Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Harkness Chapel, Classroom
Free – open to the public
Our weekly Friday afternoon colloquia feature current research presentations by distinguished visiting scholars, as well as by our own faculty and graduate students in musicology, historical performance practice, and music education.
Following each session, receptions offer a valuable opportunity for social interaction, helping to foster a strong sense of community, camaraderie, and mutual support within the department.
About the Talk
“Navigating Trauma-Informed Approaches in Musical Scholarship”
This session examines how we can best prepare future music educators, musicologists, and ensemble directors for successful careers in music. Participants will explore the possibilities and challenges of collaborative learning within musical discourse and music education, emphasizing an equity-centered approach grounded in trauma-informed practices. Trauma-aware teaching methods can significantly enhance interactions between teachers and students, as well as among students themselves. Such an approach fosters greater meaningful engagement, self-compassion, and a sense of belonging among all learners, regardless of their role or rank within the musical community.
During our conversation, Ageh Bedell expands on the application of trauma-informed principles in developing, implementing, and sustaining inclusive teaching and learning environments across musicology, music education, and ensemble programs. Participants will engage in several interactive exercises and discussions designed to illustrate how these practices can be systematically integrated into higher education programs and their career aspirations post-graduation.
This session serves as a call to action for the broader educational community to embrace trauma-informed pedagogy as essential for preparing individuals entering the field of musical discourse. By doing so, we can enrich both the educational experiences and professional development of future musicologists, music educators, and music professionals, ensuring they are well-equipped to navigate the complexities of their respective careers with empathy and effectiveness.
About the Speaker
Adrienne (or simply, Ageh) explores the intersections of music engagement, community-level adversity, and the experience of traumatic loss. As a community-based music educator, Ageh has designed music education opportunities in homeless shelters, alternative to incarceration programs, and hospital-based violence intervention programs. Her research frames active music-making as a tool for violence prevention through trauma-informed, asset-informed, and anti-oppressive teaching. She earned a doctorate in Music Education from ǿմý in 2022 and is an independent speaker and expert consultant in trauma-informed curriculum design. Currently, she is a Lecturer in the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES) program, teaching courses on disenfranchised grief (including maturational and living losses), trauma, and posttraumatic growth at ǿմý. For the past two years, Ageh also co-designed the curriculum and served as lead faculty for the Cleveland Humanities Collaborative (CHC) Summer Residential Collaboratory, a pathway program for community college students interested in humanities. She is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at ǿմý's Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences to obtain Grief Counseling Licensure. Her focus is on integrating creative-based therapies into her practice to promote post-traumatic growth and facilitate meaning-making in the aftermath of traumatic loss and expressions of disenfranchised grief.
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