IU Jacobs School of Music - Department of Music Education

Congrats to doctoral student Marissa Guarriello on her new appointment at University of North Carolina Greensboro. We are so proud of you! 🥳👏

Great news for IU JSOM Music Education and the Music and Mind Lab!

Congratulations to our fabulous Dr. Brian Shaw on his most recent publication, titled, "Standards-Based Grading in Ensemble Music" in the Music Educators Journal!!! We are so proud and lucky to have you as one of the Music Ed faculty!

Check out the article at this link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00274321231222901

We have a huge congratulations in order over at the Music Ed Department! At the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year, PhD student Brandon Magid will assume the role of Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Choral Director at Ohio Northern University. His responsibilities will include directing ONU choral ensembles, instructing courses in choral music education and conducting, and music directing productions at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Congrats, Brandon! We’re so proud of you!

Some of our wonderful BME graduates! Congratulations to everyone who graduated this weekend…we are proud of you!

A massive congratulations to DME candidate Nabile Galván for being selected as the 2024 Presser Foundation Graduate Music Award recipient at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music!

Read more about this award here: https://presserfoundation.org/graduate-music-award/

Please join us in congratulating third-year PhD student, Hsuan-Wen (Sharon) Juan, on her amazing public lecture titled "The Relationships among Music Performance Anxiety, Personality traits, and Self-regulated in Music Practice of Adolescent Performers" last Friday. We are very proud!!!

This year has been a fun one, so let’s close it out with a BANG! NAfME, ACDA, NBA, and ASTA present an end of year karaoke potluck. Join us on April 28th from 12-2pm in MC 070 for an afternoon of music, chatting, and food. Sign up at https://indiana-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/nafme_iu_edu/ERdcB391mcJGosnlJxZNj6kB1iT-VSV6Pp1kHgoOEq74eA?e=IymWlc to bring your favorite dishes to share. Deadline to signup is Friday April 26th. Link is also in our bio! If it is easier, feel free to bring or make food with friends! Feel free to come with or without food, all are welcome. We will have karaoke and games. Hope to see you there 😊

Please join the Music Education Department in congratulating DME student Nabile Galván in receiving the 2024 Latino Faculty and Staff Council Graduate Student Award! We are very proud!

Music Education alumni, please take the time to read the follow; we would love to stay in touch with you!:

Greetings from Bloomington! I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. My name is Bang Co, and I have the privilege of serving as the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations & Individual Gifts at the IU Jacobs School of Music.

Under Dean Abra Bush's leadership, we have initiated efforts to deepen our engagement with the alumni community and strengthen our collective bond with the School and institution. One of our key initiatives this academic year is to enhance our alumni database, and we are reaching out to invite you to participate in this endeavor.


As an alum of the IU Jacobs School of Music with a Music Education Degree, your insights and updates are invaluable to us. In collaboration with the Jacobs Music Education Department, we have launched an alumni data collection campaign with two primary goals: to update your information within Indiana University's records and to enhance the Music Education Department's recruitment strategies.


Please rest assured that we prioritize data security and have partnered with the IU Foundation and the IU Alumni Association to adhere to the highest standards of privacy and security protocols. You can review our data privacy policies and practices here.
https://alumni.iu.edu/privacy/index.html

We understand the importance of ensuring accuracy and relevance in our alumni records, and your participation will greatly contribute to this effort. We kindly request you to update your contact information, share any professional milestones, and highlight any achievements you wish for us to celebrate.


To update your information, please complete this form.
https://music.indiana.edu/alumni/forms/alumni-info-form.html


Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your ongoing support and contributions to the IU Jacobs School of Music community.

The IU JSOM music education department has the pleasure and honor of hosting the 16th Annual Jean Sinor Memorial Lecturer this week—Dr. Beatriz Ilari, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Ilari's work is cutting edge, compelling, and multidisciplinary by design. We are so fortunate to have her visit and spend time with our faculty and students!

