Monday

10.00 Registration, Lunch, Practical matters

14.30 Welcoming session Rotterdam Conservatory: Community Music in Rotterdam, presentations by John Wooter, Stanley Clementina

18.00 Dinner

20.00 Session 1 – Key issues in Community Music, presentations by commission members, chair: David Elliott

Tuesday

10.00 Session 2 – Definitions of Community Music, defining the parameters, with: Lee Higgins "Concepts of community music", David Elliott "Community music", and Phil Mullen "We don’t teach we explore; a look at some aspects of community music delivery", chair: David Price

14.30 Session 3 – Community Music in practice & institutions for music education I, with: Jusamara Souza & Vânia Müller "The relationship between music and street children and adolescents", Margarete Arroyo "Community music inside a school context: questions and challenges for the music education", and Nur Intan Murtadza "Gamelan: a community music activity that became part of the world music curriculum for Toronto’s schools in Canada", chair: Patricia Campbell

18.30 Dinner and evening activities

Wednesday

10.00 Session 4 – Community Music, cultural diversity & identity, with: Phil Mullen "Music from the 4 corners; experiences of running a multicultural community music ensemble", and Kari Veblen "Apples and Oranges, Solar Systems and Galaxies: Comparing Systems of Community Music", chair: Patricia Campbell

13.00 Lunch, excursion to community settings in Rotterdam, dinner

Thursday

10.00 Session 5 – Community Music in practice & institutions for music education II, with: Don Coffman & Monte Mumford "School and community music programmes: developing effective, rewarding relationships", Akosua Addo "University-community music partnerships", and Cindy Bell "Queens college choral society: a working partnership between community chorus and college", chair: Kari Veblen

13.00 Lunch, change of location to Rockanje seaside

17.00 Session 6 – Community Music & the policies of funding, with: David Price "‘Right here, right now’: an overview of policy initiatives in youth music in the UK", Steve Garrett "A new meaning for ‘music’ in the schools of Wales", and Elizabeth Oehrle "Ukusa’s future: funding relative to the historically disadvantaged", chair: Tatsuko Takizawa

20.00 Dinner and evening activities

Friday

10.00 Session 7 - Community Music & new teaching methods / workshops I, with: Helen Phelan "Anaíl Dé: The breath of God. A sacred music festival and cultural diversity in Ireland", Katherine Zeserson "A passionate exchange – participation, power, progress and great music", Lioubov Dodonova "Features of work of conductors of amateur music groups in countries without traditional music education (a new look on the general music education)", chair: Huib Schippers

14.30 Session 8 – Community Music & new teaching methods / workshops II, with Bajaly Suso "Kora workshop", and Sean Gregory "Community music activities in the UK"

18.30 Dinner and return to Rotterdam

Saturday

11.00 Closing session: Conclusions & definitions