State and National Conferences / Chapter Workshops
December WORKSHOPS – 2023
New York State School Music Association Conference
- Universal Design for Learning in the General Music Classroom
- Panel Session
September WORKSHOPS – 2023
- Disability Theories and Music Education
July WORKSHOPS – 2023
MARCH WORKSHOPS – 2023
February WORKSHOPS – 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 WORKSHOPS – 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
Research Methods in Music Education
Lakeland University/Plymouth, WI
Interested in the Lakeland Summer Master’s Program: contact Dr. Frank Gallo at Gallof@lakeland.edu
Research conferences / Guest Lecturing
SMTE Research Symposium
October 13th – 15th, 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah
- Perceptions and Outcomes of Implementing Ungrading in an Undergraduate Music Methods Course (poster)
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 3rd -5th, 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)
ISME Conference (Online)
July 18-22, 2022
- Perceptions and Experiences of Preservice Music Educators Working with Students with Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study (paper)
- MTE Mothers: Finding Balance During the COVID-19 Pandemic (round table)
Iowa State University – Guest Lecturer – November 2022
- Universal Design for Learning
- Choral Lab Session
University of Southern Maine – Guest Lecturer – September 2021
- Making Responsible Repertoire Choices
New York University: Steinhardt School of Music – Guest Lecturer – December 2021
- Hip-Hop Pedagogy and Elementary General Music
University of North Texas – Guest Lecturer – October 2021/ March 2022
- Universal Design for Learning in the Music Classroom