EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education (2006), Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Master of Arts in Music, Choral Conducting (1981), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in Music (1979), Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
RESEARCH AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
ISME: World Conference of the International Society for Music Education
Porto Alegre, Brasil, 2014:
Looking In On Music Listening: Theory into Practice. Symposium with J. Kerchner, M. Espeland, & R. Dunn.
Dimensions of Music as Points of Entry for Music Learning. Symposium with J. Wiggins, S. Davis, S. Kondo, J. Shively.
“Mas que Nada”: Fostering Musical Understanding Through Listening, Performing, and Creating in Popular Music
Contexts.
Thessoloniki, Greece, 2012:
What makes music jazzy? Fostering musical understanding through listening, performing, and creating. (workshop)
Becoming a Real Teacher: Chelsea's Narrative of Teacher Identity (poster)
Bologna, Italy, 2008:
Contribution of General Music to Children's Musical Development,” Symposium with V. Cohen, M. Espeland, D. Russell-
Bowie, G. Rusinek, J. Wiggins, R. Wiggins.
Special Needs Learners and Teacher Education: Empathy as Universal Design. Workshop.
If it’s Friday, it must be music: Experiences of secondary special needs students in music class. Poster.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening .
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 2004:
Learning Through Meaningful Engagement with the World of Sound (with J. Wiggins & A. Ruthmann)
Knowing, Feeling, and Creating Through the World of Japanese Musical Sound (with S. Kondo)
ISME COMMISSIONS
Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, and Music Medicine Commission of ISME
Curitiba, Brasil, 2014: Lessons Learned Along the Way: A Researcher’s Journey from Field to Findings.
MISTEC: Seminar of the Music In Schools and Teacher Education Commission of ISME
Komotini, Greece, 2012:
Becoming a Real Teacher: Chelsea's Narrative of Teacher Identity
Frascati, Italy 2008:
If it’s Friday, it must be music: Experiences of secondary special needs students in music class.
Hong Kong, China, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening
AERA: American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA 2011
“I’m Not that Teacher Anymore:” A First Year Teacher’s Narrative of Then and Now, with Chelsea Otten
(Music Education SIG)
Denver, CO, 2010
Sharing Danny’s Narrative: Unresolved Ethical Tensions (Narrative Research SIG)
San Diego, CA, 2009
Empathy for Trevor: A teacher’s experience of meeting the child with special needs (Narrative Research SIG).
New York City, 2008
Buddy Journals: Scaffolding Reflective Practice in Teacher Education (Music Education SIG).
Critical Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion
Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland. 2014
Beyond “Church and State:” Creating Ethical Learning Spaces in the Music Classroom.
RIME: Research in Music Education Conference, Exeter, England
Learner Agency Across Musical Contexts: Valuing Student Musicianship (with S. Davis and A. Ruthmann), 2007
NIME: Narrative Soundings: International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, ASU
Peer Supported Reflective Practice: a Narrative of Emerging Pedagogical Tact, 2008
A Conversation with Materials: Musical Mapping as Narrative, 2006
NAPAR 2011: International Conference on Narrative, Arts-Based, and “Post” Approaches to Social Research
Arizona State University, January 21-23
Narrative Texture: the Layering of Voices in a Secondary Classroom for Learners with Special Needs
BIMUC 2008: Bergen Interactive Music Conference, Bergen, Norway
Authentic Musical Interaction for Teenage Special Needs Students: The Joys and Tensions of Instructional Music
Technology.
The Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2012. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Narratives of Music and Learning: Persons Places and Practices, with Sandra Stauffer and Jeananne Nichols
CARMU: Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding, Oakland University
Chelsea Thinks about Her Thinking: The Role of Reflective Practice and Teacher Self-Efficacy
with Chelsea Otten, 2011
Representation and Voice in Narrative Texts, 2010
Mentoring Novice Teachers: Developing a Community of Practice, 2007
Look at what I heard! Enabling Musicianship Through Musical Mapping, 2005
ATMI: Association for Technology in Music Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MadPad: Creative, Collaborative and Critical Thinking in a Digital Musical Context, 2013.
New Directions in Music Education: Revitalizing Middle and High School Music, MSU 2011
Embracing a Vision for Change in a Shifting School Landscape
SAME: International Conference on Spirituality and Music Education, Birmingham UK
The Mystery of Connectedness: Spirituality and the Musical Experience, 2010
WORKSHOPS IN JAPAN, July 2006
Musical Mapping, presentation for “The Symposium on Faculty Development of Music Education,”
Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto
Look at what I heard! Musical Mapping, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo
Look at what I heard! Student-centered teaching through listening. Tsukuba University Primary School, Tokyo
Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, VA.
