11.30 – 12.45
Preconference concert
The Israel Philharmonic’s Keynote Program for music education and community outreach concert “Viva España” (primary school children”) at the Lowy Concert Hall – Charles R. Bronfman Auditorium, Huberman St. Tel-Aviv
13.30 – 15.00
Registration – Levinsky College of Education – 15 Shoshana Persitz St., Tel-Aviv
15.00 – 15.30
Official Conference Opening
Ronen Shapira – Multicultural Piano
15.30 – 16.30
Dr. Ayman Agbaria, University of Haifa & Mandel School of Educational Leadership, Israel
17.00 – 18.30
Session 1 Chairperson: Eva Sæthe
Session 2 Chairperson: Thomas Fienberg
17.00 – 17.30
Paper: Cultural diversity or core culture? Politics and German music education
Alexandra Kertz-Welzel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
Demonstration: Comparing lessons from different countries on video – is neoliberalism influencing music education’s future?
Christopher Wallbaum (Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy”, Leipzig, Germany)
17.30 – 18.00
Thomas Fienberg (NSW Department of Education, Australia)
18.00 – 18.30
Julie Myung Ok Song (University of Florida, USA)
Tamara Thies (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
18.30 – 19.30
Reception
19.30 – 21.00
Concert: Celebrating the composers of the Faculty of Music Education, Levinsky College of Education
9.00 – 9.30
Registration
9.30 – 11.00
Session 3 Chairperson: Stefanie Stadler Elmer
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.00
Symposium: Three singing initiatives with Arab and Jewish children in Israel
Eva Pitlik-Lautersztein (convener)
Jousef Oude (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Israel)
Orit Levy (Bar- Ilan University, Israel)
Mamlachti- Alef primary school choir, Hod- Hasharon
Al-Zahara Primary School Choir, Kalansawa
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30
Keynote: ‘Culture as (re)organised diversity’: The social and the cultural in agonistic music teacher education
Prof. Heidi Westerlund – Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. and Prof. Sidsel Karlsen – Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 15.30
Session 4 Chairperson: Laura Mietinnen
Session 5
Chairperson: Christopher Wallbaum
13.30 – 14.30
Lecture Demonstration: Bringing Musical Diversity to Schools in Israel: Quartetoukan Ensemble’s Experience
Racheli Galay (Givat Washington College of Education, Israel)
Karen Koner (San Diego State University, USA)
Catherine Wilson (Western Kentucky University, USA)
Tamara Thies (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
14.30 – 15.00
Paper: Who Am I? Cultural Diversity in Elementary School Music
Ludmilla Yegorov & Eva Brand (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
15.00 – 15.30
Amira Ehrlich, Maayan Amir and Ronit Efrati-Hakuk Levinsky College of Education, Israel)
Irene Trønnes Strøm (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00
Session 6 Chairperson: Vilma Timonen
Session 7 Chairperson: Ng Hoon Hong
16.30 – 17.00
Dan Sagiv (Levinsky College of Education, Israel)
Amira Ehrlich (Levinsky College of Education, Israel)
Nabeel Aboud Ashqar – Polyphony Foundation
Students from Polyphony Conservatoire – Nazareth
Paper: “The Solid Foundation of All Virtues”: Proclaiming the Need for Humility in Music Education
William J. Coppola (University of North Texas, USA)
17.00 – 17.30
Paper: Learning the Art of Memory: Developing reflexive professionalism in music teacher education
Albi Odendaal (North-West University. South-Africa)
17.30 – 18.00
Paper: Co-creating visions for intercultural music teacher education in Finland and Israel.
