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 Rock and Reilley'sSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice D. Mattio • Bryan Powell

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

9:00am PDT

Opening Welcome Carson CenterSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice D. Mattio • Bryan Powell

9:15am PDT

Keynote - Paving Industry Pathways for Music Students Carson CenterRome Thomas

10:00am PDT

Maybe You’ll Find Direction: Teaching Improvisation through the Grateful Dead and Experiential Learning Theory OnlineAlfredo Guerrieri Promoting Analysis through Discovery OnlineAlfredo Guerrieri

10:15am PDT

Critical Response Process: Making Collaboration and Feedback Meaningful The Music Complex 112Mallory Alekna This Is America: Childish Gambino's Musical Protest Through Song and Visual Media Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Bailey Hinkley Grogan Addressing Social Class in Popular Music Education The Music Complex G150Joseph Abramo AI-Powered Music Education for Tomorrow's Artists Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Mark Huggins Ella Reese Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterElla Reese Emergence - 3 Strings Band Carson CenterEmergence - 3 Strings Band

10:45am PDT

Beyond the Book Chapter: Practice-led Research and Inclusivity in Popular Music Education. The Music Complex 112Eva Petersen Beyond the Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Music Education and Industry Demands Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Dylan Gorenberg Country Music in the Classroom: Practical, Political, and Philosophical Considerations The Music Complex G150M. W. Degan Songwriting, A Meaningful Connection Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Nick Filotei

11:30am PDT

Positive Psychology for Music Professionals: Using Your Character Strengths to Empower in the Music Classroom The Music Complex G156Raina Murnak That’s My Jam: Learning Strategies Inspired by Pop Culture Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Tamara Thies Blue Hawk Records: Transformative Learning | High Student Engagement | Brand Awareness | Real-world Outcomes The Music Complex G150Joe Rapolla Creating Connections through Narrative Songwriting Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Melissa Ryan AI-Based Automated Vocal Music Grader The Music Complex 112Saanvi Bhargava Old Guard Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterOld Guard The 444s Carson CenterThe 444s

12:00pm PDT

Informally Educated vs. Formally Educated Musicians in Music Institutions: A Sense of Belonging The Music Complex G156Rhian Bristol Song Maps: A Path to Creating Dynamic Performances for Original Songs Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Kat Reinhert The Marching Band Alternative Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Steve Moreland Lets create Rethinking music theory using Flat and Soundtrap The Music Complex 112Jackie Martino The importance of Popular Music for Programs of Music and Social Change in Brazil The Music Complex G150Marilia Kamil 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 Yonkers The Lost City of Hip Hop OnlineAndrew Wang Rhizomatic Learning in the Popular Music Classroom OnlineMichael Ferraro

12:30pm PDT

Lunch TBA

1:15pm PDT

Lunchtime Concerts Schoenfeld Hall

2:00pm PDT

Julian Abramo Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterJulian Abramo The End All Carson CenterThe End All Music Streaming: Profits and Possibilities Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Yvan Kelly Step by Step: A Framework For Helping Students Achieve Their Dreams Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Melissa Treinkman Helping Students Unlock Their Song Ideas The Music Complex 112Taylor Miranda Integrating more awareness of drum kit sounds and grooves into aural skills / ear training classes The Music Complex G147Patrick Olsen Integrating Popular Music Education in Music Teacher Education The Music Complex G156Martina Vasil • Virginia Davis • Sandra Adorno The Post-Modern Professor: An Autobiography The Music Complex G150 Guitar: The Easiest Difficult Instrument (Why Guitarists Are Terrible Sightreaders) Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Jamey Arent Songwriting: A Tool for Empathy, Empowerment & New Learning in the Classroom The Music Complex G150Courtney Fortune The Rise of Racism in Country Music The Music Complex G150Michelle Kardos Unleashing the Beast: The Reign of the Truest Metal Band The Music Complex G150Amir Davarzani Artistic Intent: A Framework for K-12 Popular Music Analysis The Music Complex G147Jeremy Rowland Inclusion in Pop Music Ensembles using 3 Strings Methodology Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Ruth LeMay Teaching Musicianship with a Pop Music Twist Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Saleel Menon The Song Exploder Experiment: Promoting Analysis through Discovery The Music Complex G147Tamara Theis

