Podcast interviews:

Expand your knowledge as a special music educator
with these great interviews featuring Dr. Erin Parkes!

How Students with Exceptionalities Help us Grow as Teachers

The Integrated Music Teaching Podcast with Tim Topham:
February 26, 2021

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Teaching Students with ADHD

All Keyed Up with Ben Kapilow:
September 7, 2021
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Taking an Empathy Based Approach to Behavioural Challenges in the Music Room

The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast with Jessica Peresta:
September 8, 2021
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Teaching Students with Exceptionalities

Loud & Clear: Amplifying the Voices of Women in Music:
March 7, 2023
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Managing a Non-Profit Music Studio

Music Studio Startup with Andrea Miller:
April 6, 2023
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Erin Parkes, PhD

Founder
Director of Research and Professional Development
Lotus Centre for Special Music Education
About
Dr. Erin Parkes received her Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts in Musicology, and Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research from the University of Ottawa. She completed a PhD in Music Education from McGill University in 2015, where she researched how to effectively train studio music teachers to work with students with autism. Erin has been teaching music since 1996 and has worked with students of all ages in a variety of settings. She presents at conference and guest lectures throughout North America and internationally on teaching music to students with special needs and other issues in music education.
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