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2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference - Registration now open!

Registration is now open for the 2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference! The conference will be held on Thursday 16th April 2026 for postgraduate and early career researchers in the fields of music psychology and music education.

2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference - Call for submissions

The 2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference will take place on 16 April 2026 at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, hosted by CMS and Goldsmiths.

Harin Lee wins best student paper award at ISMIR 2025

Harin Lee won the best student paper award at ISMIR 2025 for 'GlobalMood: A cross-cultural benchmark for music emotion recognition'.

2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference - Save the date!

The 2026 SEMPRE PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday 16th April 2026, jointly hosted by CMS and Goldsmiths.

Maddie Jones starting PhD at Bristol University

Maddie Jones, who did an undergraduate dissertation project at the CMS, has been awarded a full PhD scholarship to study at Bristol University.

Nicky Swett successfully defends PhD

Nicky Swett has successfully defended his PhD thesis on Hans Keller's Wordless Functional Analysis as a Theory of Musical Comparison.

New paper: Computational analysis of improvised music at scale

Jazz Trio Database paper published in TISMIR on automated annotation of jazz piano trio recordings using audio source separation.

Library exhibition: Music and Science

Harriet Edwards has curated a library exhibition entitled 'Music and Science: Exploring the Scientific Principles Behind Musical Phenomena' at St John's College Library.