Publications & Presentations
Mercury Prize Fringe - BBC Introducing Live.
Advancing accessibility inclusion in music panel (2025)
World Mental Health Day – Support For The Music Industry. Abbey Road Institute (2022)
Movement For Mind. ASICS EMEA (2021)
Coping In The Second Lockdown/ Mental Wellbeing. Abbey Road Studios (2022)
Further Publications & Presentations
Podcasts
ASICS Movement For Mind ‘Using Music’ (2021) https://open.spotify.com/show/0d7okAHvANNvjObj1c6p6A
Publications
Coping Strategies For Creatives. Abbey Road Studios (2020) https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/coping-strategies-for-creatives-abbey-roads-dr-claire-renfrew-coping-in-lockdown-mini-series-2739
Working From Home. Saiki Wellness (2020) https://www.saikiwellness.com/library/2020/4/5/working-from-home
Supporting The Creative Community – Working From Home. Abbey Road Studios (2020) https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/supporting-the-creative-community-working-from-home-2699
The Important Of Music. Saiki Wellness (2020) https://www.saikiwellness.com/library/2020/1/25/the-importance-of-music
Music And The Mind. M Magazine (2019) https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/music-and-the-mind/
Musicians Mental Health & Wellbeing. Abbey Road Studios (2018) https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/abbey-road-talks-to-dr-claire-renfrew-for-world-mental-health-day-2441
Creative Care: How To Cope With Being A Musician. M Magazine (2017) https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/creative-care-cope-musician/
Exploring The ‘I’ In Musician: Investigating Musical Identities of Professional Orchestral Musicians. PhD Thesis - The University of Edinburgh, (2016) https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/29570/Renfrew2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Invited Presentations
Abbey Road Institute (2002) – Graduation Ceremony Speech 2022
Guildhall School Of Music and Drama (2022) – Musicians and Mental Health within The Music Industry Masterclass – Women In Jazz Module
Queen Mary University of London (2019) - It’ll Be Alright On The Night? An Exploration of the Psychological Health and Wellbeing of Popular Musicians. School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
University College London (2018) - It’ll Be Alright On The Night? An Exploration of the Psychological Health and Wellbeing of Popular Musicians. MSc Performing Arts Medicine
University of Edinburgh (2015) - Exploring The ‘I’ In Musician: Investigating The Musical Identities of Professional Orchestral Musicians. Music Research Seminars, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (College of Humanities and Social Science)
Edinburgh College of Art (2014) - Investigating Musical Identities of Professional Orchestral Musicians. Edinburgh College of Art Postgraduate Research Festival
University of London (2012) - Investigating Musical Identities of Classical Musicians. SEMPRE Conference: SEMPRE 40th Anniversary. University of London, International Music Education Research Centre
The British Psychological Society Conference (2012) - Investigating Musical Identities of Professional Classical Musicians. The British Psychological Society Cognitive Conference
Glasgow Caledonian University (2012). The Story So Far: Investigating Musical Identities of professional Classical Musicians. Post Graduate Mini Conference
Glasgow Caledonian University (2011). Investigating Musical Identities of Professional Classical Musicians. Music Psychology Reading Group Conference
Glasgow Caledonian University (2011). Investigating Musical Identities of Professional Classical Musicians. Post Graduate Conference
The British Psychological Society (2011). Investigating Musical Identities of Classical Musicians. The British Psychological Society Annual Conference
London International Music Education Research Centre (2011). Investigating Musical Identities of Classical Musicians. SEMPRE Conference: Developing the Musician