Please join the Music Education Department in congratulating doctoral student Brandon Magid on his recent publication, "Poetry is Not a Luxury": Considering Affect in Antiracist Pedagogy! Find it in the February issue of the Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education journal, or read it here:

“Poetry is Not a Luxury”: Considering Affect in Antiracist Pedagogy – ACT “Poetry is Not a Luxury”: Considering Affect in Antiracist Pedagogy BRANDON MAGID Indiana University (USA) February 2024 Published in Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 23 (1): 38–57. [pdf] https://doi.org/10.22176/act23.1.38 Abstract: White hegemony is pervasive in and through ...

Look what came in the mail today!

Congratulations to BME student Caroline Feryo on receiving the Outstanding Future Music Educator award from the Indiana Music Education Association!

Hello everyone!

Please congratulate PhD student Brandon Magid on his most recent publication in the Music Educators Journal titled, "Beyond Bel Canto: Applications of Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Voice Pedagogy in the Secondary Choral Classroom".

We are very proud!!

Beyond Bel Canto: Applications of Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Voice Pedagogy in the Secondary Choral Classroom - Brandon A. Magid, 2023 Bel canto singing style is a foundational cornerstone for vocal technique in choral ensemble classes. Yet there are reasons to question whether bel canto pedago...

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A reminder of our IU reception tomorrow at the annual Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA) conference from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm. Located in the Hilton Atrium of the Hilton Fort Wayne (at the Grand Wayne Convention Center), we will have food, drink, and friends! Hope to see you there!

The Music Education Department is excited to announce our upcoming IU reception at the annual Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA) conference this Friday, January 12, from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm. Located in the Hilton Atrium of the Hilton Fort Wayne (at the Grand Wayne Convention Center), we will have food, drink, and friends! Hope to see you there!

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Please congratulate DME student Nabile Galván on her first publication! Link below:

Enriching Spanish-Speaking English Learners’ Experiences in the English Music Classroom - Nabile Galván, 2023 According to the National Education Association, one out of every four children in the U.S. public education system will be an English Learner (EL) by 2025, wit...

Two congratulations are in order over here at the Music Education Department!

INform is a quarterly publication from the Indiana Music Education Association, and in the most recent issue, you will see some familiar names:

PhD student Brandon Magid and Dr. Lauren Kapalka Richerme take a look at legislative impacts on music educators in their article, "House Bill 1608: Examining Possibilities and Responsibilities for Music Educators." Find it on page 16.

PhD student Marissa Guarriello's article, "The Value of Uncertainty in Music Education" explores reframing how educators interface with uncertainty in learners, and is featured on page 27.

Way to go, you three! We are very proud of your hard work!

https://issuu.com/indianamea/docs/2024_pd_conference_inform_-_final_draft?fbclid=IwAR0N64SLP1v6a3VYLh4tuc-nl94KwFNM4eI7RFFTnUWMDxEhMArC_ScS3P0

INform Volume 76, Issue 2 (Winter 2023) Click here to learn more about our new team of editors, the upcoming Professional Development Conference, 2024 Circle the State with Song, our feature articles, and much more!

Our faculty and doctoral students have had an amazing time at the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) conference in Minneapolis this week! Thanks to the University of Minnesota for hosting!

We had a fabulous time at the Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium in Salt Lake City! Just look at this crew!

We are thrilled to be represented by this amazing talent at the upcoming Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium. Take a look!

Some photos of a few faculty and students at the Hoosiers Outrun Cancer 5K!

Congratulations to our graduates!!!

Dear students, please see the following job opportunity:

Northview High School is seeking an Assistant Band Director for the 2023-2024 school year.

Northview is located in Brazil, Indiana just East of Terre Haute, Indiana and about an hour West of Indianapolis.

