Upcoming Presentations
May 2021.“This is just as important as Practicing”: Integrating purposeful, guided reflection in post-secondary music
experiences with Dr. Sophie Roland and Laura Benjamins (Western University). Congress of the Social Sciences &
Humanities.
June 2021. Creating Connections through Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Reflective Practice and Skills Transfer for Music
Students with Dr. Sophie Roland and Laura Benjamins (Western University). MusCan Canadian University Music Society.
May 2021.“This is just as important as Practicing”: Integrating purposeful, guided reflection in post-secondary music
experiences with Dr. Sophie Roland and Laura Benjamins (Western University). Congress of the Social Sciences &
Humanities.
June 2021. Creating Connections through Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Reflective Practice and Skills Transfer for Music
Students with Dr. Sophie Roland and Laura Benjamins (Western University). MusCan Canadian University Music Society.
Select Past Presentations
May 2021. Cultivating Critical Artistic Dispositions in General Music. Mountain Lake Colloquium on General Music Methods.
April 2021. Collaboration as Border Crossing: Risk Taking and the Music Teacher as Policy Practitioner with Patrick
Schmidt. Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: Pedagogical Creativity and Epistemological Agility in Music Education with
Betty Bauman (BU PhD student). Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. The Role of the Broker in Music Education and Music Performance Interdisciplinary Work with Sophie Roland
& Laura Benjamins. Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. Brokering Reflective Spaces in Experiential Learning: Interdisciplinary Engagements in a Summer Opera
Program with Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. College Music Society Great Lakes Conference.
April 2021. Practicing Border Crossing Pedagogy: Policy, Inquiry and Action in Collaborative Research with Patrick
Schmidt. American Educational Research Association Conference.
February 2021. Critical Mis-Listening: A Vision for General Music Education. National Association for Music Education
Conference.
February 2021. "This is Big Talk": Engaging with Dark and Politicized Funds of Knowledge in the Music Classroom. Desert
Skies Symposium on Research in Music Teaching and Learning.
January 2020. Workshop. Composition and Conversation in the General Music Classroom: Hearing Student Voices.
Presented 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.
May 2021. Cultivating Critical Artistic Dispositions in General Music. Mountain Lake Colloquium on General Music Methods.
April 2021. Collaboration as Border Crossing: Risk Taking and the Music Teacher as Policy Practitioner with Patrick
Schmidt. Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: Pedagogical Creativity and Epistemological Agility in Music Education with
Betty Bauman (BU PhD student). Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. The Role of the Broker in Music Education and Music Performance Interdisciplinary Work with Sophie Roland
& Laura Benjamins. Research in Music Education (RiME) Conference.
April 2021. Brokering Reflective Spaces in Experiential Learning: Interdisciplinary Engagements in a Summer Opera
Program with Sophie Roland & Laura Benjamins. College Music Society Great Lakes Conference.
April 2021. Practicing Border Crossing Pedagogy: Policy, Inquiry and Action in Collaborative Research with Patrick
Schmidt. American Educational Research Association Conference.
February 2021. Critical Mis-Listening: A Vision for General Music Education. National Association for Music Education
Conference.
February 2021. "This is Big Talk": Engaging with Dark and Politicized Funds of Knowledge in the Music Classroom. Desert
Skies Symposium on Research in Music Teaching and Learning.
January 2020. Workshop. Composition and Conversation in the General Music Classroom: Hearing Student Voices.
Presented 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.
