The Drumcondra Music Education Conference

Music Challenges in the 21^st Century

St Patrick's College Drumcondra September 28^th and 29^th 2001

a collaboration between

The Music Department of St Patrick's College and

FUAIM: The Association for the Promotion of Primary Level Music Education

Friday 28^th presentation of papers

Session	Room one			Room two
	Speaker	Paper		Speaker	Paper
1.00	Registration and brief welcome (Coffee available)
1.30 – 2.45	Challenging Processes			Technological Challenges
	Mary Lennon	Instrumental/Vocal music teacher education: challenges for the 21s^tCentury		Paul Mc Gettrick			Bridging the arts-science/ divide: an examination of the challenges for music educators
	Patricia Flynn	The eye and the ear a partnership in the musical mind		Sean Mac Liam			‘A Criteria Matrix for the Evaluation of Music Education Software: A Report of Research in Progress’.
2.45	Coffee	Coffee		Coffee			Coffee
3.00 – 4.45	Composing Challenges			Challenging Connections
	Siobhan Keane	The Write an Opera Project in a Special Education context		Assumpta Kerins			Beginning classroom music
	Yvonne Higgins	The understanding of composing in international primary music curricula		Mary Stakelum			Knowledge, identity and the primary teacher
	Anna-Marie Higgins	Can we leave our composing unplugged?		Regina Murphy			Authorship, advocacy and cultural identity in the partnership model of curriculum development
4.45	Break: Food is available locally in The Skylon Hotel, The Ivy Bar, Fagan's pub, Il Corvo restaurant, and the local Indian.
6.15 – 7.30	Curriculum Challenges			Special Challenges
	Anitha Eriksson	How do we teach music in a religious context?		Tim Swingler			An overview of the educational and therapeutic applications of the Soundbeam,.
	Rosemary Warren	Music through the Reggio Emilia philosophy		Ann Mc Gough			Music in the lives of children with learning disabilities: empowering teachers and pupils through the revised music curriculum.
7.30 - 9.00 Speakers:	Panel Discussion: Meeting the challenges: future steps
	John O Flynn (Mary Immaculate College of Education, Limerick)		Niall Doyle (Radio Teilifís Éireann)	Mary Manley (San Carlo Senior School, Leixlip)		Lucy Champion (National Concert Hall)		Gary O Donnchadha (Department of Education and Science)
9.00	Wine reception

Saturday 29^th workshops

Workshop 1 Saturday morning 9.00-10.15	Select 1, 2, 3
Carrie Maher: Music with Orff instruments
Patricia Flynn: Composing in the classroom
Cuco Castellanos: Let My Drum Talk!

Coffee 10.15-10.45

Display of music resources for schools

Workshop 2 Saturday morning 10.45-12.00	Select 1, 2, 3
Tim Swingler (UK): The Soundbeam
Mary Nugent: Irish music for listening and dancing
Cuco Castellanos: Let My Drum Talk!

Lunch with Lunch time concert 12.00-1.15

Workshop 3 Saturday afternoon 1.15-2.30pm	Select 1, 2, 3
Kalichi: Exploring music and dance
Carrie Maher: Music with Orff instruments
Tim Swingler (UK): The Soundbeam

Fuaim AGM 2.30-3.30pm

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