EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. Music Education New York University
2006 M.Ed. Education (Music) Queen’s University
2004 B.Ed. Education (Elem.) Queen’s University
2003 B.A. History Queen’s University & Warwick University, UK
APPOINTMENTS
2022 Associate Professor, Music Education | Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, Ontario
2020 Associate Professor, Music Education | School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, Alberta
2016 Assistant Professor, Music Education | School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, Alberta
2013 Assistant Professor, Music Technology and Music Education | John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey
EXTERNAL GRANTS
2022-2025 SSHRC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative, $449,996
Facilitating Anti-Ableist Remote Music Making
Project Director
2021-2022 Calgary Arts Development Small Experiments Grant, $10,000
Remote Residencies for Musicians with Disabilities
Principal Investigator
2021-2024 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, $199,992
Canadian Accessible Musical Instruments Network
Principal Investigator
2020-2023 SSHRC Insight Grant, $99,813
Disability-Led Musical Instrument Design
Principal Investigator
2018-2019 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, $24,872
Assessing the Accessibility of Music Community Lab
Principal Investigator
2018-2020 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $74,000
Practices and Social Aspects of the 21st Century Recording Studio
Co-Applicant
2017-2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $71,578
Hacking Disability in Music Education
Principal Investigator
INTERNAL GRANTS
2020-2021 VPR Catalyst Grant, $12,750
Accessible Musical Instrument Kits
Principal Investigator
2020-2021 Indigenous Engagement Grant, $750
Indigenous Perspectives for Music Education in Calgary
Principal Investigator
2020-2021 SSHRC URGC Partnership Seed Grant, $9,977
Blurring the Boundaries Pilot
Principal Investigator
2019-2020 SSHRC URGC Explore Faculty Seed Grant, $15,000
Disability-Led Design of Musical Instruments
Principal Investigator
PUBLICATIONS (Peer-Reviewed)
Books
Bell, A.P. (Ed.). (2020). The Music Technology Cookbook: Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom. Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2018). Dawn of the DAW: The Studio As Musical Instrument. Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Bell, A.P., Dasent, J., & Tshuma, G. (in press). Disabled and racialized musicians: Experiences and epistemologies. Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education.
Bell, A.P., Datoo, A., Bahaddi, J., Matterson, B., & Ko, C. (2022). Assessing accessibility: An instrumental case study of a community music group. Music Education Research, 24(3), 350–363.
Bell, A.P., Bonin, D., Pethrick, H., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Matterson, B. (2020). Hacking Disability in Music Education. International Journal of Music Education, 38(4), 657–672.
Bell, A.P., Stelter, R., Ahenda, K., & Bahhadi, J. (2019). CanRock Classroom: Two Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of a Popular Music Pedagogy Course in Canada. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(3), 451–468.
Bell, A.P. & Chen, C. (2019). Bubble Tea Pop: Christine Makes Mandopop. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(1), 29–50.
Bell, A.P. (2017). (dis)Ability and Music Education: Paralympian Patrick Anderson and the Experience of Disability in Music. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 16(3), 108–128.
Bell, A.P. (2015). DAW Democracy? The Dearth of Diversity in “Playing the Studio.” Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 8(2), 129–146.
Bell, A.P., Hein, E., & Ratcliffe, J. (2015). Beyond Skeuomorphism: The Evolution of Music Production Software User Interface Metaphors. Journal on the Art of Record Production, 9. http://arpjournal.com/beyond-skeuomorphism-the-evolution-of-music-production-software-user-interface-metaphors-2/
Bell, A.P. (2015). Can We Afford These Affordances? GarageBand and the Double-Edged Sword of the Digital Audio Workstation. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 14(1), 44–65.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Trial-by-Fire: A Case Study of the Musician-Engineer Hybrid Role in the Home Studio. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 7(3), 295–312.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Guitars Have Disabilities: Exploring Guitar Adaptations for an Adolescent with Down syndrome. British Journal of Music Education, 31(3), 343–357.
Bell, A.P., Perry, R., Peng, M., & Miller, A.J. (2014). The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction Scale (MTCSI): Developing a New Nordoff-Robbins Scale and Examining Its Inter-Rater Reliability. Music Therapy Perspectives, 32(1), 61–70.
Bell, A.P. (2008). The Heart of the Matter: Composing Music with an Adolescent with Special Needs. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 9(9). http://www.ijea.org/v9n9/
Book Chapters
Bell, A.P., & Joyce, M. (forthcoming). Dreaming Disability Musical Futurities: A Feminist Framework. In M. Silverman & N. Niknafs (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education.
Bell, A.P., Cacho, J., & Okasha, I. (in press). Sparking and Sustaining the Songwriting Process. In C. Randles & P. Burnard (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Creativities in Music Education.
Bell, A.P. (in press). We Are Music Technology (And How To Change Us). In B. Powell and G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education. Intellect.
Bell, A.P., & Satarasinghe, O. (2022). From Tin Pan Alley to Trending: Remixing Ragtime and South Asian Popular Music with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). In J. Kladder (Ed.), Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education (pp. 23-35). Routledge.
