Events

Next SMPC Conference:

Society for Music Perception & Cognition (August 8-11, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, Canada). The biennial meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition will be held at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.

Additional conference information is available on the conference website:

www.ryerson.ca/smpc2013

 Program Committee: 

Tonya Bergeson (Indiana University School of Medicine)

John Iversen (The Neurosciences Institute)

Scott Lipscomb (University of Minnesota School of Music)

Lisa Margulis (University of Arkansas Department of Music)

Frank Russo (Ryerson University Department of Psychology)*

Michael Schutz (McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind)**

Leigh VanHandel (Michigan State University College of Music)

* Conference Chair

** Program Chair

Upcoming Events:

Methods in Empirical Music Research: A Workshop for Music Scholars (May 20-23rd, 2013; School of Music, Ohio State University) We are pleased to announce a workshop on empirical methods in music research.  This is an intensive four-day workshop taught by Prof. David Huron. The workshop will be of interest to anyone wishing to develop or enhance their research skills in music.  Participants will learn how to design and carry out music experiments, and how to apply empirical, systematic and statistical techniques to problems in music history, analysis, performance, culture, and other topics.  The workshop is designed specifically to develop practical research skills for musicians and music scholars with little or no previous background in empirical methods.
The workshop will be held immediately prior to the Mid-west Music Cognition Symposium, (Friday May 24 to Sunday May 26).

For details, visit the web site:
http://musiccog.ohio-state.edu/home/index.php/Workshop

4th CNM SYMPOSIUM 2013: “Advances In Neurologic Music Therapy Research” (May 28, 2013; London, UK) The 4th International Congress of the Society for Clinical Neuromusicology in partnership with the European Stroke Conference: visit www.eurostroke.eu to register and for more information.

Listen Up! Investigating the Intersections of Sound and Technology (May 31- June 2, 2013; University of Oregon) Psychologists suggest that listening, be it passive or active, is central to communication, healthy aging, prevention and treatment of disease, and psychological well-being. Neuroscientists have built onto this body of knowledge, providing evidence about the neural mechanisms underlying sound in relation to social functioning, cognition, and emotion. However, these fields have
only begun to explore questions about cross-cultural differences and atypical functioning. Listen Up! will bring together scholars across the sciences and humanities to discuss research on the
topics of listening and technology.

The symposium will consist of invited keynote lectures, seminars, and papers sessions by leading scholars in the fields of psychology, science and technology studies (STS), and the
humanities. Dr. Sandra Trehub and Dr. Mara Mills will present keynote lectures on their work in psychology and ability-technology studies, with follow-up discussions planned throughout the
conference.

Devoted to the dissemination of new, unpublished research and knowledge, the symposium will bring together leading scholars in the sciences and humanities to discuss political, cultural,
and historical issues central to this topic. Papers are invited that report empirical and theoretical research addressing these topics and expanding our knowledge of these intersecting fields.
Researchers interested in presenting a paper should email a 500-word abstract by Friday April 19, 2013 detailing 1) the main findings or argument of their papers, and 2) their potential to
contribute to broad conversations in the sciences and humanities around sound and technology to Jenny Mendoza, jmendoz4 at uoregon.edu. Please visit the symposium website for more
information: https://sites.google.com/site/listenupuoregon/

Hacking Audio and Music Research (HAMR) 2013 (June 28 - 30th, 2013; Columbia University
New York, NY) Researchers are invited to participate in HAMR 2013, an upcoming hackathon focusing on the development of new techniques for analyzing, processing, and synthesizing audio and music signals.  HAMR will be modeled after a traditional hack day in that it will involve a weekend of fast-paced work with an emphasis on trying something new rather than finishing something polished.  However, this event will deviate from the typical hack day in its focus on research (rather than commercial) applications.  Individuals and groups are invited to spend a concentrated 48 hours working on novel research in any of the following areas:

* Music informatics
* Audio, speech and music signal processing
* Machine listening
* Environmental sound analysis
* Computer music
* Computational auditory perception/cognition

In addition to HAMRing out work, the event will include presentations, discussions, and informal workshops.  Registration is free and researchers from any stage in their career are encouraged
to participate.  Those interested in proposing a research project should submit a short abstract using this form by May 19th, 2013.  All other individuals who would like to attend should fill out this form.  Further details can be found on the HAMR 2013 website.  Updates will be announced on the hamr-discuss Google group.

Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference 2013 (SMAC) (30 July - 3 August, 2013; Stockholm, Sweden) Presented jointly with the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2013 (SMC). The deadline for music and paper submissions has been EXTENDED to April 7th, 24:00 CET.

Please visit http://smacsmc2013.smcsweden.se/ for more details!

CogMIR 2013 (August 7, 2013; Ryerson University, Toronto) The third annual seminar on cognitively based music informatics research (CogMIR) will take place as a satellite meeting of SMPC 2013 on August 7, 2013 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. In addition to invited keynote presentations by David Temperley (Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester) and Marcus Pearce (Queen Mary, University of London), we are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts for spoken or poster presentations. Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2013.

International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) (August 28-31, 2013; Vienna, Austria)
The ISPS 2013 theme, Performing Together, is intended to encourage discussion and debate on collaborative performing activities of all types and between various constituents. Specific research topics, fields of study, and methodological approaches have been left open intentionally to encourage interdisciplinary exchange. Submissions detailing original research are invited from across the performing arts and other performance disciplines, as well as the natural, social, and applied sciences. 
 
The Keynote Speakers are: Tecumseh Fitch (University of Vienna, Austria), Peter Keller (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Emma Redding (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK), and Alan Wing (University of Birmingham, UK).
  
Submissions are invited for spoken papers, poster presentations, symposia and workshops. Detailed instructions for submissions are available via the conference website:  www.performancescience.org. Submissions should be made electronically to cps at rcm.ac.uk. The deadline is: 30 November 2012. 
For further information about the venue, submissions, graduate award, and registration, visit the conference website:www.performancescience.org. 

14th Rhythm perception and production workshop (RPPW) (September 11-13, 2013; Birmingham UK) Focusing on short interval timing (often with a periodic repetitive component) with applications including speech, music, dance, and, of course, finger tapping. There is also an optional day on methods on 10 September.

Sixth International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (September 12-14th, 2013, Genoa, Italy)

CasaPaganini-InfoMus Research Center (DIBRIS-University of Genoa, Italy) is pleased to host the Sixth International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus13). Organized by graduate students, the SysMus conference series allows young researchers in the field of systematic musicology at the master's and doctoral levels to present their work in the form of papers, poster sessions and online publications. SysMus13 also provides participants with the opportunity to enjoy two keynotes given by internationally renowned specialists, Professors Peter Keller (University of Western Sydney) and Frank Pollick (University of Glasgow), and to meet colleagues from around the world.

Please visit the website of the SysMus conference series for more information on the scope, methods and aims of systematic musicology: https://sites.google.com/site/sysmusconference/

Graduate students are encouraged to submit an abstract (max. 500 words) for either a spoken paper or a poster presentation by April 15, 2013. Papers should be twenty minutes in length followed by a question period of ten minutes. Poster presentations will offer the possibility to discuss one's research in greater depth. The SysMus13 conference language is English.

Further information about the abstract submission process and SysMus13 is available online at the conference website: http://www.infomus.org/Events/SysMus13/index.php?lang=eng

EBRAMUS - Europe, BRAin and MUSic (September 20-22nd, 2013, University of Pavia, Italy)
The Pierfranco and Luisa Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology, who has been responsible for the established series „The Neurosciences and Music since 2002 in collaboration with major institutions in the
field, jointly with the EBRAMUS Network, is now promoting the conference "New perspectives for stimulating cognitive and sensory processes" as conclusion to a multi-annual international project funded by the European Union on the development of research in the field of Neurosciences and Music: EBRAMUS - Europe, BRAin and MUSic (leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/ebramus).

