APME Liverpool 2025

APME Liverpool 2025

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!

8:30am BST

Conference Check In/APME Sponsored Coffee Time Reception Area

9:15am BST

Opening Welcome Paul McCartney Auditorium

9:30am BST

Keynote: TBC Paul McCartney Auditorium

10:20am BST

Transition Reception Area

10:30am BST

5 Elements of Voicework: a trauma-informed approach to Holistic Voicework 406Lise Mitchell Noble Soul Jazz: A Beautiful and Soulful Introduction to Jazz 406Dave Cosby Exploring Student Engagement, Curriculum Impact, and Perceptions in Lower Secondary School Music Education: A Case for Co-constructed Curriculum Design 420Christopher Ricketts Cross over, Beethoven! Duoethnography, Drums and the Pathétiqe Sonata 407Austina Lee • Gareth Dylan Smith

11:00am BST

The Rural Music Project 420Simon Strange

11:30am BST

Transition Reception Area

11:50am BST

A Critical Exploration Into the Rhythm and Pitch of Capitalism in Music Education 405Adrian Davis Student Agency in the Nontraditional Music Class 406Meghan Goodner Circle Singing: Enhancing Musical Fluency and Social-Emotional Well-Being 407Stefano Marchese The SENSES Project: Utilizing Popular Music Maker spaces to Increase Sense of Belonging From Detention to Direction: Revolutionizing Music Education Through Youth Leadership 420Nick Piato

12:20pm BST

Teaching Afrobeats Music in Higher Education: Prospects and Challenges 405Mopelolade Ogunbowale Critical Conversations - The New Graduate Superpower? 406Ben Jones

12:50pm BST

Lunch - Lunch Provided Reception Area

2:00pm BST

Fresh Approaches to Finding the Balance Between Music Tradition and Students’ Innovations in the Popular Music Classroom 405Kristian Wahlström Preparing Culturally and Musically Competent Teachers of the 21 Century: Integrating Popular Music into University Music Education Curriculum 406Lily Chen-Hafteck Documenting the Now: Inspiring Living Storytelling with Music & Film in the Classroom 407Arin Canbolat • Martin Shore Amplifying Student Voice: Co-constructing Music Curricula in Secondary Education 1:1 tuition - expensive luxury or fundamental core study 420Christopher Ricketts

2:30pm BST

Rethinking Popular Music Education: Designing Contemporary Courses for a Changing Industry 406Nicolas Sykes Musikarbeiter: Collapsing Dichotomies between STEM and Creative Practice in Music Technology Education 405Tim Day

3:00pm BST

Transition + Coffee Reception Area

3:20pm BST

The DAW and learning music production A relationship between humans and non-humans in the practice of rap and electronic music 405Thomas Michel Deconstructing Pop Hits: Unique Methods for Visualizing & Teaching Popular Music 407David Penn Visualizing Music: Illuminated Songs as a Gateway to Popular Music Analysis Adopting New Media in Pedagogy. Benefits, Competition and Challenges. 420Sarai Brinker

3:50pm BST

Employment and Employability Skills in the Contemporary Popular Music Industry 405Andy Stott Critical Implementation of Informal Music Learning in Formal School Music 406Jonathan Sang-Joon Lee • Rowoon Lee

7:00pm BST

Drinks Reception Reception Area

8:45am BST

Conference Check In/APME Sponsored Coffee Time Reception Area

9:30am BST

Keynote: TBC Paul McCartney Auditorium

10:20am BST

Transition Reception Area

10:30am BST

In Search of Our “True Academy”: Reflections on Modern Band, Open Jams, and the Purpose of Popular Music Education 405Tom Zlabinger "It's a real life boogie and a real life hoedown": How Adolescents Discover Music In Today's World 407Jake Cassman • Kayla Rush Let's do it together! Arranging and interpreting pop songs collaboratively 420Daniela Bartels

11:00am BST

A Percussive, Punkademic Purpose for Popular Music Education 405Gareth Dylan Smith The Journal of Popular Music Education: A Content Analysis 407Allison Davis • Kacey Kennedy • Aaron Wacker

11:30am BST

Transition Reception Area

11:50am BST

TBC 405Robert McLaughlin Looks Good and Sounds Good: Better-Sounding Mockups within a Music Notation Workflow 406Kevin Wilt The Wellbeing Score: Embedding Mental Health Support in Music Education 420Joe Hastings • George Musgrave • Jessica Muñiz-Collado • Nadine Page Musical Futures: Whole Class Workshopping - Composing and Improvising in the Music Classroom 407Fran Hannan

