NAMM Foundation Supports Music Research through Sponsorship of 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition
The NAMM Foundation announced today that it will sponsor the 11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) Aug. 23-27, 2010, which is being held at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Wash.
The ICMPC is a collective of research societies from different parts of the world, including the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC), the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), and Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (APSCOM), which includes the Japanese Society for Music Perception & Cognition (JSMPC), the Korean Society for Music Perception and Cognition (KSMPC) and the Australian Music &Psychology Society (AMPS). Through their combined efforts, these societies have produced a biennial international research conference since 1989.
ICMPC is committed to interdisciplinary research reflecting many specialties, methods and individuals from around the world who share an interest in the scientific study of musical thought and behavior. Psychologists, educators, theorists, therapists, performers, computer scientists, ethnomusicologists and neuroscientists come together to share the progress of the research being conducted in their respective disciplines.
Keynote speakers will include Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, a NAMM Foundation-funded music researcher and associate professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School, chief of the division of cerebrovascular disorders at BIDMC, and director of the Music, Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratories at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Also speaking will be Dr. Petri Toiviainen, professor of music at the University of Jyväskylä and leader of the university’s Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research and of the Music, Mind and Technology master’s program. Toiviainen obtained his Ph.D. in musicology in 1996 from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
“The NAMM Foundation is again supporting this gathering of world-renowned music researchers and professionals who are exploring the many aspects of music’s affect on the brain and human functions,” said Mary Luehrsen, executive director of the NAMM Foundation. “The Foundation is dedicated to advancing active participation in music making for people of all ages, and supporting research about the many benefits of making music.”
For more information about the upcoming conference, visit http://depts.washington.edu/icmpc11/
About the NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission of advancing active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs from the international music products industry. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.
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The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit trade association representing the $18.1 billion global music products industry, with a mission to strengthen the music industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music. Comprised of more than 9,000 member companies and individual professionals worldwide, NAMM supports an industry that employs more than 400,000 people globally. Through its programs, events and advocacy efforts, NAMM advances a shared vision of a thriving, innovative and inclusive music products industry where every person has access to the joy of music-making. NAMM also operates The NAMM Foundation, investing in the future of music through the support of education, global grantmaking and featured programs that expand participation in music across all ages and stages of life. Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., NAMM serves as a leading voice for the global music products industry through public policy, advocacy, education and other member services. For more information, visit NAMM.org, and learn more about NAMM’s Vision, Mission & Objectives at NAMM About Page.