PROGRAM PREVIEW: 3 main themes: Learning and Memory, Language, Movement. Keynote Lectures, Poster Sessions, Workshop and Demonstrations of interventions.

ENROLMENTS: 52 selected participants („externals‰) will be admitted to the conference with free registration. To participate in the selection, a letter including statement of interest and connection of activities with conference topics, and CV attached should be sent to neuromusic@fondazione-mariani.org by June 12. In addition, up to 30 participants may attend the meeting with an enrolment fee of • 150.
Enrolments will open on July 1st, 2013.
Details are published on www.fondazione-mariani.org <http://www.fondazione-mariani.org>

POSTER APPLICATION
30 Posters will be selected on the basis of merit, interest to the research community and relevance to the following themes:
1. Music and prosody in the rehabilitation of auditory processing and language disorders
2. Music in the rehabilitation of memory and learning
3. Music and motor rehabilitation.
The poster application form is available online on www.fondazione-mariani.org until June 30.

Additional information is available at www.fondazione-mariani.org or by e-mail from neuromusic <at> fondazione-mariani.org

MML 2013: 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning and Music: (September 23, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic)

Held in Conjunction with the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML/PKDD 2013). MML13 authors are invited to submit an extended version of their MML contributions for publication in the Music and Machine Learning Special Issue of the Journal of New Music Research - submission deadline July 1 2013. For more information visit: https://sites.google.com/site/musicmachinelearning13/

CMMR 2013 – “Sound, Music & Motion” (October 15 th-18th 2013; Marseille, France).
CMMR2013 is organized by the CNRS - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique (LMA) and Ubris Studio in partnership with the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement (ISM), Laboratoire d'Analyse, Topologie, Probabilités (LATP), ASTRAM, the research lab associated to the Sciences, Arts et Techniques de l'Image et du Son (SATIS) department, and n+n corsino.

Contributions in all the topics covered by CMMR are welcome but contributions related to the conference theme “Sound, Music and Motion” will be strongly encouraged this year. The notion of motion is important in any field related to sound and music, since it can be studied from different standpoints spanning from physics to perceptual and cognitive considerations, and from scientific to artistic approaches.

Procedures to submit papers is detailed in the Author instruction & Submission section on the CMMR 2013 website. Paper submission deadline: June 15th 2013

Call for Music: Submission by July 1, 2013 We invite submissions for music concerts, as well as for sound/media installations to be set up during concert evenings. The conference will also feature poster/demonstration sessions for which we invite submissions of musical interfaces. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international music committee (http://www.cmmr2013.cnrs-mrs.fr/MusicCommittee.html) to ensure quality and suitability. Please submit a proposal following the
instructions specified in the Author instruction & Submission section of the CMMR 2013 website.
For inquiries regarding music submissions, please contact the music chair using the following email address: cmmr2013-music <at> lma.cnrs-mrs.fr

Past Events:

The Improvising Brain Concert & Symposium (April 7-9, 2013; Atlanta, GA)
"The Improvising Brain" is a symposium and concert event that will bring together faculty researchers, graduate students, and musicians to explore music, improvisation, and related brain processes. A collaborative effort between Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute and School of
Music, the concert and symposium will feature Robert Zatorre, one of the leading neuroscientists in the field of music perception and production, and Christian Howes, an up-and-coming jazz violinist representing the improvising performer. The symposium will explore questions related to music perception, production, and the underlying cognitive processes. We seek related papers and posters describing completed or in-progress work from both faculty and graduate students. Submissions from faculty and graduate students must be received by October 15, 2012, and notifications will be made by November 1, 2012. The symposium will feature a research mentor session in which Dr. Zatorre and others will review ideas for research related to music cognition and improvisation.
Junior researchers may submit proposed research for this panel to discuss by March 1, 2013.

Further information: http://www.cas.gsu.edu/theimprovisingbrain/

Music & Science Symposium: Practice & Convergence (April 12, 2013; Boston, MA) -

You are invited to a FREE collaborative conference sponsored by Berklee College of Music's Music Therapy department that is celebrating the intersection of music and science. Conference participants will be encouraged to tweet their thoughts throughout the day. And you can join the growing number of online pre-conference participants in the conference who are already adding article reviews, reflections and readings at http://www.berklee.net/mt/musicscience.html.