Bell, A.P., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (2021). Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit. In J. Pignato, M. Brennan, & D. Stadnicki (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Drum Kit Studies (pp. 210–221). Cambridge University Press.
Bell, A.P., & Rathgeber, J. (2020). Can the Disabled Musician Sing? Songs, Stories, and Identities of Disabled Persons in/through/with Social Media. In J. Waldron, S. Horsely, & K. Veblen (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning (pp. 569–590). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2019). Enter the Feedback Loop: Assessing Music Technology in Music Education with Personal Bests. In D.J. Elliott, M. Silverman, & G.E. McPherson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education (pp. 299–318). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2019). Of Trackers and Top-Liners: Learning Producing and Producing Learning. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education (pp. 171–185). Bloomsbury.
Bell, A.P. (2018). The Pedagogy of Push: Assessing the Affordances of Ableton's MIDI Controller. In J. Ismaiel-Wendt & A. Fabian (Eds.), Musikformulare und Presets. Musikkulturalisierung und Technik/Technologie (pp. 166–177). Olms Weidmann.
Bell, A.P. (2017). Music Therapy. In A. King, S.A. Ruthmann, & E. Himonides (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Music, Technology and Education (pp. 347–356). Routledge.
Bell, A.P. (2017). DIY Recreational Recording as Music Making. In R. Mantie & G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure (pp. 81–98). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2016). The Process of Production | The Production of Process: The Studio As Instrument and Popular Music Pedagogy. In R. Wright, B. A. Younker, & C. Beynon (Eds.), 21st Century Music Education: Informal Learning and Non-Formal Teaching Approaches in School and Community Contexts (pp. 243–262). Canadian Music Educators’ Association.
Bell, A.P. (2016). Toward the Current: Democratizing Music Teaching with Music Technology. In L. DeLorenzo (Ed.), Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education: Diversity and Social Justice (pp. 138–156). Routledge.
Conference Proceedings
Bell, A.P. & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018). Hacking, Disability, and Music Education. In E. Himonides & A. King, & F. Cuadrado (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sempre MET2018: Researching Music, Education, Technology, 117–120. Sempre.
Bell, A.P. (2016). Catfishing Composition: Music Production Through Audio Avatars. In E. Himonides & A. King (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sempre MET2016: Researching Music, Education, Technology, 65–68. Sempre.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Michael Meets Ableton Live. In A. King & E. Himonides (Eds.), Researching Music Technology in Education: Critical Insights, 33-36. Sempre.
Editorials
Bell, A.P. (2016). Views. Visions of Research in Music Education, 28, 1–4
CONFERENCES (Peer-Reviewed)
Paper Presentations
Bell, A.P. (2022, July 17-22). Else: Feminist Disability Theory for Music Education. International Society for Music Education. Online.
Bell, A.P. (2022, July 17-22). Indigenous Perspectives for Music Education in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary, Canada). International Society for Music Education. Online.
Bell, A.P., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (2021, June 29-July 1). Drums, Bass, and Disability. The MayDay Group Colloquium 32. University of Oregon.
Bell, A.P., Datoo, A., & Bahhadi, J. (2021, February 18-20). Assessing our Accessibility: A Case Study of Music Community Lab. Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Learning and Teaching. Arizona State University.
Bell, A.P., Cacho, J., & Okasha, I. (2021, January 27-30). Sparking and Sustaining the Songwriting Process. Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium. University of South Florida, FL.
Bell, A.P. (2019, October 9-11). Comparing DIY Music Production Methods in New York City and Bamako. Tracking the Creative Process in Music. Lisbon, Portugal.
Bell, A.P., Ko, C., & Datoo, A. (2019, June 12-15). Assessing the Accessibility of a Music Hacking Community. Association for Popular Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., & Tahmouresie, M. (2019, June 12-15). Street Recording Studio Practices in Mali. Association for Popular Music Education. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2019, May 24-25). What Does “Accessible” Mean To Us, and How Can We Be It? Music Community Lab’s Inward Inquiry for Accessibility. Visions of Research in Music Education: The Conference. Princeton, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2018, October 11-13). Diversity Includes Disability: Designing Accessible Music-Making Experiences for Music Education in Canada. College Music Society. Vancouver, BC.
Bell, A.P. (2018, September 7-8). How Music Hackers Design for Disability. Music & Physical Disability: From Instrument to Performance. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2018, July 15-20). Disability, Design, and Technology in Music Education. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P., & Bonin, D. (2018, June 24-27). Hacking Access/Ability in Popular Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education. Middle Tennessee State University, TN.
Bell, A.P., Ahenda, K., & Stelter, R. (2018, June 8-9). Integrating Popular Music Pedagogy Into a Canadian Post-secondary Music Education Program. Progressive Methods in Popular Music Education. University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Bell, A.P., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Pethrick, H. (2018, June 6-9). Hacking, Disability, Music Education, and Hacking. The MayDay Group Colloquium 30. University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Bell, A.P., & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018, May 23-25). Disability, Hacking, and Music Education. MusCan: MusEcologies.MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada.
