Teaching Music to Young Children

Featuring special presenter: Dr. Alice Hammel

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUDuTnY8a2oGuyF_BuJNrDEm7g19ntYy8qtI5q1-mNw9tXRw/viewform?usp=header

Location: Hilton Garden Inn

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Description: Teaching music to young children can seem like a special and new aspect of a job when you lack experience with music. This professional development presentation will focus on specific skills that will assist early childhood teachers in bringing more musical experiences to the children in their care. The presentation will include files for use later to remember chants and songs learned.

Facilitated by: Dr. Alice Hammel

About Dr. Alice Hammel
Grammy Award Nominated educator, Dr. Alice Hammel, was the 2023 NAfME Lowell Mason Fellow, VMEA Outstanding Educator (2018), and is the current Past-President of VMEA. She is a widely known music educator, author, and clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. She is a Disabilities Specialist, and has many years of experience teaching instrumental and choral music in public and private schools. Dr. Hammel has put these varied experiences to great use while compiling a large body of scholarly work. She is a co-author for many texts: Q&A for Teaching Band to Students with Differences and Disabilities, Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities (A Label-free Approach and A Practical Resource), Teaching Music to Students with Autism, Winding It Back, and Universal Design for Learning in Music Education. Dr. Hammel is Past-President of the Council for Exceptional Children – Division for Visual and Performing Arts Education and was awarded their Past President Award for Excellence. Dr. Hammel has served NAfME as a member of the National Executive Board, The Equity Committee, and The Music Teacher Professional Initiative.