3:00pm PDT

Afteroon Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

3:15pm PDT

Eva Luna Smith Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterEva Luna Smith Osceola Rocks! Carson CenterOsceola Rocks! Soundtracking Student Success: Staying in sync with music licensing The Music Complex G156Brian Wilkins Multi-Instrumentalistism for Popular Music Educators The Music Complex 112Chris Sampson IMPACT Music Classrooms and Curricula: Designing Modern Music Pedagogy, Curricular Resources, and Classrooms to be Inclusive, Modern, Prosocial, Accessible, Culturally-Responsive, and Therapeutic Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Peter Stoltzman Orff Schulwerk and Popular Media Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Martina Vasil Preparing Students for Creative and Technical Careers in Music and Audio The Music Complex G150Young Producers Group Visuals, Video, AI, Oh My! Canva for Education Does it All! The Music Complex G147Stefani Langol

4:30pm PDT

The Development of the North Carolina Music Educators Association Popular Music Education Committee (NCMEA-PMEC) The Music Complex G156Raychl Smith Location, Location, Location: Comparing real-estate values of performing arts centers vs. stadiums and arenas The Music Complex G150Kate Gargiulo Music Theory in Popular Music: Guidelines for K-12 Teachers Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Emily Langerholc APME LIVE USC Experience Carson Center Marlo Leik Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterMarlo Leik Composing in the School Choir The Music Complex 112Ruth Debrot Focusrite Music Industry Panel Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106 Let's Make a Pop Song The Music Complex G147Dr. Thomas Tacke

5:00pm PDT

"Time keeps on slippin'...": Reflections on 20 years of popular music education at Bergen Community College " The Music Complex G156Andy Krikun Coaching the Popular Music Ensemble Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Chris Sampson Music Licensing for visual media: Television & Film. The Music Complex G150LaMarcus Miller

6:00pm PDT

APME Chapter Get-togethers TBA

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

9:00am PDT

Keynote - Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding, Switched on Pop Podcast: Charting Musical Concepts Through Pop Hits Carson CenterCharlie Harding • Nate Sloan

10:15am PDT

Noël Tsoukalas Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterNoël Tsoukalas St. George's independent School American Music Ensemble Carson CenterSGIS American Music Ensemble Circle up! Let’s make our sound with Body Music, Circlesinging, and Música do Círculo pedagogy. Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Laura Montanari Building Teachers' Creative Confidence in a Popular Music-Making Classroom The Music Complex G156Melissa Ryan Incorporating Neurodivergent learners into Popular Music Ensembles The Music Complex G150Ruth LeMay Teaching Popular Music through the Steel Band Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Rick Palese • Brian Klenzendorf 8 Things you can do NOW to expand representation in Music Technology (and 2 things that already work) The Music Complex G147Candice D. Mattio • Abby Casey • Nicholas Quigley • Jessica Gordon • Ariel Alexander Beyond the Classroom Walls: Leveraging Outside Professionals to Facilitate Learning The Music Complex 112Kat Reinhert • Sarah Gulish • Charles Cleyn

11:30am PDT

Building and Organizing Popular Music The Music Complex G156Jake Hertzog Teaching and Learning Collaborative Songwriting at the Drum Kit Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Gareth Dylan Smith Band AND The Music Complex G150Eric Songer Backroom writing: uncovering the learning pathways of Australian songwriters and music producers The Music Complex 112Tina Broad Music Censorship and Appropriateness in the Elementary Music Classroom: Perceptions of Music Educators and Parents of Elementary-Aged Children Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Sandra Adorno Harmonizing with AI: Revolutionizing Music Education in the Era of ChatGPT and Beyond The Music Complex G147Christopher Burns Central Union High School Rock Combo Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterCentral Union High School Rock Combo The Birth Of the Mirth Brigade Carson CenterThe Birth of the Mirth Brigade

12:00pm PDT

Future Forward: Examining Efficacy of Popular Music Education in the Classroom Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Candice D. Mattio • Scott Burstein One From None: Setting the Stage to Grow a Popular Music Program The Music Complex G156Ethan Sobotta Joining the Wave: A Case for K-pop Implementation in the K–12 Music Classroom The Music Complex G150Christy Go Learning and Arranging a Song in 20 minutes using THE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Sammy Miller • Corbin Jones Primary Sources: Scaffolding Music Technology from Entry Points to Industry Standards The Music Complex G147Dustin Ragland Reel Lessons: Social Media as a Teaching Tool The Music Complex 112Jamey Arent