12:20pm BST

TBC 405Zack Moir STEM&M – Tools and Context for the Intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Music 406Bradford Blackburn

12:50pm BST

Lunch - Lunch Provided Reception Area

2:00pm BST

Analysing popular music visuals: the importance of an interdisciplinary approach 405Helen Elizabeth Davies "Not SEEING people like me doing these jobs" – Gender and Positionality in Music Education 406Steffi Rocker • Arne Wachtmann High Score, Higher Education: Teaching Popular Music with Video Game Music in Tertiary Education 420Michael L. Austin Neurodiversity in Popular Music Education: Practical Tools for Inclusive Learning and Career Success 407Hattie Hanna • Leanne Naylor • Nadine Page Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed (Chord), Something Blue(s): Adding Popular Music to the Music Theory Lexicon 420Kevin Wilt

2:30pm BST

Teaching Rhythm and Blues Music: Exploring the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Collegiate R&B Music Ensemble Directors 405James Dekle Preparing Music Graduates for an AI-Driven Industry: Teaching and Assessing AI Literacy 406Christopher Lawson-Quick

3:00pm BST

Transition Reception Area

3:20pm BST

Inclusive Education Through Music: A Tool for Social Integration of Migrants and Refugees 406Carla Pedros de Lima • Gerson Nascimento • Sandra Rafaela Vigário Towards a Music Pedagogy of Active Listening 405Ewan McAtier Analysing Pop: Authenticity and Pedagogy in GCSE and A Level Music Education 420Georgina Murphy Clifford Colombia: Sound, Creation, Movement. Music Pedagogy through Traditional Colombian Rhythms 407Daniel Realpe Barrera

3:50pm BST

Working Towards a Unified Framework for Vocal Studies in HPME 405Tyla Winter Musical Artifacts & Collection Narratives 406Veronica Skrimsjö Barriers to Teaching Creativity in Popular Music Education Today: A Critique of Graded Music Examinations 420Adam Soper

4:20pm BST

LIPA Evening Event - TBC Reception Area

8:45am BST

Conference Check In/APME Sponsored Coffee Time Reception Area

9:30am BST

Keynote: TBC Paul McCartney Auditorium

10:20am BST

Transition Reception Area

10:30am BST

Curriculum as Contestation: Educator Agency and Structural Constraint in UK HPME 405Aidan Harvey Modern Band Honor Ensembles: Balancing Inclusion and Musicality in a Student-Driven Model 406Raina Murnak • Bryan Powell Improv Comedy for Music Educators 407Jake Cassman

11:00am BST

A Re-Imagined Music Curriculum: Formulating a Framework for A More Inclusive, Diverse, and Equitable Music Education for Black Pupils in the UK 405Natasha Hendry Music Metadata in the AI Age 406Jessica Muñiz-Collado

11:30am BST

Transition Reception Area

11:50am BST

Thinking Out Loud: Educating musicians on their project and career decision-making 406Mathew Flynn Do social media platforms increase the visibility of musicians with under-represented identities?: The impact and implications of social media algorithm bias 405Dori Howard TBC 407

12:20pm BST

Hybridising Metal and Iranian Classical Music: A Framework for Inclusive and Student-Centred Music Pedagogy 405Hossein Paeizi Exploring the Impact of Enculturation and Audibility of Digital Technologies on Vocal Students 406Taran Harris

12:50pm BST

Lunch - Lunch Provided Reception Area

2:00pm BST

Gender Inequality in the German Music Industry – A Data-Driven Analysis of the German Charts (2014–2024) 407Nina Himmelreich From the Writing Room to the Classroom: Songwriting Camps as Models of Professional Learning 405Simon Barber Transcending Social Normalization Through Experimental Popular Music Education 406Bradford Blackburn Visceral Response Metrics: Can non-conceptual audience experience be measured and presented as performance feedback? 420Blas Barragán • Jr. A.I.N.T. - where's the I in A.I.? 420Steve Parker • Dan Sanders

2:30pm BST

Increasing Strategic Advantage through Extending Collaborative Networks: A Case Study of the Lancashire Music Association 405Harry Westall The PLR Toolkit: Practice-led Research and Inclusivity in Postgraduate Music Industry Education 407Eva Petersen The Balancing Act 406Theory Simmons • Gerald White

3:10pm BST

Closing Session Paul McCartney Auditorium