Keynote Address by: Dr. Aniruddh Patel, author of Music, Language & the Brain
Other speakers include:
Dr. Concetta Tomaino, Director, Institute for Music & Neurologic Function
Dr. Psyche Loui, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Lisa Wong, Author of Scales to Scalpels
Dr. Richard Boulanger, Author of CSound

We will be streaming the event live, so you can invite people from all over the world to watch, listen, and tweet their questions and comments.
Can't make it to the symposium? Watch it live on Concert Window (http://www.concertwindow.com/shows/music-therapy-symposium)

Music and Brain Symposium: Hearing Voices (April 13th, 2013) The symposium will bring together some of the most exciting researchers, scholars, and writers in the field to examine the phenomena of auditory hallucinations. The Symposium will take place at Stanford's Center for  Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), with a performance of  'Visitations', two chamber operas on the topic of
hallucinations, on the evening of  April 12th and repeated on the evening of April 13th.

Information and registration for the symposium is available at:
http://hearing-voices.stanford.edu

For information about the opera, visit:
http://visitations.stanford.edu

Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG) (April 27th, 2013; New York, NY) The goal of the group is to facilitate interaction among researchers at institutions along the Northeast Corridor who are interested in the area of music cognition, to discuss research in the field, and to identify topics of joint interest and areas for potential collaboration. You are optionally invited to give a very short (8 minute) and semi-formal presentation of your work, aimed at a fairly general audience that will include people with established research programs in areas outside your specialty, as well as students and other newcomers to the field. The goal is simply to give a broadly contextualized sense of the questions you're asking, not a detailed picture of your answers. At our previous meetings, we have found the 8-minute format to be expedient, exhilarating, and successful for both presenters and audience members!

We hope to make slots for eight-minute talks available to all, but in an effort to make room for speakers who have not spoken at NEMCOG previously, we may have to turn down some requests for slots at
this meeting. If you would like to do a presentation, please indicate so in your RSVP with a tentative title and, optionally, a short abstract or bio. This information will be shared with our attendees and
posted on our web site.
If you would like to attend the upcoming NEMCOG meeting, please RSVP to nemcog1 <at> gmail.com by Friday, April 5.

Symposium on Music and Language: I. Development (May 3-4, 2013; Montreal, Canada)
The symposium will be our first annual meeting on the comparison between music and language. This comparison is the core interest of our newly formed consortium of researchers working in the area of language and music in Quebec (www.crblm.ca). In line with the interdisciplinary seminars and workshops organized by Ian Cross and colleagues in the UK during 2010-2011 and dedicated to the relationship between language and music, these Montreal-based annual meetings aim to push the boundaries beyond the traditional partition of language and music. In 2013, we aim to explore overlap and divergence between language and music in development. While research has been conducted into the development of musical abilities in children, or music perception in infants, the question of the relationship between language development and aspects of musicality has not been (much) investigated. In the symposium, we aim to identify specific research questions, which could lead to empirical investigation.

Confirmed speakers include: Nina Kraus (Northwestern University), Jenny Saffran (University of Wisconsin), Laurel Trainor (McMaster University), David Poeppel (New York University), Ani Patel (Tufts University), Linda Polka (McGill University), Sandra Trehub (University of Toronto and University of Montreal), Fred Genessee (McGill University), Lucie Ménard (University of Quebec at Montreal)

Round table on sensitive periods: Chair: Virginia Penhune; Participants: Etienne de Villers, Denise Klein, Laurel Trainor, Jenny Saffran

Registration is now open: www.crblm.ca/symposium/registration

Neural Dynamics in the Perception of Musical Structure (March 21st, London, UK) The workshop will provide a forum for dissemination and discussion of cutting edge research on dynamic predictive processing of musical structure in: probabilistic and information-theoretic models; cognitive, psychological and neural processing; musicological analysis. For further details on the project see: http://www.idyom.org.

