Prof. Chris Spencer's Publications\Journal Articles Books Book Chapters Journal ArticlesPitts, S., & SPENCER, C. (2008). Loyalty and longevity in audience listening: investigating experiences of attendance at a chamber music festival. Music and Letters, 89, 227-238.
There is currently much concern among arts organizations and their marketing departments that audiences for classical music are in decline, yet there has been little investigation so far of the experiences of long-term listeners that might yield insights into audience development and retention. This paper presents a case study of the Music in the Round chamber music festival, conducted over a three-year period that included the retirement of the host string quartet, the appointment of a new resident ensemble, and associated changes in audience attitudes and priorities. Questionnaire and interview data revealed the challenges faced by audience members in shifting their loyalty to a new ensemble and reappraising their own listening habits and stamina. The interaction between individual listening and collective membership of an audience is discussed, and the potential considered for understanding classical concert-goers as 'fans' or 'consumers'.
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BLADES, M., SPENCER, C. P., Desmond, K., & Sowden, S. (2004). Toy Town. Primary Geographer, 53.
Waterman, A. H., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2004). Indicating when you do not know the answer: The effect of question format and interviewer knowledge on children's 'don't know' responses. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 135-148.
Waterman, A. H., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2004). Is a jumper angrier than a tree? The implications for interviewing children. The Psychologist, 14, 474-477.
Blaut, J. M., Stea, D., SPENCER, C., & BLADES, M. (2003). Mapping as a cultural and cognitive universal. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93, 1): 165-185.
Payne, S., & SPENCER, C. P. (2003). Sheffield's Skateboarders move to the vest-pocket park: How planning can resolve conflicts between users of valued urban spaces. Sheffield Online Papers in Social Research (ShOP) Special issue: SKATEBOARDING, 7.
Plester, B., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2003). Children's understanding of aerial photographs. Children's Geographies, 1, 281-293.
Plester, B., Richards, J., Shevelan, C., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2003). Hunt from above. Primary Geographer, 51, 20-21.
SPENCER, C. (2003). Why has the geography curriculum been so little attuned to the child's geographical enquiry? Geography, 88, 232-233.
Plester, B., Richards, J., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2002). Young Children's ability to use aerial photographs as maps. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22, 29-48.
SPENCER, C. P., & BLADES, M. (2002). Special Double Issue on Children and Environmental Psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22(1-2), 1-210.
Anderson, I., Beattie, G., & SPENCER, C. (2001). Can blaming victims of rape be logical? Attribution theory and discourse analytic perspectives. Human Relations, 54, (14): 445-467.
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Waterman, A., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2001). Interviewing children and adults: The effect of question format on the tendency to speculate. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 521-531.
Waterman, A., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2001). Is a jumper angrier than a tree? Children's responses to nonsense questions. The Psychologist, 14, 474-477.
BLADES, M., Ungar, S., & SPENCER, C. P. (2000). Map using by adults with visual impairments. Professional Geographer, 51, 539-553.
Georgiou, A. J., SPENCER, C. P., Davies, G. K., & Stamp, J. (2000). Electrical Stimulation Therapy in the treatment of cigarette smoking. Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 265-274.
SPENCER, C. P., Dunn, J., & Woolley, H. (2000). Participating in their towns: Children Feel Ignored. Streetwise: Special Issue ed. Selma Mountford, 10, (3): 16-18.
SPENCER, C. P., & Woolley, H. (2000). Children and the City: A summary of recent Environmental Psychology research. "Child: Care, Health and Development", 26, 1-18.
Waterman, A., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. (2000). Do children try to answer nonsensical questions? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18, 211-225.
Woolley, H., Dunn, J., SPENCER, C. P., Short, T., & Rowley, G. (2000). Children describe their experiences of the city centre: a qualitiative study of the fears and concerns which may limit their full participation. Landscape Research: special issue on landscapes of defence, 24, 287-301.
Woolley, H., SPENCER, C. P., Dunn, J., & Rowley, G. (2000). The child as citizen: experiences of British town and city centres. Journal of Urban Design, 4, 255-282.
BLADES, M., Ungar, S., & SPENCER, C. (1999). Map using by adults with visual impairments. Professional Geographer, 51, (4): 539-553.
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SPENCER, C. (1998). "Children's participation - Hart, R." Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, (4): 429-433.
SPENCER, C. (1998). "Children, cities and psychological theories: Developing relationships - Gorlitz, D., Harloff, H.J., May, G. & Valsiner, J." Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, (4): 429-433.
Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. (1997). Teaching visually impaired children to make distance judgments from a tactile map. Journal Of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 91, 2: 163-174.
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Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. (1997). Strategies for knowledge acquisition from cartographic maps by blind and visually impaired adults. Cartographic Journal, 34, 2: 93-110.
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Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. (1997). The ability of visually impaired children to locate themselves on a tactile map. Journal Of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 90, 6: 526-535.
BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (1996). The development of children's ability to use spatial representations. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 25, 157-199.
Sowden, S., Stea, D., BLADES, M., SPENCER, C., & Blaut, J. (1996). "Mapping abilities of four-year-old children in York, England." Journal of Geography, 95, 107-111.
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Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. (1996). The ability of visually impaired children to locate themselves on a tactile map. Journal Of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 90, 6: 526-535.
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BooksEdgerton, E., Romice, O., & SPENCER, C. P. (2007). Environmental Psychology: Putting Research into Practice: Cambridge Scholars Press.
SPENCER, C. P., & BLADES, M. (2006). Cambridge University Press.
Scott, P. J., & SPENCER, C. P. (1998). Oxford: Blackwells.
Book ChaptersSPENCER, C. P. (2004). Aerial photographs and understanding place. In R. Bowles (Ed.), Place and Space, Register of Research in Primary Geography, Occasional Paper No 4 (pp. 77-80).
SPENCER, C. P. (2004). Place attachment, place identity and the development of the child's self-identity: Searching the literature to develop an hypothesis. In S. Catling & F. Martin (Eds.), Researching Primary Geography. Register of Research in Primary Geography, Special Publication No 1 (pp. 77-85).
BLADES, M., SPENCER, C. P., Plester, B., & Desmond, K. (2004). Young Children's recognition and representation of urban landscapes: from aerial photographs and in toy play. In G. Allen (Ed.), In Human Spatial Memory: remembering where.: Erlbaum.
Waterman, A. H., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2002). How do children respond to different types of questions? In H. Westcott, G. Davies & R. Bull (Eds.), Children's Testimony: Psychological research and forensic practice.: Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Waterman, A., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2001). Children's comprehension of questions. In H. Westcott, G. Davies & R. Bulls (Eds.), Children's testimony: Psychological research and forensic practice. (pp. 147-159): Chichester: Wiley.
Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2001). Tactile maps and a test of the conjoint retention hypothesis. In M.Anderson, B. Meyer & P. Olivier (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Reasoning.: London: Springer.
Waterman, A., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2000). Children's comprehension of questions. In H. Westcott, G. Davies & R. Bull (Eds.), Children's testimony: Psychological research and forensic practice.: Chichester: Wiley.
Ungar, S., BLADES, M., & SPENCER, C. P. (2000). Can a tactile map facilitate learning of related information by blind and visually impaired people? A test of the conjoint retention hypothesis. In M. Anderson, B.Meyer & P. Oliver (Eds.), Diagrammatic representation and reasoning.: Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.
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