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.

3:00pm EDT

Celebrating Popular Songs and Collaboration in the Ensemble Setting

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Virtual

Conductor/composer Jonathan Allentoff will lead a dynamic Soundbite Session on celebrating popular songs in community, university, and professional ensemble settings. The presentation will highlight insights from Allentoff’s collaborative concerts with the Eastman Summer Studio Orchestra, Eastman Klezmer Ensemble, Brockport Symphony Orchestra, and the Flight 584 Big Band.

Speakers

Jonathan Allentoff

Music Director, Eastman/Hillel School/GPAS/Inception/Brockport Symphony Orchestra/TBE/Allentoff Music

Jonathan Allentoff is the music director of the Eastman Summer Studio Orchestra, Eastman Klezmer Ensemble, and the Brockport Symphony, Greece Community, and Temple Beth El Orchestras, associate conductor and principal arranger for the Brighton Symphony Orchestra, President of the... Read More →

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Virtual

👾 Virtual

3:00pm EDT

Resisting the Employability Agenda

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00pm - 3:15pm EDT

Virtual

There is a tendency in popular music education (PME) to focus solely on training students for employment within the music industries. However, how does this vocational focus negatively impact students? In this presentation, I critically examine PME’s preoccupation with entrepreneurialism and highlight how we might resist this vocational trend.

Speakers

Justin D. Fraser

PhD Student, University of British Columbia

Justin D. Fraser (he/him) is an educator, musician, and PhD student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Drawing on critical, poststructural, and anti-colonial theoretical perspectives, his research interests lie at the nexus of (popular) music education, social... Read More →

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Virtual

👾 Virtual

5:00pm EDT

💃🏻🍸WELCOME SALSA RECEPTION

Wednesday June 3, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Thesis Hotel Miami Coral Gables @ 1350 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

Come learn a little Salsa dance, have a drink, and gather with your people on the beautiful rooftop of the Thesis Hotel! Can't wait to see you there!

Wednesday June 3, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Thesis Hotel Miami Coral Gables 1350 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎉 Social

8:00am EDT

☕️ CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, BADGES, & COFFEE!

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Daily ☕️Coffee, 🍪Snacks, 📣Exhibitors, 🪘Acoustic Performances, and a space for conference goers to🛋️socialize :)

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

🎉 Social

8:30am EDT

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost Performer! CORTADITO

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Speakers

Roxana Amed

Lecturer, University of Miami

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

9:00am EDT

👋OPENING WELCOME

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am EDT

Newman Recital Hall @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Speakers

Raina Murnak

Head of Contemporary Voice and Performance Artistry, University of Miami

Dr. Raina Murnak serves as President of the Association for Popular Music Education and as Assistant Professor and Studio Director of Contemporary Voice and Performance Artistry at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where she also leads the MA in Popular Music Ped... Read More →

Candice Mattio

Assistant Professor, USC Thornton School of Music

Dr. Candice D. Mattio is Vice President of APME, and Assistant Professor of Music Teaching & Learning at USC’s Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles where she leads the graduate program in Popular Music Teaching & Learning .

She is a music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and music technology specialist. Candice's research focuses on creative thinking and representation in music technology education, and socio-political issues in contemporary and popular music education. She recently served as the inaugu... Read More →

Bryan Powell

Associate Professor, Montclair State University/Music Will

Dr. Bryan Powell is Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Technology, and Coordinator for the Recording Arts and Production degree at Montclair State University where he teaches classes in music education, music technology, popular music, and directs the Montclair State... Read More →

Stacey Swanson

PhD Student, Music Education, University of Miami

Stacey Swanson is a PhD student in Music Education at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, researching the intersection of artificial intelligence, music business, and music education. She serves as Director of Operations for the Association for Popular Music Education... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am EDT
Newman Recital Hall 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🔑KEYNOTE

9:15am EDT

🔑KEYNOTE TBA!

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT

Newman Recital Hall @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:15am - 10:00am EDT
Newman Recital Hall 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🔑KEYNOTE

10:00am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:10am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Experience Sony’s immersive Virtual Mixing Environment (VME) technology in a personalized 10-minute listening session.Using in-ear measurement microphones and precision calibration tones played through a professional studio speaker system, Sony creates a customized audio profile unique to your ears. Once calibrated, listeners can experience audio through headphones that recreates the sensation...
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Thursday June 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:10am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

10:00am EDT

⏰ TRANSITION & 🏎️ CHAPTER SPEED SOCIAL

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am EDT

Knight Center Lobby @ 5513 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Speakers

Rhian Bristol

Student, University of Southern California

Rhian Bristol is a dynamic musician, educator, and multi-instrumentalist. She is currently working on her Doctorate in Music Teaching and Learning at USC after completed her masters in Popular Music Teaching and Learning at the USC and earning her BFA in VoiceArts Performance, with... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am EDT
Knight Center Lobby 5513 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🎉 Social

10:10am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:10am - 10:20am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:10am - 10:20am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

10:15am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: HIVE HONORS

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

HIVE HONORS

Speakers

Stephen Gleason

Lecturer, University of Miami

Stephen Gleason is a New York born musician and educator with over 25 years of performance, composing, and academic achievements. With heavy roots in both jazz and popular music he’s carved-out a unique career arc that has spanned across 25 years.
Most recently he has contri... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

10:15am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: OSCEOLA ROCKS

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

OSCEOLA ROCKS

Speakers

Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Associate Professor of Music, York College / CUNY

Dr. Tom Zlabinger is an Associate Professor of Music at York College in New York City and a leading figure in popular music education, serving as Founding President of the Association of Popular Music Education's New York Chapter (APME-NY). With a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

10:20am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:30am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:30am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

10:20am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:20am EDT

❤️ MLC

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor session by The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)The MLC needs your help to educate the next generation of music creators about their rights, and we have resources to support you. The MLC was created by the Music Modernization Act of 2018 and its purpose is to collect digital mechanical royalties from interactive and download music services operating in the U.S. and to pay those...
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Speakers

Serona Elton

Head of Educational Partnerships, The MLC

Serona Elton serves as Head of Educational Partnerships for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC). In this role, Elton directs The MLC’s efforts to engage future members of the music industry currently studying music business and related subjects at colleges and universities... Read More →

Sponsors

MLC

The MLC needs your help to educate the next generation of music creators about their rights, and we have resources to support you.

The MLC was created by the Music Modernization Act of 2018 and its purpose is to collect digital mechanical royalties from interactive and download music services operating in the U.S. and to pay those royalties to rightsholders such as music publishers, publishing administrators

... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

10:20am EDT

Words & Music: Embedding Popular Music Education and Social and Emotional Learning Through Songwriting

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

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

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Words & Music teaching method supports songwriting and social emotional learning in the music classroom. This innovative approach provides teachers with intentional, embedded teaching strategies that help students craft original lyrics, build an emotional vocabulary, and learn how to compose music.

Speakers

Aaron Helvig

Director of School and Music Programs, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Aaron Helvig is the director of school and music programs at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In this role, he guides curriculum-based programs for school audiences, as well as music-centered programs that serve schools, community organizations and general museum visitors. Among his... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

10:20am EDT

Preparing the Future-Ready Musician: Adaptability and Creative Growth in Undergraduate Popular Music Students

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This research explores how popular music education can prepare students to thrive in an unpredictable creative economy. By examining adaptability centered pedagogies such as rapid iteration, interdisciplinary collaboration, reflective practice, and AI supported creativity, the study proposes a framework for cultivating confident flexible and future ready musicians.

Speakers

Theo Metz

Assistant Professor, Samford University

Based in Birmingham, AL, Theo Metz is a multifaceted audio specialist, educator, and dynamic performer with over a decade of experience in music technology, live sound, and audio production. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Samford University, Theo teaches courses in... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

10:20am EDT

Opening the Magic Door: Songwriting as a Pathway to Student Creativity

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This demonstration explores how imaginative songwriting prompts inspired by the children’s musical Magic Door invite students to discover their creative voices through songwriting. A higher education professor and a high school songwriter share practical strategies adaptable for general music, choral classrooms, and summer camps.

Speakers

Alena Holmes

Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Dr. Alena Holmes is a professor of music education at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, where she coordinates the music education program and teaches courses in music technology and music education. She is an active composer, lyricist, and librettist, having written family and children’s... Read More →

Tamara Yasin

student, Lennard High School

Tamara Yasin is a student in the Collegiate Program at Lennard High School (Ruskin, FL), as well as a singer, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist whose artistry has earned national and international recognition. She is the winner of the 2020 NAfME National Songwriting Competition and a three-time... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), K-12

10:30am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 10:40am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 10:40am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

10:30am EDT

🍎APME LIVE Orientation + ❤️ METRICS OF MUSIC

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Educator and Flutist Heather Fortune leads instrumental ensembles at Friends Select School in Center City, Philadelphia. Her inclusive approach centers student voice and choice, utilizes good music technology to empower learners, and builds responsive classroom spaces. Heather coaches... Read More →

Ruth Debrot

Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Boston University

I am interested in all things about teaching and learning. I sing, play guitar and keys in my band, Notorious Jones. Let's jam!

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

10:40am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:40am - 10:50am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:40am - 10:50am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

10:50am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:50am EDT

Amplifying the Future: Powering Up a High School–University Popular Music Collaboration

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Are you interested in starting a collaboration between a university and a high school in your area? In this demonstration, we will describe how we began a university-high school partnership in West Texas and provide a step-by-step plan for beginning a similar program in your community.

