Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education Perspectives from the Field

Bryan Powell is an assistant professor of music education and music technology at Montclair State University and the chief program officer for the non-profit organization Music Will. Bryan also serves as the executive director of the Association for Popular Music Education.

Contact: John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.

Gareth Dylan Smith is an assistant professor of music, music education at Boston University. His research interests include drumming, punk pedagogies and eudaimonia in music making. His most recent book is A Philosophy of Playing Drum Kit: Magical Nexus (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and his forthcoming duets album, Permission Granted, is a collection of conversations from the drums.

Contact: Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.