Meaningful Collaboration: Supporting Students with Disabilities

Do you read the IEPs of your students and feel lost on how to support them? Together, we have collaborated with our Office of Disability Resources to identify practical approaches to an inclusive choral ensemble experience. Join us as we offer solutions, resources, and insight on how to lead every student. This session identifies pragmatic ways to champion the needs of your students and educate yourself while advocating for your program that is inclusive and equitable for all. Walk away from this session with a renewed sense of empowerment, making your choir a successful, educational, and meaningful experience for all students.

 Maxwell Trombley is an MM student in Choral Conducting at University of Miami Frost School of Music in Florida. A passionate educator, he directed secondary vocal music in Michigan and currently serves on the summer voice faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts. An active singer, Maxwell serves as a Seraphic Fire Scholar in the ensemble’s Early Artist Program and has sung in the chorus with many of the country’s premiere orchestras. He maintains a robust career in sacred music, directing and singing in various congregations throughout Miami. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education in Vocal Music from Eastern Michigan University.

 Kyra Stahr is a DMA candidate in Choral Conducting at University of Miami Frost School of Music in Florida and the Associate Conductor of the Master Chorale of South Florida. She completed her MM in Choral Music from University of Southern California and earned her BM from Miami University. She is the co-founder of conduct(her), a podcast amplifying voices of women conductors while exploring the gender divide. Stahr enjoys serving as a guest conductor, clinician, and presenter. She has participated in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Eastern Graduate Conducting Masterclass and presented at the World Symposium on Choral Music, ACDA Southern, and SWACDA.

NAfME presents this live virtual event at no charge to all as a service to the music education profession. To register, you must enter your NAfME member information or create a nonmember account. After registering, check your email for instructions. A recording of this program will be available to all registrants for one week following the live event. Members can also view archived NAfME webinars in the NAfME Academy.

The views expressed are those of the presenter; they do not necessarily reflect the views of NAfME.