PERFORMING ARTS REVIEW
Music & Sound Studies
Theatre & Performance
Dance & Movement
Creative Practice & Culture
VOLUME 1 · 2026
Peer Reviewed | MPAR | Open Access
Music and Performing Arts Review (MPAR) is an English-language, quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research and critical inquiry across music, theatre, dance, performance and related creative practices.
MPAR welcomes historically grounded, theoretically informed, ethnographic, analytical and practice-based work on performance, composition, interpretation, production, pedagogy, technology, communities and cultural contexts.
MPAR is published by Shodh Publishing.
Music and Performing Arts Review (MPAR) is a quarterly, online-only, peer-reviewed journal for research and critical inquiry across music, theatre, dance, performance and related creative practices.
MPAR publishes original research articles, reviews, theory and criticism, practice-research papers, performance studies, ethnographic and historical work, archival studies, critical essays, case studies, interviews, research notes and short communications.
Manuscripts should define their scholarly or creative question clearly, document methods and sources transparently, situate performances and practices responsibly, and explain the contribution beyond an individual work or event. Articles are freely available under CC BY 4.0, with no submission fee or article processing charge.
MPAR is published by Shodh Publishing.
Journal title
Music and Performing Arts Review (MPAR)
Abbreviation
Music Perform. Arts Rev.
Starting year
2026
Publication format
Online only
Publication frequency
Quarterly (four issues per year)
Language
English
Subject
Music
Publisher
Shodh Publishing
Publisher address
Piri Bazar, District Lakhisarai, Bihar 811112, India
Official email
info@shodhpublishing.com
MPAR has not yet published its first issue.
Music & Sound Studies
Theatre & Performance
Dance & Movement
Creative Practice & Culture
VOLUME 1 · 2026