Background and aims of the Society

The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre) was founded in 1972, growing out of the Reading Conferences on Research in Music Education that were started in 1966 by Arnold Bentley. Originally known as the 'Society for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education' ('SRPMME'), Sempre remains to this day the only society which embraces research in both music education and music psychology, providing an international forum to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings.

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People

Trustees

  • Professor Ian Cross, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Alexandra Lamont, Keele University
  • Professor Adam Ockelford, University of Roehampton
  • Dr Mary Stakelum, Royal College of Music
  • Professor Graham Welch, UCL Institute of Education

Sempre Committee

The Sempre committee comprises key postholders (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Conference Secretary, Marketing and Development Officer, Membership Secretary, Electronic Media Officer, Student Representatives), a small number of other senior research academics and the Editors of the SEMPRE journals. Formal minutes are kept by the Sempre administrator.

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Sempre conference series publications

Complimenting Sempre 's own and affiliated conferences is the Society's Conference Book Series edited by Dr Evangelos Himonides.

If you are considering running an affiliated conference and would like to enquire about the official publication of the conference proceedings, please contact: e.himonidesucl.ac.uk

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Contact

The Sempre Administrator

  • Josephine Borradaile
  • Collage Artspace 2
  • 4, Coburg Road
  • London, N22 6UJ
  • United Kingdom
  • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Routledge-Sempre Book Series

In addition to our three journals, Music & Science, Psychology of Music and Research Studies in Music Education, Sempre has signed an agreement with Routledge to promote the latest research to a wider audience on popular topical themes under the heading Sempre Studies in the Psychology of Music, the first such series of its type internationally.

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