Speakers

Amy Moss

Director of Choral Activities, Frenship High School

Amy Moss is the director of choral studies at Frenship HS and is a vocal coordinator for Frenship ISD. She teaches traditional choir classes, show choir, music production, songwriting, and directs music for the fall musical. Her ensembles and students regularly receive superior ratings... Read More →

Shauna Pickens

Assistant Professor of Music Education, Texas Tech University

Dr. Shauna Satrom Pickens is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Texas Tech University. Her teaching responsibilities include brass methods, music technology, popular music pedagogy, graduate seminar, and supervision of student teachers. Her research is focused on teaching... Read More →

Phu Vu

Doctoral Candidate in Music Education, Texas Tech University

Phu Vu is a Ph.D. candidate and graduate part-time instructor in music education at Texas Tech University. A native of Saigon, Vietnam, he has taught piano, music technology, and general music in Vietnam, Atlanta-Georgia, and has performed as a collaborative pianist, keyboardist... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), HPME

10:50am EDT

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

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

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

This hybrid session shows music educators how AI can eliminate time-consuming tasks and unlock more creative space in modern band, general, and traditional music classrooms. Participants explore practical prompt-writing, rapid planning tools, and a live demo of differentiated project design, including a Suno-generated musical example to support student creativity across skill levels.

Speakers

Dr. Christopher Burns

Fine and Performing Arts Resource Specialist, School District of Osceola County

Dr. Christopher Burns is a music educator and arts-education leader whose work bridges creativity, technology, and access. As the Fine & Performing Arts Resource Specialist for the School District of Osceola County (FL), he supports K–12 music, theatre, visual art, and dance programs... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Technology

10:50am EDT

AI Music Tools in the Classroom: Effects on Student Perception and Self-Belief

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

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

This project investigates how access to generative and analytical AI music tools influences university music students’ self-efficacy, expectancy–value beliefs, and perceptions of AI. Using classroom-based interventions across multiple departments, the study identifies how AI exposure shapes creative interest, technology adoption, and students’ confidence in their own musicianship.

Speakers

Tom Collins

Associate Professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Tom Collins is Associate Professor of Music Engineering at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, and Principal Investigator of the Music Computing and Psychology Lab. His research bridges music perception, artificial intelligence, and creative technologies, with applications... Read More →

Anish Ghosh

Graduate Student & Researcher, University of Miami

Anish Ghosh is a Master’s student in Music Engineering at the University of Miami and a Research Assistant with the Concerts with Humans and Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) project. With a background spanning music business, production, and engineering, his work examines how emerging... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Technology

11:00am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:00am - 11:10am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:00am - 11:10am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:10am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:10am - 11:20am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:10am - 11:20am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:20am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:30am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:30am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:20am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:20am EDT

Don't Get Sued, Get Educated: Smart Sampling Practices for Modern Music Students

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Technology is vital in modern music education, utilizing tools like DAWs and online libraries. However, this introduces legal and ethical challenges regarding sampling and copyright. In this demonstration, educators will gain practical strategies and lesson frameworks to teach music tech ethics, balancing creative freedom with legal accountability.

Speakers

Meredith Allen

Director of Education, Splice

Meredith Allen is an award-winning educator, author, and passionate advocate for creative learning through music and technology. As Director of Business Development at Splice, she leads efforts to connect innovative tools with classrooms and music programs worldwide. Previously... Read More →

Jessica Muñiz

Assistant Professor of Music Business, University of North Texas

Jessica Muñiz is a music career consultant, composer/producer, and Assistant Professor of Music Business at the University of North Texas. She is also the Founder/Owner of NIZCO Music – a music career consulting company that helps musicians compose their careers to their own B.E.A.T... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), Culture and Belonging

11:20am EDT

Improving Guitar Sight-Reading with Movable Do Solfege

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This presentation shows why U.S. guitarists tend to lag behind their peers at single-line sight-reading. It proposes a path to expert-level proficiency that uses the opportunities created by a popular music upbringing and by the idiosyncrasies of the guitar. Local attendees are encouraged to bring guitars and participate in this workshop.

Speakers

Tim Fullerton

DMA Student, University of Southern California

Tim is pursuing a DMA in Studio Guitar at the University of Southern California, with a mission of bringing a popular music program to a university that does not have one. Splitting his time between San Diego and Los Angeles, Tim teaches and performs throughout Southern California... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Instrumental Pedagogy/Performance

Audience Performance

11:20am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: GADSEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

GADSEN ST. COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Speakers

Shane Colquhoun, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Buisness, Alabama State University

Dr. Shane Colquhoun is an Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Contemporary Musical Styles at Alabama State University and a nationally recognized voice in innovative music education. A two-time GRAMMY Music Educator Award quarterfinalist, he centers his work on expanding access... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

11:20am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: UP IN THE AIR

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

UP IN THE AIR

Speakers

Jesse Tyler Moore

Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Admissions Coordinator, Rock Ensemble Director, Instructor of Guitar and Bass Guitar, The Pennsylvania State University

Jesse Tyler Moore is an accomplished musician, administrator, and educator specializing in guitar and bass guitar instruction. With a deep passion for popular music genres such as rock, blues, funk, and metal, Jesse brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to his teaching. His... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

11:20am EDT

Going from “good job” to useful insights: Helping young pop musicians give better feedback and feedforward to their peers

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

This session shares a three-year action-research project on improving peer feedback in pop-band ensembles for 16–19-year-olds in Singapore. Findings highlight students’ growing critical-listening vocabulary, the social dynamics shaping their feedback, and practical strategies (scaffolds, modelled critique, and iterative performance–response cycles) to strengthen collaborative musicianship.

Speakers

Patrick Olsen

Assistant Professor of Music (Education), College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University

Patrick Olsen is an Assistant Professor of Music (Education) at Singapore Management University. He has experience teaching pop music to students ranging in age from primary to university. Patrick's research explores learning cultures, meaning-making, and student–teacher perceptions. Prior... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), Instrumental Pedagogy/Practice

11:20am EDT

Helping Music Students Find Their Ikigai

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

Ikigai is the Japanese concept of finding your reason for being. It brings together what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. It helps artists discover direction, meaning, and sustainable purpose in their creative lives.

Speakers

Cassandra Claude

Founder, Artistic Freedom Mentorship Program

As the visionary founder of the Artistic Freedom Mentorship Program, Cassandra Claude has dedicated her life to nurturing the creative spirits of emerging artists. She is not only an inspiring mentor but also the author of, "A Singer's Compass". As a writer, Cassandra's dedication... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), Business/ Entrepreneurship

11:20am EDT

Increasing Student Engagement in Popular Music Ensembles

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

This session will present research-informed strategies to strengthen student motivation in popular music classes. We’ll look at how choice, collaboration, and informal music-making can increase engagement. Participants will walk away with an understanding of how student motivation and techniques they can apply to their own classrooms.

Speakers

Dr. Kevin Coyne

Music Teacher, Waltham Public Schools

Dr. Kevin Coyne is a public-school music teacher in Massachusetts with more than 25 years of experience. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he also holds a master’s degree in music technology from Indiana University and a doctoral degree in music education from Boston University. Throughout... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), K-12

11:20am EDT

Song Structure Simplified!

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

Nickname’s for verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge to remember how they function both lyrically and musically. Analogies like the “Dramatic Roommate” and “Couch Therapy Session” to explain how verse and chorus connect. These song structure principles help pave a clear path forward for the incredible song ideas inside of you.

Speakers

Taylor Miranda

Private Music Teacher, Self-employed

My name is Taylor Miranda. Since the second grade I have been all in for songwriting and I have never stopped. I studied commercial music at BYU, have released 6 EPs of original music, and have had an incredible journey over the last 15 years in the world of custom music, writing... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55)

11:30am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:30am - 11:40am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:30am - 11:40am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:30am EDT

🍎Pop Vocal Techniques with Garrett Michael Thomas

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Garrett Michael Thomas

Adjunct Instructor of Commercial Voice, East Tennessee State University

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

11:40am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:40am - 11:50am EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:40am - 11:50am EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:50am EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:00pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

11:50am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:50am EDT

Walking on the edge: is band rehearsal needed at all?

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Is band rehearsal really necessary? This presentation describes how even first and second year students at Musiquea, a private modern music school in Spain, are able to execute outsanding performances onstage in front of an audience with no band rehearsal whatsoever.

Speakers

Mario de Inocencio

Founder and Director, Musiquea|Formación en Música Moderna

Mario de Inocencio is the founder and director of Musiquea|Formación en Música Moderna, a private music school based in Santander, northern Spain. Mario began his musical studies at the age of nine when he enrolled in piano lessons at a small school in Santander. During his adolescence... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25)

11:50am EDT

Ukulele in the Classroom: A Survey of Elementary General Music Teachers in North Carolina and Virginia

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic characteristics of ukulele teachers in North Carolina and Virginia, to explore the perceived benefits and challenges of implementing ukulele in the classroom, and to identify the curricular resources teachers employ in instruction.

Speakers

Jacqueline Secoy

Associate Professor, Music Education, Longwood University

Dr. Jacqueline Secoy is Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Education Program Coordinator at Longwood University. Her research interests include ukulele instruction, participatory music-making, popular music education, musician identity development, aural music learning... Read More →

Raychl Smith

Associate Professor of Music Education, East Carolina University

Dr. Raychl Smith is Associate Professor of Music Education at East Carolina University. Dr. Smith has previously served as Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Instructor of Music Education at Elon University. Prior... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

11:50am EDT

Creativity in the Popular Music Classroom Context

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Stop talking about creativity and start doing it. This hands-on session puts you in the student's seat to write original songs and improvise in real-time. Learn practical, scalable frameworks for facilitating composition and improvisation in the popular music classroom that you can use immediately.

Speakers

Stephen Cox

Music Education Program Director, Willis Wonderland Foundation

Stephen T. Cox is the Director of Music Education for the Willis Wonderland Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization founded in memory of legendary songwriter Allee Willis. Mr. Cox develops programs and curriculum around music education and songwriting for the foundation.. He is also... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), K-12

12:20pm EDT

🌮LUNCH + 📍CHAPTER MEET UPS!

