Technology is an integral part of our everyday lives and its developments affect the creation, reproduction and recording of music with direct consequences on music education. (Rondogianni, 2011). According to Finney & Burnard (2009), the challenge for music education teachers is to use these new technologies correctly.

Accepting the challenge mentioned by Finney & Burnard, this workshop will present various methods for teaching music with the use of an innovative music App, YouTube and social media platforms like TikTok, BeReal, Instagram etc. 

Our aim is to modernize the methods we use in teaching music so that they pleasantly stimulate children's interest in learning music.

• Music and sound education experiences, values, and practices
• Digital environment and music Education
• Digital social media platforms
• Lifelong learning for music educators

Despina Mattheopoulou was born in Thessaloniki-Greece. She holds a Master of Arts in Music Education from the University of London, Institute of Education, with scholarship from the Lillian Voudouri foundation. She holds a degree in Ethnomusicology from the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also holds with honors the degree in Harmony, Counterpoint, Orchestration and Fuga from the “Macedonian” Conservatory in Thessalloniki. She attended the course of Music Education at the “Music College” Conservatory in Thessaloniki.

She has taught music to children, following contemporary music education methods in private kindergartens and Conservatories in Ptolemaida, in Kozani and at the “Music College” Conservatory in Thessaloniki. She has taught in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, for the “Academic and Professional Improvement of Primary Education” the lesson of Music Education. She has taught music education in several Institute of Education (S.A.E.K) and in Hellenic Conservatory in Athens. She has taught the “Write an Opera” program at the Athens American College. Now she is working in the Conservatory Ph. Nakas, at “Rosarte” children’s choir and in the Aegean College in Athens at the BSc (Hons) in Pre-Primary Education course and BSc (Hons) in Primary Education.

She is the writer of “My first book, theory of music”, “Learn Music with Cunning Fox 1 & 2” “Miss Maro Goes to the Athens Concert Hall”, “Pianoponiries” and “A Big Concert in Boubouzalia, Child Organognosia”. All of the books have been published from Ph. Nakas editions.