Lectures

Presentations at scientific conferences (peer review process)

Kreutz, G., Bullak, A., Büdenbender, N., Roden, I. & Bauer, A.-K. (2015). Psychophysiological responses to ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ music: a replication study. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Manchester, UK, 21–27 August 2015

Büdenbender, N. & Kreutz, G. (2014). Neuronal processes during the identification of familiar melodies: influences of musical expertise and syntactic structures. 13th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC13 / APSCOM 5), Seoul, South Korea, 4–8 August.

Schubert, E., Kreutz, G. (submitted). Open-ended descriptions of computer-assisted interpretations of musical performance: An investigation of individual differences. 1st International Workshop on Computer and Robotic Systems for Automatic Music Performance (SAMP14). University of Padua, 19 July 2014.

Kreutz, G. (2014). Music – an archaic, psychoactive substance? Performing under Pressure, Munich, 29 May 2014.

Roden, I., Bongard, S. & Kreutz, G. (2012). Effects of a classroom-based music programme on verbal memory in primary school children within a longitudinal design. 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC12); 8th Triennial of the European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23–28 July 2012.

Roden, I., Bongard, S. & Kreutz, G. (2012). Benefits of a classroom-based instrumental music training programme on the working memory of primary school children: A longitudinal study. 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC12); 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23–28 July 2012.

Kreutz, G. & Gütay, W. (2012). Children need strong voices: on the practical relevance of empirical research and the research relevance of vocal practice. 10th Congress on Children’s and Young People’s Voices, Leipzig, 24–26 February 2012.

Frankenberg, E.S., Friedrich, E.K., Bongard, S., Roden, I. & Kreutz, G. (2011). Emotions, psychosomatic symptoms and coping strategies in migrant and non-migrant primary school pupils. 32nd International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR2011), Münster, Germany, 18–20 July 2011.

Frankenberg, E.S., Friedrich, E.K., Bongard, S., Roden, I. & Kreutz, G. (2011). Relationships between cultural orientation, cognitive and academic performance, and stress symptoms in primary school pupils. 13th DGPs Conference on Educational Psychology (PAEPS), Erfurt, 14–16 September 2011.

Frankenberg, E., Friedrich, E. K., Bongard, S., Roden, I., & Kreutz, G. (2011). Relationships between migration background and negative well-being and psychosomatic symptoms in primary school pupils. Information Service on Ageing Issues, 39 (Special Issue), 106.

Bongard, S., Friedrich, E.K., Frankenberg, E.S., Roden, I., & Kreutz, G. (2011). Cardiovascular and neurohumoral stress responses of Year 2 and Year 3 pupils with and without training in playing a musical instrument. IXth International Music Medicine Symposium, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Frankenberg, E.S., Friedrich, E.K., Bongard, S., Roden, I. & Kreutz, G. (2011). Relationships between cultural orientation, cognitive and academic performance, and stress symptoms in primary school pupils. Presentation at the 13th DGPs Conference on Educational Psychology (PAEPS), Erfurt, 14–16 September 2011.

Kreutz, G., Roden, I., Friedrich, E.K., Frankenberg, E.S. & Bongard, S. (2011). Music lessons and cognitive performance: A longitudinal study. 5th Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children (MERYC) Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 8–11 June 2011.

Roden, I. & Kreutz, G. (2011). Effects of musical training on working memory: A longitudinal study. 5th Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children (MERYC) Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 8–11 June 2011.

Garrido, S., Schubert, E., Kreutz, G. & Halpern, A. (2011). Personality and computer music. 8th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2011), Padua, Italy, 6–9 July 2011.

Friedrich, K.E., Frankenberg, E.S., Bongard, S., Roden, I. & Kreutz, G. (2011). Stress, emotion regulation and learning to play an instrument. 10thCoping Conference, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 27–28 May 2011.

Kreutz, G., Quiroga Murcia, C. & Bongard, S. (2010). Psychoneuroendocrine effects of musical behaviours on health and wellbeing. An overview of research. International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC11), Seattle, USA, 23–27 August 2010.

Gütay, W. & Kreutz, G. (2010) Influences of choral singing on cognitive and emotional processing in Year 5 children. International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC11), Seattle, USA, 23–27 August 2010.

MacDonald, R., Mitchell, L.B. & Kreutz, G. (2010). What is music, health and wellbeing, and why is it important? International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC11), Seattle, USA, 23–27 August 2010.

Kreutz, G. & Brünger, P. (2009). A shade of grey: Negative experiences associated with amateur choral singing. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Jyväskylä, Finland, 12–16 August 2009.

