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
2019-2023 French National Research Agency (ANR) AAPG Grant, €350,000 | AFRINUM (Digital Cultures in West Africa: Music, Youth, and Mediations) Researcher; Principal Investigator: Emanuelle Olivier
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
2017-2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $71,578 | Hacking Disability in Music Education | Principal Investigator
PUBLICATIONS
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.
Refereed Journal Articles
Bell, A.P., Bonin, D., Pethrick, H., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Matterson, B. (2020). Hacking, disability, and music education. International Journal of Music Education, 38(4), 657-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/0255761420930428
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. doi: 10.1386/jpme_00006_1
Bell, A.P., & Chen. C. (2019). Bubble Tea Pop: Christine Makes Mandopop. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(1), 29-50. doi: 10.1386/jpme.3.1.29_1
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. doi:10.22176/act16.3.108 http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Bell16_3.pdf
Bell, A.P. (2015). DAW Democracy? The Dearth of Diversity in 'Playing the Studio'. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 8(2), 129–146. doi: 10.1386/jmte.8.2.129_1
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. http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Bell14_1.pdf
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. doi: 10.1386/jmte.7.3.295_1
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. doi: 10.1017/S026505171400028X
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. doi:10.1093/mtp/miu002
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). Retrieved from http://www.ijea.org/v9n9/
Book Chapters
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 "Instrument." 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). Editorial. Visions of Research in Music Education, 28, 1-4
Editorial Boards
Journal of Music, Technology, & Education
Visions of Research in Music Education
TOPICS
I have also reviewed articles for Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education, Journal of Popular Music Education, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and Journal on the Art of Record Production
CONFERENCES
Forthcoming Paper Presentations
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Forthcoming Workshops/Clinics
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Past Paper Presentations
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. New York, NY.
Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., Tahmouresie, M., & Pras, A. (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). The Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University, VA.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 28). Keynote: Critical MATH (Music, Accessibility, Technology, Hacking). Exploring Sound. University of Lethbridge, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, October 11-13). Diversity Includes Disability: Designing Accessible Music-Making Experiences for Music Education in Canada. College Music Society. Vancouver, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, September 7-8). How Music Hackers Design for Disability. Music & Physical Disability: From Instrument to Performance. Birmingham, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2018, July 15-20). Disability, Design, and Technology in Music Education. International Society of Music Education (ISME). 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 (MET2018). 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/College Music Society. 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 (MET 2016). University of London, London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2015, November 6–8). The Fixer: DIY Recording and the Role of the Audio Professional. The 10th Art of Record Production Conference: 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. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Colloquy to Understand Creativity (ICUC), 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. Paper presented at the 57th National Conference of the College Music Society, St. Louis, MO.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 20–22). Can We Afford These Affordances? Digital Audio Workstation Design and Democracy. Paper presented at “Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education,” Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 18–21). The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Double-Edged Sword. Paper presented at the MayDay Group Colloquium, “Co-constructing Our Musicing Education,” Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2014, May 30). Click-and-Consequence Learning with Digital Audio Workstations. Paper presented at the Emerging Learning Design Conference, Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, April 3–4). Michael Meets Ableton Live. Presented to the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research conference: “Research Music, Education, Technology: Critical Insights,” International Music Education Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20–22). Acquiring the Basic Aural Skills of the Audio Engineer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Music Educator’s Association (NJMEA), East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2013, June 26–29). Subversive Studios: Vignettes of “the Ninety-Eight Percent.” Paper presented at the MayDay Group Colloquium on Music Education and Political Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Bell, A.P. (2012, April 29). The Shrinking Studio. Paper presented at the CUNY Graduate Center GSIM conference, City University of New York, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2010, May 1). The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction Scale: An Introduction. Paper presented to The Northeast Music Cognition Group, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Bell, A.P. (2008, June 2). Tim Makes “Techno”: An Adolescent with Down syndrome Composes with Acid Music. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Vancouver, BC.
Past Workshops/Clinics
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, July 15-20). The Hit Factory Classroom: Making Music Like Max Martin. International Society of Music Education (ISME). Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P. & Bolden, B. (2017, August 1-5). Creating a Sonic Signature: Musical Being and Sound Identity. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2017, May 19). Making MaKey MaKey Musical Instruments From/With Scratch. Radical Teaching and Learning. University of Calgary.
Bell, A.P. & Hein, E. (2016, August 3–6). Track-and-Hook: Popular Music Production. IMPACT. New York University.
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 (ISME). Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24–29). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. International Society of Music Education (ISME). Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 18–22). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. Music in the School and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) Pre-Conference Seminar for the International Society of Music Education (ISME). St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland.
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, October 15). The Prototyping Community Music Educator. Regent Park School of Music, Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, October 15). MaKey MaKey for the Music Educator: Making as Learning. Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, October 14). Teaching Experience by Design: The Art of Learning by Making. Faculty of Education at Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29–August 1). FX Roulette. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29–August 1). Introduction to Sonic Pi. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2015, May 29). Making Musical Interfaces with MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Emerging Learning Design Conference. 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.
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
2019-2023 French National Research Agency (ANR) AAPG Grant, €350,000 | AFRINUM (Digital Cultures in West Africa: Music, Youth, and Mediations) Researcher; Principal Investigator: Emanuelle Olivier
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
2017-2019 SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $71,578 | Hacking Disability in Music Education | Principal Investigator
PUBLICATIONS
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.
