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.

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

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

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

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