Everything Band: Episode 173 - Scott Edgar

Scott Edgar is a music education professor and band director at Lake Forest College and the author of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning.

Topics:

• Scott’s background, education, and early teaching positions.
• The basics of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• The application of SEL concepts at each level of band teaching.
• Using SEL to teach equity and justice.
• Creating a safe space for all students in the band room.
• Scott’s book and other resources for further study in SEL.

Links:

• Scott Edgar at Lake Forest College
• Music Education and Social Emotional Learning
• Edutopia
• Music for All
• CASEL
• Smith: The Inferno

Biography:

Dr. Scott N. Edgar is Associate Professor of Music, Music Education Chair, and Director of Bands at Lake Forest College. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education from the University of Michigan, his Masters degree in Education from the University of Dayton, and his Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from Bowling Green State University.
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His previous teaching experience in higher education includes work at Adrian College and Concordia College Ann Arbor. Prior to his work in higher education, he taught K-12 instrumental music in Ohio and Michigan. Dr. Edgar is the author of Music Education and Social Emotional Learning: The Heart of Teaching Music and is an internationally sought-after clinician on the topic. In addition to clinics, he also teaches graduate courses on Musical Social Emotional Learning at VanderCook College of Music. He is an active clinician and adjudicator for both concert band and marching band and regularly presents at professional development and research conferences. Dr. Edgar is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the American Educational Research Association, the College Music Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi Band fraternity. He lives in Lake Forest with his wife Steph, their son Nathan, and their cats Elsa and Wolfie.