Gütay, W. & Kreutz, G. (2009). Development of children’s singing voices in choral classes: A medical-physical longitudinal study of vocal performance parameters. 72nd Conference of the Working Group for Empirical Educational Research (AEPF), Landau, 23–25 March 2009.

Gütay, W. & Kreutz, G. (2009). Development of Vocal Performance in Year 5 Children: a Longitudinal Study of Choral Class Singing. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Jyväskylä, Finland, 12–16 August 2009.

Quiroga Murcia, C. & Kreutz, G. (2009). Perceived health benefits of amateur dance: Results from an online survey. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Jyväskylä, Finland, 12–16 August 2009.

Knipper, T. & Kreutz, G. (2009). Micro-intonation in Kurt Huber’s …Plainte… for viola d’amore: an empirical aesthetic investigation. European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Jyväskylä, Finland, 12–16 August 2009.

Kreutz, G. (2008). General and musical thinking styles influence musical judgements. German Society for Music Psychology. Music in Context, Hanover, 12–14 September 2008.

Kreutz, G. (2008). Psychophysiological feedback of singing in groups. A window on the evolution of music? Music and Health. Current developments in practice and research. Folkstone, 8–9 September 2008.

Kreutz, G. (2008). Does partnered dance provide health benefits? International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC 10), Sapporo, Japan, 24–28 August 2008.

Kreutz, G., Levy, M. & Sandler, M. (2008). Emotion words in social tags for popular music. Empirical Musicology. Institute for Music Research (IMR), 3–4 April 2008, London, UK.

Kreutz, G., Schubert, E. & Mitchell, L. (2007). Individual differences in cognitive styles of music listening: Preferences and musical identity. The inaugural International Conference on Music Communication Science, 5–7 December 2007, Sydney, Australia

Ginsborg, J., Fine, P. & Kreutz, G. (2007). What makes for a clear singer? Perceived factors underlying the intelligibility of sung text. The inaugural International Conference on Music Communication Science, 5–7 December 2007, Sydney, Australia.

Clift, S., Hancox, G., Morrison, I., Hess, B., Kreutz, G. and Stewart, D. (2007). Psychological Wellbeing: Findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey using the WHOQOL-BREF, in A. Williamon and D. Coimbra (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Porto, Portugal, 5–7 November 2007

Kreutz, G. (2007). Not quite so healthy – The lifestyles of music conservatoire students. International Symposium on Performance Science, Porto, 5–7 November 2007

Clift, S., Hancox, G., Morrison, I., Hess, B., Kreutz, G. & Stewart, D. (2007). Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey using the WH=QOL-BREF. International Symposium on Performance Science, Porto, 5–7 November 2007

Kreutz, G., Mitchell, L. A. & Schubert, E. (2007). The music empathising-systemising scale. A factor-analytical approach. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology, Giessen, 14–16 September 2007.

Kreutz, G. (2007). Music, play and the origins of musical emotions. Conference on Music and Evolutionary Thought, Durham, 22–23 June 2007.

Kreutz, G. (2007). Children’s perception of mode and tempo. Research in Music Education (RIME) Conference, Exeter, 10–12 April 2007.

Kreutz, G. (2006). Does music originate in deprivation avoidance? Keynote lecture at the ‘Music and Medicine’ conference of the Society for Music Psychology and Education (SEMPRE), Edinburgh, 21 October 2006.

Kreutz, G., Ott, U., Wehrum, S. & Vaitl, D. (2006). Listening to pleasant classical music activates the nucleus accumbens. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology. Freiburg, 21–23 September 2006.

Kreutz, G., Ott, U., Wehrum, S. & Vaitl, D. (2006). Cerebral correlates of musically-induced emotions: an fMRI study. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC9). Bologna, Italy, 22–26 August 2006.

Kreutz, Gunter (2006). Does choral singing provide health benefits? European Seminar on Music in Hospitals. Paris, 3–5 July 2006.

Kreutz, G. & Claudia Schade (2006). Evaluation of myofunctional exercises through music and speech therapy exercises. Implications for wind instrument learning. Royal Northern College of Music, CETL launch conference, 1–2 July 2006.

Mittmann, E. & Kreutz, G. (2005). The musical potential of children with hearing impairments: interim results of a longitudinal study involving active music lessons. Annual Conference of the Working Group on Music Education Research (AMPF), Lingen, 7–9 October 2005.

Gaul, M. & Kreutz, G. (2005). “After school, I can sing whatever I like …” – Musical and non-musical leisure activities of Year 4 primary school pupils. Annual Conference of the Working Group on Music Education Research (AMPF), Lingen, 7–9 October 2005.