Bell, A.P., & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018, March 26-27). Hacking, Disability, and Music Education. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Researching Music - Education - Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2017, October 26-28). If I Don't Win a Grammy, Can I Still Get an A+? The Feedback Loop Model of Ethical and Authentic Assessment for Music Technology Projects. Association for Technology in Music Instruction. San Antonio, TX.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 15-16). Catfishing Composition: Music Production Through Audio Avatars. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Researching Music – Education – Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2015, November 6-8). The Fixer: DIY Recording and the Role of the Audio Professional. The Art of Record Production. Cultural Intersections. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 9-11). Taking the "Dis" Out of Disability: Wheelchair Basketball as a Model for Music Education. National Conference of the Canadian Music Educators' Association. Winnipeg, MB.
Bell, A.P. (2015, June 10-13). A Compressed Course on Compression. Association for Popular Music Education. Frost School of Music, University of Miami, FL.
Bell, A.P. (2015, January 31). Prototyping Creative Musical Interfaces. Interdisciplinary Colloquy to Understand Creativity. University of Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2014, October 30-November 1). Musical Heteronym or Dissociative Identity Disorder? The Influence of Social Networking On Perry’s DAW-based Compositional Process. Association for Technology in Music Instruction. St. Louis, MO.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 20-22). Can We Afford These Affordances? Digital Audio Workstation Design and Democracy. Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 18-21). The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Double-Edged Sword. The MayDay Group Colloquium. Gettysburg College, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2014, May 30). Click-and-Consequence Learning With Digital Audio Workstations. Emerging Learning Design Conference, Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, April 3-4). Michael Meets Ableton Live. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Research, Music, Education, Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20-22). Acquiring the Basic Aural Skills of the Audio Engineer. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2013, June 26-29). Subversive Studios: Vignettes of “The Ninety-Eight Percent.” The MayDay Group Colloquium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Workshops/Clinics
Bell, A.P. (2019, November 1). Sonic Logos: Identity to Sound. University of Windsor, ON.
Bell, A.P., Bahhadi, J., Mattar, C., & Tinoco, C. (2019, March 1). Play With Music Technology. Arts Jam. Calgary Board of Education, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, November 23). Could Informal Music Learning Work in Your Classroom? High School Fine and Performing Arts Professional Development. Calgary Board of Education, Canada.
Bell, A.P., & Stelter, R. (2018, July 15-20). The Hit Factory Classroom: Making Music Like Max Martin. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P., & Bolden, B. (2017, August 1-5). Creating a Sonic Signature: Musical Being and Sound Identity. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P., & Hein, E. (2016, August 3-6). Track-and-Hook: Popular Music Production. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24-29). Tinkering With Timbre as Composition in Popular Music Education: A Game-Based Approach. International Society of Music Education. Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24-29). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. International Society of Music Education. Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, June 1-4). Simulating the Song Machine. Association for Popular Music Education. Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 23). Designing Accessible Musical Instrument Interfaces with MaKey MaKey. NJEDge.net Faculty Showcase. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2016, February 10-13). FX Roulette: A game on Learning How Audio Effects Work. Texas Music Educators Association. San Antonio, TX.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29-August 1). FX Roulette. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29-August 1). Introduction to Sonic Pi. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2015, May 29). Making Musical Interfaces With MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Emerging Learning Design. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P., & Hein, E. (2015, February 19-21). MaKey MaKey Musical Instrument Invention. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association State Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20-22). Acquiring the Basic Skills of the Audio Engineer. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association State Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Panels
Cheng, L., Moir, Z., Bell, A.P., Hein, E., & Humberstone, J. (2022, July 17–22). Digital Musicianship in Popular Music Education. International Society for Music Education. Online.
Barton, B., Bell, A.P., Honisch, S.S., Jang, H., MacKay, A., & Reid, J. (2022, May 2-5). Innovations in Arts Programming + Supports + Learning. Beginning: A National Conversation. National access Arts Centre. Banff Centre for the Arts.
Bell, A.P. (2022, April 29-30). Re-Imagining and Innovating Professional Practice: Skill Sets. Understanding the Music Education Ecosystem Today. The Coalition for Music Education. Online.
Hess, J., Churchill, W., Laes, T., & Bell, A.P. (2021, June 14-17). Differently-Abled Bodies. International Society for Philosophy and Music Education Graduate Seminar.
Rathgeber, J., Pilmer, E., Stelzer, S., Hess, J., Anderson, K., & Bell, A.P. (2021, April 15-17). Reframing What Frames Us: Considering the Transformative Potential of Disability Studies in Music Education. 2nd Biennial Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University & Augustana College.
Pras, A., Legare, K., Olivier, E., Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., Tahmouresie, M., Bol, T., & Turner, K. (2020, February 14). Digital Ethnography of Recording Studios in Bamako (Mali). Social Distinction in the 21st Century Recording Studio. University of Lethbridge.
Bell, A.P. (2019, November 1-2). Panel Discussion: Artists’ Perspectives. Disrupting the Norm: Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Disability and Mixed Ability Performing Arts. University of Calgary.
