Volume 4 (2) 2012 – Conference report
30th ISME World Conference: Pre-Conference Commission Seminar on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine
Markku Kaikkonen
(pp. 139-142)
30th ISME World Conference
Pre-Conference Commission Seminar on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine
12-14 July 2012
International Society for Music Education (ISME) and Greek Society for Music Education (GSME), University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Biography
Markku Kaikkonen works as a director in the Special Music Centre, Resonaari. He received his MM (music educator and therapist) at Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland) and accomplished Advanced Studies in Dance and Music Pedagogy at University Mozarteums’ Orff Institute (Salzburg, Austria). He is a co-author and/or co-editor of several music education and special music education books and articles in Finland and abroad. Markku is also a guest lecturer in continuing education programs and conferences internationally. He is a board member of the Finnish Society for Music Education (FiSME ry) and Drum Circle (Paukepiiri ry), Finland.