APME Italy 2026: Grid

Welcome to the APMExMEMECO Italy 2026 Conference!
Here you can register and update your Sched profile. A draft schedule will be available May 15th, when you’ll be able to explore sessions and build your agenda.

Questions? Visit our website or email [email protected].

Join us July 14–16 in Sulmona, Italy, as we share voices and shape the future of popular music, identity, and education.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

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Auditorium dell'Annunziata	Cortile del Liceo Ovidio	Foyer Teatro M. Caniglia	Hotel Meeting Santacroce	Liceo Ovidio - Room 1	Liceo Ovidio - Room 2	Liceo Ovidio - Room 3	Liceo Ovidio - Room 4	Liceo Ovidio - Room 5	Museo Multimediale Ovidio - Conference Room	Museo Multimediale Ovidio - Foyer	Piazza XX Settembre

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☕ Caffè Italiano 8:00am - 8:45am

Keynote: Andrea Bocelli Foundation 9:00am - 9:45am

Voice and Body 8:15am - 8:45am

Andrea Bocelli Foundation Masterclass Performers 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Cocktail Networking Reception 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Are we there yet? The ultimate ultra-portable te... 10:00am - 10:45am

Musical Tinkering with AI: Play, Identity, and A... 11:00am - 11:45am

“Hear Our Stories”: Trauma-Informed & Identity-C... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Teaching Popular Music Without Words 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Building Circles. An experiential, inclusive and... 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Beyond Labels, Beyond Borders: Mediterranean Per... 11:00am - 11:45am

Music, Experience, and Human Development in Scho... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

"Music between Light and Shadow: Expressing, Com... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Intercultural exchange and sharing identities in... 5:00pm - 5:45pm

The Sound of Inclusion: The Ukulele as a Bridge... 10:00am - 10:45am

Inclusive Instrumental Music Education for Stude...

Canto popolare e canzone abruzzese d’autore negl...

"That makes it too easy!" - Why music production...

"El Sistema” in Naples, re-building territories...

Visual Narratives...

Record Club: Promo...

Il Chaabi algerino...

Fusing Musical Cultures: Developing Intercultura...

Re-engaging Students Through Structured, Activit...

An Intracultural P...

"Migrant Music and Identity: Artistic Practice a...

Looping in Pedagogy: Loop Station, Improvisation...

What do we sing in family? 11:25am - 11:50am

Developing a Shared Voice in a Piano and Drum Ki...

Performare la sostenibilità e l’inclusione: teat...

Popular Music and Translanguaging: Insights from...

Who Gets Heard: Women and Gender-Non-Conforming...

Gen Z and performative storytelling: an ethnogra...

Rockin' the Public Domain: What I Learned about...

Spazio Community Music 10:00am - 10:25am

From Concept to Show to Label: How Modern Band i...

Esperienze di composizione musicale per gli adol...

The Middle Eastern influence on Italian Medieval...

Ancient Pop: Reviving Italian Medieval and Renai...

Ipotesi di restituzione del repertorio di tradiz...

Exploring Breezin Thru Theory and Composing !

Modern Band Honor Ensembles: Rethinking Excellen...

Innovation in Practice: Launching Iceland’s new...

Things NOT to Do with AI in Your Songwriting (An...

Psychological Resources and Educational Pathways in Conservatory Training: A Comparison between Popular and Classical Music Students 14 2:00pm -
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Teaching early music: a historical–musical didactic model throug... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Keynote: Christiane Karam 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Mario Giusti e il mandolino in A... 2:15pm - 2:45pm

Gruppo Corale Folk Sirente 9:30pm - 11:00pm

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Auditorium dell'Annunziata	Cortile del Liceo Ovidio	Foyer Teatro M. Caniglia	Liceo Ovidio - Room 1	Liceo Ovidio - Room 2	Liceo Ovidio - Room 3	Liceo Ovidio - Room 4	Liceo Ovidio - Room 5	Museo Multimediale Ovidio - Conference Room	Museo Multimediale Ovidio - Foyer	Piazza XX Settembre

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☕ Caffè Italiano 8:00am - 8:45am

Keynote: Dr. Rhoda Bernard 9:00am - 9:45am

Panarda - Medieval Dinner 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Voice and Body 8:15am - 8:45am

Orchestra delle Arti Inclusive 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Communicating in, about, and through music: Lang... 10:00am - 10:45am

