APME Miami 2026: Grid

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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Thesis Hotel Miami Coral Gables	Virtual

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💃🏻🍸WELCOME SALSA RECEPTION 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Celebrating Popula...

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Hormel Music Innovation	Knight Center Lobby	MMS Mixing Studio	Music Engineering Classroom 130	Newman Recital Hall	PLF North 330	Titanic Brewery & Restaurant	Various	Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall	Volpe 101	Volpe 102	Volpe 103	Volpe 106	Volpe 203	Volpe 207

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🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost P... 8:30am - 9:00am

☕️CAFECITO BREAK + POP UP PERFOR... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

🍿Take Me To The River New Orleans Happy Hour 5:00pm - 6:00pm

⏰ TRANSITION & 🏎️...

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♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

❤️ Immersive Productions, From Studio to Stage 2:00pm - 2:55pm

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

👋OPENING WELCOME

🔑KEYNOTE TBA! 9:15am - 10:00am

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: OSCEOLA ROCKS 10:15am - 11:15am

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: GADSEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 11:20am - 12:20pm

🍏THE LUNCH SET AMPE LIVE Student Clinic: Kathlee... 12:30pm - 1:15pm

🍏THE LUNCH SET APME LIVE Student Clinic: Julian... 1:15pm - 2:00pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: WITHIN 2:00pm - 3:00pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: PINE CREST SCHOOL (Boca Raton) 3:30pm - 4:30pm

💃🏻🍸APME LIVE Happy Hour: HIVE HONORS & OSCEOLA ROCKS 5:00pm - 7:00pm

🌮LUNCH + 📍CHAPTER MEET UPS! 12:20pm - 2:00pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: HIVE HONORS 10:15am - 11:15am

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: UP IN THE AIR 11:20am - 12:20pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: POLYPHONICS 2:00pm - 3:00pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: AVIATOR LATIN BAND 3:30pm - 4:30pm

🍎APME LIVE Orientation + ❤️ METRICS OF MUSIC 10:30am - 11:15am

🍎Pop Vocal Techniques with Garrett Michael Thoma... 11:30am - 12:15pm

🍎Ask An Artist Manager! 2:00pm - 2:45pm

🍎Social Media, Monetizing Your Music, Stage Pres... 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Preparing the Future-Ready Musician: Adaptabilit...

Ukulele in the Classroom: A Survey of Elementary...

Live Is the Lesson: What Live Performance Teaches Us About... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Turning the Band Room Up to 11: Popular Music Pe...

MIDI in Music Education Training & Certification...

Beyond the Stand: Lessons From a Podcast Explori...

Improving Guitar Sight-Reading with Movable Do S...

Creativity in the Popular Music Classroom Contex...

Popular Music in Elementary Music Methods Courses 2:00pm - 2:55pm

The Rhythms & Rituals of New Orleans 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Demystifying Melody Creation! 3:30pm - 3:55pm

Too Many Notes? I HIGHLY Doubt It!

Tradition Meets Today: Bad Bunny as a Springboar...

Opening the Magic Door: Songwriting as a Pathway...

Amplifying the Future: Powering Up a High School...

Don't Get Sued, Get Educated: Smart Sampling Pra...

Walking on the edge: is band rehearsal needed at...

Fusing Musical Cultures: Developing Intercultura...

A narrative investigation of one songwriter's jo...

From Import to Score in Minutes: Fast Dorico Wor...

Words & Music: Embedding Popular Music Education...

"AI"-nt It Grand? More Music-Making, Less Paper-...

Going from “good job” to useful insights: Helping young pop musi... 11:20am - 12:20pm

Increasing Student Engagement in Popular Music Ensembles 11:20am - 12:20pm

Song Structure Simplified! 11:20am - 12:20pm

Helping Music Students Find Their Ikigai 11:20am - 12:20pm

Pop Theory in Practice: Teaching the Building Blocks of Mo... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Voice Memo to Full Demo in Minutes

The Metrics of Music: The New, Free Educator Res...

SUNO STUDENT PANEL 4:30pm - 4:55pm

❤️ MLC 10:20am - 10:45am

AI Music Tools in the Classroom: Effects on Stud...

Future Sounds: Soul Science Lab on Music, Culture, and Inn... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Bring the Power of Hip Hop into Your Classroom with Soul S... 3:30pm - 4:25pm

Rockin' the Public Domain: What I Learned about...

