APME Los Angeles 2024

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APME Los Angeles 2024

Welcome to the APME Los Angeles 2024 conference. Here you’ll be able to register for the conference and update your Sched profile. A draft of the conference schedule will be available beginning March 1. At that time, you’ll be able to view the schedule and select what presentations you’d like to attend. 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 June 5–8 to consider the past, present, and future of popular music education.

7:00pm PDT

Opening Reception TBDSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice Mattio • Bryan Powell

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time TBD

9:00am PDT

Opening Welcome and Keynote Carson CenterSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice Mattio • Bryan Powell

10:15am PDT

This Is America: Childish Gambino's Musical Protest Through Song and Visual Media Room 5Bailey Hinkley Grogan Beyond the Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Music Education and Industry Demands Room 6Dylan Gorenberg The Perceived Effectiveness of a Higher Education Popular Music Professional Development Program Room 3Candice Mattio • Scott Burstein Addressing Social Class in Popular Music Education Room 2Joseph Abramo AI in Education Room 1Ben Camp APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD

10:45am PDT

Beyond the Book Chapter: Practice-led Research and Inclusivity in Popular Music Education. Room 6Eva Petersen Positive Psychology for Music Professionals: Using Your Character Strengths to Empower in the Music Classroom Room 3Raina Murnak Maybe You’ll Find Direction: Teaching Improvisation through the Grateful Dead and Experiential Learning Theory Room 5Alfredo Guerrieri Country Music in the Classroom: Practical, Political, and Philosophical Considerations Room 2M. W. Degan Songwriting, A Meaningful Connection Room 4Nick Filotei AI in Music + Arts Room 1Ben Camp

11:30am PDT

Pretty Hurts: Microaggressions Experiences of Women, Feme-Identifying, and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Technology Room 3Candice Mattio That’s My Jam: Learning Strategies Inspired by Pop Culture Room 6Tamara Thies Blue Hawk Records: Transformative Learning | High Student Engagement | Brand Awareness | Real-world Outcomes Room 2Joe Rapolla Creating Connections through Narrative Songwriting Room 4Melissa Ryan AI-Based Automated Vocal Music Grader Room 5Saanvi Bhargava Lets create Rethinking music theory using Flat and Soundtrap Room 1Jackie Martino APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD

12:00pm PDT

Informally Educated vs. Formally Educated Musicians in Music Institutions: A Sense of Belonging Room 3Rhian Bristol Song Maps: A Path to Creating Dynamic Performances for Original Songs Room 4Kat Reinhert We Do It All: An Original Song, a National TV Commercial, and a Transformative Learning Experience Room 2Bess Rogers The Marching Band Alternative Room 6Steve Moreland AI-Powered Music Education for Tomorrow's Artists Room 1Mark Huggins So You Want to Start a Music Education Business OnlineJessica Peresta Unveiling the Global Dominance of Latin Music: Implications for Music Education and Entrepreneurship OnlineJosé Valentino Ruiz From Casablanca to Skyfall: Celebrating 100 Years of Hollywood Studios through Popular Music OnlineJonathan Allentoff Visceral Response Metrics OnlineBlas Barragán Groove in the Music Classroom OnlineEthan Hein Poverty, Barriers, Music & Success: Understanding and Helping Low-Income Music Students Succeed OnlineDon Stinson Rhizomatic Learning in the Popular Music Classroom OnlineMichael Ferraro