The Voices Method: From Neuroscience to Mysticis... 11:00am - 11:45am

Circle Singing in Education: Process, Participat... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Exploring Children’s Music of Middle Eastern Cul... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

UniMIDIHub music for everyone 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Ninna nanna: identità, tradizione e appartenenza 10:00am - 10:45am

From Practice to Prompt: Why Music Education Mat... 11:00am - 11:45am

Pop Theory in Practice: Teaching the Building Bl... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Da "Mainstream" al mainstream - Come il cantauto... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

From Individual Voice to Collective Sound: Human... 5:00pm - 5:45pm

“Panamerican Fusion in Composition: Where Classi... 11:00am - 11:45am

From a Recording Studio to an International Musi...

The Business of Songwriting: Teaching Creative C...

Popular Music as Educational Nourishment? Tracin...

In search of the gods of childhood: education an...

Innovative Approaches in Music Teaching and Lear...

The Study of Solfeggio: For a Historically Infor...

Closing the gaps in Popular Music singing pedago...

How Conflicts of the Past and Present Have Shape...

Finding Voice Through Presence: Mindfulness-Base...

Empowering children beyond the margins: A commun...

Student Delineation, Marginalization, and Popula...

Hiding in Plain Sight: A Brief History of Coded...

HI–AI–MI: A Human-Centered Framework for Ethical...

Student Agency Through Choice: Valuing the Creat...

The Audiovisual Essay as an Educational and Epis...

Gamification e musica di ispirazione folk di Amy...

The Creative Expressive Method: the Art of Livin...

0 – 0-2000 Students in 12 Months: Developing an...

Choral Singing as an Educational Ecosystem : Lis...

Raices al Viento 12:00pm - 12:25pm

Preparing the Future-Ready Musician: Adaptabilit...

Sicilian-Jazz: Translating Cultural Identity int...

Il suono al centro 4:25pm - 4:50pm

BLUE HAWK RECORDS: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING | HIG...

Loop Lottery 5:25pm - 5:50pm

Keynote: Giovanni Vacca 3:00pm - 3:45pm

Roots and Horizons: Roberto Murolo’s Legacy as a Shared Mediterr... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

ORBERT DAVIS SEPTET from Chicago Jazz Philharmonic 9:30pm - 11:00pm

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Abbazia Santo Spirito	Auditorium dell'Annunziata	Cortile del Liceo Ovidio	Liceo Ovidio - Room 1	Liceo Ovidio - Room 2	Liceo Ovidio - Room 3	Liceo Ovidio - Room 4	Liceo Ovidio - Room 5	Piazza XX Settembre

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Guided Tour of Abbazia Santo Spirito & Open Singing 5:30pm - 6:30pm

☕ Caffè Italiano 8:00am - 8:45am

Keynote: Simone Pilon 9:00am - 9:45am

Voice and Body 8:15am - 8:45am

Sicilian-Jazz in Practice: Composition, Arrangem... 10:00am - 10:45am

Voci corali giovanili sane: metodi pratici e str... 11:00am - 11:45am

Ecstatic Expressions: Inside out/Outside in - Ba... 12:00pm - 12:45pm

How to Stay Relevant: Student Voice as Curriculu... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

The theater, music, and language of my homeland 10:00am - 10:45am

General Music Centers for all Learners 11:00am - 11:45am

“Improvvisa con me al pianoforte”: attività per... 4:00pm - 4:45pm

Constraint-Based Songwriting: Creativity Through...

From Listening to Growth: Reconnecting Music Edu...

The Voices Method: Your Voice in your Body is yo...

On-Screen Portrayals of Music Teachers Causing T...

Defanging the Canon Monster: Reducing the Fricti...

From the Levant to Lubbock Texas: Bridging Cultu...

Mode Ancien: An Exploration in Reimagining Medie...

From Galant Schema to Pop Hit: the Romanesca bet...

What are they listening to? A thematic analysis...

Musical Pathways to Bilingual Identity: A Collab...

Supporting Student...

Beyond the Cover:...

Musica Popolare Italiana: Voices of the Past and...

Finish the Song Today. Songwriting with Suno

The Italian Choral Groove: Arranging and Promoti...

Let’s create Rethinking music theory using Flat...

Music as an Educational and Social Infrastructur...

Mistura Popolare 9:30pm - 11:00pm

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