"The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the phenomenon flow during collaborative performance as a piano accompanist ... The research design for this study uses autoethnography, an autobiographical genre that connects with personal to the cultural, social and political and, by writing in the first person, allows me to reflect on the experience of flow from an intimate view-point."--Abstract.

"The narrative that is presented in this volume represents the data that is central to this autoethnographic study. It uses devices of creative writing, including direst speech and scene setting, to allow the reader to understand my experiences of flow during collaborative music performace as a piano accompanist. This different writing style sets it apart from the rest of the thesis, and so it is presented as a separate volume of the thesis. Furthermore, it is presented in full because it is central to the analysis that follows"--Preface to volume 2.