37. Angela Ammerman on family balance, new horizons, English language learners, teacher training

Angela Ammerman, referred to by the Washington
Post as a “music teacher prodigy,” earned degrees in Music
Education from the University of Cincinnati: College-Conservatory
of Music, Boston University, and her PhD from George Mason
University. Dr. Ammerman has dedicated much of her musical career
to providing access to quality music education for underserved
populations of children and most recently started a strings
program at a children’s home in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Ammerman
was hired as the Director of Music Education at the University of
Tennessee at Martin in 2017 where she built a thriving music
education program and was honored as the university’s Outstanding
Advisor of the Year. Recognized by Fairfax County Public Schools
as the Top Teacher in 2017 and the Virginia House of Delegates in
2016, Angela diligently works to now pass along these teaching
and mentorship qualities to her own Music Education students. In
2016, Dr. Ammerman was named the Virginia Orchestra Director of
the Year, a finalist for the Fairfax County Public Schools’
Teacher of the Year and Washington Post Teacher of the Year.


Ammerman’s writing can be found in Sandy Goldie’s Rehearsing the
Middle School Orchestra, Teaching Music, The String Research
Journal, and the American String Teachers Journal. Ammerman also
recently completed the manuscript for The Music Teacher’s Guide
to Engaging English Language Learners, published by GIA and is
hard at work on her next book: The Music Teacher’s Guide to
Classroom Management. Dr. Ammerman is in high demand as a guest
conductor, speaker, and clinician for sessions and workshops at
local, state, national, and international conferences and
in-services. Ammerman is especially looking forward to conducting
the California All State Jr High Orchestra as well as the Georgia
All State Middle School Orchestra in 2023!


Ammerman grew up listening to her mother teach piano lessons in
her own home and attributes much of her own passion for teaching
to her musical mother. Currently living in Virginia with her
incredibly supportive husband and toddler, Ammerman works at
George Mason University where she supervises student teachers and
teaches String Methods, Lab Orchestra, and Aural Skills. Ammerman
is known for an emphasis on play-based learning, humor, a unique
style, and for the creation of the first ever Future Music
Educators Camp as well as her Music Education Podcast:
#MusicEdLove. Dr. Ammerman is in awe of the resilience and
dedication of school string educators across the United States
and is honored to have the opportunity to work with their
students.


https://www.angelaammerman.com


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