PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

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Book 
Lewis, J. & Maas, A. (Manuscript in progress). Music Education on the Verge: Stories of Pandemic Teaching and Transformative Change. Anticipated release, August 2022. Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/

Podcast
Frankel, J. (Host). (2022). Profiles in Teaching with Technology: S4 E9 Andrea Maas. [Audio Podcast]. MusicFirst ™. https://www.musicfirst.com/about-us/podcast/season-4-episode-9-andrea-maas/

Journal Articles
Maas, A.(2021). Facilitating Musical Expression in School Choirs: Honoring Individuality, Seeking Unity. International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, (9)116-142. https://acda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IJRCSVol9Maas.pdf
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Maas, A. (2018). Musical expression: Making meaning in choral settings. International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. 6, 133. 

Maas, A. (2014). “An Alternative Approach to Choral Festivals”, Vermont Music Educator’s Journal, December 

Doctoral Dissertation 
Maas, A. (2016). Musical Expression in the High School Choral Classroom (Doctoral Dissertation) http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1794655952.html?FMT=ABS 

Curriculum 

​Author of Online Courses for Middle and High School Choir. MusicFirst ™. Summer, 2018.
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Lead Author of a national K-5 general music curriculum for MusicFirst ™, integrating creative software into the MusicFirst Jr. ™ Online Classroom. Summer, 2017 ​
Original Research

The Push to 120: Reconciling Credit Hours in Undergraduate Music Education Programs: A mixed methods study examining the impact and response to credit reduction policies in bachelor of music education degree programs. (Study Complete, IRB ID: STUDY00002145, SUNY Potsdam)

Women Giving Voice to Women: A phenomenological interview study exploring the experiences of women choral conductors in the programming and performance of works by women composers. (Study Complete, IRB ID: STUDY00001660, SUNY Potsdam)

Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom (Study Complete: May 2016, IRB 15-423, Teachers College, Columbia University)

​Presentations

Co-Presenter. (2021, September). Undergraduate Credit Hours in Music Education: A Discussion of Practices and Implications. General Session at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education (SMTE). Virtual.

Co-Presenter. (2021, September). An inquiry of how music educators respond to moments of rapid change. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education (SMTE). Virtual.

Co-Presenter. (2021, March) The Push to 120: Reconciling BMusEd Credit Hours. NAfME, National Symposium for Research in Music Education Cyber Conference (rescheduled from November 2020).

Co-Presenter. (2020, December 3-5) An Ethic of Care in Music Education: Compelled to action. NYSSMA Cyber-Summit 2020.

Presenter. (2020, November 7) Basics of Musical Theater Directing. NAfME-Collegiate Virtual Conference, SUNY Potsdam, The Crane School of Music.

Maas, A. (2020, March 4-7) Women Giving Voice to Women: A panel discussion with women choral conductors exploring their experiences programming and performing works by women composers. American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Eastern Regional Conference, Rochester, NY.

Co-Presenter. (2019, September 14-16) Effect of Power: Inclusion and Equity Reform in Music Teacher Education. Conkling Forum on Social Justice in Music Teacher Education at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education (SMTE), UNC Greensboro.

Presenter, (August 17, 2019) Connecticut ACDA Summer Conference, Westbrook, CT. Conductors as Facilitators of Musical Expression.

Co-Presenter, Crane School of Music Department of Music Education (2018, November 29- December 2). Enacting Diversity and Inclusion: Matters of Policies and Practices. Showcase Presentation, New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Winter Conference, Rochester, NY 

Maas, A. & Bernard, C. (2018, November). Student centered rehearsal practices: Meeting the needs of diverse learners. Paper presented at the NYSSMA Winter Conference, Rochester NY.

Maas, A. (2018, October). TPACK and Music Ed: Going beyond digital sheet music and flash cards. Talk presented at the Music Community Lab’s (NYU) technology mini-conference- Music Education: Talks, Workshops & Hacking. New York, NY.

Maas, A. (2018, September). Musical expression : Making meaning in choral classrooms. Poster session presented at the ACDA Research Symposium in Choral Singing, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois.

Maas, A. (2018, March). Music teacher education and music technology: Bridging the gap between traditional and emerging pedagogies. Poster session presented at the NAfME Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, Atlanta Georgia.

