About Theresa Thomasulo

Theresa Thomasulo is a musician-educator with over a decade of teaching experience. She currently teaches 5-8 Choir in Los Angeles, CA and maintains a private studio. Theresa is an Orff certified educator and serves on her school’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Team. She has taught in public, private, and international schools in a range of courses including choir, general music, music appreciation, ukulele ensemble, string ensemble, and musical theater, and has advised an independent study course for solo erhu performance and improvisation. Theresa received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Music degree in Ethnomusicology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where she specialized in musics of South and East Asia. She studied voice and veena under renowned Carnatic musician and performer Lakshmi Ranganathan. Theresa is an avid researcher, writer, presenter, guest lecturer, and volunteer with a focus on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the music classroom.

Decolonizing Self-Care

By |2021-08-08T06:38:40-05:00July 29th, 2021|Inspiration, Teaching|

Today’s Topic: Summertime Self-care  Today’s Tip: Decolonize your self-care routine by taking a thoughtful and holistic approach to mental and physical wellbeing Background Information:  Summer is the perfect time to take stock of how you’ve been feeling since the close of the school year. Maybe you are still experiencing [...]

Culturally Responsive Teaching: Using Exit Tickets to Foster Joy

By |2021-06-22T10:08:26-05:00June 21st, 2021|Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Series, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, The Asterisk, Virtual education|

Today’s Topic:  Culturally responsive teaching with exit tickets (fostering joy) Today’s Tip:   Utilize daily exit tickets for qualitative data that informs your practice. Exit tickets work!  Since the pandemic started, I have been using exit tickets to gauge student engagement and understanding. It started as a [...]

The Asterisk: Ableist Language

By |2021-03-23T13:26:08-05:00March 23rd, 2021|Uncategorized|

Welcome to The Asterisk*, a new regular column where we’ll chat about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in music education. The function of an asterisk is to quickly give readers a baseline of knowledge so the reader can dive into content. This column aims to introduce or refresh [...]

The Asterisk: Representation and Diversifying Visual Aids

By |2021-02-09T10:08:28-05:00February 9th, 2021|Inspiration, Musicians, Stories, Teaching, The Asterisk|

Welcome to The Asterisk*, a new regular column where we’ll chat about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in music education. An asterisk's function is to quickly give readers a baseline of knowledge so the reader can dive into content. This column aims to introduce or refresh deia concepts [...]

Teaching Trans Singers: Rethinking the Basics

By |2019-12-05T14:35:43-05:00December 5th, 2019|Choir, Inspiration, Middle school, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|

Theresa Thomasulo In recent years, it has become increasingly common for choral teachers to have transitioning and gender-fluid singers in their choirs.  A quick online search will reveal some excellent literature centered on vocal pedagogy and transitioning voices. However, we should also consider the statistics [...]

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