Participants wanted: Discuss your experiences of live music events

Calum Cook
Wednesday 4 February 2026

Do you like live music? Do you regularly attend events such as concerts, music festivals, recitals, or jazz nights. Are you interested in participating in a 1 hour focus group session discussing your experiences?

We invite you to participate in a research study investigating the relationships between performers and audiences at live music events. We are chiefly interested in how people experience and understand these occasions.

To participate, you must:
– Be aged 18 or over

You will be compensated £13.45 for your participation (the Real Living Wage as of October 2025).

For more details and to sign up, please follow the link below:
https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AgnDNmipYwF0JU

Any questions, feel free to contact the lead researcher, Calum Cook, at [email protected].

This research is being conducted by Calum Cook as part of his PhD thesis, supervised by Dr Fergus Neville and Prof Stephen Reicher [Ethical review reference code: PS-0105-869-2025]