CONVENERS
- Brian Kaufman, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Lawrence Scripp, New England Conservatory; Center for Music and the Arts in Education
FEATURED SPEAKERS & CONFERENCE ADVISORS:
- Shirley Brice Heath, Brown University & Stanford University Emeritus
- Dennie Palmer Wolf, WolfBrown Principal Researcher
- Jonathan Govias, University of North Carolina- Charlotte
CONFIRMED SESSION CONTRIBUTORS:
(This list, which includes session speakers, responders and moderators, will be updated in the coming weeks)
- Dan Trahey, OrchKids Artistic Director; University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Nick Skinner, OrchKids Director of Operations, El Sistema USA Board Member
- Eric Booth, Author of The Music Teaching Artist's Bible
- Richard Hallam, Chair of the UK Music Education Council
- Susan Hallam, University College London; Author of The Power of Music
- Lee Higgins, Boston University; Author of Community Music In Theory and Practice
- Andrea Creech, University College London; Co-Author Sistema Global Lit Review
- Geoff Baker, Royal Holloway- Univ. of London; Author of Orchestrating Venezuela's Youth
- Carol Frierson-Campbell, William Patterson University; Editor of Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom: A Guide to Survival, Success, and Reform
- Christine Witkowski, Editor of El Sistema: Music for Social Change
- Theodora Stathopoulos, Fine Arts Core Education (FACE) School String Department Head; Founder & Director, Encore!Sistema Quebec
- Phil Bravo, Carnegie Hall Senior Manager of Secondary Year Programs
- Kathleen Camara, Tufts University
- Linda Gerstle, From the Top Director of Education and Community Partnerships
- Tim Lord, DreamYard Co-Executive Director
- Tara DePorte, Human Impacts Institute Executive Director
- Jonathan Kaufman, Co-founder of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies
- Christopher Schroeder, Conservatory Lab Charter School Director of Brass and Winds; Longy School of Music
- Gary Bernice, Springfield MA SciTech High School Band Director
- David Visentin, Sistema Toronto Executive and Artistic Director
- Clark Bryan, El Sistema at the Aeolian Executive Director
- Erik Holmgren, Massachusetts Cultural Council Program Manager for YouthReach
- Jeff Poulin, Americans for the Arts Arts-Education Program Manager
- Michael Raiber, Oklahoma City University; El Sistema Oklahoma Director of Teacher Support and Program Evaluation
- Sara Zanussi, ComMUSICation Executive Programming Director
- Lisa Lorenzino, McGill University
- Beatriz Ilari, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Assal Habibi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Laura Risk, Encore!Sistema Personnel Manager & Fiddling Coach
- Brian Kaufman, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Lawrence Scripp, New England Conservatory; Center for Music and the Arts in Education
FEATURED SPEAKERS & CONFERENCE ADVISORS:
- Shirley Brice Heath, Brown University & Stanford University Emeritus
- Dennie Palmer Wolf, WolfBrown Principal Researcher
- Jonathan Govias, University of North Carolina- Charlotte
CONFIRMED SESSION CONTRIBUTORS:
(This list, which includes session speakers, responders and moderators, will be updated in the coming weeks)
- Dan Trahey, OrchKids Artistic Director; University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Nick Skinner, OrchKids Director of Operations, El Sistema USA Board Member
- Eric Booth, Author of The Music Teaching Artist's Bible
- Richard Hallam, Chair of the UK Music Education Council
- Susan Hallam, University College London; Author of The Power of Music
- Lee Higgins, Boston University; Author of Community Music In Theory and Practice
- Andrea Creech, University College London; Co-Author Sistema Global Lit Review
- Geoff Baker, Royal Holloway- Univ. of London; Author of Orchestrating Venezuela's Youth
- Carol Frierson-Campbell, William Patterson University; Editor of Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom: A Guide to Survival, Success, and Reform
- Christine Witkowski, Editor of El Sistema: Music for Social Change
- Theodora Stathopoulos, Fine Arts Core Education (FACE) School String Department Head; Founder & Director, Encore!Sistema Quebec
- Phil Bravo, Carnegie Hall Senior Manager of Secondary Year Programs
- Kathleen Camara, Tufts University
- Linda Gerstle, From the Top Director of Education and Community Partnerships
- Tim Lord, DreamYard Co-Executive Director
- Tara DePorte, Human Impacts Institute Executive Director
- Jonathan Kaufman, Co-founder of Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies
- Christopher Schroeder, Conservatory Lab Charter School Director of Brass and Winds; Longy School of Music
- Gary Bernice, Springfield MA SciTech High School Band Director
- David Visentin, Sistema Toronto Executive and Artistic Director
- Clark Bryan, El Sistema at the Aeolian Executive Director
- Erik Holmgren, Massachusetts Cultural Council Program Manager for YouthReach
- Jeff Poulin, Americans for the Arts Arts-Education Program Manager
- Michael Raiber, Oklahoma City University; El Sistema Oklahoma Director of Teacher Support and Program Evaluation
- Sara Zanussi, ComMUSICation Executive Programming Director
- Lisa Lorenzino, McGill University
- Beatriz Ilari, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Assal Habibi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Laura Risk, Encore!Sistema Personnel Manager & Fiddling Coach