State and National Conferences / Chapter Workshops


June Conferences – 2025

Kennedy Center Arts Education Conferences

  • Disability Theories and Music Education

May Conferences – 2025

Mountain Lake Symposium 

  • Ungrading Practices in Undergraduate Music Methods Courses 

February Conferences – 2025

National Community Partnerships Convening: Kennedy Center 

  • (Dis)comfort in Joy: Building Community Partnerships with Individuals with Disabilities

January Conferences – 2025

Illinois Music Educators Conference
  • “Sing, Say, Dance, & Play” in your favorite way: Hip-Hop and Pop Arrangements
  • It’s Not Optional: SMART-ly Translating IEPS into the Music Setting
 

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

DS2ME International Symposium

April 2025 Madison, Wisconsin

  • “The education is supposed to fit me, I’m not supposed to fit the education!” Experiences of Undergraduate Music Education Majors with Hidden Disabilities (paper)

Desert Skies Research Conference

February 2025 Tempe, AZ (unable to attend, family emergency)

  • Ungrading Practices: A Pilot Study (paper)

NAfME National Research Conference

September 2024 Atlanta, GA

  • “The education is supposed to fit me, I’m not supposed to fit the education!” Experiences of Undergraduate Music Education Majors with Hidden Disabilities (paper) 
  • Changing ties: Using Stakeholder Input to Inform Music Teacher Education Curricular Revisions (paper)
  • Parallel-form Reliability of the Online Primary Measures of Music Audiation: A Pilot Study (SRIG paper)

Guest Lectures

Nazareth College – Guest Lecturer – April 2025

  • Mixed-Methods Inquiry: Guidance for Ph.D. Students Seminar in Music Education Research

Nazareth College – Guest Lecturer – March 2025

  • Universal Design for Learning in Elementary

University of South Florida – Guest Lecturer – February 2025

  • Mixed-Methods Inquiry: Guidance for Ph.D. Students Seminar in Music Education Research

George Mason University – Guest Lecturer – November 2024

  • Universal Design for Learning in General Music

University of Southern Mississippi – Guest Lecturer – November 2024

  • Universal Design for Learning in General Music

University of Iowa- Guest Teacher in Residency – October 2024

  • Graduate Research Seminar
  • Universal Design for Learning 
  • Supporting Undergraduate Students with Hidden Disabilities