Cfp: SEMPRE 2015 conference on Music and Health/postgraduate study day

Music and Health postgraduate day,

Paper and poster submissions are invited for the 2015 SEMPRE conference on Music and Health/postgraduate study day, Glasgow Caledonian University, 21^st and 22^nd October 2015.

 

See the call for papers at:

 

http://www.smhn.hss.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/sempre_smhn_2015_call_for_papers.pdf

 

Submissions are invited for:

 

- The SEMPRE Study day on Music Psychology and Education, Wed 21^st October. This day is for postgraduate students and we invite work which focuses on music psychology and/or music education, but which may encompass a variety of related disciplines. Submissions should take the form of a 200 word abstract which clearly describes the research area and its relevance to music psychology or music education.

 

- The SEMPRE Conference on Music and Health, Thursday 22^nd October. Music is fundamental to human social life around the world, and there is growing evidence that music can have a profound influence upon health and wellbeing. Submissions are invited on research which explores the relationship between music and health, and which may encompass music listening, music performance, music therapy, community music or other topics which clearly relate to the conference theme. Submissions should take the form of a structured 300 word abstract, using the format:  Aims, methods, results, conclusions.

 

The deadline for submissions for the study day and conference is Monday July 20th 2015. Please submit abstracts to Don Knox, conference organiser at d.knox at gcu.ac.uk

 

The study day and conference are organised in association with the Scottish Music and Health Network (SMHN). Delegates from the SEMPRE events on 21^st and 22^nd are also invited to attend the third meeting of the SMHN on Friday 23^rd Oct.

 

Further details on registration, delegate fees and the venue will be released soon via the SMHN website:

 

http://www.smhn.hss.ed.ac.uk/