Thursday June 4, 2026 12:20pm - 2:00pm EDT

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

Thursday June 4, 2026 12:20pm - 2:00pm EDT
Various

🎉 Social

12:30pm EDT

🍏THE LUNCH SET AMPE LIVE Student Clinic: Kathleen Juarez

Thursday June 4, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

KATHLENE JUAREZ

Speakers

Amanda Pasler

Thursday June 4, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

1:15pm EDT

🍏THE LUNCH SET APME LIVE Student Clinic: Julian Abramo

Thursday June 4, 2026 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

JULIAN ABRAMO

Speakers

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Thursday June 4, 2026 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

2:00pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:10pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:10pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

2:00pm EDT

🍎Ask An Artist Manager!

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Brian Wilkins

Founder/Lecturer, Aesthetic Music Group/Frost School of Music

BRIAN WILKINS - BIO Brian Wilkins is a manager, educator, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the music, education, and technology. Brian has held executive and creative positions at major record labels (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG/Universal... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

2:00pm EDT

❤️ Immersive Productions, From Studio to Stage

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsored session by Focusrite/Martin Audio

A cooperative discussion about effective teaching at the intersection of immersive studio and live production.

Speakers

Brad Berridge

US Market Development Manager, Focusrite/Martin Audio

John Merchant

Focusrite Group, Focusrite/Martin Audio

Sponsors

Focusrite Group

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

❤️ Sponsor Session, Technology

2:00pm EDT

Future Sounds: Soul Science Lab on Music, Culture, and Innovation

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

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

Join Chen Lo and Asante Amin of Soul Science Lab in a conversation facilitated by Carnegie Hall exploring the roots of Black music and its influence on hip hop. Through storytelling, creative dialogue, and behind-the-scenes insights into their artistic process, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how original projects are developed while also exploring career pathways within the...
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Speakers

Asante Amin

Co-Founder, Soul Science Lab

Asante Amin is a gifted multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator. He has shared the stage with several globally renowned artists, including Rhiannon Giddens, Jessica Care Moore, Blitz the Ambassador, Ismael Kouyaté, Mos Def, GZA, Wynton Marsalis, and others. Amin is... Read More →

Chen Lo

Co-Founder, Soul Science Lab

Chen Lo is an accomplished emcee, songwriter, educator and creative director. He has toured the globe as a musician delivering master classes and live performances. Lo has also shared the stage with the likes of Common, Erykah Badu, Rapsody, and The Last Poets. He is currently an... Read More →

Soul Science Lab

Artists, Soul Science Lab

MEET SOUL SCIENCE LAB
Soul Science Lab (SSL) is a music and multimedia duo powered by Chen Lo and Asante Amin. The two are storytellers who inspire the future. SSL is dedicated to empowering communities through original music, innovative storytelling, and arts education. The duo’s current projects include... Read More →

Gina Izzo

Manager, Learning and Engagement, Carnegie Hall

Manager of Learning and Engagement at Carnegie Hall, oversees Musical Explorers, connecting K–2 students to diverse musical communities. She supports teachers and young children in building core music skills through listening, singing, and movement with songs from around the... Read More →

Joanna Massey

Director, Learning and Engagement Programs, Carnegie Hall

Hailing from a family of educators, Joanna Massey serves as the Director of Learning & Engagement at Carnegie Hall, where she develops and leads programs that connect students, teachers, and young artists with inspiring musical experiences - helping them explore their creativity... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Performance

2:00pm EDT

Live Is the Lesson: What Live Performance Teaches Us About Building Artists, Artistry, and Audience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Live performance remains the most revealing, connective, and transformative space in music. This session explores what educators and student musicians can learn from every level of live performance—from global tours to small venues where artists compete for attention. Brian Wilkins (Manager, Educator, Technologist, Frost School of Music, University of Miami) and Tommy Merrill (Artist...
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Speakers

Brian Wilkins

Founder/Lecturer, Aesthetic Music Group/Frost School of Music

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Performance

2:00pm EDT

Pop Theory in Practice: Teaching the Building Blocks of Modern Hits

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

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

Music theory was originally developed to describe and explain the Euroclassical repertoire. While its foundations remain essential, relying on traditional theory alone to teach commercial songwriting and production is a bit like giving students an old map to navigate a city that has transformed. Drawing on systematic analysis of today’s chart-topping songs, this session introduces frameworks...
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Speakers

David Penn

Co-Founder, Hit Songs Deconstructed

David Penn is the co-founder of Hit Songs Deconstructed, a leading educational platform that provides detailed data and analysis on the craft and trends behind today’s hit songs. Often described as “music theory for popular music,” Hit Songs Deconstructed has become an essential... Read More →

Yael Penn

Co-Founder, Hit Songs Deconstructed

Yael Penn is the co-founder of Hit Songs Deconstructed, a leading music platform that provides detailed data and analysis on the craft and trends behind contemporary hit songs. Often described as "music theory for popular music," Hit Songs Deconstructed has become an essential resource... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), HPME

2:00pm EDT

Popular Music in Elementary Music Methods Courses

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

In this panel, the presenters will discuss innovative strategies for integrating popular music into elementary music teacher education. The panelists will share practical approaches for adapting traditional general music methods and overcoming institutional barriers. Attendees will gain actionable ideas to prepare preservice music teachers for teaching popular music in today’s elementary music...
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Speakers

Sandra S. Adorno

Associate Professor of Music Education, Florida International University

Dr. Sandra Sanchez Adorno is an associate professor of music education at Florida International University. She teaches courses in elementary general music, assessment and evaluation in music education, music psychology, and modern band. Sandra is certified in Orff-Schulwerk and World... Read More →

David Dockan

Assistant Professor of Music Education, Louisiana State University

David Dockan, PhD (he/him/his) is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Louisiana State University, where he teaches courses in elementary music methods, popular/commercial music techniques, and teaching music in diverse settings. Committed to helping teachers design curricula that reflect students’ musical... Read More →

Melissa Ryan

Assistant Professor of Music Education, University of New Mexico

Dr. Melissa Ryan is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. She specializes in inclusive and creative general music education, drawing on experience teaching music across the U.S. and abroad. Her work includes professional development for teachers and research on social... Read More →

Martina Vasil

Professor of Music Education, University of Kentucky

Martina Vasil, PhD, is Professor of Music Education and Director of Graduate Studies for the University of Kentucky School of Music. She is a board member of Music Will and past president of APME. Martina learned to salsa dance from Marlon Silva in Pittsburgh, PA and was... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), HPME

2:00pm EDT

The Rhythms & Rituals of New Orleans

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Experience the heartbeat of New Orleans through its music, rhythms, and traditions. Join GRAMMY-winning producer Martin Shore and Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. of the Wild Magnolias for an immersive journey from second line grooves to the powerful culture of the Mardi Gras Indians. Discover signature rhythms, chants, and the meaning behind “masking” as you explore how music and tradition connect...
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Speakers

Ashley Shabankareh

Director of Programs, Trombone Shorty Foundation

Emmett Price

Dean, Africana Studies, Berklee

Martin Shore

Presdient, Take Me To The River Education Initiative

Award-winning filmmaker/producer/musician Martin Shore is the founder of the Take Me to the River Education Initiative, a 501c3 dedicated to preserving musical tradition while bringing music education back to schools across the country and the world. Take Me To The River (2014... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Culture and Belonging

2:00pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: POLYPHONICS

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

POLYPHONICS

Speakers

Stephen Gleason

Lecturer, University of Miami

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

2:00pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: WITHIN

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

WITHIN

Speakers

Ruth Debrot

Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Boston University

I am interested in all things about teaching and learning. I sing, play guitar and keys in my band, Notorious Jones. Let's jam!

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

2:10pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:10pm - 2:20pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:10pm - 2:20pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

2:20pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:20pm - 2:30pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:20pm - 2:30pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

2:30pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:30pm - 2:40pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:30pm - 2:40pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

2:40pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:40pm - 2:50pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:40pm - 2:50pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:00pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:10pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:00pm EDT

☕️CAFECITO BREAK + POP UP PERFORMANCE: JULIAN ABRAMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

APME LIVE STUDENT Festival performance: 🪩JULIAN ABRAMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩APME LIVE Student Festival Performance

3:10pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:10pm - 3:20pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:10pm - 3:20pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:10pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:10pm - 3:20pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:10pm - 3:20pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:20pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:20pm - 3:30pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:30pm EDT

♥️ SONY VME Experience

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:40pm EDT

MMS Mixing Studio @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:40pm EDT
MMS Mixing Studio

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session, Technology

3:30pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

3:30pm EDT

Voice Memo to Full Demo in Minutes

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor session by SUNO Every musician has had the experience: an idea arrives, but by the time you get to an instrument or a DAW, something is lost. Suno closes that gap.In this session, we'll walk through Suno's core workflows for educators and students, from capturing a raw voice memo or hummed melody to generating a fully produced track with editable structure, custom stems, and...
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Speakers

Ben Camp

Professor of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music

Ben Camp is a professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music, and an advisor at Suno. Ben has taught over 2,000 students, is a gold record writer and producer, and has amassed over 300 million streams with songs for Tiesto, Brice Fox, Victoria Justice, and on networks like HBO... Read More →

Sponsors

Suno

Suno is a music company built to amplify imagination. Students can turn original lyrics, melodies, or demo recordings into complete, studio-quality songs. Suno empowers students at every level to create, experiment, and discover what they're capable of, unlocking the joy of musical... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

3:30pm EDT

Turning the Band Room Up to 11: Popular Music Pedagogy Inside the Concert Band

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

A traditional concert band setting may not be everyone's jam, but for those who do embrace the medium, why not include some popular music pedagogies? In this session, the presenter will describe how to bring elements of modern band to the concert band by sharing techniques, recordings, and materials.