Maas, A. (2017, June). Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Choir Settings & New, Creative Pedagogies. Paper presented at the Vermont ACDA conference. Castleton University, Castleton, VT.

Maas, A. (2016, July). Musical Expression in the High School Choral Classroom. (Dissertation Research). Paper presented at the International Symposium for Music Education (ISME). Glasgow, Scotland

Maas, A. (2016, July). Musical expression: An online, roundtable discussion with ensemble directors. Poster session presented at the International Symposium for Music Education (ISME). Glasgow, Scotland

Maas, A. (2016, March). Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom.  Paper presented at NAfME, Atlanta, GA, March 17, 2016,

Maas, A. (2015, October). Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom (A pilot study). Paper presented at the International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME), Geneva, Switzerland

Maas, A. & Bernard, C. (2015, September). he student teaching practicum: The ultimate three-way. Poster session presented at the NAfME Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C.

Maas, A. & Bernard, C. (2015, April). Approaching the score: Developing independent singers using student-centered rehearsal strategies. Paper presented at the Connecticut Music Educator’s Concference, (CTMEA). Hartford, CT.

Maas, A. (2014, October). Approaching the choral score: fostering independence in singers. Paper presented at the Vermont Music Educator’s Conference (VMEA). Killington, VT.

Maas, A. (2009). Musical theater repertoire in the choral classroom. Interactive workshop presented at the VT Alliance for Arts Education (VAAE) conference. Montpelier, VT.
 
Invited Presentations, Festivals, Concerts & Master Classes
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Walton Central School District, All-County Chorus. (Upcoming: March 2022)

​American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), NY Chapter. Virtual Summer Conferences, Parts 1 and 2. Hosted by ACDA NY President, Doreen Fryling. (Summer 2020).

Music Director, Matilda the Musical, Flynn Summer Youth Theater Productions, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, Vermont, July, 2019

Conductor, Champlain Valley, District III Middle School Music Festival, February 1-2, Essex, Vermont

Conductor, Westchester Intermediate All-County Choir, February-March 2018, SUNY Purchase

Conductor, District III H.S. Choral Festival, Burlington Vermont, November 4-5, 2016

Teaching Artist: Literacy Unbound Conference, July 8, 2016. Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET), Teachers College, Columbia University.

Workshop Presenter and Program Facilitator, “Vocal Expression: Breathing Life into The Printed Page”; Literacy Unbound Conference, May 1st & 2nd, 2015. Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET), Teachers College, Columbia University.

Conductor, Senator’s Festival, March 14, 2015, Montpelier Vermont

Guest Lecturer, University of Connecticut, Choral Music Pedagogy – October 2014 & October 2015

Invited Adjudicator, Worldstrides. Twice yearly. (Fall 2015-Present ) Serving the Honors Performance Series Choral Auditions for Carnegie Hall and Sydney Australia Festivals each Fall, Spring.

Teaching Artist, Performance at the Center’s “Re-mixing Frankenstein”, Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET), Columbia University, July 2014

Guest Lecturer, Brooklyn College, Choral Music Pedagogy- May 2014

Professional Development Session, “Teaching Musical Expressivity” KIPP School- April 2014

Cooperating Teacher/ Teacher Advisor- Johnson State College Music Education Intern – 2012

Conductor, Winooski Valley District HS Choir 2012; Rockland County District Treble Choir – 2012; Winooski Valley District Middle School Choir-2009; VT District III Jr. High Choir, VT ACDA Treble Choirs
 
Accepted Presentations (unable to attend)

International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), July 2017: spoken presentation- Emotion and Musical Expression in High School Choral Ensembles 

International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) in Reykjavík, Iceland, Aug 30–02 Sept 2017: spoken presentation- Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom

What's Happening ...