Mantie, R., Bell, A.P., Creech, A., & Henley, J. (2018, July 15-20). Music Education and Avocational Music Making. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Hein, E., Bell, A.P., Egolf, E., Rathgeber, J., O’Leary, J., & Bledsoe, R. (2014, August 14). Popular Music Pedagogies. IMPACT: Creative Collaboration in Technology and the Arts. New York University, NY.
Invited Talks
Bell, A.P. (2021, November 1). Designing with Disability in Music Technology. University of Toronto.
Bell, A.P. (2020, October 7-10). The Promise and Problems of Ableton’s Push (And Every Other Musical Instrument on the Planet): A Framework for Assessing the Accessibility of Musical Instruments. Automation and Creativity: Practice, Aesthetics, and Reception of the Digital in Music and Literature. Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Bell, A.P. (2019, October 31). Music Education Should Be Inclusive, So Where Are the People with Disabilities?University of Windsor, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 30). How Music Hackers Conceptualize and Design for Disability and Accessibility (If At All). Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University, VA.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 28). Music Technology, Design, and Disability. Exploring Sound. University of Lethbridge, AB.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 30). Music Technology in Music Education. Montclair State University NAfME Collegiate Chapter. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2015, February 11). MTCSI and Inter-Rater Reliability. Contemporary Developments in Nordoff-Robbins Theory, Practice, and Research. New York University.
Selected Musical Works
Knight, J., Capella, M., & Bell, A. P. (2017). [Recorded by DFONTE]. Fade In [digital music EP]. New York: Independent.
Knight, J., Capella, M., & Bell, A. P. (2015). [Recorded by DFONTE]. LCH [digital music album]. New York: Independent.
Bell, A.P., Knight, J., & Capella, M. (2014). [feature-length musical score]. In Rothbart, B., & Cerulli, J. (Producers), Hungry [documentary film]. New York: Film Buff.
Bell, A.P. (2010). “Canadian Tire Money” [musical score]. In Mathias, A. (Producer), & Landen, A. (Director), Message in a Bottle [cinema commercial]. Atlanta: Coca-Cola.
Bell, A.P. (2007). “Dreams” [musical score]. In Soft Citizen (Producer), & Landen, A. (Director), Counting Boards [television commercial]. Toronto: West 49.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Calgary
Courses Taught
Graduate
Undergraduate
Graduate Student Supervision
Theses and Dissertations Supervision
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Courses Taught
Graduate
Undergraduate
New York University, New York
The Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University, New York
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Peel District School Board, Ontario
OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University, New York
Researcher: “The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction scale” (2009–2012)
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Editor
Editorial Boards
Peer Reviewer
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Calgary
Committees
Other
Community Engagement
Committees
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Committees
Recruitment Events
Community Engagement
Other
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AWARDS
2013 Ph.D. Music Education New York University
2006 M.Ed. Education (Music) Queen’s University
2004 B.Ed. Education (Elem.) Queen’s University
2003 B.A. History Queen’s University & Warwick University, UK
APPOINTMENTS
2022 Associate Professor, Music Education | Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University, Ontario
2020 Associate Professor, Music Education | School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, Alberta
2016 Assistant Professor, Music Education | School of Creative and Performing Arts, University of Calgary, Alberta
2013 Assistant Professor, Music Technology and Music Education | John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey
EXTERNAL GRANTS
2022-2025 SSHRC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative, $449,996
Facilitating Anti-Ableist Remote Music Making
Project Director
2021-2022 Calgary Arts Development Small Experiments Grant, $10,000
Remote Residencies for Musicians with Disabilities
Principal Investigator
2021-2024 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, $199,992
Canadian Accessible Musical Instruments Network
Principal Investigator
2020-2023 SSHRC Insight Grant, $99,813
Disability-Led Musical Instrument Design
Principal Investigator
2018-2019 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, $24,872
Assessing the Accessibility of Music Community Lab
Principal Investigator
2018-2020 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $74,000
Practices and Social Aspects of the 21st Century Recording Studio
Co-Applicant
2017-2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $71,578
Hacking Disability in Music Education
Principal Investigator
INTERNAL GRANTS
2020-2021 VPR Catalyst Grant, $12,750
Accessible Musical Instrument Kits
Principal Investigator
2020-2021 Indigenous Engagement Grant, $750
Indigenous Perspectives for Music Education in Calgary
Principal Investigator
2020-2021 SSHRC URGC Partnership Seed Grant, $9,977
Blurring the Boundaries Pilot
Principal Investigator
2019-2020 SSHRC URGC Explore Faculty Seed Grant, $15,000
Disability-Led Design of Musical Instruments
Principal Investigator
PUBLICATIONS (Peer-Reviewed)
Books
Bell, A.P. (Ed.). (2020). The Music Technology Cookbook: Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom. Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2018). Dawn of the DAW: The Studio As Musical Instrument. Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles
Bell, A.P., Dasent, J., & Tshuma, G. (in press). Disabled and racialized musicians: Experiences and epistemologies. Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education.
Bell, A.P., Datoo, A., Bahaddi, J., Matterson, B., & Ko, C. (2022). Assessing accessibility: An instrumental case study of a community music group. Music Education Research, 24(3), 350–363.
