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Special Issue, 2026: Call for Proposals
Proposals should be sent electronically to the incoming editor-in-chief:
Dr. Geoff Luck (geoff.luck@jyu.fi)
Since 2013 Musicae Scientiae has published four issues almost every year, one of which is usually a special issue. The following special issues have appeared to date:
2013: Replication in music psychology (Ed. Timo Fischinger)
2014: Music and emotion – Empirical and theoretical perspectives (Ed. Geoff Luck)
2015: The AIRS test battery of singing skills (Eds. Helga Gudmundsdottir & Annabel Cohen)
2016: Music as emotion regulation (Ed. Suvi Saarikallio)
2016: Tracking the creative process (Eds. Nicolas Donin & Caroline Traube)
2017: Music, health, and wellbeing (Eds. Gunter Kreutz & Urs Nater)
2018: Virtuosity (Ed. László Stachó)
2018: Creative conceptual blending in music (Eds. Emilios Cambouropoulos, Danae Stefanou, Costas Tsougras)
2019: Expressive interaction with music (Eds. Micheline Lesaffre, Edith Van Dyck, Marc Leman)
2021: Social impact of music making (Eds. Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Lukas Pairon)
2022: Identity and music (Eds. Karen Burland, Dawn Bennett and Guadalupe López-Íñiguez)
2023: Supporting musicians’ growth: Maria Manturzewska in memoriam (Eds. Maria Chełkowska-Zacharewicz, Julia Kaleńska-Rodzaj and Anna Antonina Nogaj).
In 2025 the Special Issue will be entitled Music making and music listening: Challenges and opportunities today, to be edited by Alice Chirico and Alfredo Raglio.
We are now accepting proposals for the special issue that is currently scheduled to appear in June 2026. Those interested are requested to send a proposal of no more than 1000 words describing
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the scope of the proposed theme
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the authors and papers to be featured in the issue, within the constraints below
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how manuscripts submitted by contributors for whom English is not their native language will be handled, in terms of their professional language editing.
Special issues can be no more than 60,000 words long. This represents 130-140 printed pages, so only 6-7 manuscripts can be accepted, in total.
Proposers should make a case justifying the dedication of a special issue to their particular theme and its topicality. Proposals should demonstrate that the special issue would have overall coherence. Those making proposals should highlight their existing editorial experience. If their proposal is accepted, they will be expected to identify reviewers who are both willing and able to review by the specified deadlines for each manuscript to be considered. Proposers will also be expected to act as guest editors for the special issue, to communicate with contributors with regard to revisions, and ultimately to be responsible for producing an issue containing a strong and coherent collection of articles. One member of the editorial board will be assigned to work with the guest editors in overseeing the refereeing process to ensure that the individual articles and the collection as a whole meet the quality standards of the journal.
Proposals should be submitted no later than 20 December 2024. The editor-in-chief will communicate his decision as to which of the proposals will be accepted in early January 2025.
It is imperative that guest editors should identify reviewers who are willing and available to review before manuscripts are submitted to the journal. The deadlines for the process from submission of manuscripts to submission of final copy to Production will be as follows:
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1 June 2025: Authors to submit manuscripts to Musicae Scientiae (MSX) via Scholar One portal.
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5 June 2025: GEs to check manuscripts and send to already-identified reviewers.
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20 July 2025: Reviewers to return reviews to MSX.
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1 August 2025: GEs to read reviews, request revisions and return manuscripts to authors.
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15 September 2024: Authors to submit revised manuscripts directly to GEs.
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31 October 2025: GEs to work with authors on revisions and ask authors to submit revised manuscripts to MSX.
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2 November 2025: GEs to send manuscripts to reviewers.
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16 November 2025: Reviewers to return 2nd reviews to MSX.
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15 December 2025: GEs to read reviews and work with authors to prepare all-but-final manuscripts. GEs to send them directly to EIC.
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Dec 2025 – Jan 2026: EIC to work with authors on final edits and request final copy to be submitted to MSX for formal acceptance.
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Final copy to Production 31 January 2026.
Proposals should be sent electronically to the incoming editor-in-chief:
Dr. Geoff Luck (geoff.luck@jyu.fi)
Irène Deliège, an obituary
Irène Deliège (1933 - 2024)
C'est avec une grande tristesse que nous vous annonçons le décès de notre fondatrice, la Docteure Irène Deliège, survenu le samedi 11 mai 2024.
