Ethan Hein teaches music education, technology, theory, business and songwriting at New York University, the New School, Montclair State University, and Western Illinois University. He earned a PhD in music education and a masters degree in music technology from NYU. He is committed to making school music more accessible, creative, and culturally relevant.

As a founding member of the NYU Music Experience Design Lab, Ethan has taken a leadership role in the development of online tools for music learning and expression, most notably the Groove Pizza. Together with Will Kuhn, he is the co-author of Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Creativity, published by Oxford University Press. He has also created online educational materials for Ableton and Soundfly. Ethan maintains a widely followed blog at ethanhein.com, and his writing has been assigned in schools and universities around the world.