Speakers

Jennifer Greene

Wind Symphony Director, Binghamton University

Jennifer Reynolds Greene has been an instrumental music educator, specializing in bands, for more than thirty years. Currently, she is the Wind Symphony Director at Binghamton University (SUNY). For the majority of her career she held a position at Fayetteville-Manlius High School... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25)

3:30pm EDT

Fusing Musical Cultures: Developing Intercultural Competencies

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Have you heard Bluegrass-Grunge, Ska-EDM, or Funk-Irish Jig? This research presentation explores undergraduate music education majors’ experiences, discoveries, and musical products that influenced their perspectives on learning approaches, non-institutionalized musics, culturally respectful and authentic performances, and intercultural competencies.

Speakers

Tamara Thies

Area Director of Music Education, California State University, Long Beach

Tamara T. Thies, PhD is Area Director of Music Education for the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music and Co-Coordinator of Music Education for the Single Subject Credential Program in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Currently, she is the Music Education in Higher Education Rep... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

3:30pm EDT

Demystifying Melody Creation!

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

In this interactive presentation I plan to put attendees through a number of exercises and games that they can use in their classrooms and in their personal songwriting, to make melody creation simpler, and more fun. Exercises will be based on concepts from my textbook “The Songwriting Breakdown."

Speakers

Taylor Miranda

Private Music Teacher, Self-employed

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Songwriting/Production

3:30pm EDT

🍎Social Media, Monetizing Your Music, Stage Presence, Recording Identity with Shane Calquhoun

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Shane Colquhoun, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Buisness, Alabama State University

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

3:30pm EDT

Bring the Power of Hip Hop into Your Classroom with Soul Science Lab: Presented by Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:25pm EDT

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

Join Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers and Soul Science Lab for an interactive workshop that sparks creativity and cultural understanding. Designed for K–5 educators and beyond, this session explores hip hop traditions through listening, singing, and movement, empowering teachers to connect their classroom with diverse musical communities while building essential music...
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Speakers

Gina Izzo

Manager, Learning and Engagement, Carnegie Hall

Asante Amin

Co-Founder, Soul Science Lab

Chen Lo

Co-Founder, Soul Science Lab

Soul Science Lab

Artists, Soul Science Lab

Joanna Massey

Director, Learning and Engagement Programs, Carnegie Hall

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), K-12

Audience Culture and Belonging, K-12

3:30pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: AVIATOR LATIN BAND

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

AVIATOR LATIN BAND

Speakers

Roxana Amed

Lecturer, University of Miami

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

3:30pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: PINE CREST SCHOOL (Boca Raton)

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

PINE CREST SCHOOL (Boca Raton)

Speakers

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

4:00pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

4:00pm EDT

MIDI in Music Education Training & Certification Program

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsored session by the MIDI AssociationThe MIDI Association is introducing a MIDI education and certification program to support schools and professionals, expected to launch early in 2027. Come learn how you can take advantage of this curriculum in your own institution.With the advent of MIDI 2.0 and its ongoing expansion, the need for accessible and authoritative information on MIDI is...
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Speakers

Brian Smithers

Program Director, Audio Production, Full Sail University

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session, Songwriting/Production

4:00pm EDT

The Metrics of Music: The New, Free Educator Resource

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor Session by The METRICS OF MUSIC

The Metrics of Music, which is free and continually updated, focuses on the importance of data for musicians and the music industry. Learn how algorithms, consumption, curators, engagement and analytics influence decisions. There are more than 1,100 pages of content with colorful tables, graphs, photos, videos and 14 lesson plans.

Sponsors

Jeff Green

Managing Partner, Stone Door Media Lab (publisher of The Metrics of Music)

The Metrics of Music, which is free and lives online so that it can be continually updated, covers the importance of data in streaming, copyright and royalties, analytics platforms, music licensing, sync, social media, touring, audio/radio, airplay/music charts, touring and related... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

4:00pm EDT

Too Many Notes? I HIGHLY Doubt It!

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Calling all keyboardists who are looking to polish their live orchestration chops: Here's an informative session showcasing Apple's MainStage and its ability to achieve this desire through layering patches, creating split points, and using the Chord Trigger plugin to best serve the song and its overall performance impact on the keyboardist.

Speakers

Daniel Strange

Department Chair and Associate Professor (Sterbenz Endowed Chair); Modern Artist Development and Entrepreneurship, Frost School of Music- University of Miami

Daniel Strange has performed on a variety of the world’s biggest stages from Carnegie Hall to NBC’s The Today Show as well as with critically acclaimed artists representing multiple genres including Michael Feinstein, Ann Hampton Calloway, Jacob Collier, Robert Glasper, Madison... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25)

4:00pm EDT

A narrative investigation of one songwriter's journey to Nashville

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This narrative inquiry explores how one songwriter experiences the multiple transitions involved in moving to Nashville, Tenneseee, enrolling in an undergraduate degree program in commercial music, and navigating Nashville's professional songwriting scene. This study focuses on the participant's storied understanding of navigating these multiple transitions.

Speakers

Stuart Chapman Hill

Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education, Michigan State University

Stuart Chapman Hill, Ph.D., is a conductor, composer, teacher, and scholar who serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Michigan State University, where he teaches courses in music education and conducts Singing Spartans, the tenor-bass glee club Previously, he served... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

4:30pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

4:30pm EDT

From Import to Score in Minutes: Fast Dorico Workflows for Cleaning Up MIDI and XML Files

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This demonstration walks educators through a workflow for transforming MIDI or MusicXML files—messy scores exported from DAWs or works salvaged from Finale—into clean, usable Dorico scores. Participants will learn essential shortcuts, time-saving tools, and cleanup strategies that result in polished notation quickly and effectively.

Speakers

Kevin Wilt

Chair, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University

Kevin Wilt is a classical music evangelist. He composes music to introduce new audiences to the joy, drama, and adventure of classical music through familiar colors and lush textures, while engaging seasoned audiences with an underlying craftsmanship and sophistication. Composer John... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), HPME

4:30pm EDT

SUNO STUDENT PANEL

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

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

Speakers

Ben Camp

Professor of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25)

4:30pm EDT

Tradition Meets Today: Bad Bunny as a Springboard for Exploring the Musical Heritage of Puerto Rico

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This two-part workshop is inspired by Bad Bunny’s 2025 album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToSE, which showcases his Puerto Rican musical heritage by fusing traditional genres with contemporary styles. Participants will explore bomba y plena and música jíbara through the Smithsonian Folkways Collection and hands-on lessons designed for the music classroom.

Speakers

Sandra S. Adorno

Associate Professor of Music Education, Florida International University

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

4:30pm EDT

Beyond the Stand: Lessons From a Podcast Exploring the “Both/And” of Popular Music Education

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Beyond the Stand analyzes themes emerging from educator and student interviews on popular music education. This session presents findings revealing a strong “both/and” philosophy (where PME enhances, rather than replaces, traditional programs) and highlights the roles of student voice, belonging, and teacher agency in expanding meaningful music-making opportunities.

Speakers

Jeremy Bryant

Commercial Music Instructor, Battle Ground Academy

Jeremy Bryant is a commercial music educator at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, where he teaches guitar, music production, and popular music ensemble courses. He holds a Master of Music Education from Belmont University, where his capstone project explored teacher agency... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

4:30pm EDT

Rockin' the Public Domain: What I Learned about U.S. Popular Music after Launching a Sheet Music Company for Teachers

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

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

For nearly a decade, I have created charts for the students in my bands. Since the charts proved successful in the classroom, I recently launched a publishing company. This journey into popular music publishing revealed surprising insights about copyright law, U.S. music history, and how to better support popular music educators.

Speakers

Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Associate Professor of Music, York College / CUNY

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Performance

Audience K-12

5:00pm EDT

🍿Take Me To The River New Orleans Happy Hour

Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Delve into the vibrant musical culture of New Orleans with our project, Take Me To The River: New Orleans. Celebrate the rich musical history, heritage, and cross-cultural influences that formed this unique cultural jewel.

Speakers

Martin Shore

Presdient, Take Me To The River Education Initiative

Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🎉 Social

5:00pm EDT

💃🏻🍸APME LIVE Happy Hour: HIVE HONORS & OSCEOLA ROCKS

Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

Titanic Brewery & Restaurant @ 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🪩HIVE HONORS • 🪩OSCEOLA ROCKS

Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Titanic Brewery & Restaurant 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎉 Social

8:00am EDT

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost Performer! VINCENT CASAL

Friday June 5, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vincentcasalofficial?igsh=MWZpYmRidGFqM2lxNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qrTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vincentcasalofficial?_r=1&_t=ZT-95I9Kp8ICFhSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XfNdhEaLyyJqNx6Sx8Lyu?si=xk_J5JY1TiSrVOwTgqQwzwApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vincent-casal/1705493370Youtube:...
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Friday June 5, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

8:00am EDT

☕️CONFERENCE CHECK IN & COFFEE

Friday June 5, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Friday June 5, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🎉 Social

8:30am EDT

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost Performer! MIGEUL ESCOBAR & JACK KIMMEL

Friday June 5, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Friday June 5, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

9:00am EDT

🔑KEYNOTE PANEL: TBA!

Friday June 5, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

Newman Recital Hall @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Friday June 5, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Newman Recital Hall 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🔑KEYNOTE

9:45am EDT

🪩FEATURED PERFORMANCE POLYPHONICS

Friday June 5, 2026 9:45am - 10:05am EDT

Newman Recital Hall @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩POLYPHONICS

Friday June 5, 2026 9:45am - 10:05am EDT
Newman Recital Hall 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩APME LIVE Student Festival Performance

10:15am EDT

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE: CAFÉ CON LECHE ENSEMBLE

Friday June 5, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Come hear Frost's Latin Songwriters Ensemble and learn all about their songwriting process. Q&A and performance. Co-Directed by Rey Sanchez and Roxana Amed. Sam Velez Paola Prato Julia Baker Isamary Marrero Florence Hughes Juan Chaves Jack Kimmel Christian Gallucci Mateo Gaviria Ebel Gonzalez Repertoire: 1. Nuestro Latir 2. Dimelo 3. LINDA 4. Echame la culpa 5. Algo de ti 6....
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Speakers

Roxana Amed

Lecturer, University of Miami

Rey Sanchez

Friday June 5, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

10:15am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: HIVE ACOUSTIC

Friday June 5, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

HIVE ACOUSTIC

Speakers

Ian Holljes

Lecturer, University of Miami

Friday June 5, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

10:20am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:20am EDT

Teaching the Modern Music Career: Influencers, Affiliates, and Beyond

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor session by SpliceThis session breaks down how music creators build audiences in today’s digital landscape—from platforms to influencers to partnerships. We’ll also explore how data and analytics shape decision-making, from understanding audience behavior to measuring what’s working. Learn how music moves beyond the DAW and how to bring these real-world dynamics into your...
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Speakers

Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi

Sr. Growth Manager, Influencer & Affiliate, Splice

I’m a Sr. Growth Manager at Splice with a background in digital marketing, content creation, and artist development. Over the past 10+ years, I’ve led social and influencer campaigns generating hundreds of millions of organic views while working with artists, major brands, and... Read More →

Meredith Allen

Director of Education, Splice

Sponsors

Splice

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

10:20am EDT

Defanging the Canon Monster: Reducing the Friction of Building Quality Setlists

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

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

The concept of a “canon” in popular music has often been framed as exclusionary, privileging certain works while marginalizing others. Yet, when reimagined not as a gatekeeping mechanism but as a curated resource, canonization offers substantial pedagogical advantages. By establishing a structured catalog of exemplary songs, educators and students gain a shared repository from which to draw,...
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Speakers

Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Associate Professor of Music, York College / CUNY

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Community Music

Audience Culture and Belonging

10:20am EDT

Private-Sector Popular Music Schools: Locations, Challenges, Opportunities

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This paper discusses the global-yet-understudied phenomenon of private-sector popular music schools. Co-written by a music school owner (Mario) and a researcher studying private music schools (Kayla), we combine our international experience and perspectives to argue that popular music schools within the private sector are a unique – and worthy – topic of inquiry and discussion within popular...
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Speakers

Mario de Inocencio

Founder and Director, Musiquea|Formación en Música Moderna

Kayla Rush

Assistant Professor in Music, Mary Immaculate College

Dr Kayla Rush is an anthropologist of art, music, and performance, and an Assistant Professor in Music at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. She earned her PhD in Social Anthropology from Queen’s University Belfast in 2018. She has previously held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Business/ Entrepreneurship

10:20am EDT

Part 1: Moving to the Pulse of EDM Music

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Feeling the pulse connects styles, bodies, and communities. Through popular music and movement, students embody rhythm and cultivate their creativity, social connections, and sense of belonging. In this 3-part interactive workshop series, we demonstrate how to introduce EDM club dancing, country two-step, and salsa dancing for today's K–12 classrooms.

Speakers

Topy Nguyen

Lesson Teacher, Independent

Topy Nguyen is a private instructor of trombone and freelance musician in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where he taught as a band director and completed his master's in music education at Texas Christian University. As an active performer with party and wedding bands alongside... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Movement/Dance

10:20am EDT

When Notation Runs Out: A Framework for Style When the Ink Stops

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This interactive workshop offers a practical framework for teaching popular music interpretation when notation falls short. Participants explore articulation, groove, phrasing, and stylistic nuance through listening, discussion, and collaborative activities, developing tools to approach unfamiliar styles with musical fluency, curiosity, and respect.

Speakers

Dr. William L. Lake, Jr.

Director of Concert Bands - Associate Professor of Music, George Mason University

Dr. William L. Lake, Jr. is the Director of Concert Bands at the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University. In this role, he conducts the George Mason University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band and teaches conducting and wind literature courses.

Before his tenure at George Mason University, Dr. Lake served as Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam), where he was co-conductor of the Northern Symphonic Winds, principal conductor of the Crane Concert... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:20am - 10:45am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), K-12

10:30am EDT

🍎How To Practice, Developing Chops, Working On Band Sound with Heather Fortune

Friday June 5, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Friday June 5, 2026 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

10:50am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:50am EDT

Revitalizing K–12 Popular Music: Lessons from Music Will’s Lab School

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Over the past 25 years, Music Will has worked with educators around the country to incorporate popular music to their K-12 programs by donating instruments such as guitar, keyboards, drums, and more, as well as curriculum. After observing and reflecting on the growth and direction of popular music programs, they instituted a Lab School initiative this year, donating specific gear, hands on...
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Speakers

Dr. Scott Burstein

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Music Will

Scott is Director of Strategic Initiatives as Music Will.

Mary Claxton

Director of Teaching and Learning, Music Will

Mary is Director of Teaching and Learning at Music Will. She is also a drummer, singer, and songwriter, mom of 3, and gluten free.

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

10:50am EDT

Reinforcing Music Theory Understanding with Popular Music in Choir

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This session demonstrates a unit project for middle or high school choir that incorporates popular music as the basis for reinforcing literacy. Students transcribe, arrange, then perform a pop song. The presenter will outline seven lessons then ask the attendees to create an initial list of songs they could use.

Speakers

Tina Beveridge

Assistant Professor/Director of Undergraduate Music Education, George Mason University

Dr. Tina Beveridge is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at George Mason University. Her diverse teaching experience includes choir, band, elementary general, jazz, and general music in the secondary school. At Mason, Dr. Beveridge teaches undergraduate methods classes in choral... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

10:50am EDT

Toward an Expanded Music Will Framework: A Collective Case Study of Music Will’s Influence on Music Teacher Identity in Early Childhood Music Education

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

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

Many Music Will (MW) teachers self-report working with elementary aged students, which can include early childhood (EC) through 5th grade. However, how might engagement with MW influence EC music education? In this study, EC music educators described how engagement with MW influenced their musicking experiences for EC music students.

Speakers

David Dockan

Assistant Professor of Music Education, Louisiana State University

Bryan Powell

Associate Professor, Montclair State University/Music Will

Macy Bell

Assistant Professor, University of Alabama

Dr. Macy Bell is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at The University of Alabama. Dr. Bell is an Orff-Schulwerk Certified music educator with twelve years of professional experience in music education. Dr. Bell’s research agenda centers on critical consciousness and informal... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

10:50am EDT

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

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Martina Vasil

Professor of Music Education, University of Kentucky

Topy Nguyen

Lesson Teacher, Independent

Phu Vu

Doctoral Candidate in Music Education, Texas Tech University

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:15am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), K-12

10:50am EDT

Teaching and Learning Curriculum and Tools for Popular Music Education

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:45am EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor Session by MusicFirstJoin Lee Whitmore for a hands-on deep dive into curricular and assessment resources and software that complements popular music and modern band programs. Attendees will compose and create music, work with AI music creation and learning tools, and volunteers can perform and share during the session. All APME conference attendees will receive access to the...
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Speakers

Lee Whitmore

MusicFirst

Sponsors

MusicFirst

Discover how MusicFirst is supporting the next generation of popular music education. Join Dr. Lee Whitmore at APME Miami 2026 for an interactive session exploring curriculum, assessment, and creative tools designed for modern band and popular music classrooms. Attendees will compose... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 10:50am - 11:45am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

11:20am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:20am EDT

Popping with Intention: Understanding the Role of Popular Music Within Your Institution

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Popping with Intention explores how planning strengthens popular music education across learning contexts. The session challenges formulaic approaches and emphasizes clarity of purpose, audience, and educator role to support authentic, student-centered courses that reflect institutional goals and the communities they serve.

Speakers

Shane Colquhoun, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Buisness, Alabama State University

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

11:20am EDT

Part 3: Moving to the Pulse of Salsa Music

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Martina Vasil

Professor of Music Education, University of Kentucky

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 11:45am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), Movement/Dance

11:20am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: INTERLOCHEN

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

INTERLOCHEN

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 →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

11:20am EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: MI ENSEMBLE

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

MI ENSEMBLE

Speakers

Dr. Kristian Wahlström

PhD, Lecturer in electric guitar and band performance, Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory

Dr. Kristian Wahlström is an established guitarist and has played professionally for over 25 years in the Finnish music scene. As a freelancer, he has performed live with, e.g., Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) and Perttu Kivilaakso (Apocalyptica) as well as recorded with Darude among... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

11:20am EDT

Using Breezin Thru Theory/Composing in your music classroom

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This session explores the many features of Breezin Thru theory. Its comprehensive platform is user friendly for elementary thru higher ed! This program can also assist in your ensembles! Attendees will get an overview of the program and learn how to give assignments and projects !

Speakers

Jackie Martino

Director of Performing arts, Calhoun School

Dr. Jackie Martino is an educator, composer, and musician. She has an extensive career in music education as both a teacher and administrator. . She is currently the Director of Performing Arts at The Calhoun School in New York City. For the last two decades, she built a music and... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

11:20am EDT

Can You Hear the Difference? Music Education Students’ Perceptions of AI-Generated and Human-Made Music

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

Through a blind listening study, 43 music education majors compared live, digitally produced, and AI-generated songs. Results highlight the growing importance of AI literacy and critical listening in music teacher education.

Speakers

Alena Holmes

Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), HPME

11:20am EDT

Lessons from the first AI Songwriting course. Berklee students take on the future.

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

In Berklee’s first AI Songwriting course, I welcome both skeptics and superusers. The class centers on tough conversations: validating fears and ethics while zooming out to the bigger picture. Students leave ready to create with AI on purpose, and to compete in a world where everyone else will, too.

Speakers

Ben Camp

Professor of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), Songwriting/Production

Audience Culture and Belonging

11:20am EDT

Past as Palette: Historically Informed Covers as Pedagogical and Artistic Innovation

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT

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

This session presents a contemporary model for combining creative work and research through historically informed cover albums. Using our Glastonbury retrospective project, we show how reinterpretation can serve as a rigorous scholarly method, deepen student engagement, and bridge academic inquiry with modern music production.

