Current Presentations

Professional Development

Providing Transformative Practices & Experiences in Music Education

Pride Bands Conference, Denver, Colorado 2023


NFHS Student Leadership Summit 2023


CA All-State Music Education Conference 2023


Florida Music Educators Association Student Leaders 2023


Young Audiences • 2022


ISME - International Society for Music Education • 2022


Alfred Music - MakeMusic Connect • 2022


Magnet Schools of America Annual Conference • 2022


Collegiate Guest Lecturer • 2022


NAfME All National Honor Ensembles • 2022

NAfME All National Honor Ensembles • 2022


Appalachian State University - Orff • 2021

Appalachian State University - Orff • 2021


Chino Valley Staff Development 2023


Modern Band Summit 2023


CA All-State Music Education Conference 2023


Florida Music Educators Association Student Leaders 2023


ISME - International Society for Music Education • 2022


NAMM Music Education Days • 2022

 

New Jersey Music Education Association • 2022


OECD International Conference • 2021

OECD International Conference • 2021


NAfME Northwest Div. Conference • 2021

NAfME Northwest Div. Conference • 2021


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Rocky Mountain AOSA • 2020


 

NAMM Music Education Days 2023


 

Florida Music Educators Association Student Leaders 2023


California Music Educators Association • 2022

 

San Diego Winds RAMP Conference - YAMAHA • 2022


Music Education Days • 2022

 

Rutgers University - Music Advocacy • 2022


California All-State Music Education Conference • 2022


California All-State Music Education Conference • 2022


NAfME Northwest Div. Conference • 2021

NAfME Northwest Div. Conference • 2021


Professional Development Workshops • Guest Lectures • Publications • Media

TEDx Speaker - TEDx speaker - “Creating the Code”


Continued -

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, continued

- 2021 - NAfME Eastern Division Conference - Gen Z Teaching for the Next Unknown

- 2021 - Nebraska MEA - Social-Emotional Musical Learning: Intentional Integration of Habits of Mind into Music Ed

- 2021 - OECD International Conference - Innovative Music Teaching with Digital Tools

- 2021 - Little Kids Rock summer conference panel discussion - Retained Approaches from Pandemic Learning

- 2021 - Looking Forward to 2021-2022 - Hal Leonard Summer Conference

- 2021 - Appalachian State University - Summer Orff - Creative Music Composition through Sound Sculpting

- 2021 - Maryland Music Educators Conference - Lead: Deep Dive - Creativity and Innovation for All Music Students

- 2021 - California All-State Music Conference - Habits of Mind & Social Emotional Musical Learning

- 2020 - Delaware Music Educators Association - Student-Centered Learning in Music

- 2020 - F-Flat Books Symposium - Social-Emotional Musical Learning; Intentional Integration of Habits of Mind into Music Education

- 2020 - San Diego Unified School District Facing the Future Together - Student-Centered Learning in the Arts and Intentional Integration of SEL into Music

- 2020 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA, Think, Create, Escalate!  Engaging Students in Transformative Learning

- 2020 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA, Empowering Women and All in Music Education in California, co-presenter

- 2020 Quality Music Education through Online Teaching, Stanislaus County, CA

- 2019 National Association for Music Education National Conference, Dallas, TX,  Creativity & Critical Thinking – it’s for EVERY Musician.

- 2019 MEGA Arts Conference, San Diego, CA, Music Connections Infinite Possibilities:  Networking  Students – Educators - Artists - & the Music Products Industry, Co-Presenter

- 2019 MEGA Arts Conference, San Diego, CA, Know Your Students, Grow Your Program, Co-Presenter

- 2019 Organization Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Conference, Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills: Moving a shared agenda forward, London, England . Video of presentation

- 2019 NAfME National Conference, Music Program Leaders Forum, Orlando, FL, Creativity & Critical Thinking it’s for EVERY Musician

- 2019 Little Kids Rock National Conference, Ft. Collins, CO, Discover, Create, and Perform in a Steel Pan Ensemble!  

