The following is a draft programme (updated 25 June 2024) and is subject to change. Further information about the summit can be found here.
Monday 8 July
08:30 Registration and tea, coffee and refreshments
09:15 Welcome by Professor Deborah Prentice (Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge)
09:30 Roundtable 1: International perspectives on Western art music literacy
Provocation: Peter Tregear OAM (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne)
Respondents:
Dora Dong (doctoral student, University of Hong Kong)
Laura Krämer (Professor of Music Theory, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover)
Eric Wen (Professor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music)
11:00 Tea, coffee and refreshments
11:30 Session 1: Music literacy, musical genre and social justice
Kat Taxidou (peripatetic piano teacher, composer, musicologist and college supervisor, University of Cambridge)
‘Playing by numbers: Exploring the role of Western-Art music literacy and theory within the Scottish curriculum for music education’
Gary Spruce (Visiting Lecturer in Music Education, Birmingham City University)
‘A critical pedagogy for musical literacy’
Oliver Rudland (composer, musicologist and college supervisor, University of Cambridge)
‘Co-creating a community opera chorus with a year-9 music class from an economically deprived area in West Yorkshire’
Mark Armstrong (Chief Examiner, ABRSM; Jazz Professor, Royal College of Music)
‘Diversifying genres in ABRSM assessments: Implications for music literacy’
Respondent: Julian Horton (Professor of Music Theory and Analysis, Durham University)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 2: Historical approaches to music literacy and pedagogy
Eric Wen (Professor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music)
‘Lessons from species counterpoint’
Stefan Eckert (Associate Professor of Music Theory, Eastern Illinois University)
‘Teaching comprehensive musicianship to today’s students’
Marco Pace (doctoral student, King’s College London)
‘Reading with the fingers: Learning theory through performance in eighteenth-century Partimento’
Respondent: Rebecca Berkley (Associate Professor in Music Education, University of Reading)
15:30 Tea, coffee and refreshments
16:00 Roundtable 2: Diversity, decolonisation and music literacy
Provocation: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason (author and music education advocate)
Respondents:
Catherine Barker (Head of Music and Performing Arts, United Learning, and President, Music Teachers’ Association)
Nate Holder (musician, author and education consultant)
Ian Pace (Professor of Music, Culture and Society, City, University of London)
17:30 Free
19:00 Drinks reception and dinner, Trinity Hall
Tuesday 9 July
09:00 Practical workshop
Celia Waterhouse (British Kodály Academy)
‘Building sound musical literacy foundations with musicianship through singing: The benefits of a Kodály programme’
09:30 Session 3: Music literacy, singing and technical skills
Mich Mazzocco (music teacher)
‘Literacies gained, literacies lost: Singing as musical literacy’
Naomi Yandell (music teacher, editor and author of the Trinity College London Theory of Music Workbooks)
‘First writing skills for musicians: An incremental approach’
James Risdon (Access Lead, ABRSM)
‘What does music literacy mean for people who cannot access regular notation?’
Dimitar Ninov (Senior Lecturer in Music Theory, Texas State University)
‘The intricacies of harmonic dictation’
11:00 Tea, coffee and refreshments
11:30 Roundtable 3: Music literacy and UK music education policy
Provocation: Ben Cooper (Research Manager, Fabian Society) and Flora Dodd (Researcher, Arts and Creative Industries Policy Unit, Fabian Society)
Respondents:
Kate Andrews (Chief Examiner, ABRSM)
Marie Bessant (Lead Subject Advisor, Music and the Performing Arts, OCR)
Julian Horton (Professor of Music Theory and Analysis, Durham University)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 4: Pedagogy, research and policy
Rebecca Berkley (Associate Professor in Music Education, University of Reading) and Nikki Moran (Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Edinburgh)
‘Musicianship for teachers: Measuring emerging musicianship literacy in general primary teachers’
Kate Andrews (Chief Examiner, ABRSM)
‘The role of music literacy in ABRSM assessments’
Mary Stakelum (Area Leader for Music Education, Royal College of Music)
‘Extra-curricular literacy: The challenges, exclusions and implications of enrichment’
James Olsen (composer and Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge)
‘A manifesto for music literacy in the UK’
15:30 Tea, coffee and refreshments
16:00 Roundtable 4: Music literacy and the music industry
Provocation: Paul McCreesh (conductor and founder of the Gabrieli Consort & Players)
Respondents:
Roz DeVile (Chief Executive Officer, Music Masters)
Hugh Morris (Director, Royal School of Church Music)
Chris Walters (National Organiser for Education, Health & Wellbeing, Musicians’ Union)
Alexandra Wilson (Professor, Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
17:30 Concluding remarks
18:00 Summit ends