Teaching every student who wants to play in our band programs can create unique opportunities to build community, foster collaboration, and cultivate a sense of belonging. It also provides opportunities to refine our strategies as we are asked to teach an increasingly diverse student body. This presentation focuses on practical, authentic strategies used by band directors nationwide to better reach and teach every student who walks through our band room doors.
Alice Hammel
- Biographical Information
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for the
Virginia Music Education Association (and a past president) and Shenandoah
University, and Grammy Award-nominated educator, Dr. Alice Hammel, was the 2023
NAfME Lowell Mason Fellow. She is a widely-known music educator, author, and
clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. She is a Disabilities
Specialist and has many years of experience teaching instrumental and choral
music in public and private schools. Dr. Hammel has put these varied experiences
to great use while compiling a large body of scholarly work. She is a co-author
for many texts: Q&A
for Teaching Band to Students with Differences and Disabilities, Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities (A Label-free
Approach and A Practical Resource), Teaching Music to Students with Autism,
Winding It Back, and Universal
Design for Learning in Music Education. Dr. Hammel is a Past-President of
the Council for Exceptional Children –
Division for Visual and Performing Arts Education, and was awarded their Past President Award for Excellence. Dr. Hammel
has served NAfME as a member of the National Executive Board, The Equity
Committee, and The Music Teacher Professional Initiative.