Bell, A.P., Bonin, D., Pethrick, H., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Matterson, B. (2020). Hacking Disability in Music Education. International Journal of Music Education, 38(4), 657–672.
Bell, A.P., Stelter, R., Ahenda, K., & Bahhadi, J. (2019). CanRock Classroom: Two Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of a Popular Music Pedagogy Course in Canada. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(3), 451–468.
Bell, A.P. & Chen, C. (2019). Bubble Tea Pop: Christine Makes Mandopop. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(1), 29–50.
Bell, A.P. (2017). (dis)Ability and Music Education: Paralympian Patrick Anderson and the Experience of Disability in Music. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 16(3), 108–128.
Bell, A.P. (2015). DAW Democracy? The Dearth of Diversity in “Playing the Studio.” Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 8(2), 129–146.
Bell, A.P., Hein, E., & Ratcliffe, J. (2015). Beyond Skeuomorphism: The Evolution of Music Production Software User Interface Metaphors. Journal on the Art of Record Production, 9. http://arpjournal.com/beyond-skeuomorphism-the-evolution-of-music-production-software-user-interface-metaphors-2/
Bell, A.P. (2015). Can We Afford These Affordances? GarageBand and the Double-Edged Sword of the Digital Audio Workstation. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 14(1), 44–65.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Trial-by-Fire: A Case Study of the Musician-Engineer Hybrid Role in the Home Studio. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 7(3), 295–312.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Guitars Have Disabilities: Exploring Guitar Adaptations for an Adolescent with Down syndrome. British Journal of Music Education, 31(3), 343–357.
Bell, A.P., Perry, R., Peng, M., & Miller, A.J. (2014). The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction Scale (MTCSI): Developing a New Nordoff-Robbins Scale and Examining Its Inter-Rater Reliability. Music Therapy Perspectives, 32(1), 61–70.
Bell, A.P. (2008). The Heart of the Matter: Composing Music with an Adolescent with Special Needs. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 9(9). http://www.ijea.org/v9n9/
Book Chapters
Bell, A.P., & Joyce, M. (forthcoming). Dreaming Disability Musical Futurities: A Feminist Framework. In M. Silverman & N. Niknafs (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education.
Bell, A.P., Cacho, J., & Okasha, I. (in press). Sparking and Sustaining the Songwriting Process. In C. Randles & P. Burnard (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Creativities in Music Education.
Bell, A.P. (in press). We Are Music Technology (And How To Change Us). In B. Powell and G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education. Intellect.
Bell, A.P., & Satarasinghe, O. (2022). From Tin Pan Alley to Trending: Remixing Ragtime and South Asian Popular Music with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). In J. Kladder (Ed.), Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education (pp. 23-35). Routledge.
Bell, A.P., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (2021). Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit. In J. Pignato, M. Brennan, & D. Stadnicki (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Drum Kit Studies (pp. 210–221). Cambridge University Press.
Bell, A.P., & Rathgeber, J. (2020). Can the Disabled Musician Sing? Songs, Stories, and Identities of Disabled Persons in/through/with Social Media. In J. Waldron, S. Horsely, & K. Veblen (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning (pp. 569–590). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2019). Enter the Feedback Loop: Assessing Music Technology in Music Education with Personal Bests. In D.J. Elliott, M. Silverman, & G.E. McPherson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education (pp. 299–318). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2019). Of Trackers and Top-Liners: Learning Producing and Producing Learning. In Z. Moir, B. Powell, & G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education (pp. 171–185). Bloomsbury.
Bell, A.P. (2018). The Pedagogy of Push: Assessing the Affordances of Ableton's MIDI Controller. In J. Ismaiel-Wendt & A. Fabian (Eds.), Musikformulare und Presets. Musikkulturalisierung und Technik/Technologie (pp. 166–177). Olms Weidmann.
Bell, A.P. (2017). Music Therapy. In A. King, S.A. Ruthmann, & E. Himonides (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Music, Technology and Education (pp. 347–356). Routledge.
Bell, A.P. (2017). DIY Recreational Recording as Music Making. In R. Mantie & G.D. Smith (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure (pp. 81–98). Oxford University Press.
Bell, A.P. (2016). The Process of Production | The Production of Process: The Studio As Instrument and Popular Music Pedagogy. In R. Wright, B. A. Younker, & C. Beynon (Eds.), 21st Century Music Education: Informal Learning and Non-Formal Teaching Approaches in School and Community Contexts (pp. 243–262). Canadian Music Educators’ Association.
Bell, A.P. (2016). Toward the Current: Democratizing Music Teaching with Music Technology. In L. DeLorenzo (Ed.), Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education: Diversity and Social Justice (pp. 138–156). Routledge.
Conference Proceedings
Bell, A.P. & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018). Hacking, Disability, and Music Education. In E. Himonides & A. King, & F. Cuadrado (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sempre MET2018: Researching Music, Education, Technology, 117–120. Sempre.
Bell, A.P. (2016). Catfishing Composition: Music Production Through Audio Avatars. In E. Himonides & A. King (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sempre MET2016: Researching Music, Education, Technology, 65–68. Sempre.