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Hormel Music Innovation	Lakeside Patio Stage	Music Engineering Classroom 130	Newman Recital Hall	PLF North 330	Various	Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall	Volpe 101	Volpe 102	Volpe 103	Volpe 106	Volpe 203	Volpe 207

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☕️CONFERENCE CHECK IN & COFFEE 8:00am - 9:00am

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost P... 8:00am - 8:30am

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost P... 8:30am - 9:00am

☕️CAFECITO BREAK + POP UP PERFOR... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

🎉APME LIVE STUDENT FESTIVAL! 5:00pm - 8:00pm

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Immersive Productions, From Stage to Studio 2:00pm - 2:55pm

❤️ FOCUSRITE GROUP: IMMERSIVE PRODUCTIONS, FROM STUDIO TO... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

🔑KEYNOTE PANEL: TBA! 9:00am - 9:45am

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🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE: CAFÉ CON LECHE ENSEMBLE 10:15am - 11:15am

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: MI ENSEMBLE 11:20am - 12:20pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: INDIGO LANE 2:00pm - 3:00pm

🌮APME LIVE LUNCH EVENTS: SPONSORED BY SPLICE: DIGITAL MUSIC SHOW... 12:30pm - 1:30pm

🌮LUNCH + 🍹BLOGARITA PARTY! 12:30pm - 2:00pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: HIVE ACOUSTIC 10:15am - 11:15am

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: INTERLOCHEN 11:20am - 12:20pm

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: REPOST 2:00pm - 3:00pm

🍎How To Practice, Developing Chops, Working On B... 10:30am - 11:15am

🍎Performing As Communication, Engaging the Audie... 11:30am - 12:15pm

🍎Songwriting Workshop 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Private-Sector Popular Music Schools: Locations,...

Revitalizing K–12 Popular Music: Lessons from Mu...

Popping with Intention: Understanding the Role o...

Incorporating Informal Music Learning Pedagogy t...

Songwriting in the Round: A Tool for Connection 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Is Popular Music Education Too Creative? A Philo...

Hip Hop Crate Digging as Method: Embodied Listen...

Part 1: Moving to the Pulse of EDM Music

Part 2: Moving to the Pulse of Country Two-Step

Part 3: Moving to the Pulse of Salsa Music

Beyond the Elective: Hip-Hop as Core Musicianshi...

Nu Deco Panel 2:00pm - 2:55pm

The "Pop Music Pyramid” – Constructing Holistic,...

Who Played That? College Music Education Student...

When Notation Runs Out: A Framework for Style Wh...

Reinforcing Music Theory Understanding with Popu...

Using Breezin Thru Theory/Composing in your music classroom 11:20am - 12:20pm

Tarnish the Shiny Object: evaluating the learnin...

Teaching Latin American Popular Music: Resources, Challeng... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Arranging for Voices, Horns & Strings

Responding to the challenges of liquid modernity

Teaching the Modern Music Career: Influencers, A...

Toward an Expanded Music Will Framework: A Colle...

Lessons from the first AI Songwriting course. Berklee students t... 11:20am - 12:20pm

Past as Palette: Historically Informed Covers as Pedagogical and... 11:20am - 12:20pm

Can You Hear the Difference? Music Education Students’ Perceptio... 11:20am - 12:20pm

Sampling as a Foundational Skill in Music Education 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Work Smarter, Sound Better: Bringing Industry-St...

HERStory: an album concept celebrating female co...

Defanging the Canon Monster: Reducing the Fricti...

Teaching and Learning Curriculum and Tools for Popular Mus... 10:50am - 11:45am

From Hooks to Harmonies: Wind Instruments in Popular Music... 2:00pm - 2:55pm

Finding Performance Shangri-La: Developing Metho...

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Hormel Music Innovation	Music Engineering Classroom 130	Newman Recital Hall	PLF North 330	Volpe 102	Volpe 103	Volpe 106	Volpe 203	Volpe 207

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☕️CONFERENCE CHECK IN & COFFEE 8:00am - 9:00am

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost P... 8:00am - 8:30am

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost P... 8:30am - 9:00am

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

✨CLOSING SESSION 12:00pm - 12:30pm

🎊Jam Session! 9:00am - 10:00am

🎊Jam Session! 11:30am - 12:30pm

Teaching for Vulnerability in Popular Music Perf...

What Makes Songs Sound “Substantially Similar”?...

Student-Led Ensembles in Middle and High School

The Marginalized Voice of East Asian Immigrant M...

Crafting Fan Personas: A 3-Step AI Prompting Mod...

Using SongHub to Collaborate & Register Song Rig...

Authentic Drum Kit Pedagogy: New resources avail...

The Neuroscience of Better Practice

Navigating The Fog: A Feminist Ethical Framework...

Repertoire/Genre Selection in Modern Band Classr...

Beyond the Band Room: Assessing '21st Century Mu...

Feed It Forward: Embedding Reflective Practice a...

Amplifying Access: Rock Ensemble as a Catalyst f...

Strengthening Improvisation Practices in the Orc...

Loop Lottery: Creating Beats without Sound

From Waveform to Meaning: Teaching Music in the Age of AI 9:00am - 9:55am

Building Urban Music Programs: What Colleges Are...

Orchestration for Pop Creators: Adding Dorico to...

Relationships between Perceived Popularity, Desi...

Informally Educated vs. Formally Educated Musici...

Projects in Action: Real-World Release Strategies for Musi... 9:00am - 9:55am

Segregated Sounds: Subalternity within Contemporary Salsa... 10:00am - 10:55am

Self-Produced Songs: Technology, Agency, and the...

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