On this page you will find information about upcoming events, conferences, and activities associated with music psychology.
ICMPC18 – São Paulo
The website for ICMPC18 is now live! https://www.icmpc2025.abcogmus.com/ The 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition will be held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in a hybrid format, from 21 to 25 July 2025. The 18th International Conference...
Singing, Music, Art and Personality Survey
Researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Aarhus University, aim to validate the "Aarhus Natural Singing Engagement Questionnaire (ANSEQ)", a tool to measure the level of passion for natural singing in the general population. In addition, they intend to...
2025 Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research
The 2025 Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (APSMER) will be held at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia from 9-11 July. The symposium theme is “Being and becoming musical in a posthuman era", and explores how our relationship with music...
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:...
Upcoming Social Impact of Music Making (SIMM) Events
The SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making) Network has several upcoming conferences and seminars over the coming year, please see below for full details: 05-07 November 2024: SIMM organises its 9th international SIMM-posium at - and in close collaboration with -...
Western Sydney University – Music and Speech Science Day
Western Sydney University is hosting an exciting event on October 28, Music and Speech Science Day! Join for a day of talks and discussions on music and language cognition including genetics of musicality, music and hearing health, and neural representations of...
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...
ISMIR 2024 Registration Open
Registration is open for the 25th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2024), which will take place in a hybrid format from November 10-14 in San Francisco, California and online: https://ismir2024.ismir.net/registration Please see...
CALL FOR PAPERS: 6th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC 2024)
CALL FOR PAPERS: 6th International Music and Performing Arts Conference (IMPAC2024) Theme: The Future of Performing Arts: Adapting to Changing Landscapes Dates: 3-4 December 2024 Mode: Online Website: impac.upsi.edu.my The 6th International Music and...
Call for Applications: Associate Editor Positions for Music Perception
Music Perception: an interdisciplinary journal is seeking applicants to fill several Associate Editor vacancies. Music Perception (MP) publishes theory-driven basic and applied science, empirical reports, theoretical papers, and reviews. The journal’s scope concerns...
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...
AMPS 2024 Conference – Mentoring Lunch
We are excited to host a mentoring luncheon on the final day of the AMPS 2024 Conference, the 6th of July, 13:00-14:00. This event provides a valuable opportunity for students and early career researchers to network and seek guidance from established researchers for...
AMPS Meet the Members – June
We are bringing the AMPS crew back together with our second online social activity of the year. This time we will be connecting using GatherTown, and catching up all things AMPS and life! Please join us on the 5th of June at 4pm! AMPS Meet the Members #2 Tickets, Wed,...
ESCOM 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...
SIMM – Social Impact of Music Making Calls for Applications
Following the 8th SIMM-posium of last November in Australia (Brisbane), the SIMM network is calling for applications for two events: 1. SIMM research-seminar #8 on participatory opera and music theatre (Guildhall School, London, 9-11.09.24): SIMM is from 9 to...
AMPlify 2024 October Seminar: Working in community with Dr Erica Rose Jeffrey
When: Wednesday October 2, 4 pm AEST Where: Via Zoom Link to register: Eventbrite We are excited to host Dr Erica Rose Jeffrey, who will explore how she works with community organisations such as Dance for Parkinson's and how she uses her dance practice in...
Musicological Society of Australia 2024 conference
Dear AMPS colleagues, The MSA invites you to join us for the 47th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, which will be held online 28–30 November 2024. We have resolved to hold alternate conferences online, in order to facilitate accessibility...
Upcoming Research Webinar – Singing for Acquired Brain Injury and Neurological Conditions
Time & Location 29 Feb 2024, 09:30 – 11:00 UTC Zoom (joining details 1 hour before) About the event This webinar is hosted by the Singing for Health Network (UK) and presents the work of researchers from three Australian universities, exploring multiple aspects of...
International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus24)
We are pleased to announce the call for contributions for the 17th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus24)! SysMus is a series of international conferences organised annually by postgraduate students and early career researchers in the...
Invitation to ICMPC Business meeting
Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to the ICMPC business meeting that will take place 21 February 2024 at noon - 12.00 UTC (UK time). The meeting will take place via Zoom. Agenda for the meeting: 12.00-12.05 1) welcome to the new committee and thanks to...