De 1991 à 2009, Irène Deliège a été la secrétaire générale de l'ESCOM et rédactrice en chef de sa revue Musicae Scientiae. Elle a organisé ou co-organisé plusieurs de nos réunions internationales et a coédité plusieurs ouvrages issus de ces rencontres. Plus récemment, elle a fondé le Fonds de traduction Irène Deliège d'ESCOM, qui a financé la traduction d'œuvres fondamentales de la science musicale de leur langue originale vers l'anglais.
Il est important de dire que nous devons l'existence et la santé continue de l'ESCOM à la clairvoyance et au dévouement d'Irène Deliège, sans parler de ses remarquables compétences organisationnelles.
Des hommages plus complets et des célébrations de sa vie et de son œuvre suivront dans les mois à venir, mais pour l'instant, au nom de tous ceux qui ont bénéficié de ce qu'elle a fondé et soutenu, nous adressons nos plus sincères condoléances à ceux qui lui étaient proches et à ceux qui pleurent sa disparition.
Le Comité exécutif d’ESCOM
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Irène Deliège (1933 - 2024)
It is with great regret that we report the passing of our founder, Dr Irène Deliège, on Saturday 11th May 2024.
From 1991 to 2009 Irène Deliège was the General Secretary of ESCOM, and founding editor of its journal Musicae Scientiae. She was organiser or co-organiser of several of our international meetings, and co-editor of a number of books which arose from these meetings.
Latterly she founded the ESCOM Irène Deliège Translation Fund which has been responsible for funding the translation of seminal works of music science from their original language to English.
It is fair to say that we owe ESCOM’s existence and continuing health to the farsightedness and dedication of Irène Deliège, to say nothing of her prodigious organisational skills.
Fuller tributes to and celebrations of her life and work will follow in the months to come, but for the moment, and on behalf of all who have benefitted from what she started and sustained, we send our deepest condolences to those close to her and those who are grieving her passing.
The ESCOM Executive Committee
The next SEMPRE spring conference will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK, on 9 and 10 April 2025.
The theme of the conference is Intersections between music psychology and education. The keynote speakers will be Professor Karen Burland and Professor Daniel Müllensiefen.
Abstracts are invited for individual oral presentations (papers), posters and symposia. Only one first-authored submission should be made in each category.
Individual papers will be 15 minutes long. They can be given in person or remotely via video conference.
Posters can only be given in person.
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Abstracts for papers and posters should be no more than 200 words and structured, setting out the context, aims, methods, results / findings and implications of the research (citations and references should not be included).
Symposia should consist of 3 to 5 linked papers, an introduction and a concluding panel discussion, with a time limit for the whole symposium of 1 hour 40 minutes. The majority of papers within a symposium should be given in person.
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Abstracts for symposia should include a rationale for the symposium (no more than 200 words) followed by an abstract for each of the papers included in the symposium.
Abstracts must be submitted via https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76889/submitter.
Deadlines:
· Abstract submission: 31 January 2025
· Acceptances to authors: 11 February 2025
· Applications for conference awards to SEMPRE: 14 February 2025
· Registration: 28 February 2025
· Submission of video presentations: 14 March 2025.
The Aubrey Hickman Award is offered biennially to a postgraduate researcher or early career researcher (see http://www.sempre.org.uk/awardshickman for more information). Abstracts for this award (2000-3000 words) must be submitted to SEMPRE@hull.ac.uk by 17 January 2025.
Webinar Series on Researchers' Wellbeing by Early-Career Musicology Researchers
Dear colleagues,
We are excited to invite you to the Researchers’ Wellbeing Webinar Series, supported by the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. The first webinar takes place next Wednesday (19th February), so take a look at the program and register via the link below!
Program:
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Webinar 1: February 19, 19:00 GMT – "Understanding the Key Factors Influencing Wellbeing and Perfectionism" by Cemre Soysal
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Webinar 2: March 19, 19:00 GMT – "Perfectionism Continued" by Cemre Soysal
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Webinar 3: April 16, 19:00 GMT – Topic to be announced
Cemre Soysal will lead the first two sessions, starting with "Understanding the Key Factors Influencing Wellbeing and Perfectionism." To enhance your experience, she has prepared short exercises, so we recommend bringing a pen and paper.
Soysal is a counsellor with extensive experience working with both young people and adults. Through her work in therapy, she recognised that prevention is more impactful than crisis intervention. Since then, she has dedicated her career to wellbeing and health coaching, helping individuals build resilience and long-term wellness.
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Register here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/6ECFA547B8E08CC9
We warmly welcome you to join, and feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested!
