Welcome to the 2024 Special Music Education and Music Therapy Pre-Conference Seminar
24 - 27 July 2024
Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki, Finland
"IDEAS in music education and music therapy: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Sustainability"
The Commission pre-conference seminar focuses on equity, diversity and inclusion with particular reference to special music education and music therapy. Its purpose is to advance practice, research and theory, as well as to promote interdisciplinary dialogue between practitioners and scholars in the wider field of music and health.
While retaining the overall conference theme at its heart, the Commission pays specific attention to contemporary pedagogical practices and curricula with and for disabled people; therapeutic interventions and applications of music within diverse settings within and beyond special education; socio-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on music practices for promoting people’s health and wellbeing.
Update: Submissions are now closed for this Pre-Conference seminar
While retaining the overall conference theme at its heart, the Commission pays specific attention to contemporary pedagogical practices and curricula with and for disabled people; therapeutic interventions and applications of music within diverse settings within and beyond special education; socio-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on music practices for promoting people’s health and wellbeing.
Update: Submissions are now closed for this Pre-Conference seminar
Welcome
I warmly welcome you to the 2024 pre-conference seminar of the ISME Commission on Special Music Education and Music Therapy. Building on the Commission’s history of practice innovation and international development, this seminar aims to promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogue within the broader music and health arena. We welcome the voices of practitioners and scholars from diverse areas within and around the fields of Special Music Education and Music Therapy, including those of music psychology, community music and ethnomusicology. We invite participation by people of all abilities, in line with our theme of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and sustainability.
Matthew Breaden (Commission Chair)
on behalf of the Commissioners
Contact: isme.specialmusic@gmail.com
Matthew Breaden (Commission Chair)
on behalf of the Commissioners
Contact: isme.specialmusic@gmail.com
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Special Music Education and Music Therapy Commission Pre- Conference Seminar Partners