Kreutz, G. & Ott, U. (2005). Inducing emotions with music – An experiment on the subjective impact of basic musical emotions. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), 9–11 September 2005, University of Music, Würzburg.

Kreutz, Gunter, Christina Schonk & Leonardo Upano (2004). Musical Affect as Perceived by Children and Adults. International Symposium on Psychology and Music Education (PME04), Padua, 28–30 November 2004.

Kreutz, Gunter, Christina Schonk & Leonardo Upano (2004). The influence of modality and tempo on the recognition of musical affect in five-year-olds and six- to eight-year-old children: results of a replication study. Annual Conference of the Working Group on Music Education Research (AMPF), Soest, 8–10 October 2004.

Gaul, Magnus & Gunter Kreutz (2004) The musical lives and experiences of ten- and eleven-year-old pupils – An interview study. Conference of the Society for Music Research, Weimar, 16–21 September 2004.

Koch, Matthias & Gunter Kreutz (2004). Assessing a five-component model of service quality expectations at a music college: The perspectives of students and staff. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC8). Evanston, USA, 8–13 August 2004.

Kreutz, Gunter (2000). Basic Emotions in Music. In C. Woods, G. Luck, R. Brochard, F. Seddon, & J. A. Sloboda (Eds.) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. Keele, UK, 4–8 August 2000 (CD-ROM).

Kreutz, Gunter (2000). Music and Sexuality. Aspects of a Relationship between Cultural Symbol and Erogenous Substance. 1st Gelsenkirchen Music Therapy Day, (Gelsenkirchen, 30 June 2000).

Kreutz, Gunter (1998). Is a single pitch a single pitch? 5th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), Seoul National University, 26–30 August 1998, Seoul, South Korea, 69–73.

Kreutz, Gunter (1998). Can music read the mind? Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), Seoul National University, 26–30 August 1998, Seoul, South Korea, 243–247.

Kreutz, Gunter (1997). Music reception as reflected in sexuality. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), 26–28 September 1997, University and College of Music, Rostock.

Kreutz, Gunter (1996). Expressive Intention in Music Performance. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 11–15 August 1996, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 182–187.

Kreutz, Gunter (1996). The Myth of Form – Aesthetic Aspiration and Cognitive Reality. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), 11–14 September 1996, Freiburg University of Music, Freiburg im Breisgau.

Kleinen, Günter & Kreutz, Gunter (1996). The Familiar and the Foreign – A Comparative Study of Cultural Learning and Identification. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 11–15 August 1996, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Kreutz, Gunter (1995). Musical expression as a Gestalt quality: Issues of representation and recognition. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM) – European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), 15–17 September 1995, University of Bremen.

Kreutz, Gunter (1995). The Role of Dynamics and Timing in Music Performance and Comprehension. Annual Conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), 22–25 June 1995, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Kopiez, Reinhard & Gunter Kreutz (1994). The influence of interpretation on the recognition of musical form. Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), 5–8 September 1994, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.

Kreutz, Gunter (1994). Does time estimation in music indicate depth of cognitive processing? 3rd International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 23–27 July 1994, University of Liège, Belgium.

Kleinen, Günter & Kreutz, Gunter (1994). Music, Metaphor, and Imagination. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 23–27 July 1994, University of Liège. pp. 201–202.

Stadler, Michael, Michael Kobs, Günter Kleinen & Gunter Kreutz (1993). Serial Reproduction: Towards New Experimental Designs for the Study of Cognitive Processes in Music. Annual Conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), 16–19 June 1993, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Guest lectures

Choral singing and other chemical reactions. Science soirée at the University of Oldenburg, organised by the Oldenburg University Society (UGO), 6 September 2018.

Singing in a choir - happy without economic growth? Series of lectures on post-growth economics, CvO University of Oldenburg, 20 May 2015.

Singing happily? Why we need (many more) choirs. Villa Thomana, A capella Festival Leipzig, 09 May 2015.

Tango instead of pills: Dancing for more well-being and quality of life. ADTV Congress, Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf Airport, 30 March 2015

Why singing makes you happy. Life Energy Conference 2015, 22-28 February 2015.

Swing yourself fit! Dancing for more well-being and quality of life. creadance congress. Bünde (Westphalia), 23 November 2014

Psychobiological responses to singing in amateur choristers. When speech is silver, and singing is golden. Symposium in Singing and Health. London, Royal College of Music, 10 September 2014.

