UMBC Associate Professor of Music Brian Kaufman will speak about his collaborative work researching inequities in K-12 music education festivals and organizing The UMBC CREATE Festival, the first music education festival of it’s kind in Maryland to specifically promote and celebrate student voice through creative music-making by K-12 students and teachers involved in school and community organizations. The festival was co-designed and piloted by Kaufman in collaboration with students, classroom teachers, teaching artists, and researchers from Baltimore-based organizations including Baltimore Symphony’s OrchKids program, Baltimore School for the Arts, and Booker T Washington Middle School.