Speakers will include: Prof. Moshe Bar, Harvard Medical School, Prof. David Feldman, College of the Atlantic, Maine, Prof. Israel Nelkin, Hebrew University, Jerusalem in addition to members of the IDyOM team. Attendance is free but places must be booked in advance.

For more information and to reserve a place please visit: http://idyom2013.eventbrite.co.uk/

 

Perspectives on Music Therapy and Autism (February 12, 2013, 9:00am-3:30pm; Boston, MA)
Free One-Day Symposium at the Berklee College of Music, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston St., Boston MA.
Adult family member, allies, and professionals of individuals with autism are invited to attend this free one day symposium on music therapy and autism.  Local and international music therapists and researchers will share perspectives on how music therapy plays a role in the lives of individuals
with autism.   Key speakers will include Dr. Pamela Heaton, PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London; Dr. Catherine Wan, PhD from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. Krystal Demaine, PhD, MT-BC from Lesley University. The day will include lunch, roundtable discussions, and a concert by the Boston Higashi School Jazz Band. The New England Chapter of Autism Speaks and the Music Therapy Department at Berklee College of Music sponsor this free event.

Musicians: Born or made? Scientific workshop on Music and Talent (Jan 19, 2013 - Montreal, Canada)
The role of natural endowment and hard work in musical performance is one of the oldest and most contentious issue in both science and society. Up to the 20th century, innate talent was associated to musicianship. Over the last century, the prevalent view has been that intensive practice is key. The goal of this workshop is to examine whether music practice can account for individual differences in musical abilities or if we should also acknowledge the importance of innate predispositions.

REGISTRATION: The workshop is open to the academic community. Registration is mandatory. Click here to register online.

CONCERT-CONFERENCE: The workshop is to be followed by a free concert-conference to be held at Salle Claude Champagne, Université de Montréal, with piano performance by young virtuoso Tiffany Poon and lectures by Gary McPherson (University of Melbourne) and Danick Trottier (Université de Montréal). The concert-conference will start at 4pm, Salle Claude Champagne, Université de Montréal. It is free and open to all. No registration required.

For further details about the workshop: http://www.brams.org/en/event/music_talent/

For further details about the concert-conference: http://www.brams.org/en/2012/11/concert_talent/

McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind NeuroMusic Conference (October 13, 2012; Hamilton, Canada) – The theme of this year’s McMaster NeuroMusic Conference is dance, and will take place at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. This full-day event consists of two parts. The Scientific Symposium will feature presentations by Dr. Emily Cross (Bangor University, UK), Dr. Gammon Earhart (Washington University), and Dr. Jessica Phillips-Silver (University of Montreal) presenting their knowledge about the psychology of neuroscience and dance, with applications to the clinical treatment of movement disorders.  We are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts for poster presentations. Deadline for abstract submission: September 15, 2012.  The evening Keynote Concert will be presented by Dr. Michael Schutz (McMaster University), interleaved with musical performances by the renowned percussion ensemble TorQ to illustrate concepts from the lecture. More information can be found at http://mimm.mcmaster.ca.

Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM) 2012(November 15, 2012; Minneapolis, MN)

The 11th Annual Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM 2012) will be held on Thursday, November 15 (at the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. APCAM is a one-day satellite meeting affiliated with the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. The goal of APCAM is to bring together basic and applied researchers from various theoretical perspectives to present focused research on auditory cognition, perception, and aurally guided action. APCAM is a unique meeting in its exclusive focus on the perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of audition. APCAM has regularly featured, and continues to welcome, contributions from SMPC members. Another unique aspect of this year’s meeting is that it will be a FREE EVENT FOR ALL ATTENDEES.

Specifics about registration and online abstract submission processes, including a more detailed call for papers, as well as links to travel information, can be found on the APCAM website (www.apcam.us).

Questions about APCAM 2012 should be directed to Michael Hall, Chair of the Organizing Committee, at hallmd@jmu.edu.

Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG); (November 17th, 2012; Boston MA)

The 7th semiannual meeting of the Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG) will take place on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at Boston University. The goal of this group is to facilitate interaction among researchers at institutions along the Northeast Corridor who are interested in the area of music cognition, to discuss research in the field in an informal setting, and to identify topics of joint interest and areas for potential collaboration. The keynote speaker will be Aniruddh Patel. 

To register for the event, please RSVP to the NEMCOG organizers at nemcog1 at gmail.com by Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Breakfast, coffee breaks, and a simple catered lunch will be provided.

 We invite submissions of very short (8-minute) presentations of your work, for an interdisciplinary audience. If you would like to present, please send your name, institution, and title and brief abstract of your talk to nemcog1@gmail.com by Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Due to space constraints we may be unable to accommodate all submissions, but submissions from first-time NEMCOG speakers are highly encouraged.

 

CogMIR 2012 (August 27, 2012; Toronto, Canada) - The second seminar on cognitively based music informatics research will take place at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. In addition to invited keynote presentations by Michael Casey (Dartmouth College) and George Tzanetakis (University of Victoria), we are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts from students for spoken or poster presentations. Deadline for abstract submission: July 30, 2012.  One-day Seminar: August 27, 2012, 10 am – 5 pm (followed by optional dinner). More information about the seminar and registration, is available at http://www.cogmir.org/2012-seminar/

Perspectives on Musical Improvisation (10-13 September 2012; University of Oxford, England) - Registration is now open for the conference.  To register, book accommodation and get further information about the conference programme, travel etc., please go to www.music.ox.ac.uk/pomi.  This conference is run in association with SEMPRE.  An early registration discount is available up to and including 1st May 2012. If you have specific questions about the conference, please send an email to infopomi at music.ox.ac.uk

Symposium on Music, the Brain, Medicine and Wellness: A Scientific Dialogue (August 4-6, 2012; Santa Fe, New Mexico) Presenting the state of the science in: the impact of music on the developing brain, cognition, language, memory, and emotion; the use of music to promote healing in patients with serious medical
conditions including cancer, neurologic diseases, and developmental disorders; and the influence of music on the well-being of individuals and their communities. Pre-Symposium Evening Concert: August 3, 2012
For more information please visit: http://musicandthebrainsantafe.com/

ICPMC 2012 (July 23-28, 2012; Thessaloniki, Greece) – 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM). The conference is organized by the Department of Music Studies, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. Papers are invited that report empirical and theoretical research that contributes to a better understanding of how music is perceived, represented and generated. Visit the website for details: http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/

9th International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval (CMMR) "Music and Emotions" (June 19-22nd, 2012; Queen Mary University of London) - CMMR 2012 is jointly organized by the Centre for Digital Music (QMUL) and the CNRS - Laboratoire de Mecanique et d'Acoustique (France). CMMR is an interdisciplinary conference involving fields such as computer science, engineering, information retrieval, human computer interaction, digital libraries, hypermedia, artificial intelligence, acoustics, audio and music signal processing, musicology, music perception and cognition, neuroscience, as well as music composition and performance.

The CMMR 2012 website is now online at: http://www.cmmr2012.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/

Music and the Moving Image VII (June 1-3, 2012; NYU Steinhardt, NY) - The annual conference, Music and the Moving Image, will explore the relationship between music, sound, and the entire universe of moving images (film, television, video games, iPod, computer, and interactive performances) through paper presentations.Visit website for details: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/conference/

SysMus12 (May 24th-26th, 2012; Montreal) The Universite de Montreal's faculty of music and the Observatoire Interdisciplinaire de Creation et de Recherche en Musique (OICRM) will play host to the Fifth International Student Conference on Systematic Musicology (SysMus12). Organized by graduate students, the SysMus conference allows young researchers in systematic musicology at the masters and doctoral levels to present their work in the form of papers, poster sessions and online publications. This conference also provides attendees with the opportunity to hear papers by four internationally-renowned specialists, and to meet colleagues from around the world who share the same interests.

