Conference themes of the German Society for Music Psychology since 1985

1. The musical environment (Hannover 1985)

2. 2nd annual conference (research in progress; survey of music psychology. Munich 1986)

3. Cognitive structures and aesthetic experiences (Hamburg 1987)

4. Perception of time and rhythm in music (Hannover 1988)

5. The influence of music (Klingenmünster/Pfalz 1989)

6. Cultural development and musical consciousness (Schwäbisch Gmünd 1990)

7. Musical sensibility and creativity (Bremen 1991)

8. Music as a medium – music in the media (Karlsruhe 1992)

9. Musical development in lifetime perspective (Münster 1993)

10. Music psychology between emotion and cognition (Hannover 1994)

11. Musical expression (Bremen 1995)

12. How music is received at the end of the century (Freiburg 1996)

13. Music psychology – Musicology – Music education: dialogue between the sciences (Rostock 1997)

14. The musician's personality (Dortmund 1998)

15. Musical perception and its context (Karlsruhe 1999)

16. Musical talent and expertise (Freiburg 2000)

17. Music in everyday life – The social psychology of music (Hildesheim 2001)

18. Voice and singing – Psychological aspects (Magdeburg 2002)

19. Exp(ear)ience! Science in music - Music in science (Joint conference with the 5th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, ESCOM; Hanover 2003)

20. Music learning at school and elsewhere (Paderborn 2004)

21. Music and memory (Würzburg 2005)

22. Music and Emotion (Freiburg 2006)

23. Music and Identity (Gießen 2007)

24. Music psychology in context of... (Hanover 2008)

25. Music psychology and popular music (Kassel 2009) 

26. Creativity - Strucutre and Emotion (Würzburg 2010)

27. Music and Health (Osnabrück 2011)

28. Music – Psychology– Pedagogics (Bremen 2012)

29. Music and Family (Frankfurt 2013)

30. Applied music psychology (Erlangen 2014)