The symposium will provide the opportunity for leaders in our sector to reconnect to explore synergies, challenges and opportunities and to investigate ways in which we can collectively promote Popular Music Education in the UK, Europe and beyond. We will be joined by US colleagues from the Association of Popular Music Eduction and by RNCM students who will perform and take part in our group discussions.
Agenda:
10:30 – Registration / coffee
11:00 – Welcome address, Andy Stott – Head of Popular Music RNCM
11:15 – Introduction to APME, Bryan Powell (APME Executive Director), Steve Holley (APME Vice President)
11:30 – Introduction to delegates
12:00 – Working Groups 1: What are the challenges and opportunities in popular music education in the 21st century?
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Working Groups 2: What would we want from membership of an association?
15:00 – Plenary
15:30 – End
If you are able to attend please email Andy Stott: andy.stott@rncm.ac.uk by February 1, 2023. This is an in-person event only. It will not be hybrid or streamed.