2024 Biennial NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education Conference

The 2024 Biennial National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Music Research and Teacher Education Conference took place September 25-28, 2024, at The Westin Peachtree Plaza, in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference drew over 650 attendees and featured a pre-conference forum on transforming music teaching and learning, two plenary sessions, 170+ presentation sessions, and 240+ poster presentations.

Learn about the conference program:

• Access the 2024 Biennial NAfME Conference program overview guide
• Access the 2024 Biennial NAfME Conference detailed program
• Access an at-a-glance grid of September 26-28 presentation sessions for at the 2024 Biennial Conference

The conference welcomed the participation of future, current, and retired music educators, music teacher educators, administrators, and community and corporate partners who are passionate about the critical role of music education for all. With the NAfME Strategic Plan and A Blueprint for Strengthening the Music Teacher Profession as guideposts, attendees benefitted from current research, policy discourse, and dialogue concerning the human experience in music teaching and learning.

2024 Biennial Conference Planning Committee

• Deb Confredo, NAfME President and Conference Chair
• Scott Sheehan, NAfME Immediate Past President
• James Daugherty, Immediate Past President, Southern Division; NAfME National Executive Board Executive Committee Member
• NAfME Music Teacher Profession Advisory Committee Co-Chairs
  • Cecil Adderley, NAfME President-Elect
  • Carlos Abril
• Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) Conference Co-Chairs
  • Wendy Sims, SRME Chair
  • Philip Hash, SRME Chair-Elect
  • Beatriz Ilari, SRME Executive Committee member
• Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE) Conference Co-Chairs
  • Ann Marie Stanley, SMTE Chair
  • Jay Dorfman, Immediate Past Chair, SMTE Communications

If you have questions about the 2024 Biennial Conference, please contact John Donaldson at johnd@nafme.org.