This round table brings together a range of scholars and practitioners, chaired by Professor Ian Pace: Jack Adler-McKean (Lund University, Malmö Academy of Music), Jean Beers (Music & Arts University of the City of Vienna), Andrew Davidson (Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey), Helga Karen (Sibelius Academy, University of Arts Helsinki), and Michael Solomon Williams (University of Leeds). Among the issues to address are the meaning and future of conventionally academic music study in today's educational landscape, how this relates to the needs and desires of students, whether there is a risk of scholarly activity being marginalised if vocational music education becomes dominant, whether the perspective of scholars with little practical experience is unduly narrow or conversely allows some critical autonomy, and more widely of to what extent the meaning of established values of academic work are important or relevant to practitioners.