Title: An encounter with an unknown piece of music. This essay describes the mechanisms involved in musical interpretation, by studying a score and listening to a recording. I have tried to map processes dealing with listening and score reading through an experiment, in which students from the Malmö Academy of Music were presented with a novel piece of music. I have made some conclusions, for instance it seems as though there is a connection in the interpretation between musical complexity and tempo, and a connection between dynamics and pitch, moreover that the participants in this study seem to be affected by the interpretational practice at the Malmö Academy of Music. The study is qualitative in its design both regarding data collection and interpretation of data.

Sammanfattning Sandra Andersson och Susanne Mårtensson (2015). Delaktighet i den auditiva miljön. Elevers och pedagogers upplevelser av ett ljudutjämningssystem. (Participation in the auditory environment. Students and teachers experiences of a sound system.).