Narratives of Persons, Practices, and Places: Windows into Transformational Moments in Teaching and Learning”
(with J. Nichols and S. Stauffer), 2013.
You, Me and i: Possibilities for Digital Musicianship in the Music Classroom” (with A. Clements). Plenary Session, 2013.
Being in the NOW: Enabling and fostering informal learning practices in a secondary methods classroom
(with S. Davis), 2007.
A Heart to Heart About Music Education Practice (with J. Wiggins, J. Shively, A. Ruthmann), 2005
Can Constructivist Pedagogy Be Applied to Multicultural Music? (with S. Kondo), 2005
Round Table Discussion: Lesson Planning for General Music and Music Teacher Education Classrooms, 2005
Voices from the Field of Education and their Capacity to Inform Music Education (with J. Wiggins), 2003
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Biennial In-Service Conference
Inclusion is a verb: Enabling success in the music classroom, 2010
Perspectives on preparing teachers to teach music composition PreK-12, 2010 (with J.Wiggins, M. Kashub, J. Smith,
A. Ruthmann, G. Greher).
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & S. Davis), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
SMTE: Symposium for Music Teacher Education
2009: Supporting the Student Teacher: Cooperating Teacher Perspectives
2005: Enabling Pre-service and Inservice Music Teachers to Construct Understanding of Music,
Education, and Music Education (with J. Wiggins, J. Shively, G. Cunningham, & D. Jordan).
2005: Best Practice: Transforming the Music Classroom through Teacher Education
MMC: Michigan Music Conference
Fostering a Musical Say: Student Voice in the Music Classroom, 2010
Composition in the Elementary Music Classroom: Songwriting, 2007
Supporting Musical Understanding with Graphic Representation, 2007
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & J. Shively), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
World Music Drumming in the General Music Classroom, 2004
Empowering Students through Self-Assessment during Ensemble Rehearsal, Technology pre-conference, 2004
Numerous regional, state, and local music education workshops and clinics.
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education (2006), Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Master of Arts in Music, Choral Conducting (1981), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in Music (1979), Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
RESEARCH AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
ISME: World Conference of the International Society for Music Education
Porto Alegre, Brasil, 2014:
Looking In On Music Listening: Theory into Practice. Symposium with J. Kerchner, M. Espeland, & R. Dunn.
Dimensions of Music as Points of Entry for Music Learning. Symposium with J. Wiggins, S. Davis, S. Kondo, J. Shively.
“Mas que Nada”: Fostering Musical Understanding Through Listening, Performing, and Creating in Popular Music
Contexts.
Thessoloniki, Greece, 2012:
What makes music jazzy? Fostering musical understanding through listening, performing, and creating. (workshop)
Becoming a Real Teacher: Chelsea's Narrative of Teacher Identity (poster)
Bologna, Italy, 2008:
Contribution of General Music to Children's Musical Development,” Symposium with V. Cohen, M. Espeland, D. Russell-
Bowie, G. Rusinek, J. Wiggins, R. Wiggins.
Special Needs Learners and Teacher Education: Empathy as Universal Design. Workshop.
If it’s Friday, it must be music: Experiences of secondary special needs students in music class. Poster.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening .
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 2004:
Learning Through Meaningful Engagement with the World of Sound (with J. Wiggins & A. Ruthmann)
Knowing, Feeling, and Creating Through the World of Japanese Musical Sound (with S. Kondo)
ISME COMMISSIONS
Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, and Music Medicine Commission of ISME
Curitiba, Brasil, 2014: Lessons Learned Along the Way: A Researcher’s Journey from Field to Findings.
MISTEC: Seminar of the Music In Schools and Teacher Education Commission of ISME
Komotini, Greece, 2012:
Becoming a Real Teacher: Chelsea's Narrative of Teacher Identity
Frascati, Italy 2008:
If it’s Friday, it must be music: Experiences of secondary special needs students in music class.
Hong Kong, China, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening
AERA: American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA 2011
“I’m Not that Teacher Anymore:” A First Year Teacher’s Narrative of Then and Now, with Chelsea Otten
(Music Education SIG)
Denver, CO, 2010
Sharing Danny’s Narrative: Unresolved Ethical Tensions (Narrative Research SIG)
San Diego, CA, 2009
Empathy for Trevor: A teacher’s experience of meeting the child with special needs (Narrative Research SIG).
