About me
Casey Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Southern Maine’s Osher School of Music. Casey taught instrumental music and music creativity classes in Illinois and Wisconsin public schools for more than a decade prior to his work in higher education. His research interests include music teacher development, music creativity in performance ensemble curricula, and the influence of collaborative music making on musical and social development. He has published articles in the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, Research Studies in Music Education, and Psychology of Music.
