Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Fwd: 3rd Conference of the Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) & 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME)



3rd Conference of the Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) & 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME)

Musical Affects

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 7-9 December 2017

http://www.musicalaffects2017.com

Hosted by the School of Music, The University of Queensland (UQ)

CALL FOR PAPERS

We are pleased to announce that the next Australian Music and Psychology Society (AMPS) 2017 Conference, incorporating the 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME5), will be held in Brisbane at The University of Queensland, Australia, 7-9 December 2017.
The conference is intended to engage faculty and student (Honours, Masters, PhD) involvement, and encourage discussion and exchange of ideas around the theme, Musical Affects.

The conference theme is intentionally broad to encourage diverse perspectives on music, psychology and emotion, including:
• music perception and cognition,
• music performance,
• music education,
• music health and wellbeing,
• music therapy,
• musicology,
• music composition,
• music and dance,
• ethnomusicology,
• psychoacoustics and models of music processes.

We invite abstracts of up to 250 words for spoken papers (15 mins + 5 mins Q&A), posters, symposia, and workshops.
The internationally recognised Viney-Grinberg​ Piano Duo,​ one of the Ensembles-in-Residence at The University of Queensland, will perform for conference delegates and guests on 7 December 2017 at 6pm in the Nickson Room at the School of Music.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Confirmed keynote speakers include:
• ​Professor Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool; ICME founder), and
• Adjunct Associate Professor Nikki Rickard (Monash University; Psychology Program Director, Online Education Services)
Special panel discussions will be led by:
• ​Professor Emery Schubert (The University of New South Wales), and
• Professor Margaret Barrett (The University of Queensland)

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstracts submission deadline: 29 August 2017
Notification sent to authors: 3 October 2017
Final abstracts due: 10 October 2017
Early bird registration closes: 10 October 2017
AMPS 2017 incorporating ICME5: 7-9 December 2017
Performance by the Viney-Grinberg​ Piano Duo: 6 pm, 7 December 2017

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

All submissions will be made through "EasyChair".  Go to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=musicaffects17
Once logged in, Click on "New Submission"

For oral and poster presentations, submit an abstract of up to 250 words together with title of the presentation, preferred format, 5 keywords (to assist with allocation to appropriate reviewers), and author names. Please structure your abstract as appropriate to your discipline. For example, background and aims, methods, results, discussion.

Proposals for a symposium on a specific theme should include a 250-word abstract that sets out the goals of the symposium and the titles and authors of the papers within the symposium. A 250-word abstract for each paper within the symposium will also need to be submitted. A standard symposium submission includes 4 papers.

Proposals for a workshop that would be of broad interest should consist of a 250 word abstract outlining the goal, format, length, target audience and presenters involved with the proposed workshop.

Contact Details: ​musicalaffects2017@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at the conference in December!

Kind regards,

Mary Broughton on behalf of the Conference Committee for AMPS 2017 incorporating ICME5
Dr Mary Broughton | Lecturer in Music Psychology
School of Music | The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Telephone: + 61 7 33654116
Email: m.broughton@uq.edu.au
web: https://music.uq.edu.au/
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Dr Evangelos Himonides FRSA, FBCS CITP
Reader in Technology, Education, and Music
University College London