Family Friendly Activities and Arrangements

• Hogle Zoo
• Natural History Museum of Utah
• Red Butte Garden (hiking trails too)
• Salt Lake City Public Library (Main Branch)
• Sugarhouse Park
• Liberty Park
• Tracy Aviary
• Clark Planetarium
• Discover Gateway
• Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
• Childcare Options
  • Care.com
  • SitterCity.com
• Hikes
  • Big Cottonwood Canyon
  • Millcreek Canyon ($5 toll road)
  • Neff’s Canyon
  • Ensign Peak Trailhead

Latest Symposium Updates

May 16, 2023 – Dr. Nicole R. Robinson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Cultural Connections by Design, will present a plenary session at the 2023 Symposium on Music Teacher Education.

March 10, 2023 – Dr. Carla Shalaby of the University of Michigan will be the Susan Wharton Conkling Keynote Address speaker.

January 13, 2023 – View the Call for Proposals for the 2023 Symposium and submit your proposals here!

December 15, 2022 – Our site hosts at the University of Utah offer these links to the facilities we expect to use for Symposium events: David Gardner Hall and the School of Music / Alumni House / Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons. We will post more information about the location as the Symposium approaches.’

December 8, 2022 – View the statement on 2023 Symposium site selection

Susan Wharton Conkling Keynote Address Speaker:
Dr. Carla Shalaby, Coordinator of Social Justice Initiatives and Community Internships at the Marsal Family School of Education, University of Michigan, will be the Susan Conkling Keynote Address speaker for the 2023 Symposium onMusic Teacher Education. Please read Dr. Shalaby’s full bio here: https://soe.umich.edu/directory/faculty-staff/carla-shalaby

Plenary Sessions:
Dr. Nicole R. Robinson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Cultural Connections by Design, will present a plenary session. Read Dr. Robinson’s full bio here: https://ccbydesign.org/dr-nicole-robinson/

The submission period has closed.

View the archived Call for Proposals for the 2023 Symposium here.