"Music, Mind, and Brain" (May 24th-27th, 2012; Chicago, IL) Music, Mind and Brain themed program at the 2012 Association for Psychological Science (APS) 24th Annual Convention: with Daniel Levitin, Aniruddh Patel, Carol Krumhansl and Victor Wooten.

Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG) (April 28, 2012; Yale University) The next semiannual meeting of the Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG) will take place at Yale University on Saturday April 28.  The goal of this group is to facilitate interaction among researchers at institutions along the Northeast Corridor who are interested in the area of music cognition, to discuss research in the field, and to identify topics of joint interest and areas for potential collaboration.

For information regarding this meeting: http://nemcog.smusic.nyu.edu/events.html

Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (March 2-3, 2012; Evanston, IL) - The 16th annual meeting will be held on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and will include paper sessions, a concert of new music, and a keynote address. MGMC 2012 is jointly sponsored by the Bienen School of Music and The Graduate School of Northwestern University. The program committee invites all graduate and advanced undergraduate students to submit proposals for papers related to ethnomusicology, historical musicology, music theory and analysis, music cognition, music education, performance practice or any other topic concerning the study and practice of music. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary work. Deadline for abstracts has passed. Visit website for details: http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/42805

Music, Mind, and Invention: Creativity at the Intersection of Music and Computation (March 30-31, 2012; New Jersey) - The Music, Mind, and Invention Workshop will take place at The College of New Jersey. Its purpose will be to explore the rich interconnections between music, cognition, computation, and creativity, addressing themes such as: creativity across disciplines, ways of thinking about music, and music as a medium for improvement. The workshop will feature a keynote address by Marvin Minsky, invited talks by Noam Elkies, Tod Machover, and Dmitri Tymoczko, panel discussions, and presentations of peer-reviewed papers and creative work. Submissions that present novel theories, late-breaking results, and new ways of addressing unresolved questions are welcome. Special efforts will be made to recruit submissions and reviewers from a broad range of disciplines. Deadline for submission of abstracts and creative work: January 8, 2012. The workshop will be open to the public. For more information, visit the event website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~mmi

Segregation and Integration in Music and Language (February 23-24, 2012; Tübingen, Germany) - The workshop aims at all PhD-students, postdocs and researchers who are interested in the neural mechanisms of music and language processing, especially those which might be shared by or separated in both modalities. It will cover the three areas of auditory processing: music, language and non-speech signals. Submission deadline has passed. Visit website for details: http://www.simal2012.de/

'Power of Music' (November 30 - December 3, 2011; Western Australia) – the 34th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and the 2nd International Conference on Music and Emotion, The University of Western Australia, Perth. Submission deadline has passed.

BrainBeat: Recent Neuroscience on Music's Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Potential (December 9, 2011; New York, NY) – This workshop is hosted by the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University in cooperation with the Department of Music, bringing together neuroscientists from the New York area and beyond to present their research and methodological approach from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. Scientists in the field of neuroscience will present and discuss frontiers in music- and rhythm-related perception, cognition, rehabilitation, and neural plasticity. Featuring talks by Gyorgy Buzsaki, Steven Frucht, John Iversen, Lutz Jancke, Nina Kraus, Isabelle Peretz, Gottfried Schlaug, Sarah Woolley, and Robert Zatorre. For more information visit the event website: http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/brainbeat.html

Cleveland Music and Medicine Symposium (October 22, 2011; Cleveland, OH) – The Center for Music and Medicine of University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University presents the second annual Cleveland Music and Medicine Symposium. This day-long symposium features a renowned panel of experts who will discuss the underlying neurological foundations of musical perception, performance and cognition, and explore the fascinating intersection of music and the brain and music and health. Presenters include renowned music therapist Deforia Lane, PhD, and Isabelle Peretz, PhD. For more information on the symposium please visit: http://clevelandneurocriticalcare.com/2nd-annual-cleveland-music-and-medicine-symposium

McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind:

- 'Can You Feel It? Sensorimotor Interactions in Music' (November 5, 2011, Hamilton, Ontario) All-day scientific symposium with Jessica Grahn, Peter Pfordresher and Frank Russo. For more information on the daytime workshop please visit this website. There will also be an

- Evening lecture/concert on musical meaning with Stefan Koelsch. (November 5, 2011, Hamilton, Ontario) Please visit the event website for details.

