Hannah Berube, a K-2 general music teacher, recently finished work for her Master of Music in Music Education program. The courses of the program have helped her develop skills related to research, advocacy, and pedagogy. For her capstone project, Berube focused on anti-ableism in early childhood music education, realizing a lot of work needs to be done and that the arts are an important part of that work.
Georgia K-5 general music teacher Jennifer Gebcyzk reflects on how CFA’s DMA in Music Education has widened her worldview as an educator, learning material specific to social justice in music. She is now connecting her current research to her teaching practice, specifically in teaching students of diverse learning abilities.
Inspired at the age of 11 by the movie School of Rock, CFA online student Chris Lee-Rodriguez is a Traveling Conservatory Teacher in the Brookline School District and a Teaching Artist at the nonprofit organization, Zumik, teaching beginning and advanced ukulele orchestra and including folkloric and popular music from around the world in his teachings.
André de Quadros was recognized with the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for a lifelong commitment to inclusion through teaching, scholarship, advocacy, and artistry.
Kinh Vu was an infant when he was abandoned in front of An Lạc Orphanage in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. Like many of the children who landed there, he was given the surname of the woman who ran it, Madam Vũ Thị Ngải. “This is the gate where I was left outside […]
This article was originally published in BU Today on December 3, 2018. By Rich Barlow To the average person, Suzuki is a motorcycle. To Madeline Bucci, the word conveys an educational philosophy that could revolutionize how we educate the world’s youngest children. The Suzuki method, named for its developer, violinist Shinichi Suzuki, is an approach to learning […]