Hello! Whether you've arrived here purposely or inadvertently, thanks for reading.

Please feel free to contact me at adam.bell@ucalgary.ca if you have any questions, comments, etc.
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about me: I am an Assistant Professor of Music Education in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary.

​Courses I'm teaching this academic year (2019-20):​

• Research Techniques and Bibliography of Music
• Popular Music Pedagogy
• Introduction to Music Technology
• Elementary Music
• The Rise of Rock: 1950-1977
• Punk to Present: 1977-

Areas of research:

• ​DIY (do-it-yourself) music making and learning in home/project studio recording
• music software/instrument design impact on learning 
• (dis)ability in music

Instruments I play:

• drums (in a New York-based band called DFONTE)
• guitar
• digital audio workstations (DAWs)

Currently learning:

• Ableton Push
• microcontroller instrument design (using Teensy)

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