Bio

Natalia Copeland researches musical creativity, merging methodological approaches of cognitive science, music psychology and psychology of creativity. Her PhD dissertation is entitled: “Study of composers’ involuntary musical imagery – epiphany as a cognitive phenomenon”. The aim of the study is to get a better understanding of the sudden appearance of musical ideas in composers. The thesis is supervised by Piotr Podlipniak, PhD (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Professor Ewa Czerniawska (University of Warsaw) and Maya Gratier, PhD (Paris Nanterre University). Natalia was granted a scholarship for a joint PhD with Paris Nanterre University by the Government of France (Bourse du gouvernement français).

Natalia Copeland’s interest in music and its intertwinings with different media is reflected in her master theses subjects: “Music for film, film for music. The role of music in Polański’s and Kieślowski’s films” (Cultural Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Supervisor: Mieke Bleyen, PhD) and “The influence of allowing use of an original song in television advertisement on the image of the artist with regard to the type of advertized product” (Psychology, University of Warsaw. Supervisor: Prof. Ewa Czerniawska). Her involvement in the subject of musical creativity stems from her own experience as a music composer. She is currently teaching a class “Photography – the power of communication, the power of persuasion” at Artes Liberales.