The Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (APSCOM) consists of:

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The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS'09) will be held on Auckland, New Zealand on December 15 - 18, 2009. APSCOM is affiliated to the conference, and members of APSCOM are eligible for reduced registration rates, details of which are availabe at the conference website, http://www.performancescience.org/.

Here is the call for papers (PDF).

WHEN WAS APSCOM FORMED?

Formed in January 1 2001, the first official meeting of APSCOM was held during the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society for Music Perception & Cognition, May 2001 at Kyushu Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan. The founding President of APSCOM has outlined the history of the formation of APSCOM. Click here to Prof Ohgushi's 2005 address.

WHY DOES APSCOM EXIST?

The three societies in Japan, Korea and Australia are managed independently.

Under APSCOM the three societies cooperate to:

• foster research and collaboration in the cognitive science of music; and
• promote communication and friendship among researchers in the Asia-Pacific region.

APSCOM also represents the Asia-Pacific area for the biennial International Conference on Music Perception & Cognition (ICMPC7). Organisation of ICMPC is currently overseen by the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) and the Society for Music Perception & Cognition (SMPC).

APSCOM MEETINGS

The first official APSCOM meeting was held during the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society for Music Perception & Cognition, May 2001, Kyushu Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan.

APSCOM 1 held jointly with ICMPC7, Sydney, July 17-21, 2002
LINK: http://marcs.uws.edu.au/events/conferences/archive/2002/icmpc7/index.html

APSCOM 2 Ewha Womans University, Seoul, August 4-6 2005
LINK: Click here for Prof Ohgushi's Welcome Address at APSCOM 2

APSCOM 3 held jointly with ICMPC10, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, August 25-29, 2008
LINK: http://icmpc10.psych.let.hokudai.ac.jp/