- 2019 Conn-Selmer Institute, San Diego State University, The Whole Musician

- 2019 NAfME Western Division Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Casting a Wider Net, Transforming Music Education, co-presenter

- 2019 NAfME National Assembly, Washington, DC, Casting a Wider Net, Transforming Music Education, co-presenter

- 2019 27th EAS Conference, Malmö, Sweden, Teaching for Critical Thinking and Creativity, co-presenter

- 2019 Montgomery Township School District,  Hopewell Valley Regional School District, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, New Jersey, CA, Teaching for Critical and Creative Thinking

- 2019 Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA, Teaching for Critical and Creative Thinking

- 2019 – 2014 – Program Co-Lead, OECD Creativity and Critical Thinking Research, OECD, Vista Unified, Vista, CA

- 2019 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), San José, CA, Lightning Rounds & Innovation   Panel, co-presenter

- 2018 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), San José, CA, Teaching for Critical and Creative Thinking in ALL Music Classrooms

- 2018 China Music Educator's Conference, Beijing, China, Teaching for Creativity and Critical Thinking

- 2018 Orange County AOSA, Orange County, CA, Experience Thinking Live the Learning

- 2018 NAfME National Assembly, Washington D.C., Innovating in Music Education

- 2018 NAfME Conference Lead and Presenter:  Opus Amplify:  Innovation

- 2017 Durham University, Durham, England, Creativity in Education Conference, How can we design a creativity-friendly learning environment? Designing a Creativity-Friendly Learning Environment

- 2017 Organization Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France, Research in Creativity and Critical Thinking

- 2017 - 2020 - Co-Founder, Organizer, CMEA Casting a Wider Net Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

- 2017 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA, Critical and Creative Thinking while Creating Music in the Moment with Ensembles

- 2017  CMEA Casting a Wider Net Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, A Student-Centered Steel Drum Ensemble

- 2017 CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference, Music Composition Through Technology

- 2017 CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference, Music Composition Advanced Projects

- 2017 IMPACT Conference, NYU, New York, New York Music Composition with Technology: A Creative and Inquiry Approach to Music Education for All Students

- 2017 Vista Unified School District Professional Development Day, Oceanside, CA, Instructional Practices in Music Education for Critical and Creative Thinking and Student-Centered Learning

- 2016 – 2019, Vista Unified School District, Vista, CA, Creativity and Critical Thinking, co-presenter

- 2016 TI:ME, Texas Music Educators Association, San Antonio, TX, Creating Musicians Through Music Composition

- 2016 China Music Educator's Conference, Shanghai, China, Teaching Music Composition

- 2016 New England AOSA, Read, Write, Create and Play, The Whole Musician Way

- 2016 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA, Music Education through Music  

  Composition and Technology:  A Constructivist and Creative Approach to Music Education for All Students

- 2016 ISME International Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, Music Education through Music Composition

- 2016 ISME International Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, The Whole Musician

- 2016 NAfME National In-Service Conference, Grapevine, TX, Critical and Creative Thinking While Creating Music in the Moment with Ensembles

- 2016 Vista Unified School District Professional Development Day, Oceanside, CA, Critical and Creative Thinking

- 2016 Organization Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France, continuing Research in Creativity and Critical Thinking

- 2016 Summer Music Institute, Pearson/Silver Burdett, Boone, NC, Appalachian State University

- 2015 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA Critical and Creative Thinking While Creating Music in the Moment with Ensembles

 - 2015 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA Music Composition and Technology: Developing the Whole Musician

- 2015 National AOSA Conference, San Diego, CA, Making Music in the Moment with Ensembles

- 2015 Rocky Mountain West AOSA, Grand Junction, CO, Cracking the Thinking Code through Creative Music Making

- 2015 San Diego AOSA, San Diego, CA, Cracking the Thinking Code through Creative Music Making

- 2014 National AOSA Conference, Nashville, TN, Maintaining the Integrity: Integrating Creative Music Making through Other Academic Subjects

- 2014 California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC), Fresno, CA Embrace the Sounds of Music Through Creative Writing and Active Listening

- 2013 Tennessee General Music Educator’s Workshop, TN, Music: Create, Integrate, Assess

- 2013 Plainfield, Illinois Public Schools, Plainfield, IL, Developing Assessments for Empowered Instruction

- 2013 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous Denver, CO, Musical Risks, co-presenter

- 2013 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous Denver, CO, Creating Music in the Moment with Ensembles

- 2013 Texas Music Educators Association, San Antonio, TX, Music Composition as Entry Level High School Music Education

