Name: Teaching for Vulnerability in Popular Music Performance
Start: 2026-06-06T09:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-06T09:25:00-0400

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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.

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Teaching for Vulnerability in Popular Music Performance

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:25am EDT

Volpe 102

Vulnerability is often viewed as a liability in school music performances, but it can also be a powerful asset for musicians to forge feelings of connection amongst audience members. This presentation explores how teachers could approach discussing vulnerability in a popular music classroom for the benefit of students.

Speakers

M. W. Degan

Doctoral Candidate, Boston University

M. W. Degan is a public-school music teacher in Massachusetts, U.S.A., and a doctoral candidate in Music Education at Boston University, where he also earned Masters in Music Education and Ethnomusicology. His research interests include investigating how individuals conceptualize... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Culture and Belonging

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