The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held during the conference - Empirical Musicology II: Empirical Approaches to Performance, 25-26 March 2010, School of Music, University of Leeds.
All members are encouraged to attend.
Professor Graham Welch has expressed his willingness to stand again as Chair for a further three years; other nominations, proposed and seconded my members in good standing, should be emailed to the Honorary Secretary, Prof Adam Ockelford, at a.ockelford@roehampton.ac.uk by 20th March, 2010.
In addition to our two journals, Psychology of Music and Research Studies in Music Education, SEMPRE has signed an agreement with Ashgate to promote the latest research to a wider audience on popular topical themes under the heading SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music, the first such series of its type internationally. The theme for the series is the psychology of music, broadly defined. Topics include:
The series is intended to present the implications of research findings for a wide readership, including user-groups (music teachers, policy makers, parents), as well as the international academic and research communities. The distinguishing features of the series will be this broad focus (drawing on basic and applied research from across the globe) under the umbrella of SEMPRE's distinctive mission, which is to promote and ensure coherent and symbiotic links between education, music and psychology research. The first book in the series is by Professor Johannella Tafuri of the Conservatorio di Musica "G.B. Martini" di Bologna, Italy, titled 'Infant Musicality' (Ashgate Publishing Group, February 2009). The second book is by Professor Anne Dhu McLucas of the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, titled 'The Musical Ear: Oral Tradition in the USA' (February 2010). Forthcoming titles include 'Sociology and Music Education' edited by Dr Ruth Wright; 'New Perspectives on Music and Gesture' edited by Dr Anthony Gritten and Dr Elaine King; and 'Musical Creativity: Insights from Music Education Research' edited by Dr Oscar Odena.
The series editors (Welch, Ockelford and Cross) welcome further proposals for publication. Please contact one of the series editors or Ashgate if you have a proposal that might fit with the aims of the new series.
Information and guidelines for proposal submissions are available on Ashgate's Website.
The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre) was founded in 1972, growing out of the Reading Conferences on Research in Music Education that were started in 1966 by Arnold Bentley. Originally known as the 'Society for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education' ('SRPMME'), Sempre remains to this day the only society which embraces research in both music education and music psychology, providing an international forum to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings.
The Society is particularly keen to encourage the participation of those at the start of their research career and to maintain a broad membership that reflects the considerable range of interests that are represented within music education and the psychology of music. Membership includes free copies of the journal, reduced fees for attendance at conferences, and entitlement to apply for a range of financial awards that are intended to foster new research and assist the work of new researchers.
Sempre is engaged in four main areas of activity: