Virginia Davis's schedule for APME Miami 2026

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.

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

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

Virginia Davis

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Professor of Music Education

Edinburg, Texas

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About me

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 is published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, General Music Today, The Journal of Popular Music Education, The Journal of Music Teacher Education, and several others. Dr. Davis stays active as a musician, currently playing percussion with the Valley Symphony Orchestra in south Texas and with her faculty pop/rock band The Minör Revisiöns.

My Speakers Sessions

9:30am EDT

Authentic Drum Kit Pedagogy: New resources available for modern band teachers Volpe 103Virginia Davis • Gareth Dylan Smith

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