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.
This session will focus on the transformative power of participatory music-making in fostering social-emotional development, enhancing musical fluency, and embedding culturally and linguistically sustaining practices (CLSP) in the classroom. Designed for educators across disciplines, the session will invite teachers to explore the value of integrating participatory music-making activities into their curricula. Through collaborative, real-time music creation, students can enhance their musical skills, build community, and develop critical thinking and growth mindsets, all while placing creativity and cultural identity at the center of their learning experience. Rather than relying on a traditional, performance-based teaching model, this session advocates for a facilitation-based approach where educators guide students through creative processes, encouraging experimentation, reflection, and personal growth. This shift promotes a student-centered learning environment where students take ownership of their creativity and are empowered to express their cultural and linguistic identities through music-making.
