Remarks on a visionary's journey

This anthology is a collegial celebration of Heidi Westerlund, Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, in honor of her 60th birthday.

The anthology contains 12 essays written by Heidi Westerlunds colleagues as well as present and former doctoral students. The authors include Pentti Määttänen, Estelle R. Jorgensen, Panagiotis A. Kanellopoulos, Helena Gaunt, Amira Ehrlich, Marja-Leena Juntunen, Heidi Partti, Eva Saether, Sidsel Karlsen and Guadalupe López-Íñiguez. The essays offer perspectives on topical issues in music education, stemming from Westerlunds vast collaborative research and her development work of the doctoral studies program at the Mutri Doctoral School of the Sibelius Academy. The book is edited by Westerlunds colleagues and friends Tuulikki Laes and Liisamaija Hautsalo.