Instructor, Music Education
Dr. Alice Hammel, 2023 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Lowell Mason Fellow, Virginia Music Educator Association Outstanding Educator (2018), and current President of the Virginia Music Educators Association, is a widely known music educator, author, and clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. She is a member of the faculty of James Madison University, and has many years of experience teaching instrumental and choral music in public and private schools. Dr. Hammel has put these varied experiences to great use while compiling a large body of scholarly work. She is a co-author for four texts: Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Label-free Approach, Teaching Music to Students with Autism, Winding It Back: Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings, and Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Practical Resource. Dr. Hammel is Past-President of the Council for Exceptional Children – Division for Visual and Performing Arts Education and was recently awarded their Past President Award for Excellence. She is a proponent of Music Will and the Modern Band movement.
Amy Birdsong
Lecturer
birdsoae@jmu.edu
William Dabback
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions
dabbacwm@jmu.edu
Rachel Grimsby
Assistant Professor
grimsbrl@jmu.edu
W. Bryce Hayes
Associate Professor
Associate Director of Choral Activities
hayeswb@jmu.edu
Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
Professor
Director of Choral Activities
vanderjx@jmu.edu
Alice Hammel
Instructor
hammelam@jmu.edu
Scott Zane Smith
Class Piano Coordinator, Supervisor, Instructor
smithsz@jmu.edu
Rhonda Stees
Instructor
steesrl@jmu.edu
Laura Mulligan Thomas
Instructor
thoma8lm@jmu.edu
