Detroit Institute of Music Education (DIME), Detroit, MI
New APME Live! Student Festival – see information below!
Deadline for proposals is December 15, 2019
The Association for Popular Music Education is pleased to announce a call for participation for our 2020 United States conference in Detroit, MI from May 27–30, 2020. This year’s conference theme is “What’s Going On? A 20/20 Vision for Popular Music Education”.
We welcome proposals for papers, presentations, workshops, panels, posters, and performances from a broad range of contexts and perspectives.
Topics for proposals could include, but need not be limited to:
• Innovative approaches in music teaching and learning
• Recording, production, and music technologies
• Community music
• Crossover musics
• Inclusion and diversity
• Curricula and assessment practices
• Classroom conundrums
• Music futures
• Modern band
• Adult education
• Music therapy
• Populism and popularity
• Collegiality, communities, and collectives
• Facilities and facilitation
• Reconciling commercial interests and educational aspirations
• Bounded and boundary-less careers
Papers/Presentations:
Paper presentations run 30-minute blocks following a standard research presentation format (e.g., 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions and 5 minutes for changeover).
Pop 10:
A “Pop 10” is a 10-minute TED-talk style presentation.
Workshops and Demonstrations:
Workshops are designed to share and inform with opportunity for audience participation. Demonstrations are sessions that showcase a technique, method, project, tool, resource, pedagogical idea, etc. Demonstrations are scheduled for 20 minutes + 5 minutes for questions; workshops are 50 minutes + 5 minutes for questions.
Panel Presentations:
A 50-minute session on a single topic with multiple presenters + 5 minutes for questions
Poster Bar – NEW!!!!
An interactive poster session and conference happy hour. Communal exhibition space will be made available for presenters to set up their work/poster and delegates will be able to browse the exhibits and talk with the presenters in an informal social setting while enjoying a drink.
Click here for presentation application
Performance Groups
Performing groups or individual artists from, or interested in, any and all educational settings across age/grade levels are encouraged to apply. Professional groups are encouraged to apply to be featured performers. There is a separate application for performances:
Click here for performer application
NEW APME LIVE! STUDENT FESTIVAL
The Association for Popular Music Education (APME) invites music educators to bring their student ensembles and soloists to its annual conference, this year at The Detroit Institute for Music Education in Detroit, Michigan, from May 27-30. This non-competitive festival will provide an encouraging educational atmosphere for students and music educators to perform for peers and the local community and also take part in sessions to learn from a team of outstanding popular music clinicians and professional musicians. All middle school, high school, and collegiate popular music ensembles are encouraged to participate.
In scheduled daily sessions, highly qualified music clinicians and professional musicians will provide a clinic and recorded critique, offering suggestions for improvement and noting areas of strength for performing students. In addition to the recorded evaluations and clinician’s clinic, each ensemble will receive a certificate of participation and qualifying students will receive individual certificates recognizing outstanding solo performances. There is no required repertoire; bands can play original music and/or cover songs. Performances are open to the public and attending students and teachers are encouraged to listen to as many of their fellow performers as possible.
Each ensemble or solo performer will have 15 minutes to set up and 45 minutes “onstage.” This includes set-up time, performance time, and a clinic with the adjudicators. There is no limit to the number of compositions each ensemble performs; however, 25 minutes is recommended to allow time for your clinic.
After the adjudication session schedule is complete, the conference will feature an evening of performances on a festival stage by student ensembles and soloists selected by adjudicators, although ensembles and soloists can opt out of performing. The festival stage will feature professional sound, lights, and backline.
Additionally, over the event’s three days, each attending teacher and student will have access to all sessions and presentations during the APME conference. There will be a specialized track recommended for students as well. The conference features networking events, songwriting sessions with professionals, and opportunities for one-on-one mentoring and discussions with industry professionals, expert educators, and researchers in popular music.
If accepted to attend, participation fees are as follows:
First ensemble fee: $150; Second ensemble fee: $100; Third or more: $75 each.
Click here to apply to perform in the APME LIVE student festival!