Speakers

Stephen Gleason

Lecturer, University of Miami

Raina Murnak

Head of Contemporary Voice and Performance Artistry, University of Miami

Friday June 5, 2026 11:20am - 12:20pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55), Songwriting/Production

11:30am EDT

🍎Performing As Communication, Engaging the Audience with Ruth Debrot

Friday June 5, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Ruth Debrot

Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Boston University

I am interested in all things about teaching and learning. I sing, play guitar and keys in my band, Notorious Jones. Let's jam!

Friday June 5, 2026 11:30am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

11:50am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:50am EDT

Incorporating Informal Music Learning Pedagogy that Encourage Music as Community

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

The purpose of this study was to examine the practices and perspectives of informal music learning pedagogy in the preservice music teacher preparation program. Innovations in course structure, sequence of courses, and contemporary teaching methods encourages curricular practices and assessments that facilitates music as community.

Speakers

Edward McClellan

Professor, Coordinator of Music Education, Loyola University New Orleans

Edward McClellan is the Rita O. Huntsinger Distinguished Professor of Music, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. McClellan is a member of the Editorial Boards for the International Journal of Music Education, Action, Criticism... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Community Music

11:50am EDT

Tarnish the Shiny Object: evaluating the learning technology in the music classroom

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This presentation examines just how useful certain learning technologies might be in contemporary music classrooms. We examine specific technologies, different theories of inquiry, and educational frameworks. We also discuss our conversations with current educators about the usability, affordances, and opportunities inherent in these learning technologies.

Speakers

Kate Gargiulo

Instructor, Student, Tessitura Network, UC San Diego Extension

Arts and entertainment industry veteran, Kate Gargiulo, has worked for both non-profit arts organizations and Fortune 500 companies including the Seattle Symphony, Kirkland Performance Center, The Broad Stage, and Live Nation Entertainment. Kate’s primary area of expertise is training... Read More →

Emily Langerholc

Doctoral Candidate/General Music Teacher, University of South Florida, Orange County Public Schools

Emily Langerholc is a 20 year veteran music educator from Florida. She has taught grades preK-12, teaching middle school band, chorus, exceptional music education, music appreciation, and currently teaches elementary general music in Orlando. She has taught in Broward, Palm Beach... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

11:50am EDT

Beyond the Elective: Hip-Hop as Core Musicianship and Inclusive Practice for Neurodivergent and All Learners

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Explore hip-hop as core musicianship and an inclusive teaching framework. This workshop demonstrates rhythm, lyric, and collaborative practices that support neurodivergent learners—while strengthening musical and cognitive skills for all students. Participants engage in accessible activities and research-based strategies ready for immediate classroom use.

Speakers

Andrew Wang

Music Teacher, Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District

Andrew Wang is a music educator, researcher, and inclusion specialist whose work centers on hip-hop pedagogy and neurodivergent learner engagement. He has presented nationally and internationally and co-authored several publications with Dr. José Valentino Ruiz on hip-hop as a... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 11:50am - 12:15pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), HPME

Audience K-12

12:30pm EDT

🌮APME LIVE LUNCH EVENTS: SPONSORED BY SPLICE: DIGITAL MUSIC SHOWCASE

Friday June 5, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT

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

Experience the Digital Music Showcase in Hormel or the Jam Sesssion in PLF North 330

Speakers

Shane Colquhoun, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Buisness, Alabama State University

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Ruth Debrot

Senior Lecturer in Music Education, Boston University

I am interested in all things about teaching and learning. I sing, play guitar and keys in my band, Notorious Jones. Let's jam!

Friday June 5, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Various

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

12:30pm EDT

🌮LUNCH + 🍹BLOGARITA PARTY!

Friday June 5, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

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

You can have lunch on your own or join our very own Blog Editor Kayla Rush to hear how easy it is to share your unique thoughts and contributions on our blog! (Meeting at Coyo Taco)

Speakers

Kayla Rush

Assistant Professor in Music, Mary Immaculate College

Friday June 5, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Various

🎉 Social

2:00pm EDT

🍎Songwriting Workshop

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

Volpe 101 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Kat Reinhert

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

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Volpe 101 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🍎APME LIVE Student Sessions

2:00pm EDT

From Hooks to Harmonies: Wind Instruments in Popular Music Learning

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

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

❤️ Sponsored session by KHS+NUVO InstrumentalIn this interactive session, participants explore how pre-band wind instruments create accessible entry points into modern band or enhance existing programs. Through hands-on, layered ensemble playing inspired by popular music, attendees build skills through listening and creativity. Gain practical strategies for inclusive, beginner success—and...
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Speakers

Brittany Bauman

Director of Music Education, Nuvo Instrumental

Brittany Bauman is the Director of Music Education for Nuvo Instrumental. She is the co-author of the WINDSTARS pre-band curriculum (Winner of NAMM: "Best Tools for Schools" and "Best in Show") focused on bridging the instrumental gap between the recorder and beginning band. Brittany... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session, K-12

2:00pm EDT

Immersive Productions, From Stage to Studio

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor session by Focusrite/Martin Audio

A cooperative discussion about effective teaching at the intersection of immersive studio and live production.

Speakers

Brad Berridge

US Market Development Manager, Focusrite/Martin Audio

John Merchant

Focusrite Group, Focusrite/Martin Audio

Sponsors

Focusrite Group

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

❤️ Sponsor Session, Technology

2:00pm EDT

❤️ FOCUSRITE GROUP: IMMERSIVE PRODUCTIONS, FROM STUDIO TO STAGE

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

A cooperative discussion about effective teaching at the intersection of immersive studio and live production.

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

❤️ Sponsor Session, Technology

2:00pm EDT

Nu Deco Panel

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Daniel Strange

Department Chair and Associate Professor (Sterbenz Endowed Chair); Modern Artist Development and Entrepreneurship, Frost School of Music- University of Miami

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55)

2:00pm EDT

Songwriting in the Round: A Tool for Connection

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

In this workshop, participants will explore adapting professional “Songwriters in the Round” traditions for music education. We will discuss and experience collaborative songwriting circles that foster listening, empathy, and creativity. Practical strategies, prompts, and facilitation tips will empower participants to build inclusive classroom communities where students engage as co-creators...
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Speakers

Melissa Ryan

Assistant Professor of Music Education, University of New Mexico

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Songwriting/Production

2:00pm EDT

Teaching Latin American Popular Music: Resources, Challenges, and a Case Study #benitobowl

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Speakers

Marysol Quevedo

Associate Professor, University of Miami

Marysol Quevedo is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. She is the author of Cuban Music Counterpoints: Vanguardia Musical in Global Networks (Oxford University Press, 2023), which traces the intellectual and artistic networks Cuban composers forged between 1940 and 1991, examining how they navigated aesthetic innovation and political agendas across local and international contexts. Her research centers on Cuban art music... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:55pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), Culture and Belonging

Audience HPME

2:00pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: INDIGO LANE

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

INDIGO LANE

Speakers

Dr. Scott Burstein

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Music Will

Scott is Director of Strategic Initiatives as Music Will.

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

2:00pm EDT

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC: REPOST

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

REPOST

Speakers

Bryan Powell

Associate Professor, Montclair State University/Music Will

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA

🎵APME LIVE CLINIC

2:00pm EDT

Sampling as a Foundational Skill in Music Education

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

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

Led by a panel of edtech, music business, and academic experts, this session explores how digital tools are redefining music education. We share innovative frameworks for teaching sampling, copyright compliance, and business acumen, ensuring students are empowered to overcome creative barriers and prepared for the modern digital economy.

Speakers

Meredith Allen

Director of Education, Splice

Thomas Faulds

Education Development Manager, Ableton

Thomas Faulds is a sound designer and percussionist based in Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by new technologies and production, Thomas is an active participant in the dynamic music scene in Chicago. Aside from recording and releasing albums, he works as Ableton’s Education Development... Read More →

Jessica Muñiz

Assistant Professor of Music Business, University of North Texas

Shane Colquhoun, PhD.

Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Buisness, Alabama State University

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

👯‍♀️Panel (55), K-12

3:00pm EDT

☕️CAFECITO BREAK + POP UP PERFORMANCE: HIVE ACOUSTIC

Friday June 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩HIVE ACOUSTIC

Friday June 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩APME LIVE Student Festival Performance

3:30pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

3:30pm EDT

Work Smarter, Sound Better: Bringing Industry-Standard Music Management into Your Classroom

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

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

❤️ Sponsor session by DISCO

DISCO is the music industry's go-to platform for sharing, organizing, and discovering music. A growing number of music programs are already using it in the classroom, and in this session we'll show you why. Learn how DISCO benefits both educators and students while building real-world, career-ready skills.

Sponsors

Allan Benedict

DISCO

Where Music, Lives, Works and Moves. DISCO exists to make music management simpler. We streamline the way music is shared, organized and discovered so that business can move faster—and people can spend less time jumping between mismatched softwares and endlessly downloading and... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

3:30pm EDT

Finding Performance Shangri-La: Developing Methodologies in performance practices for the developing artist

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

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

This workshop explores performance psychology and self-determination in popular music education. Drawing from twelve years of teaching "Performance Shangri-La," it offers practical strategies for developing artistic identity, managing perfectionism, and fostering authentic performance. Attendees will engage in discussion and gain tools to better support emerging artists in evolving industry...
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Speakers

Courtney Kaiser-Sandler

Associate Director of Contemporary Music and Collaborative Projects, Director of Singer-Songwriter, Interlochen Center for the Arts

2026 and 2027 Grammy in Music Education quarterfinalist and Associate Director of Contemporary Music at Interlochen Center of the Arts Courtney Kaiser-Sandler is a professional songwriter, vocalist, and musician as well as the founder of the singer-songwriter program at Interlochen... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

3:30pm EDT

Arranging for Voices, Horns & Strings

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Explore basic techniques for arranging pop vocals, horns, and strings that balance creativity and practicality. Using written and DAW-based methods, learn to craft playable and singable arrangements that add diverse textures, rhythmic impact, melodic interest, and harmonic support. Includes real-world examples and tips for educators, producers, and songwriters.

