AMPS has grown steadily in its membership since its formation in 1996. It now represents the national body of researchers in this field, and is a member of the Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (APSCOM). Along with sister organisations in the Asia-Pacific region (APSCOM), the United States (SMPC) and Europe (ESCOM), AMPS represents our community and Australian research on the international stage, primarily through the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC).
- Discuss research through node-based events
- Attend our biennial conference
- Our meetings and conferences feature local and overseas presenters addressing a variety of topics
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President
Amanda Krause (James Cook University, QLD)
Treasurer
Jon Prince (Murdoch University, WA)
Secretary
Dianna Vidas (The University of Melbourne, VIC)
Dianna Vidas, Social Media Chair (The University of Melbourne, VIC)
Melissa Forbes, ECR Development Chair (University of Southern Queensland, QLD)
Merrick Powell, Community Development Chair (Maquarie University, NSW)
Kate Stevens (Western Sydney University, NSW)
Emery Schubert (University of New South Wales, NSW)
Jane Davidson (The University of Melbourne, VIC)
Mary Broughton (The University of Queensland, QLD)
Genevieve Dingle (The University of Queensland, QLD)
Anthony Chmiel (Western Sydney University, NSW)
Marco Susino (Flinders University, SA)
Natalie Peluso (The University of Queensland, QLD)
Olivia Urbaniak (University of Sydney, NSW)
Latest Updates
Calling music listeners for an online music rating study!
How do you rate the music you stream? A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne and University of Queensland - Professor Nikki Rickard, Dr Margaret Osborne, Dr Dianna Vidas, and Dr Lewis Nitschinsk - want to know how well Spotify tags their music! This is a...
read moreESCOM 2024 Conference
The European Society for Cognitive Science of Music (ESCOM) invites the global community of the field to take part in its 12th Triennial Conference to be held in York (UK) on 3-6 July 2024, with satellite hubs in Melbourne (Australia) and La Plata (Argentina). The...
read moreRequest for piano scores of lullabies – Professor Juan Roederer
Can you help? Emeritus Professor Juan Roederer has sent the following request: Dear Colleagues, I am looking for the piano music score of popular, preferrably old, lullabies and childrens’ songs from your country. My interest is not in the words,...
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