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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
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WELCOME
The Steering Committee of the 2nd International Society for Music Education (ISME) South Asia Regional Conference welcomes you and looks forward to your participation in Nepal from November 4-6th, 2019
The conference is organised by by the Nepal Music Center and is themed ‘Music teacher learning and life in the 21st century’.
Conference registration open on Monday September 2nd, 2019
The conference is organised by by the Nepal Music Center and is themed ‘Music teacher learning and life in the 21st century’.
Conference registration open on Monday September 2nd, 2019
Conference Host - Nepal Music Centre
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Nepal Music Center is a music and culture led non-profit organization with a mission to promote formal music education, preserve the intangible heritage, promotion of talent and the promotion of music and dances of various ethnic groups of Nepal at the National and international levels. www.nepalmusiccenter.com |
Keynotes
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Susan O’Neill is Professor and Dean of Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. She is President of the International Society for Music Education (ISME). Susan has been awarded visiting fellowships at the University of Michigan, University of Melbourne, and Trinity College Dublin. She has published widely in the fields of music psychology and music education, including contributions to 15 books published by Oxford University Press. She has been awarded major grants for international collaborative research, and has developed intercultural programs and an award winning intergenerational arts program. Her current research examines young people’s engagement with creative technologies, creative and collaborative approaches to music learning, and the social impact of music on young people’s lives.
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Heidi Westerlund has been working as professor at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland since 2004. Her research interests include music teacher education and professionalism, cultural diversity and democracy in music education and philosophy of music education. She has served in the editorial and reviewer boards in several international journals and is the Editor-in-chief of the Finnish Journal of Music Education. She is the co-editor of Collaborative learning in higher music education (Ashgate), Perspectives on Music, Education and Religion: A Critical Inquiry (Indiana University Press, in print) and Visions for Intercultural Music Teacher Education (Springer, in print). She is currently leading two research projects funded by the Academy of Finland: The arts as public service: Strategic steps towards equality (2015-2021) and Global visions through mobilizing networks: Co-developing intercultural music teacher education in Finland, Israel and Nepal (2015-2020).
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Conference Steering Committee
The Conference steering committee is being led by Santosh Sharma the conference host from the Nepal Music Centre.
Committee members are:
Iman Bikram Shah (Nepal Music Centre program co-chair and ISME member)
Balkrishna Ranjit (Nepal Music Centre)
Shiva Lal Bhusal (Tribhuvan University)
Danielle Treacy (University of the Arts Helsinki, program co-chair)
Heidi Westerlund (ISME Board member)
Margaret Barrett (ISME and SEMPRE)
Graham Welch (SEMPRE and ISME)
Vikram Sampath (ISME India)
Committee members are:
Iman Bikram Shah (Nepal Music Centre program co-chair and ISME member)
Balkrishna Ranjit (Nepal Music Centre)
Shiva Lal Bhusal (Tribhuvan University)
Danielle Treacy (University of the Arts Helsinki, program co-chair)
Heidi Westerlund (ISME Board member)
Margaret Barrett (ISME and SEMPRE)
Graham Welch (SEMPRE and ISME)
Vikram Sampath (ISME India)
Scientific Committee
Chair: Danielle Treacy
Members: Iman Bikram Shah, Vikram Sampath, Sandra Oberoi, Suvarnalata Rao, Graham Welch, Margaret Barrett, Heidi Westerlund
Members: Iman Bikram Shah, Vikram Sampath, Sandra Oberoi, Suvarnalata Rao, Graham Welch, Margaret Barrett, Heidi Westerlund
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