- 2013 Pearson Education/Silver Burdett, Ft. Worth, TX, Assessment & Arts Integration

- 2012 Chesterfield Public Schools, Chesterfield, VA, How We Encode and Decode Music: Present and Future

** Please email Anne Fennell for full CV, including work from 1997 - 2011

 

GUEST LECTURER & WEBINARS

- 2023 - Guest Lecturer and Interview - Eastman School of Music Leadership Issues In Music

- 2023 - Guest Lecturer - SDSU - Music Composition as Pathway for Music Education

- 2022 - Guest Lecturer - Advocating for Music Education

- 2022 - Rutgers - Guest Lecturer - Working with Administrators

- 2020 - UCLA Music Education Methods Guest Lecturer - ….and, YES! Setting Yourself Up for Success in Music Education

- 2020 - Texas State Choral Methods - Social-Emotional Musical Learning

- 2020 - Noteflight Webinar - 10 Tips and 50 Lessons on Noteflight, Co-presenter

- 2020 - National Association for Music Education Webinar: Online Learning….Where Do I Even Start?

- 2019 California State University East Bay, Music Composition, Music Technology

- 2019 University South Florida, Tampa, FL, Music Education for All Students

- 2019 Wanda Bass School of Music Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK, Music Education for All Students

- 2018 California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, Music Education for All Students

- 2018 Florida Music Educators Association Summer Institute, Tampa, FL, Innovations in Music Education

- 2018 University South Florida, Tampa, FL, Music Education for All Students

- 2016 Women Who Will Inspire, Educate, Elevate, Vista, CA

- 2017 California State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, IN-ovations in Music Education

- 2017 Texas State University, Austin, TX, Music Education for All Students

- 2015 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Music Education for All Students

AUTHOR/PUBLICATIONS/CONSULTING

- 2022 - 2024 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Quarterly publication, CMEA President’s Message

- 2022 - Forward - Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education: Expanding Notions of Musicianship and Pedagogy in Contemporary Education (CMS Pedagogies and Innovations)

- 2021 Contributing Author - The Learner-Centered Music Classroom: Models and Possibilities

- 2020 National Association for Music Education, Fall 2020: Second Language Acquisition in Music Education

- 2020 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Fall 2020:  CSUF NAfME Collegiate Chapter Highlight

- 2020 NAfME, Summer 2020: Where Do We Go From Here?

- 2020 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Summer 2020:  NAfME CMEA Collegiate Council Highlight

- 2020 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Spring 2020:  SDSU NAfME Collegiate Chapter Highlight

- 2020 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Winter 2020: CSU Chico NAfME Collegiate Chapter Highlight

- 2019 The Learner-Centered Music Classroom, Models and Possibilities, Chapter 8, The Steel Pan Ensemble

- 2019 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Fall 2019: San José State NAfME Collegiate Chapter Highlight

- 2019 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Summer 2019: CMEA Collegiate Council Highlight

- 2019 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Spring 2019: CSULB NAfME Collegiate Chapter Highlight

- 2019 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Winter 2019: CSUB NAfME Collegiate Member Reflections

- 2019 F Flat blog Post, Taking on the New School Year as the Model of Educational Excellence

- 2018 California Music Educators Association Magazine, Summer 2018: From the Students’ Perspective, Participating in the CMEA State Solo and Ensemble Festival

- 2013 – 2016 Interactive Music powered by Silver Burdett with Alfred 2015, Grades K-8, Royalty Author

- 2013 – 2014 Subcommittee Member and Writer for NAfME – National Core Arts Standards, Harmonizing Instruments

- 2002-2012 Making Music Grades K-8, Pearson Education, Royalty Author

- 2011 Music Composition Technology 1, Curriculum/ Course for University of California and California State University Course Approval

- 2011 Music Composition Technology 2, Curriculum/Course for University of California and California State University Course Approval

- 2012 Music Composition Technology 3, Curriculum and Course for Vista Unified School District

- 2012 Steel Drum 1, Curriculum and Course for University of California and California State University Course Approval

- 2012  Steel Drum 2, Curriculum and Course for University of California and California State University Course Approval

- 2009 Program and Curriculum author for the GRAMMY Foundation: GRAMMYS in the Schools, Discovery Through Music

