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
17/09/2025 Announcement: HIGH-M Symposium @ Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
We warmly invite you to join us - either in person or online via Zoom - on September 17th to our HIGH-M Symposium at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS, Campus Würzburg).
As the HIGH-M project approaches its conclusion, five of its members will present and discuss their research. The main objective of the HIGH-M project is the digital music therapy assessment. The symposium focuses on the intersection of music therapy and music technology, featuring a range of topics including the current state of improvisational music therapy, the analysis of musical interaction, and connections to computational analysis and music information retrieval.
You can download a detailed description of the symposium and its program here.
If you would like to participate, kindly contact Bastian Vobig via mail by August 17th for in-person attendance and by September 14th for online participation.
There is no fee to attend the symposium.
Our Partners