SysMus11 - Fourth International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (October 5-7, 2011, Institute of Musicology, Cologne, Germany) Submission deadline has passed. For more information please contact Julia Wewers (julia-wewers @ gmx.de), visit the SysMus11 homepage or the SysMus conference series website.

Society for Music Perception & Cognition (August 11-14, 2011; Rochester, NY). The conference committee will be chaired by Betsy Marvin and David Temperley; the program committee will be chaired by Peter Pfordresher. Please visit the website for details: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/smpc2011/.

The Third International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM 2011), June 15-17, 2011 at IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination of Acoustics and Music in Paris, France. We welcome original and high quality contributions – including research papers, invited sessions or panels and tutorials – in all areas related to the mission of the Society of Mathematics and Computation in Music (see http://www.smcm-net.info/).

Exploring the Mind Through Music, Rice Univ., June 13-17, 2011

The Neurosciences & Music IV (June 9-12, 2011; Edinburgh, Scotland) The central theme of Music and Neurosciences IV will be Learning and Memory. Please visit the conference website for details.

The Autistic Mind, Music, and The Brain (March 22, 2011, Recital Hall, Purchase College SUNY) A symposium that explores recent research on enhancing cognitive functioning through music.

Music, Science, and Medicine: Frontiers in Biomedical Research and Clinical Applications (March 25, 2011; NYAS conference center, NY) Hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) this multidisciplinary 1-day conference aims at exploring the connection between up-to-date scientific findings and their possible application to clinical music and physiological function.

Symposium on Music and Memory (March 4-5; Stanford University, CA) For information and registration please see: http://musicandthebrain.stanford.edu

Crossing the Corpus Callosum II: Neuroscience, Healing and Music (January 29, 2011; Cambridge, MA) Poster submissions are invited for Longwood Symphony Orchestra's day-long symposium on neuroscience, healing and music. The symposium will take place on January 29, 2011, 8:30-5 at the Northwest Building at Harvard University, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.

We welcome any research involving the intersection of basic or clinical neuroscience with music from disciplines including, but not limited to: neuroscience, neurology, cognitive science, psychology, psychiatry, physical therapy and rehabilitation, music therapy, music theory, and other areas.

Universals in Music (December 3-4, 2010; Aix-en-Provence, France). 1st International Colloquium on Universals in Music: Data, issues, perspectives, held at the University of Provence.

Musicognition International Conference 2010 (December 3-4, 2010; Macau). Submission deadline for abstracts has passed.

Society for Music Theory (November 4-7, 2010; Indianapolis, IN)

Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting (Thursday, November 18, 2010; St. Louis, MO). The 9th annual Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting (APCAM) will be held just prior to the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. The goal of APCAM is to bring together researchers from various theoretical perspectives to present focused research on auditory cognition, perception, and aurally guided action. Submission deadline for abstracts has passed.

McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind Annual Events:

- Integrated Lecture/Concert with Dr. Aniruddh D. Patel (November 19, 2010; Hamilton, ON)

- All-Day Scientific Workshop: Music Cognition, Language and Thought with Aniruddh D. Patel, E. Glenn Schellenberg, William F. Thompson and Isabelle Peretz (November 20, 2010; Hamilton, ON)

Music and the Sciences of the Mind (November 19-20, 2010; Brussels). International Colloquium hosted by the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, in collaboration with l'Académie Royale de Belgique.

Music in Medicine and Therapy (November 4-6, 2010; Krems/Danube, Austria). Poster submission deadline has passed.

Northeast Music Cognition Group (October 23, 2010; Boston, MA). We invite you to participate in the third meeting of the Northeast Music Cognition Group (NEMCOG). The meeting will be hosted by the Berklee College of Music's Department of Music Therapy and Division of Music Technology.