Are you interested in memory, cognitive training, & healthy ageing? We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join our lab! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ814/r...
👉 0.5 FTE (2.5 days/week), 4 months (likely from 01/26)
👉 Annual salary £32,080 to £33,002 (pro-rata)
👉 Based in Sheffield, UK

That’s very lovely of you, thank you!

Music in Traitors Mansion It’s finally here, and it’s bigger than ever - Celebrity Traitors. And all of the rumours about the A-list line up of players were true. What a show we’re in for!The first two episodes, broadcast this...

🎵 ☠️ New blog: Music in Traitors Mansion ☠️ 🎵

“As we romp merrily through this awesome series, we have a rich chance to acknowledge & celebrate what music does for us, & for everyone who’s Faithful to this bananas & mesmerising show”

#CelebrityTraitors

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Thank you!

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Utterly honored to be nominated for the Northern PoWEr Women Awards 2026! #NPWAwards #wearepower

Nicole Rust - The representation of mood in the primate insula (May 6, 2025) YouTube video by Simons Foundation

Please spread the word! I am recruiting a PhD student this cycle (Fall 2026 start) to join my team in a new venture: the neuroscience of mood.

If you are curious to learn more, this short talk provides a good overview of why, what and how.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjIK...

Incredible Music, Movement, Mood & Parkinson’s symposium at @hslu-luzern.bsky.social Switzerland, led by the magnificent Prof Dawn Rose.

Here, Jane talked about our concerts in Lucerne & @rncmlive.bsky.social

Very proud to have been invited to be part of the final panel! @beamlab.bsky.social

Research Assistant at UCL Recruiting now: Research Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

We’re hiring! We’re looking for two RAs to study neuroplasticity in sight loss, sight rescue and development in children and adults @ucl.ac.uk using a wide range of neuroimaging and behavioral methods. Please help spread the word! Apply by 16 Oct! t.ly/q3aYe #neurojobs #NeuroSkyence

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Clinical Psychology (child/family focus) with expertise in AI methods (ML, NLP, LLMs, CV).

📅 Review begins Nov 15, 2025

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Chuffed that our music and Parkinson’s paper on ‘The Use of Music Among Swiss People with Parkinson’s: A Mixed Methods Survey and Comparison to the UK Findings’ led by the wonderful Prof Dawn Rose and with lots of fab collaborators, is now out!

#PPI #Parkinsons

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Some photos of @kateywarran.bsky.social speaking at The Royal Institution @rigb.org alongside @michelle-phillips.bsky.social @rosielperkins.bsky.social & Ming Hsu for the ABRSM symposium

Bucket list moment! 🪣 🤩

Tonight I presented at The Royal Institution in London! I was hosting a panel for an ABRSM Music, Health and Wellbeing symposium - what an honour to be asked! I’m buzzing!

Now returning to Manchester to continue week 1 of our new @rncmlive.bsky.social academic year!