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  • Conferences

    Each year, APME events are hosted by a partner institution that has graciously provided spaces, technology, staffing, and expertise to help make our annual conferences a success. Below, please find information about past conferences.  
    • Bring it on Home: History, Culture, and Society in Popular Music

      June 4–7, 2025

      University of Memphis
      Memphis, TN

      The 2025 APME Conference will be held at the University of Memphis in Memphis TN, USA, June 4–7, 2025.

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    • 2025 APME LIVE Student Festival

      June 5–7, 2025

      University of Memphis
      Memphis, TN

      Provides information on the 2025 APME Student Festival held at the University of Memphis, June 5–7, 2025.

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    • Liverpool 2025

      July 22–24, 2025

      Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
      Liverpool, UK

      The Association for Popular Music Education is pleased to announce our second European conference, which will be held July 22–24, 2025, at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool, UK. The APME conferences offers a space for our multi-faceted and fluid community to come together to learn from and with each other. In doing…

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    • The Next Chapter: Composing the Future of Australasian Popular Music Education

      April 24, 2025

      Sydney Conservatorium of Music
      Sydney, Australia

      The 2025 APME Australasian Symposium will be held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, AU, on April 24, 2025.

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    • 2025 Graduate Student Conference

      January 17–18, 2025

      Online

      The 4th Association for Popular Music Education Graduate Student Conference will be held online January 17–18, 2025.

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    • Edinburgh 2024: Breaking Down Barriers

      July 23–25, 2024

      Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus
      Edinburgh, Scotland

      The Association for Popular Music Education is pleased to announce our first-ever European conference, held July 23–25, 2024, at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus in Scotland. The theme for the conference is Breaking Down Barriers. We live in an age in which technological advancements have rendered communication and collaboration across the globe easier and more accessible than ever…

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    • Come Together: Considering the Past, Present, and Future of Popular Music Education

      June 5–8, 2024

      University of Southern California
      Los Angeles, CA, USA

      The 2024 APME Conference will be held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 5–8, 2024.

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    • 2024 APME LIVE Student Festival

      June 5–8, 2024

      University of Southern California
      Los Angeles, CA, USA

      Provides information on the 2024 APME Student Festival held at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, CA, June 5–8, 2024. Applications to perform will be accepted with a rolling deadline of March 1, 2024.

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    • 2024 Graduate Student Conference

      January 19–20, 2024


      Online

      The Association for Popular Music Education is pleased to announce a call for participation in our 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference, to be held online, January 19–20, 2024. Graduate students are an important part of the popular music education community. As they continue their studies in higher education, it is essential that APME support graduate…

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    • 2023 APME Conference: A New Landscape for PME: Community, Collaboration, & Critique

      May 31–June 3, 2023

      Loyola University
      New Orleans, LA

      Provides information on the 2023 APME conference held in New Orleans Louisiana May 31–June 3. The conference will be in person and online. Proposals due Dec 1, 2022.

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