Relaxed performances: supporting aural diversity and neurodiversity among classical concert audiences in the United Kingdom by Abbott, EHR, Critten, A, MacGregor, EH

“…In this article, we evaluate the extent to which Relaxed Performances (RPs) may offer opportunities for such diverse ways of listening, through surveying the existing provision of RPs in the United Kingdom and reviewing three examples of performances by the Graeæ Theatre Company, the English National Opera, and the BBC Proms. We conclude that further work needs to be undertaken for emergent RP practices to be codified and become widespread, but highlight the importance of this work in making classical music performance more accessible and beneficial for people who experience differences in sensory processing.…”

Urban musical modernism in ‘broken Britain’ by Vellianitis, A

“…The thesis charts a broad trajectory over six chapters, from the interaction between urban popular and avant-garde styles at the BBC Proms in Chapter One, to the material effects of bringing an urban modernism to new audiences and urban spaces in Chapter Six. …”