Aimee Pearsall-Kramer
Aimee D. Pearsall-Kramer (Ph.D.) is a passionate advocate for culturally responsive, student-centered, and equitable teaching practices. Her research interests center on informal music-making in general music and ensemble settings, adolescent songwriting, and social and emotional learning in music classrooms. She has published on these topics in the Engaging Musical Practices book series and Q & A for MLT: Choral Music Perspectives on Music Learning Theory. She also presents her research regularly at regional, national, and international music education conferences.
Dr. Pearsall-Kramer is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Delaware, where she serves as the program coordinator of music education. There, she teaches a collegiate choral ensemble, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in music education pedagogy, elementary and middle school general music, music education research, and musicianship for teaching. Before teaching at the collegiate level, Dr. Pearsall-Kramer taught elementary and middle school general music, choral, and orchestral settings. She currently serves as the immediate past president of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning.
An active general music and choral music educator and clinician, Dr. Pearsall-Kramer regularly leads professional development workshops for PK-12 music teachers related to informal teaching and learning, social and emotional learning, musical creativity, and sequential music learning through the lens of Music Learning Theory. She also enjoys leading choral workshops, conducting choral festivals, and serving as an elementary, middle school, and high school choral adjudicator.
Dr. Pearsall-Kramer is grateful for her student collaborators and preservice music teachers who inspire her each day to keep learning and growing as a teacher-musician.
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Research to Practice: Inclusion Means Everyone
For the past few years, the field of music education has talked about an increased need for diversity and equity in classrooms. However, as I’ve listened to these calls for change, I frequently see that for many people, diversity and inclusion encompasses only race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, orientation, and socioeconomic status. And while these are all aspects of music education that certainly need to change, I hold firm to the belief that we cannot have truly diverse or inclusive classrooms until we also include people with disabilities. [...]
Musicast Episode 18: Kat Reinhert – Popular Music on Stage and in Class
F-flat author, teacher, professor, and singer-songwriter Kat Reinhart sits down to discuss her journey as a musician. She discusses what it took to get where she is now, where she's headed, and lends a ton of advice to those looking to forge their own path in education or the music industry. Take a listen! [...]
The Asterisk: Representation and Diversifying Visual Aids
Welcome to The Asterisk*, a new regular column where we’ll [...]
Musicast Episode 16: Margaret Harrigan- The Importance of Music Play
Elementary music teacher and research Maggie Harrigan sits down with Marissa and Kevin to discuss this importance of music play in the elementary music classroom. She gives advice for where to start, resources to to turn to, and how to incorporate it into your classroom! [...]
Research to Practice: Informal Music Teaching
Action research is a great way to break into thinking about ways to improve what you teach, how you teach, and how students learn. I would even go as far as to suggest that most teachers are already doing this in their classrooms. Action research doesn’t have to be formal or fancy. It just starts with a spark of wonder or an idea. [...]
Musicast Episode 15: F-flat Family Chat- Engagement and Motivation of ALL Students
This week, Marissa and Kevin welcome F-flat family members Sarah Gulish and Chelsea Dehner to the chat to discuss a tricky topic: motivation. In this context, the group refers to a guitar class that attracts students of all ability levels. [...]