Teachers College Music Education Program

Congratulations Dr. Daniel Paulson on a successful doctoral defense!

Your dissertation, “When Policy Gets in the Way of Practice: Stories of Applied Music Instruction in Three California Community Colleges,” reflects your passion and care for your students and your work. Wishing you continued success!

Classroom Highlight: Under the caring guidance of Dr. Randall Allsup, the class Composing Collaboratively has served as a laboratory for musical experimentation. Over the last two Thursdays, students presented their original compositions, and their performances opened spaces for experimenting with notes, words, emotions, and meanings. Congratulations to all the performers and thank you, President Bailey, for your kind support!

Alumni alert! Dr. Dylan Parrilla-Koester has been appointed as Director of Bands and Professor of Practice at Tulane University, following his service as Interim Director of Bands and Assistant Director of Bands. Congratulations Dr. Parrilla-Koester!

Thank you, Dr. Zdzinski, for joining the Capstone class. Your insights helped our students view their research topics from new perspectives. We are grateful for your time and support.

Dr. Zdzinski is Professor of Music Education at the Frost School of Music. His research focuses on parental involvement, social issues in music learning, performance measurement, international music education, and research methodology.

Thank you, Heather Davis Cuevas, for joining Dr. Jeanne Goffi-Fynn's Voice Pedagogy class!

Voice Pedagogy invites Heather Davis Cuevas, M.A., CCC-SLP, to join and speak about speech care for singers and teachers. She is the senior voice therapist at the UNC Voice Center, specializing in voice disorders and the care of the professional voice and former student of Jeanne Goffi-Fynn!

Heather received her Master of Arts from the University of Maryland College Park, where she was recognized as the 2014 Outstanding Graduate in Speech-Language Pathology. Her professional interests include adult and pediatric voice disorders, care of the professional voice, singing voice rehabilitation, treating Parkinson’s patients, swallowing disorders, accent modification, and facial nerve injury rehabilitation.
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Thank you, Dr. Zdzinski, for your feedback. Your insights helped our students view their research topics from new perspectives. We are grateful for your time and support.

Dr. Zdzinski is Professor of Music Education at the Frost School of Music. His research focuses on parental involvement, social issues in music learning, performance measurement, international music education, and research methodology.

Congratulations Dr. Danielle Cozart Steele on a successful doctoral defense!

Your dissertation, “Toward a Queerer Studio: PAR with Trans Singers,” reflects your passion for your work. Wishing you continued success!

Congratulations Dr. Elizabeth Ojeda-Petito on your successful doctoral defense!

Your dissertation, “Playful Pedagogy in Classroom Music: An Instrumental Case Study,” offers a thoughtful perspective on teaching and learning in music education. Wishing you all the best

📣Publication alert!
Check out the April 2026 edition of Teaching Music for an article from TC Music and Music Education students Liz Vex and Polo Gao, and TC alum/Assistant Dean of Students at Bard College, Dr. Drew X. Coles!