4:00pm Symposium Registration

6:00pm Reception                                                                                                                                

7:00pm Dinner  with Keynote Address by Roberta Guaspari, Founder, Opus 118 Music Center, Harlem, NY

9:00am Welcome                                                                                                                                               

Robert Blocker   Dean, Yale School of Music

Reginald Mayo   Superintendent, New Haven Public Schools

9:30am Promoting Music in Public Schools: Curricular Workshops for public school teachers, with

René Boyer   Professor, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Anthony Leach   Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Deborah Sheldon   Chair, Department of Music, Temple University

William Westney   Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Browning Artist-in-Residence, Texas Tech University

12:00pm Lunch

1:30pm International Panel of distinguished educators and cultural leaders, including

Roberta Guaspari   Founder, Opus 118 Music Center

Clifford Madsen   Director, The Center for Music Education Research, Florida State University

Joseph Polisi   President, Juilliard School of Music, New York

Wang Cizhao   President, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing

Michael Yaffe   Associate Dean, Yale School of Music

8:00pm Concert by world–renowned pianist Emanuel Ax