On this page, you can catch up on recent stories, reports, and interviews by and about AMPS members and AMPS activities.
AMPS 2024 and ESCOM 12 Conferences Recap
Xanthe Lowe-Brown, Anna Kho, and Kayla Morgan are all graduate researchers who attended the AMPS/ESCOM 12 conference in sunny-but-cold Melbourne from 3 July-6 July 2024. Each of us really enjoyed the time we spent in Melbourne, and as we all had different ways...
Announcing the AMPS 2024 Student and ECR Keynotes!
AMPS is delighted to announce our student keynote award winner, Ms Xanthe Lowe-Browne, and our ECR keynote award winner, Dr Dianna Vidas! The student and ECR Keynote presentations will take place at 12pm on Thursday July 4th, in person at the conference, and...
Announcing the AMPS 2024 MCR Keynote!
AMPS is delighted to announce that by popular vote, our own President Amanda Krause will present the Mid-Career Researcher Keynote at our conference. The MCR Keynote will take place at 12pm on Friday July 5th, in person at the conference, and livestreamed. It is FREE...
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...