HIGH-M
Welcome to the Online-Presence of the HIGH-M Project (Human Interaction assessment and Generative segmentation in Health and Music)!
Located at the Institute of Applied Sciences (IFAS) of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), we develop an automated tool to analyse autonomy - understood as types of social interaction in line with Kenneth E. Bruscia - of clinical improvisations. To do so, several theories for the analysis of musical improvisations and interaction are being synthesised, formalised, and automated. This tool is being developed for the analysis of clinical improvisations of people with diagnosed depressive disorder.
In development, we have set two aims for the tool. On the one hand, it is supposed to analyse specific dynamics of clinical and musical improvisations. On the other hand, it is also designed as a diagnostic tool in music therapy to analyse and recognise specifics of depressive musical interaction in clinical improvisations.
In our research project, we are being supported by several national and international partners who contribute besides the main data set their expertise in computational analysis, music information retrieval as well as cognitive and music therapeutic background. Furthermore, the THWS is a founding member of the International Music Therapy Assessment Consortium (IMTAC) and contributes to this via HIGH-M.
On the following pages, you can learn more about the structure, the state of our study, our partners, and our publications so far.
For further questions or information feel free to contact us.
Current Issues
Our last Contribution
28/04/2025 HIGH-M @ CIMTR Public Lecture Series
On 28 April 2025, we had the opportunity to present our automated analysis system CAMII (Computational Assessment of Musical Interaction in clinical Improvisation) to the public for the first time as part of the Public Lecture Series of the Cambridge Institute of Music Therapy Research (CIMTR).
The online event was moderated by our cooperation partner Dr Clemens Maidhof and was open to all interested parties. In our lecture, we presented the theoretical foundations of HIGH-M as well as the development, functionality and further potential of CAMII and were then able to respond to questions and feedback from the participants.
We would like to thank the CIMTR for the invitation and the opportunity to present our work in this context.
Our Partners