New York City, 2008
Buddy Journals: Scaffolding Reflective Practice in Teacher Education (Music Education SIG).
Critical Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion
Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland. 2014
Beyond “Church and State:” Creating Ethical Learning Spaces in the Music Classroom.
RIME: Research in Music Education Conference, Exeter, England
Learner Agency Across Musical Contexts: Valuing Student Musicianship (with S. Davis and A. Ruthmann), 2007
NIME: Narrative Soundings: International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, ASU
Peer Supported Reflective Practice: a Narrative of Emerging Pedagogical Tact, 2008
A Conversation with Materials: Musical Mapping as Narrative, 2006
NAPAR 2011: International Conference on Narrative, Arts-Based, and “Post” Approaches to Social Research
Arizona State University, January 21-23
Narrative Texture: the Layering of Voices in a Secondary Classroom for Learners with Special Needs
BIMUC 2008: Bergen Interactive Music Conference, Bergen, Norway
Authentic Musical Interaction for Teenage Special Needs Students: The Joys and Tensions of Instructional Music
Technology.
The Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 2012. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Narratives of Music and Learning: Persons Places and Practices, with Sandra Stauffer and Jeananne Nichols
CARMU: Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding, Oakland University
Chelsea Thinks about Her Thinking: The Role of Reflective Practice and Teacher Self-Efficacy
with Chelsea Otten, 2011
Representation and Voice in Narrative Texts, 2010
Mentoring Novice Teachers: Developing a Community of Practice, 2007
Look at what I heard! Enabling Musicianship Through Musical Mapping, 2005
ATMI: Association for Technology in Music Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MadPad: Creative, Collaborative and Critical Thinking in a Digital Musical Context, 2013.
New Directions in Music Education: Revitalizing Middle and High School Music, MSU 2011
Embracing a Vision for Change in a Shifting School Landscape
SAME: International Conference on Spirituality and Music Education, Birmingham UK
The Mystery of Connectedness: Spirituality and the Musical Experience, 2010
WORKSHOPS IN JAPAN, July 2006
Musical Mapping, presentation for “The Symposium on Faculty Development of Music Education,”
Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto
Look at what I heard! Musical Mapping, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo
Look at what I heard! Student-centered teaching through listening. Tsukuba University Primary School, Tokyo
Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, VA.
Narratives of Persons, Practices, and Places: Windows into Transformational Moments in Teaching and Learning”
(with J. Nichols and S. Stauffer), 2013.
You, Me and i: Possibilities for Digital Musicianship in the Music Classroom” (with A. Clements). Plenary Session, 2013.
Being in the NOW: Enabling and fostering informal learning practices in a secondary methods classroom
(with S. Davis), 2007.
A Heart to Heart About Music Education Practice (with J. Wiggins, J. Shively, A. Ruthmann), 2005
Can Constructivist Pedagogy Be Applied to Multicultural Music? (with S. Kondo), 2005
Round Table Discussion: Lesson Planning for General Music and Music Teacher Education Classrooms, 2005
Voices from the Field of Education and their Capacity to Inform Music Education (with J. Wiggins), 2003
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Biennial In-Service Conference
Inclusion is a verb: Enabling success in the music classroom, 2010
Perspectives on preparing teachers to teach music composition PreK-12, 2010 (with J.Wiggins, M. Kashub, J. Smith,
A. Ruthmann, G. Greher).
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & S. Davis), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
SMTE: Symposium for Music Teacher Education
2009: Supporting the Student Teacher: Cooperating Teacher Perspectives
2005: Enabling Pre-service and Inservice Music Teachers to Construct Understanding of Music,
Education, and Music Education (with J. Wiggins, J. Shively, G. Cunningham, & D. Jordan).
2005: Best Practice: Transforming the Music Classroom through Teacher Education
MMC: Michigan Music Conference
Fostering a Musical Say: Student Voice in the Music Classroom, 2010
Composition in the Elementary Music Classroom: Songwriting, 2007
Supporting Musical Understanding with Graphic Representation, 2007
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & J. Shively), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
World Music Drumming in the General Music Classroom, 2004
Empowering Students through Self-Assessment during Ensemble Rehearsal, Technology pre-conference, 2004
Numerous regional, state, and local music education workshops and clinics.