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Tectonic Mergers: Frictions in Music Education

Formal music education remains regressive, focused on replication rather than innovation. Non-profits had stepped into the gap, embracing modern music-making and industry readiness. The pandemic’s tectonic shift to virtual creative technologies has disrupted both traditional and non-traditional teaching. Will virtual and non-traditional strategies connect these worlds post-pandemic? Will these disruptive additions help us merge into more pluralist instructional approaches?

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Frank Heuser

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Gigi Johnson

Maremel Institute, Center for Creative Futures

Akira Nakano

Los Angeles Inception Orchestra

David Sears

Grammy Foundation