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Music Education Faculty


FrizzellEmily Frizzell
Assistant Professor of Music Education, Choral
Emily.Frizzell@memphis.edu



HansonJosef Hanson
Associate Professor of Music Education, Instrumental; 
Area Coordinator of Music Education; 
Assistant Director of Graduate Studies
Josef.Hanson@memphis.edu


Ellen KozielEllen Koziel
Visiting Assistant Professor Music Education 


 

blankSheryl Lane
Music Education, Strings & Piano
srlane@memphis.edu


Allen MoodyAllen Moody
Orff-Schulwerk Summer Program Coordinator
orffmusic@memphis.edu 



manJim Pierce
Assistant Professor of Music Therapy





Recent Research & Creative Activity


2021

  • Josef Hanson received the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music’s Faculty Exceptional Teaching Award.
  • Hanson, J. (2021). Research-to-resource: Confronting and overcoming music teacher burnout. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 40(1), 5-9.
  • Koziel, E. B., Summitt, N. L., & Hall, A. V. (2021). Influences on teacher efficacy of preservice music educators. International Journal of Music Education, 39(4), 394-409. 

2020

  • Josef Hanson was named Managing Editor of the Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education, now housed at the University of Memphis.
  • Josef Hanson completed his term as President of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE), the premier international organization supporting the teaching and learning of entrepreneurial skills to artists and musicians.
  • Hanson, J. (2020). Best practices for mentoring in arts entrepreneurship education: Findings from a Delphi study. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 4(2), 119-142.
  • Hanson, J. (2020). Effectual thinking and music education: One view of creative adaptation in an underserved urban middle school. International Journal of Music Education, 38(4), 625-643.
  • Frizzell, E. Y. (2020). Challenging unconscious bias in musical style interpretation. In B. Winnie (Ed.), The choral conductor’s companion: 100 rehearsal techniques, imaginative ideas, quotes, and facts (pp. 73-74). Meredith Music Publications.
  • Frizzell, E. Y. (2020). Teaching music through performance in contemporary a cappella. In D. Sharon, J. Frizzell, & M. Silverberg (Eds.). GIA Publications.
    • Jar of Hearts (pp. 120-122)
    • Fool on the Hill (pp. 205-206)
    • Here, There, & Everywhere (pp. 207-208)
    • When I Fall in Love (pp. 237-238)

2019

  • Josef Hanson was a finalist for the Outstanding Emerging Research Award given by the Center for Music Education Research at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
  • Hanson, J. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence of the criterion validity of Gordon’s music aptitude tests in published music education research. Journal of Research in Music Education, 67(2): 193-213. 
  • Davison, P. D., & Fisher, R. A. (2019). Music teacher evaluation and student growth in music. In T. Brophy (Ed.), Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education (Vol. 1) (pp. 851-869). Oxford University Press.