Adam Ockelford is Professor of Music at the University of Roehampton, UK. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, before embarking on a career that has embraced performing, composing, teaching, researching, writing, consultancy and management. His PhD drew together thinking from music theory and music psychology, in investigating how music intuitively makes sense to us all. Today, his research interests are in music psychology, education, theory and aesthetics—particularly neurodiversity and the development of exceptional abilities; learning, memory and creativity; the cognition of musical structure and the construction of musical meaning. He has over 200 publications to his name, including 30 books. He is Secretary of the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (‘SEMPRE’), Founder of The AMBER Trust, which supports visually impaired children in their pursuit of music and Founder of Sounds of Intent Charity, which supports inclusive music education.