41st annual conference “Psychology of Music Making” (2025, Freiburg)

Organizers

Prof. Dr. Clemens Wöllner

Prof. Dr. Dr. Claudia Spahn

Date:
Location:

September 12-14, 2025
Freiburg University of Music

The conference is being planned, the activation of the submission of contributions and all relevant information will follow!
Pricing table

Non-members

DGM-members

Conference

Full: 120€
Student: 60€

Full: 90€
Student: 45€

Day ticket

Full: 70€
Student: 35€

Full: 50€
Student: 25€

Conference Topic

The 41st annual conference of the German Society for Music Psychology is dedicated to one of the central topics of music research. Active music-making faces opportunities and challenges in view of the diversity of globally available music, technical developments and differentiated reception possibilities. Contributions are invited on three thematic perspectives:
(1) Questions of music-psychological interpretation research with regard to expertise and expressivity, among other things,
(2) socio-psychological dimensions of music-making in ensembles or with regard to transfer and pedagogy,
(3) the influence of AI and hybrid instruments on human music-making and the experience of agency and liveness.
Of course, contributions on all musical genres and on making non-Western music are welcome.
As always, there will also be free contributions on other topics. The Doc.Workshop will take place on September 11 and 12. All information on registration will be communicated in good time via the newsletter and the website.

Submission of contributions

Scientific contributions can be submitted on the conference theme or as free contributions. The presentation formats are: Talk (20 minutes, 10 minutes discussion) or poster (A0 portrait format, incl. presentation); both are considered scientifically equivalent by the DGM. Abstracts should be submitted via ConfTool by May 1, 2025 (the platform is expected to be activated at the end of March 2025).
Each paper must clearly state the research question and be structured into background, methodology, results and conclusion. After anonymous review of the submissions, the authors will receive feedback on inclusion in the conference program by 15 June 2025. If the number of positively reviewed presentations is high, some contributions will be accepted as posters. Revised versions of the abstracts (maximum 500 words) in print-ready German or English should be submitted for the digital conference reader by July 15, 2025. Submissions that arrive after the deadline or do not meet the formal requirements cannot be considered.
A poster prize for a young scientist without a doctorate (first author) will be awarded during the conference. Please indicate in your submission whether you are applying for this prize.

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