An Approach for Teaching Music to Diverse Learners

“Elise Sobol’s compassion, love, and deep caring for all learners fills each page. She envisions a world where every individual has the right to experience life at the fullest level, regardless of any physical, emotional, or cognitive restrictions. This valuable resource imbeds research findings within recommended best practices and serves as an informative guide.” – Lynn Brinckmeyer * Professor of Music, Texas State University; Former President, The National Association for Music Education *“Elise Sobol’s pedagogical vision radiates with passion, joy, and clarity. She provides not only essential curricular tools and strategies, but a language for better understanding diverse learners and what it means to design neurodiverse, inclusive classrooms.” – Marsha Baxter * Adjunct Professor of Music Education, NYU Steinhardt *A resource for music teachers bringing music to all children. Current language etiquette in disability studies empowers teachers to work with neurodiverse students and their care givers. Sobol brings many years of experience to this work, providing concrete guidance to novice and experienced teachers, always from a place of encouragement and love and always striving toward what is possible. – Sheila J. Scott * Professor, Music Education, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada; author of Music Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder *

Elise S. Sobol, Ed.D., B.C.S.E., author/educator/pianist, is recognized as an innovative, inspirational, instructional and visionary global leader in the field of inclusive music education. Throughout her distinguished international career, she has helped to shape research, policy and practice in teacher education. Retired as music teacher from the Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy School and as New York University’s Steinhardt Director of Music Education, she combines over forty years of music teaching experience PK-16 in general, special, and higher education with current adjunct teaching on the faculties of NYU and Long Island University-Post.