Moving from quiet compliance to active engagement changes everything. If we want independent musicians, how do we build learner-centered ensembles? Participants will analyze teacher–student decision-making in rehearsals, explore structures that build leadership and musical ownership, apply peer feedback and collaborative strategies, and leave with immediate and long-term steps toward independent musicianship.
Target Audience
All Music Educators in All Pathways
Additional Notes
Clinician Info
Anne Fennell
Anne Fennell is NAfME’s Western Division President, Past President of CMEA, and an educational consultant. She holds a bachelor’s in music education, a master’s in educational leadership studies, and Orff-Schulwerk Levels: I-II-III. Her experiences include 38 years in education, 6 years in administration and 32 years teaching music composition, steel drum ensembles (grades 9-12), K-8 music through Orff-Schulwerk, and leading vocal and instrumental ensembles. Anne is a published author and presents nationally and internationally. Her honors include the 2024 NAMM Believe in Music Award, Technology in Music Education National Teacher of the Year, MSA National Teacher of the Year, and GRAMMY Music Educator Top 10.
Evan Tobias
Dr. Evan Tobias is associate professor of music education at Arizona State University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and heads the Consortium for Innovation and Transformation in Music Education (CITME). He is also director of ArtsWork: The Kax Herberger Center for Children and the Arts. Prior to his appointment at ASU, Tobias taught a technology in music education course at DePaul University and middle school instrumental and general music in New York.
Tobias focuses on innovation and transformation in music education and how music learning and teaching might make a positive impact on people’s lives and society. His recent research focuses on creative uses of digital media and technology, issues of justice and equity, expanding beyond traditional music curricula, and approaches to integrating popular culture and music in music classrooms. His publications range from addressing issues around digitally mediated musical engagement and learning to pedagogical approaches such as inquiry and project-based learning and facilitating hybrid music learning contexts. He is on the editorial boards of College Music Symposium
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