Call for papers opens for Music & Drama Education Expo

The call for papers is open for Europe’s largest drama education exhibition, the Music & Drama Education Expo, taking place on 23 and 24 February 2023 at the Business Design Centre in London.

Applications have also opened for the programme advisory board – a voluntary panel of teachers from across the sector who will work with the heads of content to shape the two-day event.

Each lasting 45 minutes, sessions range from on-the-feet workshops to presentations with seated audiences, and the full programme is CPD-accredited. 

Sarah Lambie, head of content for the drama stream of the conference programme, said: 'Our call for papers is such a rewarding process: every year we discover new fantastic speakers who have inspiring ideas to share with our hundreds of drama teacher and practitioner delegates. We look forward to reading this year’s crop of proposals.'

The drama and crossover sessions are allocated across the following topics:

• Diversity and inclusion
• SEND
• Policy and funding
• Business and marketing
• Curriculum and exams
• Mind and body
• International trends and approaches
• Collaboration and community
• Musical theatre
• Early Years and Primary
• Pedagogy
• Improvisation
• Composition
• Technology
• Classroom teaching
• Performing arts across the curriculum
• Extra-curricular music/performing arts

When applying to run a session, you will be asked to supply the following information in a 1,250-word application:

• Speaker bio (50 words maximum)
• Introduction (20 words maximum)
• Learning objectives (minimum of four)
• Content (800 word maximum)
• Equipment
• Audience (options are given for you to choose from)
• Key Stage applicability

The deadline for submitting a session is 13 June 2022.  

Submit a session for the Music & Drama Education Expo 2023.

Find out more and apply for a place on the programme advisory board.