APME Memphis 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the APME Memphis 2025 conference. Here, you’ll be able to register for the conference and update your Sched profile. The conference schedule will be available in late spring 2025. At that time, you can view the schedule and select the 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 4–7, 2025.

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10:15am CDT

Roger Bacon Rhythm 'n' Blues Rock Band (RB3)

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

Harris Hall - Legacy Building

Clinicians

Scott Burstein

Kat Reinhert

Speakers

Joseph Montgomery

Roger Bacon High School

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Harris Hall - Legacy Building

APME LIVE

11:30am CDT

Holyoke STEM Beats

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT

Harris Hall - Legacy Building

Performing music ranging from Usher to Herbie Hancock to Kendrick Lamar, STEM Beats takes pride in delivering only the highest quality. Hailing from Holyoke, MA, we are the music program at Holyoke STEM Academy, a public middle school with approximately 300 students. Every student at STEM Academy is part of STEM Beats for the entire year.

STEM Beats has performed at various local schools, Boston University, hosted music education classes, and much more. We perform music chosen and arranged by our students. Our group features keyboards, drum sets, singers, rappers, mallet percussion, bass, and guitar. We are not a band, we are not a choir—WE ARE STEM BEATS!

Clinicians

Heather Fortune

Music Teacher, Friends Select School

Educator and Flutist Heather Fortune leads instrumental ensembles at Friends Select School in Center City, Philadelphia. Her inclusive approach centers student voice and choice, utilizes good music technology to empower learners, and builds responsive classroom spaces. Heather coaches... Read More →

Matt Tutor

Artists

Holyoke STEM Academy

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Harris Hall - Legacy Building

APME LIVE

2:00pm CDT

Within

Thursday June 5, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

Harris Hall - Legacy Building

We are Within, a group formed in the ALA Modern Band program in 2022. Our members are Viviana Villanueva (lead singer and bassist), Evan Bohmann (drummer), Kathleen Juarez (guitarist), and Marissa Esparza (guitarist and pianist). We have been performing covers as a band for 3 years, and play a wide variety of music genres ranging from rock, pop, and other famous classics. We have recently been writing our own songs and plan to continue writing more originals going forward. In our audition video, we will be playing one of our original songs called Scout.

Clinicians

Chris Burns

Fine and Performing Arts Resource Specialist, School District of Osceola County

Christopher Burns is currently the Fine and Performing Arts Resource Specialist in Osceola County, Florida. He received his B.M.E. from the University of Central Florida and his M.M.E. from Boston University and holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of South Florida with... Read More →