The Northview Band Program has a long tradition of excellence in the performing arts in the State of Indiana and Nationally:
-The Northview Band was an Indiana State School Music Association All Music Award Recipient for 2021-2022
-For the 2022-2023 school year, Northview’s Music Department received the ISSMA Total Department Award (one of only 19 high schools in the state to receive that award)
-The Northview Marching Knights are a 9 time State Champion and were the 2022 ISSMA Open Class B State Runner Up
-Northview Jazz received a Gold Rating in Group I in 2023
-Northview’s Concert Bands received Gold Ratings in performance and sight reading (Group II & Group III) in 2023
-Northview Indoor Percussion is a 3 time Indiana Percussion Association Scholastic A State Champion and was the Bronze Medalist in IPA Scholastic Open as well as a WGI Open Class Semi-Finalist at the World Championships in 2022
-The Northview Winter Guard is a 2 time Indiana High School Color Guard Association World Class State Champion, a 28 time WGI Scholastic World Class Finalist, finishing 7th in World Class at the WGI World Championships in 2023

This position will work closely with the High School Director of Bands and the North Clay Middle School Band Director to teach band classes in both buildings. Specific duties and assignments will be determined based on the candidates background and experience.

Job Duties:
Candidates with percussion or woodwind specialty and success with the marching arts and/or jazz experience are preferred but all highly qualified candidates will be considered.

-Recruit, develop, and retain students in the band program.
-Assist in teaching the High School Percussion Class and two High School Concert Band Classes
-Assist in teaching Middle School Band Classes
-Assist in teaching and supervising a competitive marching band, Solo and Ensemble, HS Pep Band, HS Jazz Band, HS Indoor Percussion, and two HS Winter Guards
-Assist in hosting events through out the year including: Indiana Bandmasters Association All Region Band, Winter Guard Invitational, Winter Percussion Invitational, and Indiana State School Music Association Organizational Concert Band Contest.

Apply at

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Congratulations to current doctoral candidate Kexin Xu on her appointment as Assistant Professor of Music Education at Tennessee Tech University!

The 15 Annual Jean Sinor Memorial Lecture, titled “Seeking Connections in Challenging Times: Music in an Interdisciplinary Curriculum,” will be presented by Dr. Janet Revell Barrett tonight; Tuesday, March 21st @ 6:30pm in M242 in the Simon Music Building.

We are thrilled to be hosting Dr. Barrett for the 2023 Jean Sinor Lecture in Music Education this week. Dr. Barrett’s full bio, Teaching Philosophy, and other information can be found here: https://music.illinois.edu/people/profiles/janet-revell-barrett/

Dr. Barrett has provided the following abstract for the lecture:

“Seeking Connections in Challenging Times: Music in an Interdisciplinary Curriculum”
Music connects the lives of students, teachers, and school communities in many ways. Music is also integrally related to other art forms, history, culture, and other subjects commonly taught in schools. These relationships deserve critical attention, particularly as music educators seek to reorient their curricula and pedagogy toward the pressing aims of social justice. Music’s situatedness in time and place, and the way it moves through eras and social contexts, implicates its close ties to history, an area of study seemingly fraught with peril in current controversies that question the scope and content of historical knowledge. I will describe two cases of practice that illustrate how music teachers integrated musical experiences with students’ historical inquiry in meaningful projects, deepening their complementary understandings. These cases, informed by the teachers’ curricular imagination and critical thought, underscore the value of an interdisciplinary perspective for music teacher education and professional development.

The 2023 IU Summer Kodaly Institute will be June 12-23, 2023. Any interested music teachers can find out more at the website below! We hope to see you in June!

IU Summer Kodály Institute: Program Descriptions: Jacobs Academy: Indiana University Bloomington Information about the IU Summer Kodály Institute at the Jacobs Academy

IU Young Winds starts next Saturday, January 28th, and registration is ongoing! Young Winds is for any student with at least four months of playing experience who plays any woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments or the upright string bass. Students will get to come to campus weekly to make music in a fun and low-stress environment, play exciting music in a band, receive loads of small-group coaching, and have a great experience throughout the spring semester.
Here's a link to our info video (appropriate for sharing with kids): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vO8BV3-MU

Our team is looking forward to hosting all of our young musicians this term!

Young Winds Informational Video https://jacobsacademy.indiana.edu/descriptions/young-winds.html

It was great to see so many IU folks at IMEA this year!