Upcoming Presentations
February 2021. Paper Presentation. Critical Mis-Listening: A Vision for General Music Education. National Association for
Music Education Conference. Florida, USA.
February 2021. Paper Presentation. Critical Mis-Listening: A Vision for General Music Education. National Association for
Music Education Conference. Florida, USA.
Select Past Presentations
August 2020. Paper Presentation. Consumers, Producers, and Authors: Critical Learning Projects in the Music Classroom. ISME
World Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
August 2020. Roundtable Presentation. Creating Connections Across Settings: Transfer and Application of Skills for Post-
Secondary Music Students and Teachers. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. ISME World
Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
August 2020. Roundtable Presentation. Reconsidering Cultural Hybridity in Choral Music Education: International
Perspectives. Presenting with Dr. Martin Berger (Stellenbosch University) & Dr. Cara Bernard (University of
Connecticut). ISME World Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
June 2020. Paper Presentation. The Role of the Broker in Interdisciplinary Work Between Music Performance and Music
Education. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities.
London, Ontario. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
April 2020. Paper Presentation. Brokering Reflective Spaces in Experiential Learning: Interdisciplinary Engagements in a
Summer Opera Program. Presentation. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. College Music
Society Great Lakes Conference. Rochester, MI. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
April 2020. Roundtable Presentation with Dr. Patrick Schmidt. Practicing Border Crossing Pedagogy: Policy, Inquiry and Action in
Collaborative Research. American Educational Research Association Conference. San Francisco, CA. Cancelled due to
Covid-19.
January 2020. Workshop. Composition and Conversation in the General Music Classroom: Hearing Student Voices.
Presenting with Amy Gruben, Music Teacher at Wood Dale Junior High. Illinois Music Educators Association
Convention, Peoria, IL.
September 2019. Paper Presentation. Situating Methods Courses as Critical Project-Based Learning. Symposium on
Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC.
May 2019. Panel Presentation. Shaping the Future. Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music
Methods, Virginia, USA.
May 2019. Poster Presentation. Critical Border Crossing: Negotiating Contact Zones Through Soundscape
Composition. Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Virginia, USA.
April 2019. Paper Presentation. Critical Border Crossing: Soundscape Composition and Reflection as Critical
Pedagogies. Research in Music Education Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.
November 2018. Teacher Workshop. Exploring Sociocultural Difference through Soundscapes. Ontario Music
Educators Association Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
August 2020. Paper Presentation. Consumers, Producers, and Authors: Critical Learning Projects in the Music Classroom. ISME
World Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
August 2020. Roundtable Presentation. Creating Connections Across Settings: Transfer and Application of Skills for Post-
Secondary Music Students and Teachers. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. ISME World
Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
August 2020. Roundtable Presentation. Reconsidering Cultural Hybridity in Choral Music Education: International
Perspectives. Presenting with Dr. Martin Berger (Stellenbosch University) & Dr. Cara Bernard (University of
Connecticut). ISME World Conference. Helsinki, Finland. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
June 2020. Paper Presentation. The Role of the Broker in Interdisciplinary Work Between Music Performance and Music
Education. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities.
London, Ontario. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
April 2020. Paper Presentation. Brokering Reflective Spaces in Experiential Learning: Interdisciplinary Engagements in a
Summer Opera Program. Presentation. Presenting with Dr. Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. College Music
Society Great Lakes Conference. Rochester, MI. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
April 2020. Roundtable Presentation with Dr. Patrick Schmidt. Practicing Border Crossing Pedagogy: Policy, Inquiry and Action in
Collaborative Research. American Educational Research Association Conference. San Francisco, CA. Cancelled due to
Covid-19.
January 2020. Workshop. Composition and Conversation in the General Music Classroom: Hearing Student Voices.
Presenting with Amy Gruben, Music Teacher at Wood Dale Junior High. Illinois Music Educators Association
Convention, Peoria, IL.
September 2019. Paper Presentation. Situating Methods Courses as Critical Project-Based Learning. Symposium on
Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC.
May 2019. Panel Presentation. Shaping the Future. Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music
Methods, Virginia, USA.
May 2019. Poster Presentation. Critical Border Crossing: Negotiating Contact Zones Through Soundscape
Composition. Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Virginia, USA.
April 2019. Paper Presentation. Critical Border Crossing: Soundscape Composition and Reflection as Critical
Pedagogies. Research in Music Education Conference, Bath, United Kingdom.
November 2018. Teacher Workshop. Exploring Sociocultural Difference through Soundscapes. Ontario Music
Educators Association Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
June 2018. Paper Presentation. Subversive Rabble Rousing: Interrupting School Silencing. MayDay Colloquium 30,
London, Ontario.
June 2018. Paper Presentation. Interrupting democracy: Mean girls, leftover boys, and the struggle for power in a
popular music education classroom. Presented with Alison Butler. Progressive Methods in Popular Music
Education Symposium, London, Ontario.
popular music education classroom. Presented with Alison Butler. Progressive Methods in Popular Music
Education Symposium, London, Ontario.
April 2018. Paper Presentation. Creative trouble: Using soundscapes to challenge school silence. Western University
Graduate Research Forum, London, Ontario.
April 2018. Poster Presentation. Creative trouble: Using soundscapes to challenge school silence. Western University
Interdisciplinary Research Day, London, Ontario.
March 2018. Paper Presentation. Connected insularity: On the potentials and limitations of intercultural events
Presented with Cathy Benedict, Kristine Musgrove, Gabriela Ocadiz, & Patrick Schmidt. National Association
for Music Education Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, GA.
March 2018. Poster Presentation. Creative trouble: Using soundscapes to challenge school silence. National
Association for Music Education Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, GA.
October 2017. Paper Presentation. Self-as-creator: Exploring composition and self-identity in choral music.
International MusiChildren Conference, Aveiro, Portugal.
Graduate Research Forum, London, Ontario.
April 2018. Poster Presentation. Creative trouble: Using soundscapes to challenge school silence. Western University
Interdisciplinary Research Day, London, Ontario.
March 2018. Paper Presentation. Connected insularity: On the potentials and limitations of intercultural events
Presented with Cathy Benedict, Kristine Musgrove, Gabriela Ocadiz, & Patrick Schmidt. National Association
for Music Education Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, GA.
March 2018. Poster Presentation. Creative trouble: Using soundscapes to challenge school silence. National
Association for Music Education Research and Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta, GA.
October 2017. Paper Presentation. Self-as-creator: Exploring composition and self-identity in choral music.
International MusiChildren Conference, Aveiro, Portugal.
June 2017. Paper Presentation. Reading popular music: Musicking and thinking critically. Presented with Gabriela
Ocadiz. 10th International Symposium the Sociology of Music Education, London, UK.
May 2017. Teacher Workshop. Action research: Constructing the reflective teacher. Presented with Cathy Benedict &
Patrick Schmidt, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
February 2017. Paper Presentation. Creating a community of composers. Desert Skies Music Research Symposium,
Tempe, AZ
January 2017. Poster Presentation. Approaches to a composition based choral curriculum. Indiana Music Educators
Conference, Fort Wayne, IN.
