Teaching

My teaching tends to emphasize:

1. Empowerment and self-direction
2. Criticality and questioning
3. Theory and application

Some of the courses I have taught:

Undergraduate

MUZA80 Foundations in Musicianship
MUZB01 Introduction to Community Music
MUZD80 Music and Culture Senior Project
MUZC02H3 Music, Health, and Wellness
MUZB40H3 Music and Technology
VPMC01H3 Exploring Community Music
VPMC88H3 Topics in Music and Culture: Critical Issues in Music and Society
MUE101 The ASU School of Music Experience
MUE110 Introduction to Music Education
MUE337 Woodwind Lab
MUE327 Brass Lab
MU472 Instrumental Methods
MU571 Student Teaching Practicum
MU276 Jazz Performance & Context: II
MU196 Jazz Workshop
MU195 Jazz Combo

Graduate

CTL5018H: Sounds of Change: Issues in Music Education
CTL5033HF Arts in Urban Schools
MSI601 Continuing Topics in Music Research
MUE790 Doctoral Seminar
MUE559 Social and Cultural Studies in Music Education
MUE598 Music and Community Engagement
MUE579 Psychology of Music
MU780 Research and Directed Study in Music Education
MU773/777 Foundations of Music Education I: Philosophy and History
MU775 Introduction to Music Education Research
MU735 Critique in Music Education
MU768 Curriculum Project
MU534 Teaching Jazz: A Course for Non-Jazz Musicians
73.650.201 Research in Music Education

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

Supervisor
  • Showen, Austin. “Learning Without Representation: A Critique of Representational Thought in Philosophies of Arts Education and Curriculum.” Arizona State University (2020). 
  • O’Leary, Jared. “A Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis of Multidisciplinary Practices within Chipmusic.org.” Co-supervised with Evan Tobias. Arizona State University (2018). 
  • Hawkins, Kevin. “A Collaborative Research Inquiry into Issue of Male Choral Participation at The Middle and High School Level.” Boston University (2015)
  • Warner, Matt. “Jazz Education Rationales and Secondary School Jazz Ensembles: Paradoxes, Problems and Potentials.” Boston University (2013).
  • Cook, Andrew. “A Poststructural Investigation of Music Teachers and Music Education in Film.” Boston University (2013).
  • Svenningsen, Russell. “The Norwegian Men’s Singing Society in America: An Exploration of Musical Tradition as Cultural Identification and Community Learning.” Boston University (2012).
  • Williams, Jana. “Male Participation and Recruitment Issues in Middle and High School Chorus.” Boston University (2011).
Reader
  • Fjeldstad, Mari Ystanes. “Knots of Knowing-in-Playing. Stories from Violin Lessons Read Diffractively through Agential Realism.” External examiner. Norwegian Academy of Music. (2023).
  • Shephard, Gordon. “Exploring the Significance of Musical-Emotional Response on Community Band Participation.” External examiner. York University, Toronto (2021).
  • Johnson, David. “Raising Voices: Singing Repertoire and Practices in Swedish Schools.” Lund University, Sweden (2021).
  • Jager, David Hiroshi. Listening to Difference: A Deleuzian Approach to Music Education.” University of Toronto (2020).
  • Kunaeva, Teresa. “Music Masters: Facilitating Community Music Participation by Older Adults in Instrumental Ensembles.” External examiner. Griffith University (2019).
  • Tremblay-Beaton, Katie. “‘Caught in the Middle’: Investigating Middle School Teachers’ Pedagogical Approaches in Instrumental Music Class.” University of Toronto (2019).
  • Rathgeber, Jesse. “Troubling Disability: Experiences of Disability In, Through, and Around Music.” Arizona State University (2018). 
  • Olsen, Lana. “A Culturally Relevant Symbol: Participant Engagement in a Volunteer Tourism Youth Education Program and Impacts on Program Youth.” Arizona State University (2018). 
  • Bickmore, Isaac. “The Musical Life of Billy Cioffi: A Narrative Inquiry.” Arizona State University (2017). 
  • Raya, Bryan. “A Survey of the Current Financial Trends in American Adult Community Bands.” Arizona State University (2017). 
  • Miller, Josephine. “An Ethnographic Analysis of Participation and Agency in a Scottish Community-based Music Project.” External examiner. University of Sheffield (2016).
  • Redden, James.  “Effects of Presentation Mode on Community College Students’ Perception of Performance Quality and Musical Engagement.” Boston University (2014).
  • Woodard, Scott. “Ilya Alexandrovich Musin: Pedagogue, Conductor, and Author.” Boston University (2014).
  • Powell, Alex. “Organizational Identity in the History of the Longy School of Music.” Boston University (2014).
  • Kent, Evan. “So Much More Than Kumbaya: Music at Jewish Summer Camps And The Formation Of Jewish Identity.” Boston University (2013).
  • Billaud, Louise. “The Case of the Highlands Community Band: Structuration, Self-Determination, and a Model of Community Band Participation.” Boston University (2013).
  • DeQuattro, Anthony. “A Comparison of The Beat Competency And Rhythm Echo Accuracy Of High School Musicians And Dancers.” Boston University (2013).
  • Held, Jeff. “Ethos For Individual Performance Development: Descriptions of Music Majors In College Bands.” Boston University (2012).
  • Thiele, Margaret. “The Contradiction of Policy and Religion for Women With Music In Elementary Pre-Service Training: A Critical Policy Implementation Analysis.” Boston University (2012).
  • Snow, Michelle. “Music Education and Entrepreneurship: Post-Secondary Music Teacher Education and Value Creation For Individuals And Communities.” Boston University (2012).
  • Stefanov, Ivan. “High School Music Student and Teacher Perceptions of Online Learning Environments.” Boston University (2010).