Laura Mietinnen (Sibelius Academy University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland)
Paper: We Share a World: A New Perspective on Cultural Responsiveness in Music Education
Julie Myung Ok Song (University of Florida, USA)
18.30 – 19.30
Concert: Our Father- a musical exploration of the Lord\’s Prayer
Eva Kunda & David Johnson (Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Sweden)
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 10.30
Session 8 Chairperson: Nathan Gage
Session 9 Chairperson: Albi Odendaal
9.00 – 9.30
Symposium: “Song leading” – a general cultural practice
Stefanie Stadler Elmer (The Schwyz University of Teacher Education Goldau, Switzerland)
Armyn Wirsch (The Schwyz University of Teacher Education Goldau, Switzerland)
Gabriella Cavasino (Haute École Pédagogique BEJUNE, Switzerland)
François Joliat (Haute École Pédagogique BEJUNE, Switzerland)
Annamaria Savona (The Schwyz University of Teacher Education Goldau, Switzerland)
Anna Hürlimann (The Schwyz University of Teacher Education Goldau, Switzerland)
Ng Hoon Hong (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
9.30 – 10.00
Paper: Challenges for a multicultural Music Education in Brazil
Renan Santiago de Sousa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
10.00 – 10.30
Tamara Thies (California State University, Long Beach, USA) & Karen Koner (San Diego State University, USA)
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.15
Keynote: A Young Person’s Guide to the East-West Cliché – Dr Alon Schab, School of the Arts, Department of Music, University of Haifa, Israel
12.15 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 15.30
Session 10
Chairperson: William J. Coppola
Session 11
Chairperson: Amira Ehrlich
13.30 – 14.00
Regina Marozienė (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre)
Kushal Karki, John Shrestha, Prem Gurung (Independent researchers, Nepal)
14.00 – 14.30
Eva Sæther & Markus Tullberg (Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Sweden)
Paper: Building Music Education in schools across Nepal
Iman Shah (Nepal Music Center)
Balkrishna Ranjit (Nepal Music Center)
14.30 – 15.00
Paper: Indigeneity and nationalism in the contemporary Swedish music classroom
David Johnson (Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Sweden)
Vilma Timonen (Sibelius Academy University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland)
Riju Tuladhar (Independent Researcher)
15.00 – 16.00
Paper: Desert Polyphony. Musical identities in the Sultanate of Oman
Timea Sari (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria)
Paper: Envisioning music teacher education: Global Lessons from Nepal
Danielle Treacy (Sibelius Academy University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland)
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00
Session 12
Chairperson: Claudia Gluschankof
Session 13
Chairperson: Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
16.30 – 17.00
Paper: Ritual, belief, and conflict: Music-making in Palestine
Sommer Forrester (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)
Thade Buchborn, Eva-Maria Tralle & Jonas Völker (University of Music Freiburg, Germany)
17.00 – 17.30
Paper: Weaving the Lived Musical Experiences of Pre-Service Music Teachers to Decolonize Music Education
Tamara Thies (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
Paper: Peace Education through Music? Reflections on music projects with refugees in Germany
Gesa Rachel Biffio (Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt & Münster University, Germany)
17.30 – 18.00
Paola Granado (Université Lumière Lyon 2, France)
Paper: German Music teachers’ orientations to migration and intercultural learning. A reconstructive study
Thade Buchborn (University of Music Freiburg, Germany)
18.15 – 19.00
Concert
Levinsky College’s M.Ed. Music Education graduates Ensemble, directed by Yoni Farhi
19.30 – 22.00
Conference Dinner
9.00 – 10.30
Session 14 Chairperson: Danielle Treacy
Session 15 Chairperson: Evan Kent
9.00 – 9.30
Paper: Listen to the Tastemakers: Building an Urban Arts High-School Music Curriculum
Nathan Gage (McGill University, Canada)
Bronwen Low
Francisco Luis Reyes Peguero
Paper: Josima Feldschuh: Music Behind the Walls of the Warsaw Ghetto
Teryl L. Dobbs (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
9.30 – 10.00
Kathy Robinson (University of Alberta, Canada)
Paper: “Can you sing us a song?” ‒ The role of music in Pinchas Gutter’s testimonies
Anja Ballis (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00
Session 16
Chairperson: Thade Buchborn
Session 17 Chairperson: Karen Koner
10.30 – 11.00
Jonas Völker (University of Music Freiburg, Germany)
Paper: Out of love for music? Motivational attitudes of music students in the Sultanate of Oman
Timea Sari (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria)
11.00 – 11.30
Evan Kent (Hebrew Union College, Israel)
Eva-Maria Tralle (University of Music Freiburg, Germany)
11.30 – 12.30
Closing Ceremony