2:00pm PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD Music Streaming: Profits and Possibilities Room 6Yvan Kelly Step by Step: A Framework For Helping Students Achieve Their Dreams Room 6Melissa Treinkman Helping Students Unlock Their Song Ideas Room 5Taylor Miranda Integrating more awareness of drum kit sounds and grooves into aural skills / ear training classes Room 1Patrick Olsen Integrating Popular Music Education in Music Teacher Education Room 3Martina Vasil • Virginia Davis • Sandra Adorno Soundtracking Student Success: Staying in sync with the music licensing Room 3Brian Wilkins The Post-Modern Professor: An Autobiography Room 2 Guitar: The Easiest Difficult Instrument (Why Guitarists Are Terrible Sightreaders) Room 6Jamey Arent Songwriting: A Tool for Empathy, Empowerment & New Learning in the Classroom Room 2Courtney Fortune The Rise of Racism in Country Music Room 2Michelle Kardos Unleashing the Beast: The Reign of the Truest Metal Band Room 2Amir Davarzani Artistic Intent: A Framework for K-12 Popular Music Analysis Room 1Jeremy Rowland Inclusion in Pop Music Ensembles using 3 Strings Methodology Room 6Ruth LeMay Incorporating Neurodivergent learners into Popular Music Ensembles Room 4Ruth LeMay Promoting Analysis through Discovery Room 1Alfredo Guerrieri The Song Exploder Experiment: Promoting Analysis through Discovery Room 1Tamara Theis

3:00pm PDT

Afteroon Coffee Time TBD

3:15pm PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD Multi-Instrumentalistism for Popular Music Educators Room 2Chris Sampson IMPACT Music Classrooms and Curricula: Designing Modern Music Pedagogy, Curricular Resources, and Classrooms to be Inclusive, Modern, Prosocial, Accessible, Culturally-Responsive, and Therapeutic Room 6Peter Stoltzman Orff Schulwerk and Popular Media Room 5Martina Vasil Teaching Musicianship with a Pop Music Twist Room 4Saleel Menon Visuals, Video, AI, Oh My! Canva for Education Does it All! Room 1Stefani Langol

3:45pm PDT

Opening the Door To More Room 3Eric Songer

4:30pm PDT

Critical Response Process: Making Collaboration and Feedback Meaningful Room 4Mallory Alekna The Development of the North Carolina Music Educators Association Popular Music Education Committee (NCMEA-PMEC) Room 3Raychl Smith Location, Location, Location: Comparing real-estate values of performing arts centers vs. stadiums and arenas Room 2Kate Gargiulo Music Theory in Popular Music: Guidelines for K-12 Teachers Room 6Emily Langerholc APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD Composing in the School Choir Room 5Ruth Debrot Let's Make a Pop Song Room 1Dr. Thomas Tacke

5:00pm PDT

"Time keeps on slippin'...": Reflections on 20 years of popular music education at Bergen Community College " Room 3Andy Krikun Music Licensing 101 Room 2LaMarcus Miller

6:00pm PDT

APME Chapter Get-togethers TBA

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time TBD

9:00am PDT

Keynote - Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding, Switched on Pop Podcast Carson CenterCharlie Harding • Nate Sloan

10:15am PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD Circle up! Let’s make our sound with Body Music, Circlesinging, and Música do Círculo pedagogy. Room 4Laura Montanari BGVs 101: Leveraging Technology to Learn Vocal Parts Room 5Nicole Kubis Building Teachers' Creative Confidence in a Popular Music-Making Classroom Room 3Melissa Ryan Yonkers The Lost City of Hip Hop Room 2Andrew Wang Teaching Popular Music through the Steel Band Room 6Rick Palese • Brian Klenzendorf 8 Things you can do NOW to expand representation in Music Technology (and 2 things that already work) Room 1Abby Casey • Nicholas Quigley • Jessica Gordon • Ariel Alexander • Candice Mattio

11:30am PDT

Building and Organizing Popular Music Room 3Jake Hertzog Teaching and Learning Collaborative Songwriting at the Drum Kit Room 6Gareth Dylan Smith Band AND Room 2Eric Songer Backroom writing: uncovering the learning pathways of Australian songwriters and music producers Room 5Tina Broad Music Censorship and Appropriateness in the Elementary Music Classroom: Perceptions of Music Educators and Parents of Elementary-Aged Children Room 4Sandra Adorno Harmonizing with AI: Revolutionizing Music Education in the Era of ChatGPT and Beyond Room 1Christopher Burns APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD

12:00pm PDT

Future Forward: Examining Efficacy of Popular Music Education in the Classroom Room 4Candice Mattio • Scott Burstein One From None: Setting the Stage to Grow a Popular Music Program Room 3Ethan Sobotta Joining the Wave: A Case for K-pop Implementation in the K–12 Music Classroom Room 2Christy Go Learning and Arranging a Song in 20 minutes using THE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS Room 6Sammy Miller • Corbin Jones Primary Sources: Scaffolding Music Technology from Entry Points to Industry Standards Room 1Dustin Ragland Reel Lessons: Social Media as a Teaching Tool Room 5Jamey Arent The importance of Popular Music for Programs of Music and Social Change in Brazil Room 5Marilia Kamil

2:00pm PDT

Vocal training experiences and perceptions among adult Professional Contemporary Gig Singers Room 5May Oskan Reinventing Everything: Identity, Injustice, and an Arts Program for Justice-Involved Young Adults Room 3Jake Cassman Integrating Orchestral String Instruments Into Popular Music Making Room 2Leo Park Using Popular Music Repertoire & Learning Practices to Fortify the General Music Classroom Room 4Bri'Ann F Wright Gimme Me That Badge! Designing and Deploying a Recording Engineer Skill Micro-Credential Room 1James A Borrego • Vittorio Marone • Ruben C. Rodriguez APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD The Vibrant Art of Phrasing: Creating Different Grooves with a Student Rock Band Room 6Kristian Wahlström

2:30pm PDT

Modern Band & MusicFirst - Perfect Together! Room 1 The Lives and Careers of Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists Room 5Bailey Hinkley Grogan Hip-Hop and Historical Context: Paralleling Hip-Hop to the Imagery of a Community Room 3Adrian D. Barnes Popular Music Visuals: taking a critical approach in Higher Popular Music Education Room 2Helen Elizabeth Davies How are We Thinking About the History of Popular Music Education: Application of the Past and Current into the Future Room 4Lisa A. Crawford

3:00pm PDT

Afternoon Coffee Time TBD

3:15pm PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD Moderation is Overrated: Using Extremes to Find the In-Betweens in the Voice Studio Room 5Melissa Treinkman Creating a Career in Popular Music Room 3Barbra Weidlein • Courtney Fortune • Sean Holt • Brad Rees • Sachi Rodriguez Creative Play: An Improv-Based Songwriting Collaboration Workshop Room 4Sarah Brindell Music Production Program Best Practices Room 6Dan Sheehan Teaching about Copyright and Related Music Industry Revenue Room 2The Mechanical Licensing Collective Teaching with Authenticity: Examining Music's Historic and Contemporary Cultural Traditions Room 1Arin Canbolat • Ashley Shabankareh • Krystal Prime Banfield • Bo Dollis, Jr • Emmett G. Price • Martin Shore

4:15pm PDT

Performance - Huntinton Beach Academy for the Performing Arts Carson Center

4:30pm PDT

Pro/Teachers Jam Session TBD Student Jam Session TBD

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time TBD

9:00am PDT

Regionalism in Hip-Hop: Unsung Pioneers Room 5Angelica Brooks Digital Ensembles in Popular Music Education: Narratives from the story of a band Dissonance Room 3Jonathan Kladder Praciticing Pop Instruments Intelligently with Technology Room 2Rick Palese Empowering Student Engagement and Facilitation Through Music-Making Room 4Stefano Marchese DIY DAWS Room 1J. Thomas Link APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD Telematic Music Making for Access and Inclusion Room 6Tom Zlabinger

9:30am PDT

I Got a Story to Tell: Hip-hop based education and activism Room 5Anna Lippman Diversifying curricula for international music business education Room 3Sam Howard-Spink Culturally Responsive Pedagogies and Modern Band: A Case Study Room 2Rachael Sanguinetti Empowering East Asian Students in North American School Music Room 4Jonathan Sang-Joon Lee SpartanSound Productions: Creation, Growth, and Impact Room 1Dr. Thomas Tacke