Sounds that do you good? Cognitive and emotional effects of music. Symposium: "Der gute Ton in der Kirchenmusik", St. Michaeliskloster Hildesheim, 11 to 13 June 2012.

Music - why it is indispensable for us and our children. Freie Schule "Anne-Sophie" Künzelsau, 3 May 2012.

Creative and fit in old age with music. Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Office for Health, 11 April 2012.

Does music make people feel better? Royal College of Music, London, UK, 15 March 2012.

Singing and well-being. Lecture for certification as a Singing Hospital, Vinzenz von Paul Hospital, Rottweil, 3 December 2011.

Music, Sex, and the Brain. Scientific colloquium, Institute of Psychology, University of Oldenburg, 3 November 2011.

Music and well-being. Keynote speech at the annual conference of the German Society for Music Psychology, University of Osnabrück, 9-11 September 2011.

Music, affects, well-being and health - is a re-evaluation due? Symposium Music and Metaphor, University of Osnabrück, 17 to 19 June 2011.

Music - between esoteric glamour and untapped potential. Conference Music and Emotion, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), University of Bielefeld, 10-12 March 2011.

with Wibke Gütay (2011). Guided singing improves and protects the voice. A longitudinal study with primary school pupils. 2nd Folkwang Study Day - Singing with Children, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, 12 February 2011.

What does music do to people? Conference Jazzahead, Congress Centre Bremen, 30 April 2011.

Does music provoke the evil? Free Floater Research Group Music and Torture, Musicology Seminar, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 29 April 2011.

How does emotion get into music? Internationales Zentralinstitut für das Jugend- und Bildungsfernsehen (IZI). Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, 7 December 2010.

Musik verbindet - Über biologische und kulturelle Wurzeln musikalischen Handelns und Erleben. Würzburger Kongress Fortschritt e.V., 13 November 2010.

Singing and dancing - a question of hormone cocktails? Long Night of Science, University of Oldenburg, 24 September 2010.

Play it again, Sam! Or play something new? Stockholm Institute for Stress Research (T. Theorell), 12 September 2010.

Health-promoting behaviours and health problems of music performance students. School of Psychology. Glasgow Caledonian University, 16 April 2007.

Play behaviour and the origins of musical emotions. Department of Music, University of Sheffield, 20 November 2006.

Music education research in and out of school. Goethe University Frankfurt, Centre for Teacher Education, 7 December 2005.

Music and Emotion: A Review of Recent Brain Research. Symposium "Why is music important?", Stockholm College of Music, 8 April 2005.

Music - a window to brain and emotion? Series of lectures: Brain - Mind - Emotion. Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, 10 February 2005.

Music in the mirror of brain research. Institute for Musicology, University of Würzburg, 31 January 2005.

On the effects of singing on psyche and body. A research overview. Lecture at the 10th Belcanto-Workshop. Dr Hoch'sches Konservatorium, Frankfurt 3 May 2004.

From exultation to sorrow. On the emotional power of a fleeting medium. Inaugural lecture as Privatdozent at the Institute for Music Education in the Department of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 28 April 2004.

On the psychology of melodic perception. Rehearsal lecture as part of the habilitation colloquium at the Department of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, 11 February 2004.

One person - two systems. Music and language from the perspective of brain research. Karl Franzens University Graz, Institute of Musicology (Univ.-Prof. Richard Parncutt, PhD), 21 January 2004.

Feeling and understanding music - medial interpretations in listening experiments. University of Bremen, Institute for Music Education (Prof. Dr. Günter Kleinen), 12 January 2004.

Emotion induction through music. Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute of Psychology (Prof. Dr. D. Vaitl), 22 May 2003.

Research in music psychology today: Learning from medical diagnostics. Research Network Man and Music (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Hesse), University Mozarteum Salzburg, 8 April 2003.

Music, heart and brain. Psychophysiological experiments on the effects of listening to music and singing. Institute of Psychology (Prof. Dr Dr Jürgen Hennig), University of Giessen, 16 December 2002.

Music and aggression. Music psychological perspectives between perception, preference and effect. German Centre for Music Therapy Research, Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Volker Bolay, 17 December 2001).

Music as an attitude to life. On the outer and inner sides of musical emotions. Cologne University of Music WS 99/00.

On the communicative effect of singing voices. What explanations does music psychology offer for the sexual attractiveness of a singing voice? Open research colloquium, University of Music, (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Kopiez) Würzburg, 10 December 1997.

Some Experiments on Music Performance and Reception - Beautiful Moments in Music. Lecture at the invitation of the Department of Psychology (Prof. John Sloboda, PhD), Keele University, UK, 12/1995.

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