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About the Society for Music Perception and Cognition
Welcome to the website of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), a non-profit organization for researchers and others interested in music perception and cognition.
The objectives of the Society
The Society for Music Perception and Cognition is a not-for-profit organization for researchers and others interested in music perception and cognition. The objectives of SMPC are
- to further the scientific and scholarly understanding of music from a broad range of disciplines, including music theory, psychology, psychophysics, linguistics, neurology, neurophysiology, ethology, ethnomusicology, artificial intelligence, computer technology, physics and engineering;
- to facilitate cooperation among scholars and scientists who are engaged in research in this interdisciplinary field; and
- to advance education and public understanding of knowledge gained.
The activities of the Society
The Society hosts biennial conferences, providing opportunities for members of the research community to present new research in the area of music cognition. Information about SMPC 2009 (which was held Aug. 3-7, 2009 in Indianapolis, IN) is available online at: http://music.iupui.edu/smpc2009/. A complete conference program including topics, titles, and presenters is available at: http://music.iupui.edu/smpc2009/programs.html. Information about the previous conference (SMPC 2007) is also available online for your information. That conference was held from July 30th to August 3rd, 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Past meetings have been held in a variety of cities, hosted by different institutions. In addition, SMPC cooperates with other organizations in music cognition to host international conferences. The International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition (ICMPC), an associated international conference involving seven national societies is held on alternate years. The 11th ICMPC will be held at the University of Washington in Seattle from August 23-27, 2010, organized by Steven Demorest, Steven Morrison, and Patricia Shehan Campbell [conference web site will be available soon].
The Officers and Board of the Society
- Aniruddh D. Patel (The Neurosciences Institute), President
- Tonya R. Bergeson (Indiana University School of Medicine), Secretary
- Scott D. Lipscomb (University of Minnesota), Treasurer
- Andrea Halpern (Bucknell University)
- Edward Large (Florida Atlantic University)
- Lisa Margulis (University of Arkansas)
- Frank Russo (Ryerson University)
- David Temperley (Eastman School of Music)
- Dana Strait (Northwestern University), student member
SMPC Newsletter