APME Miami 2026: Full Schedule

Welcome to the APME Miami 2026 Conference!
Here you can register and update your Sched profile. A draft schedule will be available March 1, when you’ll be able to explore sessions and build your agenda.

Questions? Visit our website or email [email protected].

Join us June 4–6 at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, as we celebrate the rhythms, relationships, and revolutions shaping popular music education.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

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9:00am EDT

From Waveform to Meaning: Teaching Music in the Age of AI

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT

Volpe 203 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This panel explores how artificial intelligence categorizes and represents music. The session introduces practical tools such as segmentation, mix assistants, style transfer, stem separation, and adaptive practice while offering educators critical perspectives for thoughtfully integrating AI into popular music education.

Speakers

Dylan Gorenberg

Director of Music Technology, Golden West College

Dylan Gorenberg is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, and educator who has toured extensively across the U.S., EU, and U.K., performing in venues ranging from intimate clubs to arenas with over 50,000 attendees. He has also served as principal guitarist of the San Bernardino... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), HPME

9:00am EDT

Projects in Action: Real-World Release Strategies for Music Educators and Emerging Artists

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT

Volpe 207 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This panel showcases real-world release projects from classrooms and independent artists. Panelists share strategies, timelines, and case studies that demonstrate how release planning supports learning, creativity, and industry readiness. Attendees will gain practical tools for integrating equitable, sustainable release practices into diverse educational contexts.

Speakers

Kat Reinhert

Professor/CEO, Berklee College of Music/Songwriting for Music Educators

Kat Reinhert is a genre-defying songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. She has released five independently produced albums and collaborated with artists like Anat Fort, Jo Lawry, Ross Pederson, Michael Leonhart, Josh Logan, Stephen Lit, and David Cook. Her songwriting... Read More →

Sarah Gulish

CEO, Songwriting for Music Education

Dr. Sarah Gulish is the CEO of F-Flat Books in Philadelphia, PA where she is also a professor at West Chester University and an active songwriter and performer with her band New Enemies as well as composer for film and musical theatre including the Broadway Musical “Amazing... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:55am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Culture and Belonging

Audience Performance

10:00am EDT

Segregated Sounds: Subalternity within Contemporary Salsa Dancing

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:55am EDT

Volpe 207 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

A panel presentation on how contemporary salsa dance's
segregated representation
isolates marginalized identities and obscures salsa’s political history and serves to
legitimize existing hierarchies of wealth, geography, race, and status.

Speakers

Nina Gumatay Diaz

PhD Student, University of Miami

Nina Gumatay Diaz (she/her) is a PhD student studying Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami. Prior to the program, she received her MA in English and Comparative Literature from the American University in Cairo... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:55am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Culture and Belonging