Interested in current research in music cognition?

As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry, two weeks ago a successful edition of the ICMPC/ESCOM conference was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The ICMPC is an international conference on music cognition that was this year ambitiously put together –and not without risk– by Emilios Cambouropoulos and his colleagues. Despite the difficult times for Greece it turned out to be a great success in terms of the number of participants that attended and the quality of the presentations.

If you are interested in what the current topics and issues are in the field of music cognition, you might find the reviews by researcher Vicky Williamson (Goldsmiths, University of London)  helpful. She just released them as an e-book – about 40 pages of blog entries! As you will see, they give a lively impression of the conference through a personal and engaging selection of the five parallel sessions and four keynotes that made up the elaborate program. A wonderful contribution!

Williamson, V. (2012). ICMPC – ESCOM 2012: The Blogs. E-book. http://www.gold.ac.uk/media/e-book.pdf

Interested in what's happening at ICMPC 12?

Vicky Williamson from Goldsmiths is a very active blogger on music cognition (besides being a creative researcher). If you want to follow what's currently happening at the ICMPC in Thessaloniki, Greece, see her wonderful blog at musicpsychology.co.uk. Almost every day a new entry appears on a selection of the five parallel sessions on a wide variety of topics related to music cognition and perception.

Whats happening at the ICMPC?

Every two years the international conference on music perception and cognition (ICMPC) is organized. This year it is in Seattle, US. If you like to know what is happening in the field, Victoria Williamson reports on it in a daily review on a selection of papers presented the previous day. Later this week more reports from this conference.