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
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
2020-2023 SSHRC Insight Grant, $99,813, Disability-Led Musical Instrument Design, Principal Investigator
2020-2023 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, $195,238, Western African Audio Network, Co-Applicant; Principal Investigator: Amandine Pras, University of Lethbridge
2019-2023 French National Research Agency (ANR) AAPG Grant, €350,000, AFRINUM (Digital Cultures in West Africa: Music, Youth, and Mediations)
Researcher; Principal Investigator: Emmanuelle Olivier, CNRS
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;
Principal Investigator: Amandine Pras, University of Lethbridge
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, $10,000, 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., 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. (accepted). 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., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (accepted). Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit. In J. Pignato, M. Brennan, & D. Stadnicki (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Drum Kit Studies. 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., Datoo, A., & Bahhadi, J. (2021, February 18-20). Assessing Our Accessibility. Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Learning and Teaching. Arizona State University, AZ.
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. (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, 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. (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. (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., & 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.
Panels
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.
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
Editorial Boards
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Calgary
Committees
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Committees
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
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
2020-2023 SSHRC Insight Grant, $99,813, Disability-Led Musical Instrument Design, Principal Investigator
2020-2023 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, $195,238, Western African Audio Network, Co-Applicant; Principal Investigator: Amandine Pras, University of Lethbridge
2019-2023 French National Research Agency (ANR) AAPG Grant, €350,000, AFRINUM (Digital Cultures in West Africa: Music, Youth, and Mediations)
Researcher; Principal Investigator: Emmanuelle Olivier, CNRS
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;
Principal Investigator: Amandine Pras, University of Lethbridge
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, $10,000, 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., 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. (accepted). 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., & Hrisca-Munn, C. (accepted). Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit. In J. Pignato, M. Brennan, & D. Stadnicki (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Drum Kit Studies. 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., Datoo, A., & Bahhadi, J. (2021, February 18-20). Assessing Our Accessibility. Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Learning and Teaching. Arizona State University, AZ.
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. (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, 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. (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. (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., & 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.
Panels
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.
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
- MUSI 631: Research Techniques and Bibliography of Music (Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020)
- MUED 671: Music Education Research Methods and Literature (Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020)
Undergraduate
- MUSI 402: Punk to Present (Spring 2019)
- MUSI 255: Introduction to Music Technology (Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020)
- MUSI 402: Age of the Producer (Spring 2018)
- MUSI 301: Music and Popular Culture (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
- MUED 341: Popular Music Pedagogy (Fall 2017, Winter 2019, Winter 2020)
- MUED 417: Elementary Music Methods (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
- MUED 417: Music and Community Engagement (Winter 2018)
- MUED 417: Music Technology for Performing Arts Educators (Winter 2017)
- MUED 417: Designing Educational Experiences in the Performing Arts (Fall 2016)
Graduate Student Supervision
Theses and Dissertations Supervision
- Oshadhee Satarasinghe (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2020-present)
- Abdullah Soydan (PhD, Sonic Arts) - Committee Member (2020-present)
- Violetta Dimitrova (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2019-present)
- Julianne de Siqueria Acioly (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2018-present)
- Judit Szanto (MMus, Music Education) - Supervisor (2018-present)
- Jon Parr Vijinski (PhD, Nursing) - Committee Member (2017-present)
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Courses Taught
Graduate
- Music Technology for Music Educators (Summer 2014, Fall 2015)
Undergraduate
- Introduction to Music Technology (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2016)
- Electronic Music Production (Spring 2016)
- Electronic Music Ensemble (Spring 2016)
- Rap & Rock as Cultural Phenomena (Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015)
- Live Recording (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
- Classical Recording (Fall 2013)
New York University, New York
- Colloquy in Music and Music Education – Thesis Supervisor (Spring 2012)
The Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University, New York
- Research Methods for Music Therapy – Instructor (Fall 2011, Spring 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
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Music, Technology, & Education
- Journal on the Art of Record Production
- Visions of Research in Music Education
- TOPICS (Themes, Opinion, Policy, Innovation, Curriculum, and Strategies for Music Education Praxis)
- I have also reviewed submissions for Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Popular Music Education, Oxford University Press, and Springer.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Calgary
Committees
- SCPA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (2020-present)
- Faculty of Arts Teaching and Learning Committee (2018-present)
- SCPA Community Engagement Committee (2017-present)
- Music Division Graduate Committee (2016-present)
- SCPA Research Committee (2016-2017)
- FGS Scholarship Adjudication Committee (2018-2020)
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)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- International Society for Music Education (ISME)
AWARDS
- NYU Steinhardt Certificate of Distinction (2013)
- NYU Graduate Research Institute of Berlin Fellowship (2012)
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2010-2012)
- NYU Doctoral Fellowship (2009-2012)