The Music and Health Research Group was formed in 2009 to provide a focus for research activities relating to music in healthcare in Ireland and internationally. The group comprises experts in the field of musictherapy who between them have some two decades of experience in hospital-based music therapy service provision for a range of patient groups in four countries. The research group is collaborating on a series ofposition papers on the topics of music in infancy, musicduring pregnancy, and research approaches in evaluatingthe effectiveness of music practices in health care.