Conference 2025
Music Moves
Fostering Dynamic Connections
Portland, Oregon
June 18-20, 2025
Conference Schedule
Subject to change
Keynote Speaker Ann Baltz
Flexibility Is Everything
​Throughout her extensive career as a creator, educator, director, and pianist, Ann Baltz has been led by the principle that success is a direct result of how well a person’s whole being has been informed, nurtured, and cultivated. It is this principle that has inspired her lifelong passion for empowering performers to combine technical prowess with courage, authenticity, and freedom.
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​Ann will present an interactive session encouraging us to explore our creativity in order to find freedom beyond our own preconceived limits. There will also be an extended time for Q&A.
Brenda Winkle
Somatics of Belonging​
Understanding How to Create
More Inclusive Groups
Brenda Winkle changes lives by blending the science of trauma-informed breathwork and somatic coaching with intuitive energy healing.
She specializes in supporting empathic entrepreneurs to confidently set boundaries, heal their nervous systems, and understand their energy to bring more joy, flow, and ease to their businesses and lives.
What Every Musician
Needs to Know about the Body
The Six-Hour Foundational Body Mapping Course
Wednesday, June 18th - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (with breaks)
In-Person Only
One-Day Course Registration only $150
Four Simultaneous, Instrument-Focused Courses
Travel
The conference begins on Wednesday morning and ends of Friday evening. Some ABME committees will be having meetings on Saturday June 21st. Plan to travel to Portland on Tuesday June 17th and depart on Saturday or Sunday.
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Portland Airport - PDX
Where to Stay
Hotels are easily accessible to campus on foot or with public transportation.
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​The Hotel Zags from $129
Reserve a room with this link
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If you need to adjust the dates of the stay please call the hotel directly after your reservation is made.
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If you would like to reserve a different room type, email exec@bodymap.org
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University Place Hotel from $107
Call the hotel directly to reserve.
(503) 221-0140
Ask for Association for Body Mapping Educators rate
Group rates available through May 15th
Where to Eat
Portland State is an urban campus with a wide variety of options for meals and snacks within walking distance.
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The Friday evening banquet is included with your conference registration. Depending on your hotel and the number of rooms reserved, breakfast may be included with your hotel accommodations.
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June 18th
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body Course
(one day registration available)
Opening recital and reception
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June 19 - 20
Keynote Speakers
Member Presentations
Research Reports
Masterclasses and More!
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June 21
Committee Meetings TBA
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Please note that no conference content will be recorded.
In-person attendance is the only way to participate in our 2025 Conference!
