Digital Innovation in Music Education Conference 2024

In June 2024, Music Mark ran the inaugural Digital Innovation in Music Education virtual conference with the DIME Alliance, bringing together experts from music education and beyond to explore how you can lead the way in digital innovation in music education.

Engaging with Innovations in Music Technology

Exploring Music Technology for One-to-One Lessons, Mixed Ensembles, and Tech-Centric Ensembles. In this session Kate Rounding, Executive Director of TiME, shares updates on the latest music technologies and how they can be used to support students of all abilities to develop their creative, compositional and ensemble skills. With practical tips and takeaways, this session offers ideas for group music making activities.

WIRED Toolkit – Strategies for Gender Inclusive Learning

A presentation of findings from independent research undertaken as part of Yorkshire Sound Women Network’s WIRED education project (funded by Youth Music). This session offers insights into engagement in music technology learning amongst girls, women and people of minority genders, and will introduce the WIRED Toolkit; a set of resources including strategies for educators to support gender-inclusive learning environments, recommendations for policy change and testimonies from research participants as to the blocks and barriers they have faced in their learning and careers in audio.