Speakers

Brad Rees

Executive Director, Creative & Media Arts, Tiffin University

Brad Rees serves as Executive Director of Tiffin University’s Institute of Creative and Media Arts, where for 30 years, he has conducted university choirs, directed the award-winning a cappella ensemble Up in the Air, and taught voice, music theory, music production, and music business... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

3:30pm EDT

Is Popular Music Education Too Creative? A Philosophical Argument for Balance

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This session examines whether popular music education has leaned too heavily on creativity, informality, and student-driven exploration while neglecting essential "traditional" musicianship skills. Using Deweyan philosophy and research in popular music pedagogy, it argues for a more intentional balance of formal and informal learning to strengthen modern band instruction and long-term musical...
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Speakers

Eli Yaroch

First Year Ph.D. & Associate Instructor, Indiana University

Eli Yaroch is a first-year Ph.D. student and Associate Instructor in Music Education at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Music Engineering Technologies from the University of Miami, where he also led the MusicReach Contemporary Department... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

3:30pm EDT

The "Pop Music Pyramid” – Constructing Holistic, Tradition-Conscious yet Innovative Studies in Higher Education

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

For students, both belonging to a music tradition and being innovative are crucial. But – how could these two be balanced most fruitfully? First, this session explores this frequent topic from a novel philosophical perspective. Second, it presents original practical implementations for everyday lessons and for constructing holistic programs and curricula.

Speakers

Dr. Kristian Wahlström

PhD, Lecturer in electric guitar and band performance, Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory

Friday June 5, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

4:00pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

4:00pm EDT

HERStory: an album concept celebrating female composers of various genres through a jazz singer’s lens

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

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

Speakers

Kate Reid

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), Performance

4:00pm EDT

Hip Hop Crate Digging as Method: Embodied Listening, Sampling, and Sonic Storytelling

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This hands-on workshop demonstrates Hip Hop sampling using vinyl, a turntable, and a drum machine. I will show the sampling process, then invite participants to try the drum machine to manipulate samples, revealing how creative listening, experimentation, and tactile beat-making function as powerful tools for teaching, learning, and cultural engagement.

Speakers

Dr. Jason Rawls

Assistant Professor of Hip Hop, The Ohio State University

Known for his music production work with artists like Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, Mos Def, Domo Genesis (Odd Future), Capital Steez (Pro Era), Beastie Boys, Del tha Funky Homosapien, Aloe Blacc and more. Still an active practitioner in the music industry, in 2024, Rawls released... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25)

4:00pm EDT

Responding to the challenges of liquid modernity

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

How do educators face recent changes in personal identities, relationships to work, and formation of communities, institutions, and social bonds? This research presentation applies the theory of “liquid modernity” by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman (2013) to popular music education at all levels to answer this question.

Speakers

Joseph Michael Abramo

Associate Professor of Music Education, University of Connecticut

Dr. Joseph Abramo is an educator with 24 years of experience and is currently a professor of music education at UConn where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. He has eight years of teaching middle and high school experience in New York State, where he taught concert bands... Read More →

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25)

4:00pm EDT

Who Played That? College Music Education Students’ Accuracy in Detecting AI-Generated Piano Performance

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This study examines whether college music education students can distinguish between human and AI-rendered piano performances. Seventeen participants evaluated six excerpts across three musical styles. Results reveal detection accuracy (52%) was not significantly different from chance, and confidence ratings showed no correlation with accuracy, suggesting students cannot reliably distinguish...
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Speakers

Tom Collins

Associate Professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Anish Ghosh

Master's Student, Music Engineering, University of Miami

Anish Ghosh is a Master’s student in Music Engineering at the University of Miami and a research assistant with the Concerts with Humans and Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) project. With a background spanning music business, production, and engineering, his work examines how emerging... Read More →

Stacey Swanson

PhD Student, Music Education, University of Miami

Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

4:30pm EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Friday June 5, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Friday June 5, 2026 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

5:00pm EDT

🎉APME LIVE STUDENT FESTIVAL!

Friday June 5, 2026 5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Lakeside Patio Stage @ 1330 Miller Rd, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩MI ENSEMBLE • 🪩REPOST • 🪩INTERLOCHEN • 🪩AVIATOR LATIN BAND • 🪩WITHIN • 🪩INDIGO LANE •🪩 HIVE (HONORS & VOCAL) • 🪩UP IN THE AIR • 🪩GADSEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE • 🪩PINE CREST SCHOOL (Boca Raton)

Friday June 5, 2026 5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Lakeside Patio Stage 1330 Miller Rd, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🪩APME LIVE Student Festival Performance

8:00am EDT

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost Performer! LIAM DEMARY

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:00am - 8:30am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

8:00am EDT

☕️CONFERENCE CHECK IN & COFFEE

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Daily ☕️Coffee, 🍪Snacks, 📣Exhibitors, 🪘Acoustic Performances, and a space for conference goers to🛋️socialize :)

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🎉 Social

8:30am EDT

🥐 Acoustic Café Featured Frost Performer! BRIANNA BRAUN

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

Hormel Music Innovation @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Saturday June 6, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Hormel Music Innovation 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

🌴 FEATURED FROST PERFORMANCE

9:00am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

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

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

9:00am EDT

Using SongHub to Collaborate & Register Song Rights

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

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor session by SongHub

Live demo of the SongHub (www.songhub.co) platform, a creative collaboration and music rights registration platform that connects Music, Film & Game Development students - who use music in their projects. SongHub is a profit center through its revenue sharing model, and serves instructors as a solution for handling collaborative assignments.

Speakers

Steve Stewart

CEO & Co-Founder, SongHub

Former Stone Temple Pilots manager. Helping musicians collaborate across film, gaming and media programs, and to register their songs properly in order to collect royalties for their work - with SongHub (www.songhub.co) Please reach out to me at [email protected]

Joe Berman

Co-Founder / COO, SongHub

Sponsors

SongHub

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

❤️ Sponsor Session

9:00am EDT

Beyond the Band Room: Assessing '21st Century Musician' Competencies in a University-Based Music Production Lab

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

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

See how the CPS/ODU SmithTech Lab School redefines music assessment! Learn to use project rubrics that measure audio engineering, digital collaboration, and computational thinking, moving beyond performance. Get a replicable framework to justify and elevate your K-12 popular music program through measurable student outcomes.

Speakers

Dr. Helen Sapieka

SmithTech Lab School Administrator, Chesapeake Public Schools

Dr. Helen Sapieka is currently the administrator of SmithTech: School of Computer Science, Innovation and Design, a Virginia Laboratory School in Chesapeake, VA. She is passionate about integrating computer science into all contents, including music, bringing a new elective, “Music... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), HPME

9:00am EDT

Teaching for Vulnerability in Popular Music Performance

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

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

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

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

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

9:00am EDT

🎊Jam Session!

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Come make music with your APME friends!

Speakers

Dr. Kristian Wahlström

PhD, Lecturer in electric guitar and band performance, Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory

Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Associate Professor of Music, York College / CUNY

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎉 Social

9:30am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:30am - 9:55am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

9:30am EDT

Authentic Drum Kit Pedagogy: New resources available for modern band teachers

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:30am - 9:55am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

In this session, the authors will discuss the content and various uses for the forthcoming book "Authentic Drum Kit Pedagogy" from OUP, and share the play-along tracks and supplementary demonstration videos we created, along with other features and resources. We will also be on hand to answer questions.

Speakers

Virginia Davis

Professor of Music Education, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Virginia Wayman Davis is Professor of Music Education at thse University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and serves on the APME board. Her research interests include drums and percussion, meaningful music education practices, secondary general music, and popular music education. She... Read More →

Gareth Dylan Smith

Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education, Boston University

Gareth Dylan Smith is a drummer and Assistant Professor of Music at Boston University. Alongside his scholarly activity, Gareth has performed and recorded internationally with punk and alt rock bands and with classical pianist Austina Lee. Gareth’s solo album (of duets) – Pe... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

10:00am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:00am EDT

Feed It Forward: Embedding Reflective Practice and Evaluation into Music Education Assessment

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Effective reflection and self-evaluation are critical to the development of autonomous, resilient, and progression-focused music learners. In this demonstration, I will explore how embedding structured evaluation and target-setting into the assessment process can empower students to take ownership of their learning, improve creative outcomes, and maintain forward momentum across...
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Speakers

Nicolas Sykes

Chief Examiner for Music Performance and Production, University of the Arts London Awarding Body

Nicolas Sykes is the Chief Examiner for Music Performance and Production at UAL Awarding Body, overseeing assessment, moderation, and qualification design. As a performer, composer, and educator, he has contributed to curriculum development and innovative course design in music education... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), K-12

10:00am EDT

What Makes Songs Sound “Substantially Similar”? A Music-Generative AI Approach

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This study examines perceived musical similarity using Suno AI to generate controlled cover versions with systematic changes to pitch, rhythm, harmony, lyrics, and genre. Unlike prior work relying on simplified stimuli, this approach preserves full production fidelity while revealing that lyrics and genre transformation influence listener judgments.

