Several active societies for empirical research in music have been formed in the past two decades. Brief descriptions of these societies (listed alphabetically) are given below, along with links to their web sites.

AMPS

The Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) is a forum for the discussion of scholarly research on the intersection of music and psychology. AMPS research seminars are held monthly.
http://marcs.uws.edu.au/links/amps/index.htm

APSCOM

The Asia-Pacific Society for Cognitive Sciences of Music (APSCOM) exists to coordinate the efforts of, and foster communication among, members of AMPS, JSMPC, and KSMPC.
http://marcs.uws.edu.au/events/conferences/archive/2002/icmpc7/apscom.htm

JSMPC

The Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition (JSMPC) is an academic society of researchers with various backgrounds, interested in topics related to the perception and cognition of music.
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsmpc/index-e.html

KSMCP

The Korean Society of Music Perception and Cognition (KSMCP) is an organization of psychologists and musicologists with a special interest in music perception and cognition. The KSMPC sponsors numerous seminars on various aspects of musical perception, performance, learning, and acoustics.
http://www.ksmpc.org/

SMPC

The Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) is a not-for-profit organization for researchers and others interested in music perception and cognition. SMPC hosts biennial conferences to present new research in the area of music cognition, and distributes an annual newsletter. http://www.musicperception.org/