This session offers an in-depth follow up to the CASMEC 2025 session about transgender and nonbinary youths in school music. Many of the teachers, students, and family members attending that presentation asked for another session with further details and discussion about singing and speaking voice; marching and concert attire; gendered differences in teaching and learning; and more. This session—presented by a transgender professor of music education—responds to that request by offering practical pedagogical steps for music teachers and ensemble directors, and an update on the latest news and research related to nonbinary and transgender youths, their families, and their teachers. The session will include ample time for questions and discussion among participants.
Target Audience
Elementary, Choir, Band, Orchestra, Higher Ed
Additional Notes
Clinician Info
Emma Joy Jampole
CSU_Stanislaus
Dr. Emma Joy Jampole (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at California State University, Stanislaus. She previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Jampole has extensive experience teaching instrumental and general music in public schools; she has performed professionally on the bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, and bass guitar.
Dr. Jampole earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Master of Science in Education at Northern Illinois University; and Bachelor of Music Education at Northwestern University. Her work has appeared in the Music Educators Journal; the Gender, Education, Music, and Society Journal; and The Instrumentalist. Dr. Jampole has presented sessions at numerous international, national, and state-level symposia including the Midwest Clinic, College Music Society, LGBTQ+ Studies in Music Education, Feminist Theory in Music, and various All-State Conferences. Her current research focuses on transgender and other queer identities in music teaching and learning.