Welcome to the APME Liverpool 2025 conference. Here, you’ll be able to register for the conference and update your Sched profile. We encourage you to browse the various presentations and to create a custom schedule. If you have any questions, please visit our conference website or contact us at conference@popularmusiceducation.org We look forward to coming together as a community July 22–24, 2025!
Students are often initially hesitant to participate in musical activities, due to cultural differences, or the fear of making a mistake. One method of overcoming this reticence is to incorporate the principles and games of improvisational comedy into the lesson plan. Designed by Jake Cassman, a former music director and performer at Second City theater in Hollywood, this workshop gives educators the chance to learn about and participate in the activities that improvisers have used for generations to encourage play, focus and community.
This study analyses gender representation in the German Top 100 Charts (2014–2024), focusing on songwriters, producers, and artists. Using web scraping and a pronoun-based self-identification system supported by Chartmetric, it compares this approach to traditional methods, offering a replicable framework for tracking gender diversity in the music industry.
The PLR Toolkit: Practice-led Research and Inclusivity in Postgraduate Music Industry Education presents results from the introduction of PLR to a postgraduate MA in Music Industry HE which pushes the boundaries and conventions of academic research and extends the possibilities for future practitioner researchers, creating an inclusive and diverse learning space and a vital toolkit which connects students to music industry employment opportunities early on in their careers,
