Conferences: Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (sempre)
General Information
SEMPRE runs a series of one- and two-day conferences at higher-education institutions across the UK that cover a range of themes in music education and psychology research. Normally, two one-day conferences are held each year in Autumn (September/October) and Spring (March/April) with a two-day international conference taking place every other year in the Spring slot. These events are arranged by the SEMPRE Conference Secretary in collaboration with local organisers from the hosting institution. All of the events are open to SEMPRE members and non-members, and students are especially encouraged to attend. Programmes normally include spoken presentations, poster displays, keynote addresses as well as other features, such as live performances, workshops, and discussion fora. Student study days are also planned either in conjunction with or in addition to the above events. Please browse the website for details of forthcoming and past conferences, including calls for papers, registration/booking forms, conference reviews and abstracts/presentations of recent events. If you are interested in hosting a SEMPRE conference, please contact the SEMPRE Conference Secretary.
SEMPRE offers awards to support delegates attending conferences in order to assist them with their research endeavour. In this way, SEMPRE provides support to major and smaller conferences run by other societies and research communities as a formal association is established.
SEMPRE is currently offering FREE membership for one year to non-members who attend a SEMPRE conference. To take advantage of this offer, please complete a FREE Membership Application Form which will be available in delegate packs at the next SEMPRE conference.
Proposals for papers with abstracts of up to 250 words and brief, relevant curricula vita should be submitted to the Conference Secretary.
Forthcoming conferences
Musical Development and Learning Conference
2nd European Conference on Developmental Psychology of Music
10-12 September 2008
Roehampton University, London, UK
This interdisciplinary conference builds on the success of the 1st European Conference on Developmental Psychology of Music, held in the Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, in November 2005. The conference aims to encourage and stimulate discussion on a range of topics relating to music across the lifespan, focusing on its developmental and educational implications, and bringing together a wide diversity of European and International researchers. It will provide valuable opportunities for interdisciplinary debates between established researchers, and research training experiences for postgraduate students, from a range of different backgrounds.
SEMPRE Student Conference
Centre for Music and Science
University of Cambridge
Saturday 18 October 2008
On Saturday 18 October 2008, the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE) is running a one-day student conference hosted by the Centre for Music and Science at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge. Building on the success of the SEMPRE student conference in Sheffield in October 2007, the aim of this student conference is to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for delegates to
(1) present their research at various stages of its development and
(2) hone their presentations skills in front of a friendly audience.
Past conferences
Empirical Musicology
Institute of Musical Research
02 to 03 April 2008
While the ‘new’ musicology of the 1990s brought cultural studies to the heart of musicology, another less trumpeted but equally important development has been that of empirical approaches to music: once seen as the preserve of music psychology and sociology, there is a growing realization that such approaches can be brought to bear on a wide range of musicological issues and problems. This two-day International Conference explored the diversity of empirical approaches to music today, and situated musicology in the context of its disciplinary neighbours.
[please click here for a review of the conference (PDF document, 76 kilobytes)]
Musical Participation
University of Sheffield
20 October 2007
This one-day conference included invited presentations and selected submissions from researchers on the study of musical participation. This theme was broadly defined to include investigations of making and hearing music in a wide range of genres and in a variety of social settings.
The final programme is available here.
SEMPRE one-day student research conference on Musical Behaviour and Experience
University of Sheffield, UK
19 October 2007
The aim of this conference was to provide opportunities for students to present and discuss ideas in a friendly and supportive environment, as well as to create a meeting place for students from different institutions. It preceded the SEMPRE Musical Participation conference on 20th October and students were warmly invited to attend both.
For more information please visit (pdf document) http://www.sempre.org.uk/resources/studentoct07.pdf and for a booking form please open (pdf document) http://www.sempre.org.uk/resources/studentoct07reg.pdf, or contact the organisers: Alison Daubney (a.daubney@roehampton.ac.uk) or Melissa Dobson (mup06md@sheffield.ac.uk).
The programme of the student conference is available here.