On this page, you can catch up on recent stories, reports, and interviews by and about AMPS members and AMPS activities.
Seeking Participants – Musicians with pain, tendonitis, and RSI
Researchers at UNSW are seeking to interview musicians about their mental wellbeing during the course of a playing-related injury. Full details are in the post below. Click the link or scan the QR code to start the pre-interview questionnaire and schedule an interview...
Hot Off the Press – May 2025
Thanks to our members for sending in their recent publications! If you would like your new article featured here, please email us with a short summary of the article. Goopy, J., & MacArthur, S. L. R. (2025). Music learning and school-aged children’s and...
AMPS Writing Group June-September 2025
We're excited to be opening up even more writing group times between June and September this year! You can now join our AMPS Writing Group on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays - the choice is yours. Our writing groups are open to anyone, we gather together for some dedicated...
Hot Off the Press – April 2025
Thanks to our members for sending in their recent publications! If you would like your new article featured here, please email us with a short summary of the article. Fiveash, A, & Tillmann, B. (2025). Syntax and prediction in music and language. In D. Sammler...
Hot Off the Press – March 2025
Thanks to our members for sending in their recent publications! If you would like your new article featured, please email us with a short summary of the article. Krause, A. E., McKenzie, S., Glasser, S., & Osborne, M. S. (2025). The Impact of COVID-19 on the...
Participate now! Prevalence of music and mental imagery use in mental preparation of athletes
Do you listen to music while exercising? Do you mentally visualize competition outcomes before they happen? A research team at the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University—PhD Candidate Fernando Castellar, Dr. Rocco Cavaleri, and Dr. Steffen Herff—is...
Hot Off the Press – January 2025
Thanks to our members for sending in their recent publications! If you would like your new article featured, please email us with a short summary of the article. Byron, T. P., Rushworth, C. T., & Stewart, M. J. (2024). Popular Music Excerpts Are Rated As More...
AMPS Meet the Members November!
We are hosting our third online social event of the year - Meet the Members #3! This continues our series of events that provide an opportunity for AMPS members new and old to get together. This session will take place online on November 20 at 4pm AEDT. Register here:...
Launching our AMPS Writing Group!
We're excited to launch our AMPS Writing group! In these sessions, our members can gather together for some dedicated writing time. We will run these sessions fortnightly until the end of the year, you are welcome to sign up even if you can only attend one or two...
The Empirical Musicology Lab 20th Anniversary Celebration
The Empirical Musicology Lab 20th Anniversary Celebration will take place this Wednesday (October 2) from 2 to 4pm at UNSW. It will take place, at Robert Webster Building 327, UNSW Kensington, Sydney (K-G14-327). The event marks two decades of pioneering research...