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Freya Bailes

@freyabailes.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Music Psychology. Programme leader of the MA/PGDip/PGCert in Music and Wellbeing, and MA Applied Psychology of Music at the University of Leeds. Oboist.

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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks to Neesa for sharing her personal and research insights into the experience of being a musician with auditory aphantasia. Really important to test our own assumptions about the role of auditory imagery in music-making.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thanks for the blog post @philbeaman.bsky.social
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Latest post on our @innermusicgroup.bsky.social blog. Thanks to Prof Beaman for his musings on the potential impact of earworms on memory.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Want to know what we were up to last month? This blog describes our @innermusicgroup.bsky.social international symposium. Lots of exciting work going on and food for thought.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Thanks to @mocapmarc.bsky.social and the whole Music team for such a warm welcome @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social. I’ve loved hearing about current research, and enjoying the Spring sunshine.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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The Music Exchange: The Music in my Head - Friend or Foe?
YouTube video by School of Music - University of Leeds
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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"Musical Imagery: Freedom or Constraint in the Creative Process?" - Dr. Freya Bailes
YouTube video by ESCOM
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I don’t think my talk for Cafe Sci Leeds was recorded. But if you want to go further back in time, here are a few times I’ve talked about earworms
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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.
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Kate Stevens @katestevartssci.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We're recruiting for a Research Fellow in Music Science. #music #cognition #computation #neuroscience #research Join us! @marcsinstitute.bsky.social au.smrtr.io/g3Vv
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Research Fellow in Music Science
Job Description: * 5-year Fixed-Term Contract, Full-time position at Academic Level B. * Based at the MARCS Institute with flexible working arrangements. * Salary: $120,908 – $142,769 per annum, plus ...
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SysMus @sysmus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📢 Calling all musicology students! The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️ 📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters! Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu... #SysMus #AcademicSky
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
What makes a person accessible from the perspective of adults with learning disabilities? I’m so pleased to have been involved in this important work by @drmkirby.bsky.social and the Purple Research Group @purplepatcharts.bsky.social. Full article is here doi.org/10.1111/bld....
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What Makes a Person Accessible? Exploring the Characteristics of ‘Accessible People’ From the Perspective of Adults With Learning Disabilities
Background Previous research has investigated the factors that promote or reduce accessibility for people with learning disabilities. However, the role of people in facilitating accessible spaces, e...
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 05/11/2023
who did this
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
💥 Registration is now open for our International Symposium! 💥 Find the signup link and a provisional programme here: musicinmyhead.org/internationa...
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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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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I like your philosophical take on the situation!
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Final stretches of pre-Christmas activities. This weekend features @yorkshirewinds.bsky.social festive programme in York then Leeds Haydn Players concert (prominent oboe solos 😬) in Leeds. Saying a prayer to the god of oboe reeds. Tap performance is next. Exhausted already and no letup with work 😅
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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/...
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PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
An #AMPS advent calendar! What a great idea!
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Daniel Shanahan @danielshanahan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I wrote some words about David Huron for Music and Science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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David Huron (1954–2025) - Daniel Shanahan, 2025
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Looking forward to reading this research from my @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social colleagues
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Today’s the day. Send us your abstracts to present at the Inner Music and Wellbeing International Symposium.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I’m really looking forward to welcoming our new postgraduate students to our ‘Applied Psychology of Music’ and ‘Music and Well-being’ programmes next week @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Another exciting year ahead!
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Spread the word. This promises to be a stimulating event (though I might be a bit biased!).
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Congratulations and welcome!
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Super exciting news: We’re proud to announce the call for contributions for the inaugural Inner Music and Wellbeing international symposium, with funding from the AHRC. Here are the details.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Neat design for a new test of musical imagery ability incorporating pitch and rhythm presented by @aliyaedwards.bsky.social at #ICMPC18 #musicscience
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
@karenburland.bsky.social
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Looking forward to sharing our research at today’s Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium with Polly Ives from Concerteenies and Karen Burland.
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Scott Bannister @sb-78.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Wonderful talk by @j-w-cannon.bsky.social from @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social presenting survey study and rich data on emotion, embodied pleasure and social connection at electronic dance music events #ICMPC18 #ICMPC2025 #MusicScience
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Academic conference attendees: you know how hard it is to pick which papers to attend with parallel sessions? By attending #icmpc18 and the Music for Parental Wellbeing symposium concurrently (online), I’ve doubled the problem! Exhausted already!
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Stimulating symposium at #icmpc18 on inclusion and diversity in music studies.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
SysMus has become such an important highlight in the research calendar for our early career researchers. Great to see @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social members making the most of their time in Oslo.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Warm and humid at work today, so the perfect time to remember this lovely embroidered fan which was a gift from a student.
Picture of a silk fan sitting on a desk
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Great to see members of @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social in your photos @j-w-cannon.bsky.social
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@innermusicgroup.bsky.social, this looks like some fascinating research
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European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music - ESCOM @escom.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Excited to see the ECR #musicscience community in Oslo and online next week for @sysmus.bsky.social Who is coming along?
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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 👇 musicinmyhead.org/musical-imag...
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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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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thanks @ryanshirlow.bsky.social! I’d love to know more about your PhD.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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
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Cafe Sci Leeds
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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · 06/05/2025
🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤 Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp... 🧶👇
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The authors of this latest blog from @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social are too modest to say but Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community has also just won a Riley Award for their work. Congratulations!
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Inner Music and Wellbeing Network @innermusicgroup.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We have a new blog post! @aliyaedwards.bsky.social reflects on our Collaborative Exchange scheme ☕💬 Read here: musicinmyhead.org/blog-3/
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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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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Wouldn’t have missed it for the world. I was just sad I couldn’t attend in person.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@drmkirby.bsky.social is doing @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social proud at #SEMPRE conference with her Hickman Award talk on inclusive arts-based learning experiences for adults with learning abilities.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Fingers crossed!
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
What a rich programme ahead at SEMPRE Conference. Thanks to lovely colleagues who are organising and I’m sad I can’t be there in person. But @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social are really well presented.
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Unwanted inner music: when and why does it become difficult? This is one of several questions that @innermusicgroup.bsky.social is asking. Find out more by reading this blog by @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social
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Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Not sure if you knew my dad had Parkinson’s, @michelle-phillips.bsky.social. So for me this is an emotional area of research, but an important one.
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