12:30pm PDT

Lunch TBA

1:15pm PDT

Lunchtime Concerts Schoenfeld Hall

2:00pm PDT

Vocal training experiences and perceptions among adult Professional Contemporary Gig Singers The Music Complex 112May Oskan Culturally Responsive Pedagogies and Modern Band: A Case Study The Music Complex G156Rachael Sanguinetti Integrating Orchestral String Instruments Into Popular Music Making The Music Complex G150Leo Park Using Popular Music Repertoire & Learning Practices to Fortify the General Music Classroom Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Bri'Ann F Wright Gimme Me That Badge! Designing and Deploying a Recording Engineer Skill Micro-Credential The Music Complex G147Ruben C. Rodriguez • James A Borrego • Vittorio Marone Nezperce High School Advanced Band Carson CenterNezperce High School Valley Vista Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterValley Vista The Vibrant Art of Phrasing: Creating Different Grooves with a Student Rock Band Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Kristian Wahlström

2:30pm PDT

The Lives and Careers of Six Black Female Jazz Instrumentalists The Music Complex 112Bailey Hinkley Grogan Hip-Hop and Historical Context: Paralleling Hip-Hop to the Imagery of a Community The Music Complex G156Adrian D. Barnes Popular Music Visuals: taking a critical approach in Higher Popular Music Education The Music Complex G150Helen Elizabeth Davies How are We Thinking About the History of Popular Music Education: Application of the Past and Current into the Future Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Lisa A. Crawford Modern Band & MusicFirst - Perfect Together! The Music Complex G147

3:00pm PDT

Afternoon Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

3:15pm PDT

37623 Carson Center37623 DJs stEad3 (Edward Vera) & Casey McFadden Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterDJ Casey McFadden • DJ stEad3 Moderation is Overrated: Using Extremes to Find the In-Betweens in the Voice Studio The Music Complex 112Melissa Treinkman Creating a Career in Popular Music The Music Complex G156Barbra Weidlein • Courtney Fortune • Sean Holt • Brad Rees • Sachi Rodriguez Creative Play: An Improv-Based Songwriting Collaboration Workshop Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Sarah Brindell Music Production Program Best Practices Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Dan Sheehan Teaching about Copyright and Related Music Industry Revenue The Music Complex G150The Mechanical Licensing Collective Teaching with Authenticity: Examining Music's Historic and Contemporary Cultural Traditions The Music Complex G147Ashley Shabankareh • Arin Canbolat • Krystal Prime Banfield • Bo Dollis, Jr • Emmett G. Price • Martin Shore

4:30pm PDT

Pro/Teachers Jam Session Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101 Student Jam Session Zaro Family Songwriters Theater

8:00am PDT

Conference Check in/Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

9:00am PDT

Regionalism in Hip-Hop: Unsung Pioneers The Music Complex 112Angelica Brooks Digital Ensembles in Popular Music Education: Narratives from the story of a band Dissonance The Music Complex G156Jonathan Kladder Praciticing Pop Instruments Intelligently with Technology The Music Complex G150Rick Palese Empowering Student Engagement and Facilitation Through Music-Making Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Stefano Marchese DIY DAWS The Music Complex G147J. Thomas Link APME LIVE Artist TBD Carson CenterTBD Telematic Music Making for Access and Inclusion Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Tom Zlabinger

9:30am PDT

I Got a Story to Tell: Hip-hop based education and activism The Music Complex 112Anna Lippman Diversifying curricula for international music business education The Music Complex G156Sam Howard-Spink Reinventing Everything: Identity, Injustice, and an Arts Program for Justice-Involved Young Adults The Music Complex G150Jake Cassman Empowering East Asian Students in North American School Music Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Jonathan Sang-Joon Lee SpartanSound Productions: Creation, Growth, and Impact The Music Complex G147Dr. Thomas Tacke

10:15am PDT

APME LIVE Artist TBD Zaro Family Songwriters TheaterTBD Coming Together: A Panel Considering the Future of the 20th Century General Music Pedagogies Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Martina Vasil • Carla Aguilar • Wendy Valerio • Kay Piña • Juliana Canterelli Vita Fast Forward: Connecting curriculum with the modern music landscape The Music Complex G156Brian Wilkins Drum Together: Drum Kit Pedagogy for Music Educators Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Virginia Davis • Gareth Dylan Smith The Song Factory: Pop Songwriting in the Classroom The Music Complex G150Ethan Hein Improv Comedy for Music Educators The Music Complex G147Jake Cassman

