State and National Conferences / Chapter Workshops


March Conferences – 2024

Massachusetts Music Association Conference 

  • Addressing the -isms through Children’s Books in the Elementary Music Classroom
  • Universal Design for Learning in the Elementary General Music Classroom

February Conferences – 2024

New Jersey Music Educators Conference 

  • Universal Design for Learning in the Elementary General Music Classroom
  • Social Justice in the EGM Classroom Through Children’s LIterature

December Conferences – 2023

New York State School Music Association Conference 

  • Universal Design for Learning in the General Music Classroom
  • Panel Session on DEIA

September Conferences – 2023

Kennedy Center Music and Special Education
  • Disability Theories and Music Education

July WORKSHOPS – 2023

Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services – Erlanger, KY

MARCH WORKSHOPS – 2023

General Music Workshop – Eastern Illinois University 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

February Conferences – 2023

Curriculum Development and Instructional Strategies for General Music 
Unit Five Schools, Bloomington, IL

Minnesota Music Educators Conference 
  • Universal Design for Learning in the General Music Classroom
  • Assistive Devices in the General Music Classroom
  • Using Children’s Literature as an Instructional Tool to Guide Important Conversations

January Conferences – 2023

European Music Educators Association – Vicenza, Italy
  • Universal Design for Learning in the Elementary Music Classroom
  • Teaching to the Students in your Classroom

Illinois Music Educators Association – Peoria, IL

  • Children’s Literature as an Instructional Tool to Guide Important Conversations
  • Conversational Recorder
  • Universal Design for Learning in the Elementary Music Room

Summer Teaching

Kodály Level One Pedagogy & Materials and Methods

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 

Interested in the Kodály Program at James Madison: contact Dr. Rachel Grimsby grimsbrl@jmu.edu

Interested in the Master’s of Music Education Program at James Madison: contact Dr. William Dabback dabbacwm@jmu.edu 

Research Methods in Music Education & Kodály Level Two Pedagogy

Lakeland University/Plymouth, WI

Interested in the Lakeland Summer Master’s Program: contact Dr. Frank Gallo at Gallof@lakeland.edu 

Research conferences / Guest Lecturing

Research Conferences

International Society for Music Education

July 27th – August 2nd, 2024 Helsinki, Finland

  • Research with Children with Disabilities: Ethics, Queries, and Activism (paper)
  • Perceptions of Preservice Music Educators Working with Students with Disabilities: A Comparative Mixed Methods Study (paper)
  • Perceptions and Outcomes of Implementing Ungrading in an Undergraduate Music Methods Course (part of an Ungrading Symposia)

American Education Research Association Conference

April 2023 Chicago, Illinois

  • Rural Music Educators’ Perceptions of Online Professional Development on Teaching Music to Students with Disabilities (paper)

DS2ME Symposium

April 2023 Quad Cities, Illinois

  • Research with Children with Disabilities (paper)

NAfME National Research Conference

November 2022 Washington, D.C.

  • Perceptions of Preservice Music Educators’ Working with Students with Disabilities: A Comparison Study (paper) 
  • Online Professional Development for Rural Music Educators (poster)

Guest Lectures

Florida International University – April 2024

  • Three Day Teaching Residency Music and Disability

University of Southern Mississippi – April 2024

  • Universal Design for Learning in General Music

Truman State University – February 2024

  • Racist, Sexist, Ableist? Oh My!: Research, Evaluation, and Use of Folk Music

Nazareth College – February 2024

  • Universal Design for Learning in General Music

University of Southern Mississippi – Guest Lecturer – August 2023

  • Collaborating with Paraprofessionals

Iowa State University – Guest Lecturer – November 2022

  • Universal Design for Learning
  • Choral Lab Session