See below for the conference program for Friday, June 13, 2025.
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Schedule
2025
Friday, June 13th
9:30 AM

Playing the Parks – Music, Sound, and the Virtual Guest Experience in Theme Park Video Games

Matt Lawson, Oxford Brookes University

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

Swinging in the Queue: Reimagining Nintendo’s Cues in the Super Nintendo World Theme Parks

James Heazlewood-Dale, Brandeis University

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Kingdom of Dreams and Magic: Musical Representations of Theme Parks in Japanese Media

Thomas B. Yee, University of Texas at San Antonio

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

The Everlasting Dance of Death: The Legacy of Saint-Seäns’s Danse Macabre in De Efteling

Maria Schreurs, Utrecht University

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Transformation: “Queue” the Variations of Theme & Variations

Amy Hatch

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

The Main Street Electrical Parade as a Travelling Harmonic Theme and Variations

James Bohn, Stonehill College

12:30 PM

2:00 PM

What Story Will You Find? – The Role of Music in Tokyo DisneySea’s Fantasy Springs

Carissa Baker, University of Central Florida

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

Where Nostalgia Meets Frisson: Music for Disney Fireworks

Gregory Camp, University of Auckland

2:30 PM