10:15am PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD Coming Together: A Panel Considering the Future of the 20th Century General Music Pedagogies Room 4Martina Vasil • Carla Aguilar • Wendy Valerio • Kay Piña • Juliana Canterelli Vita Fast Forward: Connecting curriculum with the modern music landscape Room 3Brian Wilkins Drum Together: Drum Kit Pedagogy for Music Educators Room 6Virginia Davis • Gareth Dylan Smith The Song Factory: Pop Songwriting in the Classroom Room 2Ethan Hein Beyond the Classroom Walls: Leveraging Outside Professionals to Facilitate Learning Room 5Kat Reinhert • Sarah Gulish • Charles Cleyn Improv Comedy for Music Educators Room 1Jake Cassman

11:30am PDT

Building Student Portfolios for the Contemporary Market: Incorporating the technological imperative into existing music curricula Room 3Chris Beyt Educator Objectives & Attitudes Towards Undergraduate PME Curricula in the UK Room 6Aidan Harvey Tuning into Dissonance: Teaching the Power Imbalances in Crossover Music Cultures Room 2Ching-nam Hippocrates Cheng Ghost in the Machine: Do algorithms revisit the racist past of popular music? Room 5Emily Langerholc Vocaloids in the music teaching and learning classroom: The intersections of fan culture within project-based songwriting Room 1Isaac Raven APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD

12:00pm PDT

How do we want to be together?: Fostering Engagement & Agency in a Required 'Music Appreciation' Course Room 6Mallory Alekna Modernizing Music Programs in Higher Education with popular Music: Students' Preparation for Music Employment Room 3Christin Foley Smith Music Education Island Room 2Adrian Davis SongMakers: a decade of music mentoring in Australian secondary schools Room 4Tina Broad Student Agency In the Nontraditonal Music Classroom Room 5Meghan Goodner So You Want to Start a Music Production Program Room 1Dan Sheehan

2:00pm PDT

Musition/Auralia Sponsored Session Room 2Tim Wilson APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD A Career Military Musician Perspective: The Vocalist's Experience Performing for Diverse Audiences Across the World Room 5Christin Foley Smith A Student-Centered Approach to Popular Music Curriculum at the High School Level Room 5Courtney Fortune A Scaffolded Project-Based Songwriting Curriculum for Middle School Music Classes Room 3Joshua Emanuel Musicking in Masculine Spaces: Experiences in Drumming While Female Room 1Virginia Davis Popular Music Education’s Ontological Crisis in the Age of Neoliberalism Room 1Justin D. Fraser Improvisation: Talking to Your Friends with Your Instrument Room 6Sammy Miller • Corbin Jones Polyphonix: Breaking the Mold of the Traditional Orchestra Room 5Orion Burke • Steve Vutsinas Updating Music Technology Assessment Strategies Room 5Cato Zane Songwriting as a Culture of Belonging Room 1Jonathan Kladder Unlocking Creativity: Building Student Self-Efficacy through AI-Driven Collaborative Musical Exploration Room 1Sarah Rector • Mallory Conner-Behrens

3:00pm PDT

Afternoon Coffee Time TBD

3:15pm PDT

Fear No Sound: Exploring Pedagogies for Rough Vocal Effects (RVEs) in Popular Music Room 5May Oskan Contemporary Issues and Curriculum: A Project to Building Positive Learning Environments Room 4Russ Biczo I felt Pretty Heard: Cultivating Social Emotional Learning in Teens Through Partner-Based Songwriting Room 3Anne Heaton I Would Kill for a Class Like That!: Action Research on Modern Band in the International Baccalaureate MYP Framework Room 2Luiz Pepe Barcellos Re-imagining composing in the music classroom using film scoring Room 1Marita Rosenberg

3:45pm PDT

Exploring singing across cultures through original songs Room 5Wei Yi Incorporating Popular Music Learning Pedagogy into Music Teacher Preparation Room 4Edward McClellan Coming Together: Briding the Divide in Popular Music Education Room 2Mark Huggins Between the Beats: Using Sample-Subtraction to Reveal Underlying Musicality Room 1Dustin Ragland

4:30pm PDT

Closing Session Carson CenterSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice Mattio • Bryan Powell

5:00pm PDT

APME LIVE Student Showcase Tommy's PlaceKat Reinhert • Steve Holley