Conference Schedule

Sunday Oct 29 - Thurs Nov 2, 2023 virtual via Zoom
Friday Nov 3 - Sunday Nov 5, 2023 live in Boston and streamed virtually

All times are Eastern Time.

Sunday October 29, 2023

5:00pm - 5:20pm	Virtual Opening & Newcomer Welcome
5:30pm - 7:30pm	Virtual Round Robin / Steve Elci

Monday October 30, 2023

4:00pm - 5:15pm	Marketing Music in the Digital Age / Jessa Campbell  Sponsored by Star Forest
5:30pm - 6:45pm	Song Swap: Climate Justice / Esther Crow
7:00pm - 8:15pm	How to Create a Successful YouTube Channel / Mark & Tina Harris
8:30pm - 9:30pm	Hip-Hop Affinity Group

Tuesday October 31, 2023 - HALLOWEEN

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Song Swap: Halloween / Vanessa Trien

Wednesday November 1, 2023

4:00pm - 5:15pm	How to Pitch Your Music for TV & Film Placements / Greg Lato
5:30pm - 6:45pm	CMN History Through Songs / Sarah Pirtle & Stuart Stotts
8:00pm - 9:00pm	White Awareness, Accountability, and Antiracism Affinity Group

Thursday November 2, 2023

4:00pm - 5:15pm	Integrating Music Therapy Into Your Music Education Practices / Ashley Shabankareh
7:00pm - 8:15pm	Hip Hop Music History and Cultural Context / Eugene "GeNie" Baffoe
8:30pm - 9:30pm	Songwriting Critique Circle Affinity Group

Friday November 3, 2023

4:00pm -	Registration / Check In
4:30pm - 5:45pm	Member Activities
5:00pm - 5:45pm	Newcomer’s Circle
6:00pm - 7:00pm	Dinner
7:15pm - 8:30pm	Live Opening Session
8:30pm -	Dance Party with DJ WillyWow

Saturday November 4, 2023

7:30am - 8:15am	Member Activities
8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am	Teaching Race to Kids / Reggie Harris & Alastair Moock
	Concept Albums - What a Concept / Joanie Leeds
	SongSwap: Songs with Props / Marsha Goodman-Wood Sponsored by Bear Paw Creek
10:30am - Noon	Keynote: Alphabet Rockers
Noon - 1:30pm	Lunch and Annual Meeting
1:45pm - 3:00pm	Listening is Love / Alphabet Rockers  Sponsored by Songs For Teaching
	Writing Musicals: From Page to Stage / David & Jenny Heitler-Klevans
	SongSwap: Beyond the Binary / Mara Sapon-Shevin
3:15pm - 4:30pm	Fundraising for the Artistpreneur / Karen Kalafatas & Aaron Nigel Smith
	Improvised Musical Workshop / Julie Be
	Song Swap: Cultural Diversity / Flor Bromley
4:30pm - 6:00pm	Free time
6:00pm - 7:00pm	Dinner
7:30pm - 9:30pm	Round Robin / Dana Cohenour

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Sunday November 5, 2023 Eastern Standard Time

7:30am - 8:15am	Member Activities
8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am	Tapping Into Your Creative Flow / Wendy Morgan
	Engaging and Uplifting Music Makers with Disabilities / Miles Douglas Wilcox
	SongSwap: Songs for Circle Time /Lavender Blues
10:15am - 10:30am	Checkout
10:30am - 11:45am	Awards Ceremony (Magic Penny & PIO! Scholar)
11:55am - 12:15pm	Cambridge Children's Chorus
12:15pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:15pm - 2:30pm	Closing Circle