Bell, A.P. (2014). Michael Meets Ableton Live. In A. King & E. Himonides (Eds.), Researching Music Technology in Education: Critical Insights, 33-36. Sempre.
Editorials
Bell, A.P. (2016). Views. Visions of Research in Music Education, 28, 1–4
CONFERENCES (Peer-Reviewed)
Paper Presentations
Bell, A.P. (2022, July 17-22). Else: Feminist Disability Theory for Music Education. International Society for Music Education. Online.
Bell, A.P. (2022, July 17-22). Indigenous Perspectives for Music Education in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary, Canada). International Society for Music Education. Online.
Bell, A.P., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (2021, June 29-July 1). Drums, Bass, and Disability. The MayDay Group Colloquium 32. University of Oregon.
Bell, A.P., Datoo, A., & Bahhadi, J. (2021, February 18-20). Assessing our Accessibility: A Case Study of Music Community Lab. Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Learning and Teaching. Arizona State University.
Bell, A.P., Cacho, J., & Okasha, I. (2021, January 27-30). Sparking and Sustaining the Songwriting Process. Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium. University of South Florida, FL.
Bell, A.P. (2019, October 9-11). Comparing DIY Music Production Methods in New York City and Bamako. Tracking the Creative Process in Music. Lisbon, Portugal.
Bell, A.P., Ko, C., & Datoo, A. (2019, June 12-15). Assessing the Accessibility of a Music Hacking Community. Association for Popular Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., & Tahmouresie, M. (2019, June 12-15). Street Recording Studio Practices in Mali. Association for Popular Music Education. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2019, May 24-25). What Does “Accessible” Mean To Us, and How Can We Be It? Music Community Lab’s Inward Inquiry for Accessibility. Visions of Research in Music Education: The Conference. Princeton, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2018, October 11-13). Diversity Includes Disability: Designing Accessible Music-Making Experiences for Music Education in Canada. College Music Society. Vancouver, BC.
Bell, A.P. (2018, September 7-8). How Music Hackers Design for Disability. Music & Physical Disability: From Instrument to Performance. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2018, July 15-20). Disability, Design, and Technology in Music Education. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P., & Bonin, D. (2018, June 24-27). Hacking Access/Ability in Popular Music Education. Association for Popular Music Education. Middle Tennessee State University, TN.
Bell, A.P., Ahenda, K., & Stelter, R. (2018, June 8-9). Integrating Popular Music Pedagogy Into a Canadian Post-secondary Music Education Program. Progressive Methods in Popular Music Education. University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Bell, A.P., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Pethrick, H. (2018, June 6-9). Hacking, Disability, Music Education, and Hacking. The MayDay Group Colloquium 30. University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Bell, A.P., & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018, May 23-25). Disability, Hacking, and Music Education. MusCan: MusEcologies.MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada.
Bell, A.P., & Antwi-Nsiah, A. (2018, March 26-27). Hacking, Disability, and Music Education. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Researching Music - Education - Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2017, October 26-28). If I Don't Win a Grammy, Can I Still Get an A+? The Feedback Loop Model of Ethical and Authentic Assessment for Music Technology Projects. Association for Technology in Music Instruction. San Antonio, TX.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 15-16). Catfishing Composition: Music Production Through Audio Avatars. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Researching Music – Education – Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2015, November 6-8). The Fixer: DIY Recording and the Role of the Audio Professional. The Art of Record Production. Cultural Intersections. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 9-11). Taking the "Dis" Out of Disability: Wheelchair Basketball as a Model for Music Education. National Conference of the Canadian Music Educators' Association. Winnipeg, MB.
Bell, A.P. (2015, June 10-13). A Compressed Course on Compression. Association for Popular Music Education. Frost School of Music, University of Miami, FL.
Bell, A.P. (2015, January 31). Prototyping Creative Musical Interfaces. Interdisciplinary Colloquy to Understand Creativity. University of Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2014, October 30-November 1). Musical Heteronym or Dissociative Identity Disorder? The Influence of Social Networking On Perry’s DAW-based Compositional Process. Association for Technology in Music Instruction. St. Louis, MO.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 20-22). Can We Afford These Affordances? Digital Audio Workstation Design and Democracy. Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 18-21). The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Double-Edged Sword. The MayDay Group Colloquium. Gettysburg College, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2014, May 30). Click-and-Consequence Learning With Digital Audio Workstations. Emerging Learning Design Conference, Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, April 3-4). Michael Meets Ableton Live. Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research. Research, Music, Education, Technology. University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20-22). Acquiring the Basic Aural Skills of the Audio Engineer. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2013, June 26-29). Subversive Studios: Vignettes of “The Ninety-Eight Percent.” The MayDay Group Colloquium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Workshops/Clinics
Bell, A.P. (2019, November 1). Sonic Logos: Identity to Sound. University of Windsor, ON.
Bell, A.P., Bahhadi, J., Mattar, C., & Tinoco, C. (2019, March 1). Play With Music Technology. Arts Jam. Calgary Board of Education, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, November 23). Could Informal Music Learning Work in Your Classroom? High School Fine and Performing Arts Professional Development. Calgary Board of Education, Canada.
