On this page, you can catch up on recent stories, reports, and interviews by and about AMPS members and AMPS activities.
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...
Request 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,...
AMPS history project
Can you help? AMPS is looking to boost their records and we're looking for your help. Do you have any records you could share? We're looking for photos from conferences, talks, and other AMPS gatherings references/slides/advertisements for AMPS public talks...
Professor Roger Dean – Hook Lecture-Recital on Tuesday 24th Oct
Professor Roger Dean - Hook Lecture-Recital (at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, or online) on Tuesday 24th Oct Join the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, or online, for a Hook Lecture-Recital “Approaches to creativity in music and beyond” by Professor Roger Dean on...
GAPS2 Conference Overview
In mid-September, The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, hosted 27 students, ECRs, and established academics from the fields the arts and psychology for the GAPS2 Conference. GAPS – the Global Arts and Psychology Seminar – prides itself on its...
ICMPC17-ASCOM7 Conference Reflection
By Hannah Taylor, Tam N. Nguyen and Sabrina McKenzie Warm, friendly faces greeted us without fail at the entrance door bright and early each morning, welcoming us into a room buzzing with activity, adventure, and anticipation. Despite the unrelenting 34-degree heat in...
Reflections on Completing a Music Psychology PhD during COVID
By Merrick Powell. Merrick is a recent PhD Graduate in the Music, Sound and Performance lab group at Macquarie University. Follow Merrick on twitter https://twitter.com/MerrickPowell. Only in the last couple of weeks, since receiving the confirmation of my PhD thesis...
Sabrina McKenzie on Music and Self Compassion
In this video blog we hear from Sabrina McKenzie on music and self compassion. https://youtu.be/AFGeEklP-PY Sabrina McKenzie is a PhD candidate in Music Psychology at the University of Melbourne, under the guidance of Dr Solange Glasser and Dr Margaret Osborne. Her...
Inclusion and sustainability at ICMPC17
Richard Parncutt has started a petition concerning the 17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC17, Tokyo, August 24-28, 2023). Details can be found at: https://www.change.org/p/inclusion-and-sustainability-at-icmpc17.
Sing like nobody’s comparing!
Research by AMPS members Amanda Krause, Melissa Forbes and Xanthe Lowe-Brown was recently showcased on Brisbane's 4ZZZ Radio when Amanda was interviewed by investigate reporter Anita Diamond. Amanda discusses the results of a study conducted by the team as reported in...