Welcome to Forum on Instrumental & Vocal Teaching 2020

Online Asynchronous Seminar 2020

Due to COVID-19, the seminar will be delivered as an online, free event.  To attend, you need to be an ISME member and to preregister for free.

Each session will include pre-recorded and the presentations will be available via the website.
Videotaped presentations will be uploaded at the last week of July, August, September & October. 
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

About the Forum

The forum brings together practitioners and scholars involved in teaching of music from around the world, to investigate methods and practices of teaching instrumental or vocal students in the diverse contexts of global music making; and to explore and discuss the most recent relevant research that could assist instrumental/vocal teachers.

The forum encompasses all aspects of instrumental and vocal teaching and learning that may take place in public or music schools, privately or in small groups, at home or in the community. Therefore, we pre-conference seminar may be of interest to instrumental and vocal music teachers, as well as studio or peripatetic teachers who often work independently, without much collaboration with other music educators.

Presentations may focus on topics such as: methods of instruction; diversity of repertoire; the diverse needs and expectations of learners; teaching students with disabilities; teaching youngsters and adult beginners; student motivation; relationships between instructor and learner; verbal and non-verbal communication; the physiological and psychological needs of musicians; performance anxiety; stage fright; assessment; small group teaching; the role of music examinations, festivals and competitions; the all-round development of the performer; and the like. Overall, the emphasis of the Forum is on issues that have to do with “how to learn an instrument/voice” aspect of music education.

The vision for the Forum is to investigate methods and practices of teaching instrumental or vocal students in the diverse contexts of global music making and to explore and discuss the most recent relevant research that could assist instrumental/vocal teachers​​.

Contact

Fore more information regarding the Forum and the online  Seminar please contact:
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Conference organiser
Yiannis Miralis
​Y.Miralis@euc.ac.cy

 Welcome
I warmly welcome you to the 2020 pre-conference seminar of the Forum for Instrumental and Vocal Teaching SIG. As in previous years, the pre-conference seminar of the Forum takes place together with the Musician’s Health and Wellness SIG. The seminar aims to promote dialogue and exchange of ideas and practices within and across disciplines and cultures, in diverse contexts and pedagogical settings. We invite colleagues from the areas of instrumental and vocal teaching, school and community music, ethnomusicology, as well as psychology of music and sociology of music, to attend and present at the seminar. 
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Yiannis Miralis (Forum for Instrumental and Vocal Teaching SIG, Chair)