Where research meets practice in early childhood music education
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
2026 CONFERENCE
The 9th Meeting of the Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children England will take place on Saturday 31st October 2026 at Berkshire Music Trust in Reading.
Music!
Playing to learn and learning to play.
This one-day conference will explore and celebrate the diverse ways in which early childhood music educators work alongside young children and families to encourage musical play and learning.
The event will spotlight different approaches to pedagogy and practice and generate discussion about how musicians can use playful approaches to encourage and support learning in and through music making.
Saturday 31st October 2026
09.30 - 16.30
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2024 CONFERENCE
The 8th Meeting of MERYC England took place in person on Saturday 9th November, 2024, at Newcastle University.
The theme for the conference was:
Early Childhood Music in the 21st Century: Exploring possibilities in a changing world
There was a general feeling that it was a joyous and informative occasion !
upcoming seminarS
Our next on-line seminar is on 4th March 2026 from 7-8.30pm
Milda BrÄ—dikytÄ—, Associate Professor,
Educational Research Institute,
Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
will be joining us to share her thoughts on playfulness
and creativity in young children's music making
using Vygotskian insights and theories.
Tickets available here