Refereed Journal Articles
Bell, A.P., Bonin, D., Pethrick, H., Antwi-Nsiah, A., & Matterson, B. (2020). Hacking, disability, and music education. International Journal of Music Education, 38(4), 657-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/0255761420930428
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. doi: 10.1386/jpme_00006_1
Bell, A.P., & Chen. C. (2019). Bubble Tea Pop: Christine Makes Mandopop. Journal of Popular Music Education, 3(1), 29-50. doi: 10.1386/jpme.3.1.29_1
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. doi:10.22176/act16.3.108 http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Bell16_3.pdf
Bell, A.P. (2015). DAW Democracy? The Dearth of Diversity in 'Playing the Studio'. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 8(2), 129–146. doi: 10.1386/jmte.8.2.129_1
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. http://act.maydaygroup.org/articles/Bell14_1.pdf
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. doi: 10.1386/jmte.7.3.295_1
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. doi: 10.1017/S026505171400028X
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. doi:10.1093/mtp/miu002
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). Retrieved from http://www.ijea.org/v9n9/
Book Chapters
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 "Instrument." 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). Editorial. Visions of Research in Music Education, 28, 1-4
Editorial Boards
Journal of Music, Technology, & Education
Visions of Research in Music Education
TOPICS
I have also reviewed articles for Action, Criticism, & Theory for Music Education, Journal of Popular Music Education, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, and Journal on the Art of Record Production
CONFERENCES
Forthcoming Paper Presentations
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Forthcoming Workshops/Clinics
---
Past Paper Presentations
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. New York, NY.
Bell, A.P., Azzam, S., Tahmouresie, M., & Pras, A. (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). The Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium. James Madison University, VA.
Bell, A.P. (2019, March 28). Keynote: Critical MATH (Music, Accessibility, Technology, Hacking). Exploring Sound. University of Lethbridge, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, October 11-13). Diversity Includes Disability: Designing Accessible Music-Making Experiences for Music Education in Canada. College Music Society. Vancouver, Canada.
Bell, A.P. (2018, September 7-8). How Music Hackers Design for Disability. Music & Physical Disability: From Instrument to Performance. Birmingham, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2018, July 15-20). Disability, Design, and Technology in Music Education. International Society of Music Education (ISME). 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 (MET2018). 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/College Music Society. 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 (MET 2016). University of London, London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2015, November 6–8). The Fixer: DIY Recording and the Role of the Audio Professional. The 10th Art of Record Production Conference: 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. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Colloquy to Understand Creativity (ICUC), 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. Paper presented at the 57th National Conference of the College Music Society, St. Louis, MO.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 20–22). Can We Afford These Affordances? Digital Audio Workstation Design and Democracy. Paper presented at “Giving Voice to Democracy in Music Education,” Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, June 18–21). The Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Double-Edged Sword. Paper presented at the MayDay Group Colloquium, “Co-constructing Our Musicing Education,” Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
Bell, A.P. (2014, May 30). Click-and-Consequence Learning with Digital Audio Workstations. Paper presented at the Emerging Learning Design Conference, Montclair State University, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2014, April 3–4). Michael Meets Ableton Live. Presented to the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research conference: “Research Music, Education, Technology: Critical Insights,” International Music Education Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2014, February 20–22). Acquiring the Basic Aural Skills of the Audio Engineer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Music Educator’s Association (NJMEA), East Brunswick, NJ.
Bell, A.P. (2013, June 26–29). Subversive Studios: Vignettes of “the Ninety-Eight Percent.” Paper presented at the MayDay Group Colloquium on Music Education and Political Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Bell, A.P. (2012, April 29). The Shrinking Studio. Paper presented at the CUNY Graduate Center GSIM conference, City University of New York, NY.
Bell, A.P. (2010, May 1). The Music Therapy Communication and Social Interaction Scale: An Introduction. Paper presented to The Northeast Music Cognition Group, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Bell, A.P. (2008, June 2). Tim Makes “Techno”: An Adolescent with Down syndrome Composes with Acid Music. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Vancouver, BC.
Past Workshops/Clinics
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, July 15-20). The Hit Factory Classroom: Making Music Like Max Martin. International Society of Music Education (ISME). Baku, Azerbaijan.
Bell, A.P. & Bolden, B. (2017, August 1-5). Creating a Sonic Signature: Musical Being and Sound Identity. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2017, May 19). Making MaKey MaKey Musical Instruments From/With Scratch. Radical Teaching and Learning. University of Calgary.
Bell, A.P. & Hein, E. (2016, August 3–6). Track-and-Hook: Popular Music Production. IMPACT. New York University.
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 (ISME). Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 24–29). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. International Society of Music Education (ISME). Glasgow, UK.
Bell, A.P. (2016, July 18–22). From Tin Pan Alley to Taylor Swift: Remixing Popular Music. Music in the School and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) Pre-Conference Seminar for the International Society of Music Education (ISME). St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland.
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, October 15). The Prototyping Community Music Educator. Regent Park School of Music, Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, October 15). MaKey MaKey for the Music Educator: Making as Learning. Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, October 14). Teaching Experience by Design: The Art of Learning by Making. Faculty of Education at Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29–August 1). FX Roulette. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2015, July 29–August 1). Introduction to Sonic Pi. IMPACT. New York University.
Bell, A.P. (2015, May 29). Making Musical Interfaces with MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Emerging Learning Design Conference. 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.