Benjamin D. Koen, Editor, is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Florida State University College of Music. Dr. Koen specializes in medical, cognitive, and applied ethnomusicology, approaching music, health, and healing from a holistic perspective--engaging the biological, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual factors that comprise healthy, preventive, and curative practices. He is widely published and author of the book Beyond the Roof of the World: Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains (OUP). Dr. Koen has pioneered new directions in musical healing, prayer and