The Neurosciences and Music VIII Conference
In mid-June 2024, Helsinki will host "The Neurosciences and Music VIII" Conference. It will be organized by the Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology (Milan, Italy) in partnership with the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (MMBB), University of...
SMPC 2024
The 2024 SMPC conference will be held July 25-28, 2024 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The conference website is now live, and will be continually updated with important information about SMPC 2024. Call for Submissions The program committee is pleased to...
AMPlify 2024 August Seminar: Navigating your early research career with Dr Lauren Istvandity
Wednesday 7 August at 4 pm AEST via Zoom Register here DECRA Fellow Dr Lauren Istvandity will discuss how to best navigate your early research career, covering topics such as publishing, funding, embracing interdisciplinary work/teams and work/life balance. Dr Lauren...
AMPS ‘Meet the Members’ Sessions
In 2024, AMPS will host “Meet the Members” sessions, where people can get together online to get to know each other and learn about the interests and expertise areas of other AMPS members. After a social catchup, an AMPS member or two speak to the group about a new...
AMPS Trivia in 2024
We are excited to announce that AMPS are hosting our first ever online trivia session in 2024! While we’re all eager to get together in-person at conferences and events, we still want to gather online! So join us for a social hour of catchups, laughs, and a gentle...
Announcing the 2024 AMPlify Your Research Series
We are pleased to announce that AMPlify Your Research will continue in 2024. The response to the 2023 series was fantastic, with wonderful sessions on everything from careers in music psychology to publishing your research and writing grants. Recordings from all...
AMPlify 2024 March session: Careers in music science with Peter Keller
When: Wednesday 27 March 2024 at 4pm AEST (5 pm AEDT) via Zoom Register here We continue our exploration of careers in music science with Professor Peter Keller from the Centre for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University in Denmark. About Peter Peter Keller holds...
Call for Proposals: Music, Time, and Space – University of Pittsburgh March 22-23, 2024
Conference Dates: March 22−23, 2024 Conference Format: Hybrid Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, USA Deadline for Proposals: December 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM EDT The Music Graduate Student Organization (MGSO) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes...
8th SIMM-posium in Brisbane, 20-22 November
Next month, the 8th SIMM-posium will be hosted by the Creative Arts Research Institute and the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, in a close collaboration with the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making). Building on the highly...
Music Science Symposium at the University of Newcastle
Following the successful 2022 Music Science Symposium at Western Sydney University, the University of Newcastle is hosting a second symposium this year. It is a one-day symposium on Monday 13 November 9am-5pm at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. The...
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...
AMPlify2023 October seminar: Careers in music psychology
Wednesday 4 October 2023 4 pm AEST via Zoom Watch here Our presenters Margaret Osborne holds an interdisciplinary appointment with both the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Her desire to support the mental and...
AMPlify 2023 September Seminar: Networking for ECRs
When: Wednesday 6 September 2023 4 pm AEST Why do academics need to network? Why can't we just "do our own thing"? This seminar addresses why networking is key to success as an academic, and why you, as an ECR, should start building your networks now. This session...
AMPlify 2023 August Seminar: Grant writing and project managment
Wednesday 9 August 4 - 5 pm AEST via zoom Tips on grant writing and project management for ECRs One of the most valued research achievements in the university sector is your ability to bring in research funding. Persuading grant organisations to give their /...
SysMus23 Call for papers
The International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus23) is coming up in October and there is currently an active call for papers until the 1st of May. SysMus conferences provide a friendly atmosphere to meet other students and discuss your...
AMPlify 2023 June seminar: Applying for an ARC DECRA
4 pm AEST Wednesday 7 June 2023 via Zoom Watch the recording here. Join our panel of DECRA fellows to discuss to get the inside scoop on the process of applying for a DECRA award. Our presenters Steffen Herff graduated in Psychology at the Heinrich-Heine University...
AMPlify2023 April Seminar: Getting published in music psychology with Kate Stevens
When: Wednesday 5 April 4pm AEST via Zoom This our second session for 2023 designed to support HDRs and ECRs to navigate their careers in music psychology. Overview When is the right time to be thinking about publishing your work? How to select the most relevant...
