Publications
On the Kinemusical Approach
Nijs, L. (2025). Fostering a synergy between the development of well-being and musicianship: a kinemusical perspective. Education Sciences, 15(9), 1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091245
Nijs, L. (2024). Bewegend lerend musiceren. Een kinemuzikale benadering van het instrumentaal muziekonderwijs [Learning to play music through movement. A kinemusical approach to instrumental music education]. Garant. ISBN 978-90-441-3933-4
Nijs, L. (2019). Moving together while playing music: promoting involvement through student-centred collaborative practices. In St. Gies & J.H. Sætre (Eds.), Becoming musicians – student involvement and teacher collaboration in higher music education. Oslo: The Norwegian Academy of Music.
Background literature
Nijs, L. & Bremmer, M. (invited, 2026). Towards an embodied instrumental music pedagogy: creativity through embodied affordance navigation. In B. Föllmi & E. Pineda (2025), Musique et transmission à la lumière des sciences cognitives. Éditions des Archives Contemporaines. ISBN : 9782813005748. https://eac.ac/publications/9782813005748
Nijs, L., Grinspun, N. & Fortuna, S. (2024). Creativity through movement: navigating the musical affordance space. Creativity Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2299159
Nijs, L., Bremmer, M., Van der Schyff, D. & Schiavio, A. (2023). Embodying dynamical systems in music performance. Music Performance Research. https://doi.org/10.14439/mpr.11.3
Nijs, L. & Bremmer, M. (2019). Embodiment and Early Childhood Music Education. In B. Ilari & S. Young. Music in Early Childhood: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Inter-disciplinary Exchanges. Springer International Publishing
Nijs, L. (2017). The merging of musician and musical instrument: incorporation, presence and the levels of embodiment. In M. Lesaffre, P.J. Maes & M. Leman (Eds). The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction (pp. 49 – 57). Routledge
Nijs, L., M. Lesaffre & M. Leman (2013). The Musical Instrument as a Natural Extension of the Musician. In Castellengo, M. & Genevois, H. (Eds.), Music and its instruments (pp. 467–484). Editions Delatour France