Music Educators Workshop: Neuroscience & Musical Development: Practical Implications for Music Education
Music Educators Workshop: Neuroscience & Musical Development: Practical Implications for Music Education
July 7 - 11, 2025
12:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Location:
Wilson Hall
Cost:
$350
Registration Required
Audience:
Open to All
RSVP Required
Neuroscience & Musical Development: Practical Implications for Music Education
July 7-11, 2025 | 12:30-5:30PM | Wilson Hall Rm 107
Rigorous investigation of the brain is best left to neuroscientists. However, it can be beneficial for music educators to come to a rudimentary understanding of learning- and music-specific brain processes. In addition to helping teachers advocate for the necessity of music in the curriculum, an overview of the intersection of neuroscience and learning supports efforts to meet the needs of all students at musical, social-emotional, and culturally-responsive levels.
About the Instructor:
Missy Strong has taught general, choral, and instrumental music at the early childhood, elementary, and middle school levels for 28 years and is the host and Executive Producer of the Music Ed Amplified podcast and recently received the 2023 Master Music Teacher Award from the New Jersey Music Educators Association. Missy holds a Master of Music Education degree from Rowan University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education with a specialty in Early Childhood Musical Development from Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She currently teaches elementary general and choral music in Mount Laurel Township, NJ and is adjunct professor at Rowan University. She served as the Senior Research Assistant for Music Together and was the Director of Children’s Music Education at Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church for over a decade. A frequent music education consultant and clinician, Missy presents conference sessions, professional development workshops, webinars, and courses at the collegiate, international, regional, state, and local levels. She is a published author and editor with articles in both state and national music education journals and books from GIA Publications and Oxford University Press, including a chapter in an upcoming book about SEL in the Elementary General Music Classroom.
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