Bell, A.P., & Stelter, R. (2018, July 15-20). The Hit Factory Classroom: Making Music Like Max Martin. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P., & Bolden, B. (2017, August 1-5). Creating a Sonic Signature: Musical Being and Sound Identity. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P., & Hein, E. (2016, August 3-6). Track-and-Hook: Popular Music Production. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24-29). Tinkering With Timbre as Composition in Popular Music Education: A Game-Based Approach. International Society of Music Education. Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24-29). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. International Society of Music Education. Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, June 1-4). Simulating the Song Machine. Association for Popular Music Education. Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 23). Designing Accessible Musical Instrument Interfaces with MaKey MaKey. NJEDge.net Faculty Showcase. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2016, February 10-13). FX Roulette: A game on Learning How Audio Effects Work. Texas Music Educators Association. San Antonio, TX.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29-August 1). FX Roulette. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29-August 1). Introduction to Sonic Pi. IMPACT. New York University, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2015, May 29). Making Musical Interfaces With MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Emerging Learning Design. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P., & Hein, E. (2015, February 19-21). MaKey MaKey Musical Instrument Invention. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association State Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20-22). Acquiring the Basic Skills of the Audio Engineer. The New Jersey Music Educators’ Association State Conference. East Brunswick, NJ.
Panels
Cheng, L., Moir, Z., Bell, A.P., Hein, E., & Humberstone, J. (2022, July 17–22). Digital Musicianship in Popular Music Education. International Society for Music Education. Online.
Barton, B., Bell, A.P., Honisch, S.S., Jang, H., MacKay, A., & Reid, J. (2022, May 2-5). Innovations in Arts Programming + Supports + Learning. Beginning: A National Conversation. National access Arts Centre. Banff Centre for the Arts.
Bell, A.P. (2022, April 29-30). Re-Imagining and Innovating Professional Practice: Skill Sets. Understanding the Music Education Ecosystem Today. The Coalition for Music Education. Online.
Hess, J., Churchill, W., Laes, T., & Bell, A.P. (2021, June 14-17). Differently-Abled Bodies. International Society for Philosophy and Music Education Graduate Seminar.
Rathgeber, J., Pilmer, E., Stelzer, S., Hess, J., Anderson, K., & Bell, A.P. (2021, April 15-17). Reframing What Frames Us: Considering the Transformative Potential of Disability Studies in Music Education. 2nd Biennial Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University & Augustana College.
Pras, A., Legare, K., Olivier, E., Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., Tahmouresie, M., Bol, T., & Turner, K. (2020, February 14). Digital Ethnography of Recording Studios in Bamako (Mali). Social Distinction in the 21st Century Recording Studio. University of Lethbridge.
Bell, A.P. (2019, November 1-2). Panel Discussion: Artists’ Perspectives. Disrupting the Norm: Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Disability and Mixed Ability Performing Arts. University of Calgary.
Mantie, R., Bell, A.P., Creech, A., & Henley, J. (2018, July 15-20). Music Education and Avocational Music Making. International Society of Music Education. Baku, Azerbaijan.
Hein, E., Bell, A.P., Egolf, E., Rathgeber, J., O’Leary, J., & Bledsoe, R. (2014, August 14). Popular Music Pedagogies. IMPACT: Creative Collaboration in Technology and the Arts. New York University, NY.
Invited Talks
Bell, A.P. (2021, November 1). Designing with Disability in Music Technology. University of Toronto.
Bell, A.P. (2020, October 7-10). The Promise and Problems of Ableton’s Push (And Every Other Musical Instrument on the Planet): A Framework for Assessing the Accessibility of Musical Instruments. Automation and Creativity: Practice, Aesthetics, and Reception of the Digital in Music and Literature. Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Bell, A.P. (2019, October 31). Music Education Should Be Inclusive, So Where Are the People with Disabilities?University of Windsor, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 30). How Music Hackers Conceptualize and Design for Disability and Accessibility (If At All). Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University, VA.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 28). Music Technology, Design, and Disability. Exploring Sound. University of Lethbridge, AB.
Bell, A.P. (2016, March 30). Music Technology in Music Education. Montclair State University NAfME Collegiate Chapter. Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2015, February 11). MTCSI and Inter-Rater Reliability. Contemporary Developments in Nordoff-Robbins Theory, Practice, and Research. New York University.
Selected Musical Works
Knight, J., Capella, M., & Bell, A. P. (2017). [Recorded by DFONTE]. Fade In [digital music EP]. New York: Independent.
Knight, J., Capella, M., & Bell, A. P. (2015). [Recorded by DFONTE]. LCH [digital music album]. New York: Independent.
Bell, A.P., Knight, J., & Capella, M. (2014). [feature-length musical score]. In Rothbart, B., & Cerulli, J. (Producers), Hungry [documentary film]. New York: Film Buff.
Bell, A.P. (2010). “Canadian Tire Money” [musical score]. In Mathias, A. (Producer), & Landen, A. (Director), Message in a Bottle [cinema commercial]. Atlanta: Coca-Cola.