AMPlify23 March seminar: All about post-docs
When: Wednesday 8 March 4 pm AEST via Zoom Watch here This will be the first of our sessions for 2023 designed to support HDRs and ECRs to navigate their careers in music psychology. This session will be a round table discussion about the experiences of applying for...
ESCOM Webinar on Academic Careers
Our friends at ESCOM are offering this fantastic webinar on academic careers featuring some wonderful speakers - and students can register for free! Click on the image below to learn more and register.
AMPlify2023 Series
Our AMPlify series aims to provide engaging professional development seminars for our early career researchers. At the 2022 AMPS conference, we held a co-design session with interested members to plan for our 2023 series. Thank you to all who participated for your...
GAPS2 Conference
14-16 September 2023Hubs in: York, Graz, La Plata, and MelbourneMain conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/gaps2/home EOI: GAPS 2023 Student Committee Calling all undergraduate and postgraduate AMPS members! On the 14-16 September 2023, The Faculty of Fine...
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.
Co-Design at the 2022 AMPS Conference
The 2022 AMPS conference will begin with an informal co-design session where all AMPS members will have the opportunity to shape AMPS’ ECR development program for 2023. After a successful inaugural offering of “AMPlify Your Research 2022”, we are keen to co-design...
MARCS July Seminar recording out now!
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University, is pleased to share the recording form the latest seminar given by Dr. Amanda Krause and Ms. Rachel McClymont. This seminar was recorded on June 9, 2022. Watch it here:...
MARCS August Seminar recording out now!
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University, is pleased to share the recording form the latest seminar given by Dr. Anthony Chmiel. This seminar was recorded on August 9, 2022. Watch it here:...
MARCS July Seminar recording out now!
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University, is pleased to share the recording form the latest seminar given by Dr. Sandra Garrido. This seminar was recorded on July 19, 2022. Watch it here:...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career Series 2022: November Seminar
Registrations are now closed. See seminar resources below. When: Wednesday 9 November 2022 4 pm AEST via Zoom Dr Somoray will be talking about some general tips on conducting meta-analysis and how to combine meta-analysis with structural equation modelling. Our...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career Series 2022: October Seminar
Registrations have closed. Link to recording under "Resources" below. When: Wednesday 5 October, 4 pm AEST Leaning on songwriting: Music research design with and for CALD communities Oftentimes doing research in a way that is not extractive is a huge challenge....
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career Series 2022: August Seminar
Registrations closed. When: Wednesday 3 August, 4 pm AEST Thanks for the feedback! Responding constructively to critique How do you respond to feedback, particularly when it is critical of your work? Our response to feedback is reflective of our attitude to learning,...
AMPS 2022 Conference Gatherings
The Australian Music & Psychology Society would like to support the community to gather around the date of the AMPS 2022 conference. Support will be provided in the form of financial contribution towards catering. Gatherings will be organised in the...
AMPS 2022 Conference keynote announced
AMPS2022 keynote will be delivered by Dr Margaret Osborne, Senior Lecturer In Psychology And Music, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. Dr Osborne will speak on the topic of "New directions in music performance science". Visit the AMPS conference site for more...
ECRs: Build your cheer squad
Early career research can be lonely, especially for those with a foot more in the music field than psychology. ECRs in the arts don't tend to belong to labs and we aren't surrounded by teams of researchers. Often, we are flying solo. This can be particularly...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career Series 2022 : June Seminar
Media engagement for ECRs with Gemma Perry Registrations are closed When: Wednesday 1 June 4 pm AEST Summary: This media skills session is designed to prepare early career researchers for sharing research with a wide audience. We will discuss communication skills for...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career 2022 Series: May Seminar
Hot on the heels of our April seminar, comes our May AMPlify Your Research Career seminar, the third in our series for 2022. Considering Plan D: Data Science after Academia Registrations are closed When: Wednesday 4 May, 4 pm AEST Where: Via Zoom Summary: Dave Baker...
MARCS April Seminar recording out now!
