Teaching Artist Webinar with Dr. Scott Edgar

By Julia Stark, Arts Learning Specialist – 

The Tennessee Arts Commission is excited to announce the latest in a webinar series titled Teaching Artist Musings, which is designed to enhance the professional growth of teaching artists across the state. This multipart series centers around professional development topics and explore current trends and best practices for teaching artists throughout the state. We invite everyone to attend and participate in one or more of the sessions throughout the year. 

Our second Teaching Artist Musing will take place on January 7 at 11:00 a.m. CT. The session will be led by Dr. Scott Edgar, Co-Director of Practice, Learning, and Research at ArtsEdSEL and will provide an introduction to artistic social and emotional learning for Tennessee teaching artists.  

Register here to attend. 

Dr. Scott N. Edgar (he/him) has dedicated his career to highlighting the potential music education and educators have to build life skills students will utilize long after they leave the classroom. As a notable authority on music education and Social Emotional Learning, Dr. Edgar has emerged as the leading researcher, best-selling author, and internationally sought-after clinician on the subject. He is the author of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning: The Heart of Teaching Music, The ABCs of My Feelings and Music (co-authored with his wife Stephanie), and editor of Portraits of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning (published through GIA Publications). Dr. Edgar prioritizes facilitating spaces where people can explore their identity, build a sense of belonging, and experience agency. 

He is grateful for the many experiences he has had at Bowling Green State University (B.M.E.), University of Dayton, (M.S.), and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.) to learn from his mentors. He is Associate Professor of Music, Chair of the Department of Music, and Director of Bands at Lake Forest College, Social Emotional Learning Editor for GIA Publications, and serves as Co-Director of Practice, Learning, and Research for The Center for Arts Education and Social Emotional Learning. Dr. Edgar is also a Music for All Educational Consultant, a Conn- Selmer Educational Clinician, and VH1 Save the Music Foundation Educational Consultant. Striving for work/life balance, he enjoys grilling, exercising, and spending time with his wife Steph and their son Nathan, and their rescue golden retriever, Aria.