Bell, A.P. (2007). “Dreams” [musical score]. In Soft Citizen (Producer), & Landen, A. (Director), Counting Boards [television commercial]. Toronto: West 49.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Calgary
Courses Taught
Graduate
- Research Techniques and Bibliography of Music (2018–2021)
- Music Education Research Methods and Literature (2018–2020)
Undergraduate
- Popular Music Pedagogy (2017–2020)
- Elementary Music (2018–2021)
- Rise of Rock (2016–2021)
- Punk to Present (2019–2021)
- Introduction to Music Technology (2018–2020)
- Age of the Producer (Spring 2018)
- Music and Community Engagement (2018)
- Music Technology for Performing Arts Educators (2017, 2022)
- Designing Educational Experiences in the Performing Arts (2016)
Graduate Student Supervision
Theses and Dissertations Supervision
- Pooya Khoramyyar (PhD, Music Education) - Supervisor (2021–2022)
- Jing Ten Wen (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2021–2022)
- Oshadhee Satarasinghe (PhD, Music Education) - Supervisor (2020–2022)
- Abdullah Soydan (PhD, Sonic Arts) - Committee Member (2020–2022)
- Violetta Dimitrova (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2019–2022)
- Julianne de Siqueria Acioly (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2018–2022)
- Judit Szanto (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2018–2021)
- Jon Parr Vijinski (PhD, Nursing) - Committee Member (2017–2021)
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Courses Taught
Graduate
- Music Technology for Music Educators (2014–2015)
Undergraduate
- Introduction to Music Technology (2013–2016)
- Electronic Music Production (2016)
- Electronic Music Ensemble (2016)
- Rap & Rock as Cultural Phenomena (2014–2015)
- Live Recording (2014–2015)
- Classical Recording (2013)
New York University, New York
- Colloquy in Music and Music Education – Thesis Supervisor (2012)
The Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University, New York
- Research Methods for Music Therapy – Instructor (2011–2012)
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Peel District School Board, Ontario
- Clifton Public School, Mississauga - Elementary Music (2007–2008)
- Floradale Public School, Mississauga - Kindergarten & Music (2007)
- Kenollie Public School, Mississauga - Kindergarten & Music (2006–2007)
OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University, New York
Researcher: “The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction scale” (2009–2012)
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Editor
- Canadian Music Educator (2022–present)
Editorial Boards
- International Journal of Music Education (2022–present)
- Journal of Music, Technology, & Education (2014–present)
- Visions of Research in Music Education (2016–present)
- TOPICS - Themes, Opinion, Policy, Innovation, Curriculum, and Strategies for Music Education Praxis (2015–present)
Peer Reviewer
- Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education
- Journal of Popular Music Education
- Journal on the Art of Record Production
- Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
- Ethnomusicology Forum
- Oxford University Press
- Research Studies in Music Education
- Springer
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Calgary
Committees
- SCPA Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Committee, Co-Chair (2020–2022)
- Faculty of Arts Teaching and Learning Committee (2018–2022)
- SCPA Community Engagement Committee (2017–2022)
- Music Division Graduate Committee (2016–2022)
- FGS Scholarship Adjudication Committee (2018–2020)
- SCPA Research Committee (2016–2017)
Other
- Faculty of Arts College of Reviewers (2016–2022)
- Concerto Competition Jury (2017–2019)
- UCalgary Graduate Music Society Conference - Session Chair (2017–2022)
- SCPA Teachers’ Conference - May 18, 2018
- Co-organized this conference of professional development for performing arts teachers
Community Engagement
Committees
- Alberta Music Advocacy Alliance, Co-Chair (2020-2022)
- Calgary Board of Education Fine Arts Advisory Committee (2017-2022)
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Committees
- University Academic Technology Committee (2014-2016)
- College Convocation Committee (2015-2016)
- College Research Committee (2015-2016)
- College Entrepreneurship Task Force (2014)
- Cali School of Music Awards Ceremony Director (2015, 2016)
- Cali School Distance Learning Committee (2015-2016)
- Cali School Music Technology Adjunct Search Committee (2014)
- Cali School Production Manager Search Committee (2013)
Recruitment Events
- New York City Performing and Visual Arts College Fair, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - October 7, 2014; October 27, 2015
Community Engagement
- Monthly Music Hackathon series, Spotify, NYC (2014-2016)
- Berklee Music Therapy Hack, Berklee, Boston, MA - March 28-29, 2014
- MaKey MaKey workshop at East Brook Middle School, Paramus, NJ - November 21, 2014
- NYC Music Tech Educator Meetup, NYU, NYC (2013-2016)
Other
- Cali School Computer Lab Manager
- Supervision of 14 student employees that monitor the music technology lab and piano lab. This entails hiring, training, and scheduling students to monitor the lab, and supervising them over the course of the academic year (2013-2016)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- International Society for Music Education (ISME)
AWARDS
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award (Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, 2022)
- Certificate of Distinction (Steinhardt, New York University, 2013)
- Graduate Research Institute of Berlin Fellowship (New York University, 2012)
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2010-2012)
- NYU Doctoral Fellowship (2009-2012)