11:30am PDT

Building Student Portfolios for the Contemporary Market: Incorporating the technological imperative into existing music curricula The Music Complex G156Chris Beyt Educator Objectives & Attitudes Towards Undergraduate PME Curricula in the UK Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Aidan Harvey Tuning into Dissonance: Teaching the Power Imbalances in Crossover Music Cultures The Music Complex G150Ching-nam Hippocrates Cheng Ghost in the Machine: Do algorithms revisit the racist past of popular music? The Music Complex 112Emily Langerholc Vocaloids in the music teaching and learning classroom: The intersections of fan culture within project-based songwriting Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Isaac Raven Wurrly & Inspire EDU demonstration The Music Complex G147Wurrly • Inspire Edu

12:00pm PDT

Modernizing Music Programs in Higher Education with popular Music: Students' Preparation for Music Employment The Music Complex G156Christin Foley Smith Music Education Island The Music Complex G150Adrian Davis Approaching Appropriation in Music Education Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Nick Filotei SongMakers: a decade of music mentoring in Australian secondary schools Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Tina Broad Student Agency In the Nontraditonal Music Classroom The Music Complex 112Meghan Goodner So You Want to Start a Music Production Program The Music Complex G147Dan Sheehan

12:30pm PDT

Lunch TBA

2:00pm PDT

A Career Military Musician Perspective: The Vocalist's Experience Performing for Diverse Audiences Across the World The Music Complex 112Christin Foley Smith A Student-Centered Approach to Popular Music Curriculum at the High School Level The Music Complex 112Courtney Fortune A Scaffolded Project-Based Songwriting Curriculum for Middle School Music Classes The Music Complex G156Joshua Emanuel Musicking in Masculine Spaces: Experiences in Drumming While Female The Music Complex G147Virginia Davis Popular Music Education’s Ontological Crisis in the Age of Neoliberalism Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Justin D. Fraser Groove in the Music Classroom Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Ethan Hein Improvisation: Talking to Your Friends with Your Instrument Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 101Sammy Miller • Corbin Jones Polyphonix: Breaking the Mold of the Traditional Orchestra Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Orion Burke • Steve Vutsinas Updating Music Technology Assessment Strategies The Music Complex 112Cato Zane Elevating popular music listening and musicianship skills with Auralia & Musition The Music Complex G150Tim Wilson • Auralia Songwriting as a Culture of Belonging The Music Complex G147Jonathan Kladder Unlocking Creativity: Building Student Self-Efficacy through AI-Driven Collaborative Musical Exploration The Music Complex G147Sarah Rector • Mallory Conner-Behrens

3:00pm PDT

Afternoon Coffee Time Schoenfeld Hall

3:15pm PDT

Fear No Sound: Exploring Pedagogies for Rough Vocal Effects (RVEs) in Popular Music The Music Complex 112May Oskan Contemporary Issues and Curriculum: A Project to Building Positive Learning Environments Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Russ Biczo I felt Pretty Heard: Cultivating Social Emotional Learning in Teens Through Partner-Based Songwriting The Music Complex G156Anne Heaton I Would Kill for a Class Like That!: Action Research on Modern Band in the International Baccalaureate MYP Framework The Music Complex G150Luiz Pepe Barcellos Re-imagining composing in the music classroom using film scoring The Music Complex G147Marita Rosenberg

3:45pm PDT

Exploring singing across cultures through original songs The Music Complex 112Wei Yi Incorporating Popular Music Learning Pedagogy into Music Teacher Preparation Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building 106Edward McClellan Coming Together: Briding the Divide in Popular Music Education The Music Complex G150Mark Huggins Opening the Door To More The Music Complex G156Eric Songer Between the Beats: Using Sample-Subtraction to Reveal Underlying Musicality The Music Complex G147Dustin Ragland

4:30pm PDT

Closing Session & 2025 Conference Location Announcement Carson CenterSteve Holley • Raina Murnak • Candice D. Mattio • Bryan Powell

6:00pm PDT

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