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

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

Composition in the Classroom: Taking your students beyond the barrier of a blank page
David Bednall and Pwyll Ap Sion

15:00 – 16:15 | Session 2

Silence is the paper, Sound is the colour: using Dalcroze Eurythmics to develop listening skills and rhythmic skills in Early Years
Ann Bryant

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

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

Young people as musical role-models: activating a culture of positive peer-influence
Sarah Alexander and the team at NYO

18:00 | Friday’s programme will be followed by welcome drinks, a concert, an informal supper and a quiz.

09:30 – 10:45 | Session 3

ISM Trust and Voices Foundation: The Primary Singing Toolkit
Charles MacDougall 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

11:15 – 12:30 | Session 4

Panel Discussion: Progression Pathways into Higher Education
Mark Richards

Tiger Taming for Musicians: Harnessing the power of the mind and body for confident performance (session 1)
Jo Hensel

Planning for Curriculum Progression in Music
Catherine Barker and panellists

Introduction to the Drumbeatable Programme: improving social and emotional resilience through a framework of group-drumming
Mike Simpson of Inspire Works

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

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

Technology: troubleshooting everyday technology challenges in the classroom
James Manwaring and guests

Tiger Taming for Musicians: Harnessing the power of the mind and body for confident performance (session 2)
Jo Hensel

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

10:00 – 11:30 | Session 7

Stomp-style workshop! Join us on the Sunday morning for brunch and the chance to join a fun an interactive session, led by Ollie Tunmer (previous member of STOMP!). Turn every day items you find around a school, from brooms and basket balls to coffee cups, and make music.