The Digital Environment and Early Childhood Music Education. Impossibilities or opportunities?
Thanks to corona, the next 'big' MERYC Conference will not take place in Vienna until 2022. In the meantime, Musica will host an online event. The mini-conference The Digital Environment and Early Childhood Music Education focuses on the impact of the pandemic on working with the youngest children.
The keynote speakers are Helga Rut Guðmundsdóttir, professor of music education at the University of Iceland, and Beatriz Ilari, professor of music education at the University of Southern California. Practical examples from the Netherlands, UK, Lithuania and Austria, will also be highlighted. Interspersed, will be time for discussion and informal conversation in break-out rooms.
Programme
12:30 pm - Pre-conference arrival
13:00 pm - Hans Van Regenmortel & dr. Luc Nijs: Welcome and introduction
13:10 pm - Keynote by Prof. Helga R. Gudmundsdottir: Current challenges for researchers and practitioners in early childhood music education
13:30 pm - Discussion in break out rooms
14:00 pm - What is happening in early childhood practice in four different countries?
14:05 pm - The Netherlands: Felice Van der Sande
14:15 pm - United Kingdom: Kate Comberti
14:25 pm - Lithuania: Darutė Pilibavičienė & Ruta Girdzijauskiene
14:35 pm - Austria: Julia Auer
14:45 pm - Coffee break: breakout rooms available for informal chat
15:00 pm - Discussions in breakout rooms with practitioners
15:30 pm - Keynote by Prof. Beatriz Ilari: Family musicking at home in the digital age
15:50 pm - Veronika Kinsky: Invitation to MERYC conference in Vienna 2022
16:00 pm - Meeting closure
More information and registration via www.MERYC.eu
