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.
This research explores six black female jazz instrumentalists of the 20th century. These women are all extremely underrepresented in literature despite their extraordinary work and talent. This session will explore their lives, careers, contributions, and the reasons why they are not commonly remembered in the cannon of jazz history.