Saturday, October 13, 2018 TPACK and Music Education: Beyond digital sheet music and flashcards  
MusicEdLab #hackathon October 13, 2018 
Talk Description: This talk will attempt to address the question: How can we help new teachers bridge the gap between Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge to use technology to EXPAND and ENHANCE the ways they teach music?
LINK TO SLIDES 

Andrea presented a session on "Student Centered Rehearsal Practices' at the New York NAfME Collegiate conference on February 15, 2018 at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College 

​Session description: 

How can we as music educators lead effective rehearsals, avoiding solely teacher directed, rote instruction (Ormrod, 2004) yet, offer our students opportunities to construct deeper meanings through engaging rehearsal practices (Block, 2001)? In this session,  Dr. Maas will present a hands-on, music-making session for pre-service teachers of all concentrations where participants will explore student-driven rehearsal practices that result in high levels of literacy, engagement, motivation, expression and independent musicianship. We will also discuss how this approach is a simple and authentic way to ensure you are effectively addressing the standards. This session will use choral music as a vehicle for demonstration and collaboration but the approaches can be applied to all rehearsal settings.



PLEASE VISIT ME AND MY RESEARCH POSTER AT NAFME'S 
2018 BIENNIAL MUSIC RESEARCH AND TEACHER EDUCATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE 
ATLANTA- MARCH 22-24  

Music Teacher Education and Music Technology- Bridging the Gap BetweenTraditional and Emerging Pedagogies.
 
The constant emergence of new music technologies, supported by creative initiatives set forth by state and federal standards (NAfME, 2014; NCCAS, 2014) begs us as music educators to question whether or not we are serving the needs and interests of our students. How do we keep up with each new tool that is available in order to effectively equip teachers with the skills required to employ them in the classroom? Moreover, music teacher educators must consider the ways we address the relevant pedagogies and curricular implications that result for pre-service teachers. It seems that regardless of how confident teachers are in their ability to use a piece of music education software, they lack the skills needed to implement these tools into their course material with their students (Scher, 2014).
 
To better assist new teachers, we might ask, How do these tools influence and affect what we teach and how we teach it? How do we find room in an already overwhelming program of study for both the old, the new, and the ever-changing? How might we use music technology to bridge the gap between traditional and emerging pedagogies?
 
Technology may be used a means to a music end and not the end itself. Frankel (2010) states that “Music technology, when used effectively, can have a tremendous impact on the way students learn about music” (in Abeles & Custodero, 2010, p.256), implying that technology may only find authentication when in the context of our musical engagements with students (Savage, 2015).
 
This presentation explores the perceived and realized potential of music technology with three pre-service and three in-service music teachers. The pre-service teachers describe their perceptions of implementing music technology and imagine new possibilities for using these tools. Three in-service music teachers describe the ways in which they currently apply music technology in their K-12 classrooms and their perceived outcomes of this work with their students. From these experiences we can begin to understand how music technologies might be incorporated into music teacher education in order to empower teachers to expand,- not replace -what takes place in existing music classrooms. Allsup (2015) describes a “both/and” moment in music education when change confronts and challenges tradition, creating tensions in what and how we teach music. He suggests that the expansion of the ways we make and learn music requires us to build on our current pedagogical approaches and our disposition toward knowledge versus the ways we teach may need to evolve. It seems that the roles of creativity and technology in the course of pedagogic change may still require exploration (Burnard, 2007). This presentation will discuss how incorporating creative, cloud-based music technology tools can engage and motivate students musically in any setting without abandoning traditional practices, values and beliefs. Additionally, it will consider the implications for music teacher education and the potential for supporting changing dispositions and pedagogical approaches to include creative technologies. A focus on potential pedagogical approaches and challenges for music teacher education is emphasized.
 
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Maas, A. (2018, September). Musical expression : Making meaning in choral classrooms. Poster session presented at the ACDA Research Symposium in Choral Singing, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois.

Dissertation: Musical Expression in the High School Choral Classroom 
Available through ProQuest online: http://gradworks.umi.com/10/11/10117744.html 

ISME 2016, Glasgow Scotland

​(Click here for presentation slides:) Spoken Presentation: Musical Expression in the High School Choral Classroom 


Poster Presentation : Musical Expression Roundtable 

 NAfME: Music Research and Teacher Education, March 17-19, Atlanta, GA
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See slides presenting my completed research on Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom

ICME 4, 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

"Musical Expression in the Choral Classroom" Spoken Presentation, October 14, 2015

SMTE- Society for Music Teacher Educators

"The Student Teaching Practicum: The ultimate three-way"
​September 17-19, 2015,  UNC Greensboro 

Publication: "An alternative approach to choral festivals." 

Published in the Vermont Music Educator's Journal, January Issue 2015  
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