Addressing a perceived gap between symbolic interaction and ethno musicological approaches to the study of music, this special issue seeks to bring the fields closer by highlighting some of the complementary theoretical constructs of phenomenology and symbolic interaction as they relate to music studies.

Experiencing the Music: Toward a Visual Model for the Social Construction of Music. Introduction. Cooperative Activity: The Importance of Audiences. Scenes, Personae and Meaning: Symbolic Interactionist Semiotics of Jazz Improvisation. The Scene: A Conceptual Template for an Interactionist Approach to Contemporary Music. The Dialectic of Domination and Democracy in Aeschylus’s Oresteia: A Radical Interactionist Reading. Wilmer’s Secret Box: Reflections on My Father’s Life. From Biographical Accounts to a Grounded Theory: Social Worlds of German Trade Unions. The Role of Informal Sport: The Local Context and the Development of Elite Athletes. Familiar Strangers: Facework Strategies in Pursuit of Non-Binding Relationships in a Workplace Exercise Group. What to Do in Case of Terrorism: The Evolution of Emergency Response Handbooks. Author biographies. List of Contributors. Studies in symbolic interaction. Revisiting Symbolic Interaction in Music Studies and New Interpretive Works. Revisiting Symbolic Interaction in Music Studies and New Interpretive Works. Copyright page. Experiencing the Music: Toward a Visual Model for the Social Construction of Music. Introduction. Cooperative Activity: The Importance of Audiences. Scenes, Personae and Meaning: Symbolic Interactionist Semiotics of Jazz Improvisation. The Scene: A Conceptual Template for an Interactionist Approach to Contemporary Music. The Dialectic of Domination and Democracy in Aeschylus’s Oresteia: A Radical Interactionist Reading. Wilmer’s Secret Box: Reflections on My Father’s Life. From Biographical Accounts to a Grounded Theory: Social Worlds of German Trade Unions. The Role of Informal Sport: The Local Context and the Development of Elite Athletes. Familiar Strangers: Facework Strategies in Pursuit of Non-Binding Relationships in a Workplace Exercise Group. What to Do in Case of Terrorism: The Evolution of Emergency Response Handbooks. Author biographies. List of Contributors. Studies in symbolic interaction. Revisiting Symbolic Interaction in Music Studies and New Interpretive Works. Revisiting Symbolic Interaction in Music Studies and New Interpretive Works. Copyright page.