Volume 25, Issue 4 Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education September 2026 Lauren Kapalka Richerme, Editor Lauren Kapalka RichermeMoments of Transition: When and Why Perspective Matterspdf1 Hamidreza NiknampourAn Autoethnography of Immigration Policy and Doctoral Study in Music Education in the United Statespdf6 Holt Stuart-HitchcoxTechnofeudal Music Production and Distribution: How "Streaming Realism" Changes the Popular Music World, and Music Education Interventionspdf33 Katja Sutela, Laura Vaarala, and Silva BelghitiSongwriting as a Form of Artistic Citizenshippdf64 Davoud TavousiThe Constitutive Role of the Recipient in Improvisational Co-Creation Processes: A Theoretical Exploration from Phenomenological and Ontological Perspectivespdf92 Eugene SeowDecolonizing Aural Skills Assessment in Higher Music Education: Epistemic Authority, Evidence, and Judgmentpdf115