About the Journal

Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy serves as an open-access, web-based resource for those teaching college-level classes in music. The journal was founded in 2013 by Phil Duker, Anna Gawboy, Bryn Hughes, and Kris Shafer in order to provide music instructors with a platform for sharing timely ideas on their pedagogical practice. The short "blessay" format, collaborative peer editing, and summer editorial schedule is intended to be accessible to authors and readers who teach a range of instructional loads and student populations in diverse institutional settings. Volume 8 (2020) won an Outstanding Multi-Author Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory in 2023.