Exceptional Music Pedagogy for Children with Exceptionalities
International Perspectives
Edited by Deborah VanderLinde Blair and Kimberly A. McCord
Author Information
Deborah VanderLinde Blair is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at Oakland University. She is a past chair of the National Association for Music Education Special Research Group on Children with Exceptionalities.
Kimberly McCord is Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University. She is the past chair of the ISME Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Music Medicine and the founder and past chair of the National Association for Music Education Special Research Interest Group on Children with Exceptionalities.
Contributors:
Mary Adamek, Ph.D., MT-BC, is the Director of the Music Therapy Program at The University of Iowa. She is a co-author of the textbook, Music in Special Education, published by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). She has extensive professional experience as a music therapist and music educator with expertise in the area of music in special education.
Elaine Bernstorf, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is Professor of Music Education at Wichita State University, Kansas, serving as Associate Dean of Fine Arts (2000 -2009). Her specializations include elementary and special music education; arts integration; voice, child language and literacy. Dr. Bernstorf co-authored The Music and Literacy Connection and serves as KSMEA Special Learners co-chair.
Alice-Ann Darrow, Ph.D., MT-BC, is Irvin Cooper Professor of Music in the College of Music at Florida State University. Before coming to FSU in 2003, she taught at The University of Kansas for 20 years where she held courtesy appointments in the Departments of Speech and Hearing and Special Education, and also worked with students at the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, KS. She has been the recipient of over 25 federal, corporate, or university grants related to music and deafness, and inclusive education. Other areas of research and clinical specialization include nonverbal communication in music education and music therapy, and integrated groups in clinical practice. She is co-author Music in Special Education, Music Therapy and Geriatric Populations, and editor of Introduction to Approaches in Music Therapy. She has been the recipient of research and clinical practice awards from the American Music Therapy Association.
Alan Gertner is a Professor in the School of Communication Disorders and Deafness at Kean University. He is the Attending Audiologist at Monmouth Medical Center and Consulting Audiologist to the Monmouth Medical Center Regional Cleft Palate Team.
Alice M. Hammel is currently affiliated with James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth Universities. She is also an Autism Spectrum Disorder Music Intervention Specialist for ASSET. She is a well-known author, teacher, and clinician whose primary goal is to become a better teacher every day. Several of her resources are available through Oxford University Press.
Ryan Hourigan holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University (B.M.), Michigan State University (M.M. Wind Conducting) and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Hourigan currently teaches music education and is the Associate Director of the School of Music at Ball State University.
Markku Kaikkonen, M.Mus., works as a director at the Special Music Centre Resonaari (Finland). He is a co-author and editor of dozens of music education books and articles. Kaikkonen is a guest lecturer on continuing education programs in Finland and abroad. He is a board member of Finnish Society for Music Education and is the chair-elect of the Commission on Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, and Music Medicine of the ISME.
Christine Lapka, professor of music education at Western Illinois University, guides teacher education candidates and previously taught K-12 music, where she found her two undergraduate degrees (music education and music therapy) valuable resources. While completing a doctorate (University of Illinois), she was inspired to look for positive models of inclusion.
Liza Lee is Professor of Early Childhood Development and Education at Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan. She is a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University where she received her doctoral degree in music and music education. Dr. Lee conducts research in both early childhood music education and music therapy in the treatment of special needs children.
Gráinne McHale, BAMus, BMus (University College Cork), MA Community Music (York). Gráinne is a PhD student and lecturer at University College Cork School of Music and Theatre. She is also the director of SoundOUT, an inclusive music education initiative in Ireland. She received a PhD scholarship from UCC to research the use of accessible interactive music technology within inclusive music education in Ireland.
Shirley Salmon has taught children and adults with different abilities and disabilities for over 30 years. She has served as lecturer at the Orff-Institute in Salzburg since 1984 and at the Universities of Teacher Education in Graz, Austria since 2001. Salmon teaches and lectures nationally and internationally and has published books and numerous articles in journals.
Dr. Lyn Schraer-Joiner is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Kean University. She has chaired the ISME Commission for Music in Special Education, Music Therapy, and Music Medicine, and is the founder of PROJECT REACH: The Kean University Concert Series for the Deaf.
Dr. Kimberly VanWeelden is Professor of Music Education at Florida State University.
Her research in the area of music and special education has been presented at national and international conferences as well as published in leading music education and music therapy journals.
Emily H. Watts is an Associate Professor Emeritus from Illinois State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has conducted research in assistive technology and teacher education.
