Join Mary Luehrsen and Anne Fennell as they guide participants to delve into music education and its alignment with civic engagement, from school to community and music enterprise. Civic engagement through music education invites students to connect outside of themselves and contribute to their community and society as active participants while addressing societal needs and creating positive change.
Anne Fennell
- Biographical Information
Anne Fennell is Music Program Mgr,
San Diego Unified School and CA MEA President. She holds a bachelor’s in music
education, a master’s in educational leadership studies, Orff-Schulwerk
Certification Levels: I-II-III, and over 90 graduate hours in additional
coursework. Her experiences include 32 years of teaching music composition and
steel drum ensembles in grades 9-12 (10 years) and Kindergarten-Grade 8 music
education through Orff-Schulwerk (22 years), in addition to leading both vocal
and instrumental school ensembles in civic, professional, and national
conference performances. She is a published author through Pearson Education,
the GRAMMY Foundation, The Percussion Marketing Council, as well as Disney’s
Little/Baby Einsteins. She presents workshops and keynotes nationally and
internationally, as well as for the national American Orff-Schulwerk
Association, state MEAs, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), China music education conferences through the support of
the International Music Products Industry (NAMM), and the International Society
for Music Education (ISME). She has received numerous state and national
awards, which includes the 2020 Technology in Music Education National Teacher
of the Year, 2017 Magnet Schools of America National Teacher of the Year, top
10 GRAMMY Music Educator Finalist for 2016, and top 3 Music Educator award from
Music and Arts in 2015.
Mary Luehrsen is NAMM Advisor for Public Policy and NAMM
Foundation, Executive Director. Luehrsen oversees NAMM’s government relations
and advocacy efforts that affect support for music education and impact NAMM
members as global music product businesses. Her role with the NAMM Foundation
focuses on support for music research, and philanthropic and public service
programs that advance music-making opportunities for people of all ages and
abilities. She leads NAMM’s efforts to advance music education for all children
through the SupportMusic Coalition - a vast network of global partnership
organizations united to create opportunities for people of all ages and
abilities to know the joys and benefits of learning and making music. She
spearheaded the development of NAMM’s GenNext and Music Education Days programs
that host thousands of university music faculty, students, and music educators
at the annual NAMM Show in California to inspire career options in music,
connections with the music industry and advance opportunities for music
learning. A former professional flutist and music teacher, Luehrsen
acknowledges her inspiration for work as a music education advocate to her
first music teachers in a small, rural community in the US and a belief that
all children have the right to learn and grow with music. Luehrsen also
supports leadership development for music students in her role as Professor of
Practice at the University of South Carolina School of Music.