Creative Research in Music Creative Research in Music explores what it means to be an artistic researcher in music in the twenty-frst century. The book delineates the myriad processes that underpin suc- cessful artistic research in music, providing best practice exemplars ranging from Western classical art to local indigenous traditions, and from small to large-scale, multi-media and cross-cultural work formats. Drawing on the richness of creative research work at key institutions in South-East Asia and Australia, this book examines the social, political, his- torical and cultural driving forces that spur and inspire excellence in creative research to extend and to cross boundaries, to sustain our music industry, to advocate for the impor- tance of music in our world, and to make it clear that music matters. In the chapters, our authors present the ideas of informed practice, innovation and transcendence from diverse international perspectives. Each of these three themes has an introductory section where the theme is explored and the chapters in that section intro- duced. Taken as a whole, the book discusses how the themes in combination, with refer- ence to the authorial group, are able to transform music pedagogy and performance for our global and complex world. Anna Reid is Professor of Music at the University of Sydney and Dean of the Sydney Con- servatorium of Music. Neal Peres Da Costa is Professor of Historical Performance and Associate Dean of Research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Jeanell Carrigan is Associate Professor in Collaborative Piano at the Sydney Conservato- rium of Music.