Our theme reflects how musical arts and cultures transcend the temporalities of space and time in a post pandemic regime. During the pandemic, the importance of the musical arts as a core part of humanity became even more pronounced. The use of music and other related art forms as a coping mechanism for individuals and groups reached unprecedented levels. While acknowledging that many planned performances by different artistes and groups became impossible as a result of the pandemic, it holds true as well, that the same reason necessitated the emergence of new musical art forms, new groups and artistes, new compositions or creative works, and new performance contexts or spaces. The limits of different approaches to teaching and learning the musical arts were also tested during the pandemic, and the adoption of new (technologically-enhanced) pedagogies became inevitable which also had implications on the content. This conference provides the critical platform to reflect on these realities, and to champion the discussion on the way forward for the musical arts in Africa in a post-pandemic regime in the light of increasing efforts to attain the sustainable development goals. In effect, the conference theme provides a good platform to cogitate over the critical place of the evolving musical arts in the attainment of the 2030 agenda.
The "musical arts spaces" in the theme can refer (but in no way limited) to:
Musical arts here, in line with what PASMAE represents, refer to all the core and related disciplines that collectively fall under the umbrella of the Performing and Creative Arts.
Presentations could focus on the following sub-themes:
The focus of PASMAE 2023 is not limited to the above areas, Presentations from any field of education/discipline in line with the conference theme are welcome
