“Dimensions of music as points of entry for music learning.” The 31st International Society on Music Education World Conference (ISME), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Symposium with D. Blair VanderLine, S. Kondo, J. Shively and J. Wiggins. July 20-25, 2014. (Juried)“Broadening Expertise: Incorporating informal and vernacular musicianship into music teacher education and professional development”. The 31st International Society on Music Education World Conference (ISME), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Symposium with D. Bazan, F. Heuser, C. Randles. July 20-25, 2014. (Juried)“Learner agency across multiple contexts: Valuing student musicianship.” The 5th International Conference for research in Music Education (RIME), University of Exeter, Exeter, England. Symposium with D. B. VanderLinde and S. Ruthmann. April 10-14, 2007. (Juried)
“Constructing identity through collaborative compositional processes: Implications for the instrumental classroom.” Centre for International Research on Creativity and Learning in Education (CIRCLE), School of Education, Southlands College, Roehampton University, London, England. March 6, 2007. (Invited by David Hargreaves)
“Music as a mediational tool in the construction of identity.” Institute of Education, University of London. May 10, 2006. (Invited by Lucy Green)
“Student agency: A vehicle for balance in the music classroom.” Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. March 1, 2006. (Invited by Pamela Burnard)
“Technology in the classroom,” Music teacher in-service, Singapore American School. November 1998. (Invited)
National
“Broadening Expertise: A panel discussion on informal and vernacular musicianship in music teacher education” SMTE (Society for Music Teacher Education) University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina. Symposium with D. Bazan, J. Kastner, R. Woody. September 26-29, 2013 (Invited)
“Informal processes in the elementary music classroom.” SMERS (Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium VIII: Popular Music Pedagogy. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. February 3-5, 2011. (Juried)
“The birth of meaningful musical rationality in beginning instrumentalists.” AERA American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California. April 2009. (Juried)
“Metaphorical process and the birth of meaningful musical rationality.” CARMU Conference on Music Learning and Teaching, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. October 12, 2007. (Invited)
“Being in the NOW: Enabling and fostering informal learning practices in a secondary methods class.” Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, Virginia. With D. B. VanderLinde. May 20-23, 2007. (Juried)
“Making space for musical thinking.” 60th MENC National Biennial In-service Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. With D. B. VanderLinde and J. Wiggins April 22, 2006. (Juried)
“Negotiating identity through compositional processes: What can traditional music education learn from a rock band model?” CARMU Conference on Music Learning and Teaching, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. November 10-12, 2005. (Invited)
“That thing you do! Compositional processes of a rock band.” New Directions in Music Education: 2nd Conference on Teaching Composition and Improvisation. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. November 3-5, 2005. (Juried)
“That thing you do! Compositional processes of a rock band.” Desert Skies Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. February 24-26, 2005. (Juried)
Regional
“Popular music in the elementary and secondary classroom”: Some practical applications.
Virginia Music Educators Association, In-service conference.
November 18, 2010 (Juried)
“Gamelan in the Classroom.”
Virginia Music Educators Conference, The Homestead,
November 20, 2008. (Juried)
“East Meets West: From Gamelan to Garage Band.”
Teaching for Musical Understanding, an Inservice workshop for music teachers. Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. April 30, 2005. (Invited)
“That Thing You Do! Compositional Techniques of a Rock Band.”
2004 First Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Oakland University.
May 8, 2004. (Juried)
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