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.
In my two-decade career as a community college music professor, I have strived to integrate popular music education and world music into the existing college music curriculum. In this paper, I will reflect on my experiences as a practitioner-teacher-researcher of popular music facilitating curricular development in both practical popular music courses such as songwriting, pop/rock ensemble and concert promotion and production as well as theoretical courses in world music and the history of American popular music. I will address lessons learned from my past experiences as well as discussing current challenges and future directions.