TY - JOUR IS - 2 N1 - This is an electronic version of an article published in Hallam, Susan (2002) Musical Motivation: Towards a model synthesising the research. Music Education Research, 4 (2). pp. 225-244. Music Education Research is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/1461380022000011939 TI - Musical Motivation: Towards a model synthesising the research AV - public SP - 225 VL - 4 Y1 - 2002/// EP - 244 JF - Music Education Research A1 - Hallam, Susan N2 - This article explores motivation to participate in music making activities. It examines historical and current theories of motivation and sets out a model describing the way that the characteristics of the individual including, personality, self-concept and personal goals interact with the environment to influence motivation and subsequent behaviour. The environment may include culture and sub-cultures, society, time, place, institutions, family and peers and the rewards and punishments that these offer. The article then explores research relating to motivation to actively participate in music. This supports the notion that musical motivation is determined by complex interactions between the individual and the environment within which they find themselves. The article concludes with a consideration of directions for future research. ID - discovery10002218 UR - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10002218/ SN - 1461-3808 ER -