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PAMA CONFERENCE
The fifth USF Performing Arts Medicine Conference will take place in-person (with remote option) on March 8-10, 2024 at the USF School of Music Building. With a theme, Empowering Healthy Practices for the Performing Artist, it will be an important gathering of interdisciplinary professionals with experiences and interest in the field of Performing Arts Medicine.
With an emphasis on sharing research and practice, program presenters come from many parts of the country.
Fifth USF Performing Arts Medicine Conference
Dates: March 8-10, 2024
Venue: USF School of Music Building
Theme: Empowering Healthy Practices for the Performing Artist
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
You are invited to submit an abstract within a broad spectrum of performing arts medicine research and practice including Mental Health, Nutrition, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Occupational Medicine, as well as Arts Effects on culture, society, healing, and medical education. Philosophical, Historical, Empirical, Clinical Research, Case studies, and Survey-type Studies, and Workshops and Panels with a focused topic are welcome.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS (300-WORD LIMIT):
- Please compose your abstract with a clear focus, purpose, method, and any other rationale that ties in with the conference theme.
- An abstract must include the title, all authors’ names, credentials, affiliations, email addresses, and category, i.e., research report, education or clinic report, workshop, or panel.
- Name your abstract file in this manner: lastname-firstname-2024.doc (or docx).
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 5:00pm December 18, 2023 to all three Program co- chairs’ email addresses: sspecter@honors.usf.edu, cburns@usf.edu, & mwiranow@usf.edu.
CONFERENCE DEADLINES:
- Abstract acceptance notice: January 24, 2024
- Presentation/participation acceptance notice deadline: February 19, 2024
- Early Registration starts: January 19, 2024 – February 19, 2024
- Late Registration fee added starting February 20.
The Program Committee will assign accepted abstracts to one of the following categories:
- 20-minute live presentation plus five minutes for Q&A (25-minute total)
- Poster presentation (6-minute rotating presentation)
- 50-minute panel or workshop
Questions regarding the abstract submission or the conference: Contact program co-chairs: sspecter@honors.usf.edu, cburns@usf.edu, mwiranow@usf.edu, or slee@usf.edu.
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USF-PAMA-TMG Piano Pedagogy Symposium
The Third USF-PAMA-The Music Gallery Piano Pedagogy Symposium was focused on the awareness of the body, touch and tone, coordinated techniques, mind-body connection, and longevity in learning, teaching, and playing the piano. The Symposium presented masterclasses, chamber music coaching, jazz piano, flow in music making, and musician-tailored yoga.