  Discovery Through Music, GRAMMY in the SCHOOLS – K-1-2- Music Curriculum

- 2010 Author - Campbell’s Soup Label’s for Education - Physical Education Program

- 2009 – 2014 Mission Vista High School, Vista Unified School District, Oceanside, CA, Advisory Period Lesson Author and Coordinator, Grades 9-12

- 2006 Little Einsteins/Disney concept creator and consultant

- 2006 International House of Blues, Roots of Rhythm, all K-12 integrated academic subject connections 2009

- 2005 - 2007  Consultant for the American Music Conference and Author/Consultant for Baby/Little Einsteins (Disney), Chronicles of Narnia (Walden Media)

- 2004 – 2006 Baby Einsteins/Disney CD inserts

- 2004 – 2006 Chronicles of Narnia, web lesson development and author for movie release

- 2004 – 2008 Author, Program Director for MusicVentures, a nationally researched K-1-2 music integrated curriculum, supported by The Museum of Making Music, NAMM, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education

- 2001 – 2006 Curriculum writer for NAMM’s Museum of Making Music, Carlsbad, CA

- 1995 – 1996 Educational Consultant, Disney Interactive

PERFORMANCES & INTERVIEWS: NATIONAL CONFERENCES, CONCERTS, MAGAZINES, BLOGS, PODCASTS, TV

- 2022 NAfME podcast - Prop 28

- 2022 Central Valley Music Educators Podcast - Anne Fennell

- 2021 Music constructEd - blog post - The Inspiration of All

- 2020 NAMM Talking Up Music Education Podcast - Co-creating Music with Independent Learners

- 2020 SBO ‘Dear Santa’ - acknowledgment

- 2020 SBO Feature Article & Interview - Technology in Music Education Teacher of the Year

- 2019 NAfME Teaching Music, August 2019, Interview Developing the Whole Musician

- 2019 Three Ways Music Educators Foster Learning for Life, article by Amanda Avallone

- 2019 NAMM Oral History Video Recordings, Interview by Dan Del Fiorentino

- 2019 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performs for KUSI San Diego Morning Show

 - 2019 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performance Tour: University of Las Vegas, Nevada, Circus Circus, Las Vegas Elementary Schools

- 2019 Interview and article for NextGenLearning.org, article by Amanda Avallone, Enabling Change, Next Gen Change: Stories from Three Educators

- 2018 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performs for Fox 5 News, San Diego, CA 

- 2017 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performs for Fox 5 News, San Diego, CA

- 2017 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Tour, Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawaii

- 2016 Interview for The Mixing Board Podcast, Episode 20, Interview by Brynner Agassi

- 2016 Interview for EdCircuit Podcast, Interview by Dr. Rod Berger 

- 2016 NAfME Teaching Music Magazine, Interview and Magazine Cover

- 2016 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performance, Carlsbad, CA, NAMM Board of Directors

 - 2015 Interview for Podcast:  Talking Up Music Education, NAMM Foundation, Episode 004, Music Ed Update:  Shanghai, China Music Education Conference

- 2015 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performs for Fox 5 News, San Diego, CA

- 2015 National AOSA Conference, San Diego, CA Steel Drum Ensemble - Selected Performance Ensemble

- 2013 MVHS Steel Drum 2 Performance, Carlsbad, CA, NAMM Board of Directors

- 2006 International Music Products Industry – NAMM SHOW – World Percussion Ensemble – Selected Performance Ensemble

- 2013 - 2007 Featured Educator in the national In-Tune Monthly Magazine

- 2007 - 2008 Clinician International House of Blues, Roots of Rhythm

- 2006 Nationally televised music advocacy interviews for Disney & the American Music Conference

- 2004 National AOSA Conference, Long Beach, CA, The Raccoon Philosopher  - Selected Performance

- 2002 National AOSA Conference, San Diego, CA, World Percussion Ensemble - Selected Performance Ensemble

- 2006 Nationally televised music advocacy interviews for Disney & the American Music Conference

- 2004 National AOSA Conference, Long Beach, CA, The Raccoon Philosopher  - Selected Musical Performance

- 2002 National AOSA Conference, San Diego, CA, World Percussion Ensemble - Selected Performance Ensemble

- 1998 World Music Drumming pilot project, sponsored by REMO.  Filmed for an instructional video by Hal Leonard

   Publishing.