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.
This presentation examines how attire functions as pedagogical communication in popular music education. Through educator interviews and photographs, it explores how clothing establishes authenticity, reduces power distance, and embodies culturally responsive teaching. The presentation reframes "professional" attire as intentional dressing that supports student-centered practices in popular music classrooms.
Music Education Student, Oklahoma State University
Katelynn Lewis is a student at Oklahoma State University pursuing her Bachelor's of Music Education degree. She is an instrumental music educator and private horn instructor working with students of all ages.Passionate about supporting student success, Katelynn founded Justincase... Read More →
Visiting Assistant Professor of Elementary Music Education, Oklahoma State University
Lívia Helena de Moraes, Ph.D. is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Elementary Music Education at Oklahoma State University, where she teaches undergraduate courses in music education, including Elementary Methods in Music Education, Introduction to Music Education, and Student Teaching Seminar. Her research fo... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:00pm - 4:15pm CEST Liceo Ovidio - Room 3PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)
Record Club is a low-cost, high-impact initiative that promotes community among music students through shared listening. Students bring music they love, explain why it matters to them, and listen together. What began with a few students has grown into a supportive community that counters isolation and celebrates students' identities and help them to feel heard, connected, and valued.
Associate Director for Academic Studies and Affairs, Texas Tech University
Sarai Brinker is the Associate Director for Academic Studies and Affairs at the Texas Tech University School of Music, where she also serves as a professor of practice of music humanities. Her courses examine a variety of popular music styles, and she is perhaps best known across... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:15pm - 4:30pm CEST Liceo Ovidio - Room 3PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)
Il presente lavoro si propone di studiare l’evoluzione della musica chaabi sin dalle sue origini, esaminandone gli sviluppi sia sul piano poetico che su quello musicale. L’obiettivo di questa ricerca è : spiegare la struttura poetica del ksid, evidenziandone le varianti e l’importanza nella costruzione delrepertorio, analizzare l’evoluzione dell’organico strumentale del chaabi, con particolare attenzione ad alcuni strumenti, arricchire il panorama della musicologia algerina.
Hichem Chergui, violoncellista e musicologo originario dell’Algeria. Laureato in Discipline storico-critiche e analitiche della musica presso il Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia a Roma. Presso il medesimo istituto, sta conseguendo una seconda laurea magistrale in Didattica dell... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:30pm - 4:45pm CEST Liceo Ovidio - Room 3PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)
This Pop-10! session focuses on supporting student artists as founders by integrating sustainability, creative agency, and real-world context into popular music education while keeping artistry, identity, and creative risk at the center.
Founder/Lecturer, Aesthetic Music Group/Frost School of Music
BRIAN WILKINS - BIO Brian Wilkins is a manager, educator, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the music, education, and technology. Brian has held executive and creative positions at major record labels (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG/Universal... Read More →
Thursday July 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:15am CEST Liceo Ovidio - Room 4PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)
The purpose of this Pop 10! session is to highlight scaffolded learning strategies used to engage music education majors in culturally valid approaches to fuse contrasting but complementary musical styles while honoring the characteristic musical elements and personalizing a performance.
Area Director of Music Education, California State University, Long Beach
Tamara T. Thies, PhD is Area Director of Music Education for the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music and Co-Coordinator of Music Education for the Single Subject Credential Program in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Currently, she is the Music Education in Higher Education Rep... Read More →
Thursday July 16, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am CEST Liceo Ovidio - Room 4PIAZZA XX SETTEMBRE 13, 67039 SULMONA (AQ)