Speakers

Joseph J. Avery

Assistant Professor, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami

Joseph J. Avery is an Assistant Professor at the Miami Herbert Business School, with additional appointments in the University of Miami’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Data Science and Computing, and he is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society... Read More →

Tom Collins

Associate Professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Sam Courtney

Graduate Student, Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Sam Courtney is a graduate student in Music Engineering Technology at the University of Miami, working under the mentorship of Dr. Christopher Bennett and Dr. Tom Collins. His research interests span digital signal processing, machine learning, and acoustics. He is a member of the... Read More →

Mike Schuster

Associate Professor, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Mike Schuster is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia. His research empirically analyzes behavior within the intellectual property system, with a growing focus on digital and AI-driven environments. His work has appeared in... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Songwriting/Production

10:00am EDT

Building Urban Music Programs: What Colleges Aren’t Preparing You For

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

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

Building a music program from scratch in an urban school is a challenge colleges rarely prepare educators for, and it’s a conversation we need to have. This session dives into the realities of advocacy, scheduling, community-informed design, and creating student-centered programs that thrive where music has historically been overlooked.

Speakers

Aaron Di Pilla

Music teacher, school leader, STEM Beats & Philadelphia Charter School

Known for founding and creating the STEM Beats program, Aaron began his teaching career in Holyoke, Massachusetts, an underserved urban district where he later became the music department head.
Aaron grew up in New Jersey and struggled in school, always feeling disconnected from teachers. His school’s music program wasn’t strong, but it gave him a reason to show up. Drumming became his source of confidence, and his involvement in drumlines and Drum Corps such as The... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25), HPME

10:00am EDT

The Neuroscience of Better Practice

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This session challenges several concepts that many music educators regard as sacrosanct, such as slow practice, perfect practice, repetition, and reading music. I will be introducing neuroscience-backed practice methods for at-tempo practice, deliberately imperfect practice, and interleaved practice, and applying these methods to popular music pedagogy.

Speakers

Tim Fullerton

DMA Student, University of Southern California

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25)

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

10:30am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

10:30am EDT

Orchestration for Pop Creators: Adding Dorico to the Arranger’s Toolkit

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

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

This session demonstrates how popular music students, comfortable with lead sheets, rhythm sections, and basic arranging, can use Dorico to add effective orchestration to their charts. It touches upon instrumental ranges and transpositions but focuses more on voicings, tessitura, and color combinations, offering practical strategies to make arrangements shine.

Speakers

Kevin Wilt

Chair, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25), HPME

10:30am EDT

Student-Led Ensembles in Middle and High School

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Middle school students love forming their own bands. If we aren’t careful, the enthusiasm can be sucked out of the project before it gets started. In this session, Eric Songer will show how to make these bands shine. Philosophy, scheduling, collaboration, rehearsal techniques, and performance will be discussed.

Speakers

Eric Songer

Middle School Music Educator, Chaska Middle School West

Eric Songer has taught music in Chaska, Minnesota since 1997. He has a Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His middle school program includes jazz, rock, country, hip hop, and marching. Mr. Songer teaches privately, composes and arranges music, and... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🎈Pop 10! (55)

10:30am EDT

Amplifying Access: Rock Ensemble as a Catalyst for Inclusive Popular Music Education

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This research surrounds the concept of cultural capital and how the structures of music programs in higher education are built upon antiquated class distinctions. The session analyzes how the creation of a rock ensemble within a predominantly classical music department can serve as a transformative pedagogical intervention.

Speakers

Jesse Tyler Moore

Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Admissions Coordinator, Rock Ensemble Director, Instructor of Guitar and Bass Guitar, The Pennsylvania State University

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

10:30am EDT

Navigating The Fog: A Feminist Ethical Framework for AI

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This research argues that AI itself cannot be good or evil because it has no subjectivity or freedom. Drawing on feminist ethics and Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialism, it examines responsibility, ambiguity, anthropomorphism, and systemic harm, and considers implications for music educators navigating AI in teaching and learning contexts.

Speakers

Nick Filotei

Assistant Lecturer, University of Southern California

Nick Filotei is a dedicated educator and researcher passionate about inclusive learning and social justice in music education. He brings a diverse background in music technology, performance, and teaching to his role as an assistant lecturer at the University of Southern California... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 10:30am - 10:55am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25)

11:00am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:00am EDT

Relationships between Perceived Popularity, Desirability, Social Media Use, and Musical Role Choice with Adolescents Not Enrolled in Music Programs

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

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

This presentation is on a research study using Social Role Theory which shows how perceived popularity and social media use influences musical role choices with early adolescent students not enrolled in music programs.

Speakers

Dr. Christopher Burns

Fine and Performing Arts Resource Specialist, School District of Osceola County

Patrick Cooper

Assistant Professor of Music Education, Florida International University

Dr. Patrick K. Cooper serves an assistant professor of music education at Florida International University. He teaches courses in research, curriculum development, philosophy, and creativity. He holds degrees in music education from Arizona State University (B.M., M.M.) and University... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

11:00am EDT

Repertoire/Genre Selection in Modern Band Classrooms

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

Volpe 103 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

There remains a gap between the music students enjoy outside the classroom and the music in school music programs. Modern band might be a way to bridge this gap; however, what music and genres are teachers using, and how are they selected? In this session, we share our findings. There remains a gap between the music students enjoy outside the classroom and the music in school music...
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Speakers

David Dockan

Assistant Professor of Music Education, Louisiana State University

Rachael Sanguinetti

Associate Faculty/Program Director, Masters of Music Education, Immaculata University

Rachael earned her bachelor’s degree at the Eastman School of Music in 2015 where she majored in Music Education with a Vocal Emphasis and Musical Arts with a thesis focused in arts journalism. She also minored in Social Psychology and completed an Arts Leadership Certificate. Rachael... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Volpe 103 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Culture and Belonging

11:00am EDT

Self-Produced Songs: Technology, Agency, and the Shifting Pulse of Popular Music

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

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

How does self-production reshape the pulse of popular music? Drawing from experiences as both artist and educator, this session explores how technology empowers autonomy, blurs traditional roles, and transforms the creative and pedagogical landscape of popular music and songwriting today.How does self-production reshape the pulse of popular music? Drawing from experiences as both artist and...
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Speakers

Kat Reinhert

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

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Volpe 207 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25)

11:00am EDT

Strengthening Improvisation Practices in the Orchestra Classroom

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This action research study explored middle school students' perspectives on an improvisation unit in their orchestra class. It sought to identify strategies that enhance learning and foster community through improvisation. The results revealed students' gains and challenges, providing valuable insights for educators to improve instruction and strengthen social dynamics.

Speakers

Jose Santana

Graduate Student (PhD Music Education) / 5-12 Orchestra Teacher, University of Iowa

Jose Santana is a PhD candidate at the University of Iowa, focusing his research on improvisation and composition in the instrumental orchestra classroom. He has taught orchestra in public schools across the United States. He also worked as an orchestra director with the El Sistema... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), K-12

11:00am EDT

The Marginalized Voice of East Asian Immigrant Musicians

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This presentation examines the music learning and making experiences of three East Asian immigrant musicians in relation to their intersectional identities of race, ethnicity, gender, and language. This session may benefit music teachers and music teacher educators who wish to better support Asian music students and embrace social justice. This presentation examines the music learning and...
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Speakers

Jonathan Sang-Joon Lee

Graduate Student (DMA), Boston University

Jonathan Sang-Joon Lee is a K-12 music educator in Vancouver, Canada and a doctoral candidate in music education at Boston University. His research interests encompass cultural diversity, popular music education, and music education within special education contexts. He has delivered... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), Culture and Belonging

11:30am EDT

♥️ FOCUSRITE/MARTIN AUDIO IMMERSIVE SOUND DEMO

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

Music Engineering Classroom 130 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
Music Engineering Classroom 130

♥️ Sponsor Demo Session

11:30am EDT

Crafting Fan Personas: A 3-Step AI Prompting Model

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

Volpe 102 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

This session shows an AI-driven teaching system for detailed music fan profiling, moving beyond demographics. We use a three-stage approach analyzing music data to define fan psychographics and media habits. Attendees will receive prompt templates for AI collaboration in music marketing.

Speakers

Arnaecia Alridge

Founder/CEO, Methix/A Jam Records

Arnaecia Alridge has shaped the careers of GRAMMY Award-winning and nominated talent and is now reshaping the future of the music business for the rest of the industry. With a background in talent management and communications for independent artists such as Paul Wall, Yolanda Adams... Read More →

Jessica Muñiz

Assistant Professor of Music Business, University of North Texas

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
Volpe 102 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🔦Demonstration (25)

11:30am EDT

Informally Educated vs. Formally Educated Musicians in Music Institutions: A Sense of Belonging

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

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

Students’ music education backgrounds shape belonging in higher education. Survey results show informal/non-formal learners feel more belonging than formally trained peers. Comfort with Western theory wasn’t a strong predictor, though a negative trend emerged. Findings suggest Western theory requirements may undermine inclusion, highlighting the need for curricula that value diverse musical...
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Speakers

Rhian Bristol

Student, University of Southern California

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
Volpe 203 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

📚Research (25), HPME

11:30am EDT

Loop Lottery: Creating Beats without Sound

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

Volpe 106 @ Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Roll the dice on creativity! In this hands-on workshop, participants play Loop Lottery—a chance-based songwriting game where random loops become complete songs. By removing control and expectation, this process opens new pathways for creativity, equity, and fearless exploration in teaching songwriting and popular music production.

Speakers

Kate Falconer

Sound Arts Program Developer, foundry10

Kate Falconer is a pop producer, performing artist, and program developer passionate about helping young people find their voice through music. She believes popular music is an essential tool for engagement, creativity, and equity in education. At foundry10, Kate designs innovative... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
Volpe 106 Volpe Building, San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA

🛠️Workshop (25)

11:30am EDT

🎊Jam Session!

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

PLF North 330 @ 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

Come make music with your APME friends!

Speakers

Dr. Tom Zlabinger

Associate Professor of Music, York College / CUNY

Dr. Kristian Wahlström

PhD, Lecturer in electric guitar and band performance, Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory

Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
PLF North 330 5501 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Frost School of Music Facilities

🎉 Social

12:00pm EDT

✨CLOSING SESSION

Saturday June 6, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT

Newman Recital Hall @ 5513 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Speakers

🎉 Social

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