CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

DAY 1: FRIDAY 17 MAY
12:00 | Registration, Trade Fair & Lunch
12:45 | Welcome Address

13:15 – 14:30 | Session 1

Classical Music in the Primary Classroom: exploring diverse musical genres with body percussion, action and movement – KS1 & KS2
Ann Bryant

Designing a KS3 curriculum that enables all students to choose music at KS4
Simon Toyne and Liz Dunbar

Myth-Busters: what 21st- Century psychology can teach us about Leading On Stage, Offstage, in the Classroom, and in the Staffroom
Jane Booth

Panel Discussion: National Plan for Music Education
Rebecca Berkley and panellists

14:30 | Trade Fair

15:00 – 16:15 | Session 2

Classical Music in the Primary Classroom: exploring diverse musical genres with body percussion, action and movement – KS1 & KS2
Ann Bryant

Planning for Curriculum Progression in Music
Catherine Barker and panellists

Discover SingCircle, the new addition to OUP’s Voiceworks series for groups of all ages and abilities
Edward Caswell and Peter Hunt

Musical inclusion across the spectrum of neurodiversity
Adam Ockelford

16:15 | Trade Fair

16:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SARAH ALEXANDER OBE

18:00 | Friday’s programme will be followed by welcome drinks, a concert, an informal supper and a quiz.
DAY 2: SATURDAY 18 MAY
08:45 | Coffee, Registration and Trade Fair

09:30 – 10:45 | Session 3

ISM Trust and Voices Foundation: The Primary Singing Toolkit
Charles McDougall and Jenny Trattles

How to take a KS4 exam specification and turn it into a coherent scheme of learning
Simon Toyne and Liz Dunbar

Thinking like an entrepreneur
James Manwaring and panellists

Moving to the dark side: stepping up to SLT
Don Gillthorpe and panellists

Music Administrators’ Forum
Keith Ayling

10:45 | Trade Fair

11:15 – 12:30 | Session 4

Panel Discussion: Progression Pathways into Higher Education
Mark Richards

Harmony and Counterpoint: refresh your teaching skills
TBC

Dramatic Singing Workshop
Hosted in conjunction with Wicked the Musical

Realising performance through technology at GCSE – a practical approach
Lewis Edney

12:30 | Lunch and Trade Fair

13:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ERROLLYN WALLEN CBE
14:15 | Music Teachers’ Association AGM

15:00 – 16:00 | Session 5

Fireside Chat: Errollyn Wallen, on the composition process
Hosted by Patrick Johns

Laulau Songdrawing Method: Music as a tool for storytelling (EYFS, KS1, SEND)
Stephanie Warrender

Musicianship Training with Universal Voices
Rebecca Berkley and students from the BA Primary Education (QTS) from the University of Reading

Music Teacher Monday LIVE: troubleshooting everyday technology challenges in the classroom
James Manwaring and guests

16:00 – 17:00 | Session 6

Steel Pan Workshop: a Caribbean-style carnival!
CultureMix Arts

‘Jazz Mindset’: Why groove your classroom?
Simon Purcell and Pauline Black

The new Music Hub Investment Programme and the challenges of partnership from September 2024
Tim Garrard and panellists

DAY 3: SUNDAY 19 MAY
09:30 | Brunch

Join us on the Sunday morning for brunch and the chance to join a fun an interactive session.
12:00 | Conference closes

SPEAKERS

Plus many more.