1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Musical genre and gender as factors in Higher Education learning in music G.F. Welch* a , I. Papageorgi* a , E. Haddon b , A. Creech a , F. Morton c , C. de Bézanac d , C. Duffy c , J. Potter b , A. Whyton e , E. Himonides a a Department of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Education, University of London, UK b Department of Music, University of York, Heslington, UK c Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, UK d Leeds College of Music, Leeds, UK e School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford, Salford, UK * Corresponding authors: g.welch@ioe.ac.uk ; i.papageorgi@ioe.ac.uk