Michele Kaschub

Michele Kaschub is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Teacher Education at the University of Southern Maine School of Music in Gorham, Maine, USA. Prior to teaching at the collegiate level, Dr. Kaschub taught 6-12 general and choral music in Camden, ME, and elementary music in Glencoe, IL. Her research interests include children’s composition, composition pedagogy, choral music education, curriculum design/assessment, and teacher development. She is co-author of Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009) and Experiencing Music Composition in Grades 3-5 (Oxford University Press, 2016), co-editor of Composing Our Future: Preparing Music Educators to Teach Composition (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education (OUP, 2014) and has contributed chapters in several pedagogy texts and articles in professional journals. Michele is the Associate Editor of the Music Educators Journal and has recently edited a special issue of that volume addressing composition in music education (March 2016). An active clinician and guest lecturer, she has presented research papers and workshops at conferences throughout the United States and abroad.