Sempre :: Society for Education and Music Psychology Research

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.

Activities

Sempre is engaged in three main areas of activity:

Publications: Three journals (M&S, PoM, RSME); a major book series (see: Routledge-Sempre Book Series); a conference series
Awards
Conferences

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.

Sempre conference series publications

Complimenting Sempre 's own and affiliated conferences is the Society's Conference Book Series founded and edited by Dr Evangelos Himonides, until June 2024.

If you are considering running an affiliated conference and would like to enquire about the official publication of the conference proceedings, please contact the sempre conference secretaries.

Contact

The Sempre Administrator

Josephine Borradaile
Collage Artspace 2
4, Coburg Road
London, N22 6UJ
United Kingdom
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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.