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University, is pleased to share the recording form the latest seminar given by Dr Alison Short. This seminar was recorded on April 12, 2022. Watch it here:...
45th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia 2022
The Musicological Society of Australia is now calling for papers for their 2022 Conference. See the conference website here for details. The 2022 MSA conference will be held online from December 1 - 3 and will take place concurrently with the 1st Symposium of the ICTM...
Announcing the AMPS 2022 Conference.
Conference Date: 28th September, 2022 We are excited to share the news of the 2022 AMPS conference! AMPS is pleased to invite papers at all stages, including: Works in progress (e.g., PhD students, post-confirmation, reporting on work underway)Completed projects...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career 2022 Series: April Seminar
We are excited to announce our April AMPlify seminar, the second seminar in our AMPlify Your Research series. This seminar is presented by Dr Rebecca Gelding, Project Officer, Life Course Centre, University of Sydney. Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @RebeccaGelding...
Watch the February MARCS Seminar now!
The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Western Sydney University, is pleased to share the recording form the latest seminar given by Professor Roger Dean. This seminar was recorded on February 8, 2022. Watch it here:...
The Society for Music Perception and Cognition 2022 Conference
Save the date! The Society for Music Perception and Cognition has announced their 2022 conference. Anticipated location and dates: Portland, OR; August 4-7, 2022 Conference Chair: Zachary Wallmark Abstracts submission deadline: February 15 , 2022. Submit your...
AMPlify Your Research Series Kicks Off
We are excited to launch our AMPlify Your Research series with our first session by AMPS President, Dr Amanda Krause from James Cook University. Your (online) scholarly identity REGISTRATIONS NOW CLOSED Wednesday 9 February, 4 pm AEST See below for a video of the...
MARCS Afternoon Colloquium
**Stay Tuned! The AMPS Forum will update you on recent and upcoming presentations as the information becomes available!** The following video presentations are supplied by the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, at Western Sydney University. The...
AMPS’ Amplifying Your Research Career 2022 Series
The AMPS society looks forward to bringing you a series of zoom sessions open to all AMPS members. Join us for one or all of these sessions designed to amplify your career. 09 February - Your (online) scholarly identity, presenter: Amanda Krause. Click here for more...
Don’t miss “Your Brain on Jazz”
Don't miss this event with Music Science researchers at the Melbourne international Jazz Festival! Paul Barclay is in conversation with several members of our Australian Music Psychology community, including Professor Sarah Wilson and Dr. Margaret Osborne. 1pm |...
Upcoming Seminar: “Mapping music: Digital tools and collaborative communities”
This seminar is held my the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, University of Melbourne. More details and register here: https://mdap.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/09/november-mdap-seminar-mapping-music-digital-tools-and-collaborative-communities/ Speaker Professor Richard...
16th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC)
Jointly organised with the 11th triennial conference of ESCOMDate: 28-31 July 2021Main Organising Hub: The University of Sheffield, UK Co-organising hub (Virtual Australian hub): Western Sydney University | AMPS Conference website:...
Music & Psychology Research Conference: Virtually Together – 9 October, 2020
We invite you to attend a one-day virtual conference hosted by the Australian Music & Psychology Society on 9 October 2020. The event will run 10:00-16:30, AEDT. The vision of this meeting is to present a cutting-edge forum for those wishing to share ideas and...
Music Neuroscience Symposium 2020 – How Music Sculpts the Brain
Keynote address by recently appointed Professorial Fellow (The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences) in the MSPS, Dr Isabelle Peretz, from the University of Montreal. When: Monday 24 February, 5 – 7PM...
International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus) – 2020
The International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus) will take place at the Department of Music at the University of York from 15 – 17 September 2020 in York, England. Please click here to see the Call for Contributions and find more information...
Music listening, technology, and well-being in older age
A live streaming event presented by AMPS and UNSW Empirical Musicology Research Group Seminar When: Friday November 1, at 1200-1300 Where: Physical venue: The University of New South Wales, K-G14-139. Virtual Venue: The link for the streamed seminar is now...
AMPS AGM 2019
The Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) AGM will take place during the International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) in Melbourne, Australia this week. The agenda and accompanying documents can be accessed by clicking this link. Date:...