My name is Angelina Gibson. I am an elementary music teacher at a small rural school. My husband and I run a private piano studio together, where we enjoy collaborating in our teaching and performing. This is my first year in the master of music education program. I look forward to seeing how this course on inclusion will impact my classroom and my one-on-one teaching philosophy. I’m interested in differentiated teaching and believe that music education is a powerful tool in promoting an inclusive mindset in society. When I’m not teaching, I enjoy thrifting for good deals, spending time outdoors, and savouring a good cup of coffee. |
My name is David He. I majored in management and musicology, and now I am a master student in music education. I used to be a high school music teacher in China, and I taught the students who participated in Chinese College Entrance Examination in Arts.
Inclusion is a brand new idea for me. I would like to dig into what is inclusion and how inclusion can be used in education through the class. Specifically, I want to engage in exploring inclusion through three dimensions: nation-wise, society-wise, and people-wise factor. |
Jamie's heart lies in using his abilities and efforts to contribute to the music and worship of the local church. As Director of Music and Worship at Hughson St. Baptist Church in Hamilton, his musical leadership includes rehearsing and leading the worship band weekly and rehearsing/performing choir pieces for special events. Jamie and his wife, Emily, teach from their home studio in Hamilton, where they enjoy teaching beginner to advanced piano lessons to children and adults. Jamie is also involved in teaching music at Heritage College in Cambridge, ON, where he teaches as adjunct faculty.
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Emily Pepper is an elementary/secondary school teacher by day and a private studio teacher at the Chatham Music Academy by night. She is also completing her Masters of Music Education at Western University, ON, CA. Her passion is developing new ideas relating to studio piano lessons and helping other teachers find new engaging resources. She hopes to learn more about inclusive contexts, more specifically how to appreciate and understand cultures, races, genders as well as any other differences that make us unique through music.
“We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.” ― Stephen King |
Leslie Kent is an early childhood music education and choral conductor in Hamilton, Ontario. She has been with the Hamilton Children's Choir since 2001. Leslie also teaches private voice and piano, and as of late, has been doing a tonne of teaching online. Leslie has been married to James, a recording engineer and AV/IT guy, for 24 years, and they have 5 children ranging from 19 down to 4.5, who they've been homeschooling for 14 years.
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