Dr Andrea Creech is Professor of Music Pedagogy and Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University. She has published widely on topics concerned with lifelong musical development, learning and participation. Her current research interests focus on pedagogies of creativity and collaboration in music-making across the lifespan, including professional and community contexts. Andrea is co-author of ‘Active Ageing with Music’ and ‘Contexts for Music Learning and Participation’; and Editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Music Psychology in Education and the Community.