Charlene Ryan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Community Services
School of Early Childhood Studies
Toronto, Ontario
charlene.ryan@torontomu.ca
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Charlene Ryan is an associate professor of the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is an early childhood/elementary music educator and has worked extensively in this field - in higher education, grade school, and in community programs for young children. Befo...
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Charlene Ryan is an associate professor of the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is an early childhood/elementary music educator and has worked extensively in this field - in higher education, grade school, and in community programs for young children. Before joining the university in 2016, she served as associate professor of Music Education at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and previously, chair of Music Education at McGill University. She has won numerous awards, including the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Berklee Urban Service Award, and a major research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her research interests have focused on the experience and development of performance anxiety in young musicians. Her work has been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, Psychology of Music, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, the Canadian Music Educator, the International Journal of Stress Management, la Revue Musicale OICRM, the Journal of Dance Education, and Teaching Music.
Ryan has a keen interest in community building and is the author of Building Strong Music Programs: A Handbook for Preservice and Novice Music Teachers (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009), which is used in teacher education programs across the continent and was recognized as an Outstanding Academic Title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. She has served as chair of the Learning and Development Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education, chair of the Music Research and Teacher Education Council of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, and is past-president of the Quebec Music Educators Association. Dr. Ryan serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Music Education and Frontiers in Psychology|Performance Science, and is the Editor of the Canadian Music Educator. She is also the author of several children's books, including Hannabelle's Butterflies (Creative Sound Press, 2020), Katherine Lost (Creative Sounds Press, 2021), and The Milk Crate Club (Creative Sound Press, 2021), all of which center about the joys and challenges experienced by young musicians.
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Ryan has a keen interest in community building and is the author of Building Strong Music Programs: A Handbook for Preservice and Novice Music Teachers (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009), which is used in teacher education programs across the continent and was recognized as an Outstanding Academic Title by the Association of College and Research Libraries. She has served as chair of the Learning and Development Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education, chair of the Music Research and Teacher Education Council of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, and is past-president of the Quebec Music Educators Association. Dr. Ryan serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Music Education and Frontiers in Psychology|Performance Science, and is the Editor of the Canadian Music Educator. She is also the author of several children's books, including Hannabelle's Butterflies (Creative Sound Press, 2020), Katherine Lost (Creative Sounds Press, 2021), and The Milk Crate Club (Creative Sound Press, 2021), all of which center about the joys and challenges experienced by young musicians.
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