Your conference journey

To help with planning your session selections, we have grouped sessions below according to focus. Obviously, many sessions fall into more than one category.

Singing

• 3-4-5 note songs
• Connecting Dance, Rhythm, Music & Song
• Gospel Sing
• Kodály in Action
• Kodály Musicianship
• Instant Songs
• Singing at the Heart of the Curriculum
• Singing as a driving force for change
• South African Township Singing

Policy/Strategy/National Plan for Music Education

• Ministerial welcome - Ed Vaizey
• Keynote: Jude Kelly
• Keynote: Munira Mirza

The National Plan for Music Education in England was published on 25 November last year. Although every session at musiclearninglive!2012 supports the Plan in one way or another the following are of particular relevance.

Panel discussions: Get involved in the debate about the practical realities of working with the NPME and find out more about music education hubs.

• What's next? Living with the National Plan for Music Education
• We need to talk about hubs - case studies and Q & A

Breakout sessions

• Improving Musical Transition
• Yamaha Class Band

Technology

The NPME emphasises the benefits of the use of technology within music education. We have a wide range of sessions focussing on the practical use of technology - including social media and digital platforms - in the classroom.

Keynote

• James Frankel

Breakout sessions

• Active Learning Through Music
• Using Apps & Mobile Technology
• The Blues through PBL & Music Technology
•  Charanga - next-generation teaching and learning
• Creative performance using music technology
• Jelly Music: Seriously fun Brain Food!
  
• Learner-Centred Musical Development using Mobile Technology
• Music software de-mystified
• Online Mentoring with Musical Futures
• Personal Learning Environments in Music Education
• Primary School Music Teacher Wanted!
• Introducing the Skoog
  
• Social Media in the Music Classroom
• An Introduction to Soundbeam 5

Technology strand sponsored by Incorporated Society of Musicians

Composing

• Composing for GCSE
• Creative performance using music technology
  
• Instant Songs

Instrumental

• The Blues through PBL and music technology
• Boomwhackertastic!
• Classroom Percussion
• Lessons from Extreme Metal Musicians
• Introducing the Skoog
• Yamaha Class Band

Projects/case studies

• Lessons from Extreme Metal Musicians
• Learner-centred musical development with mobile technology
• Moraba to Morecambe
  
• Online mentoring with Musical Futures
• Outreach at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
  
• Singing as  driving force for change
• The undergraduate community musician
• Yamaha Class Band

The world of work

• The Art of Teaching
• Enhancing your life as a freelance professional
• Staying safe in the broom cupboard
• The undergraduate community musician