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
- Disability Theories and Music Education
July WORKSHOPS – 2023
MARCH WORKSHOPS – 2023
February Conferences – 2023
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
- 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
