Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education
Director of Wind Studies
Dr. Alyssa Grey is an active musician, educator, and conductor. She completed undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Music Theory & Composition from the University of Miami where she studied with GRAMMY-Award Winning composer Lansing McLoskey. She received a Masters degree in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music and a PhD from the University of North Texas where she studied wind band conducting with Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Alyssa has presented sessions and research with the National Association for Music Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, College Music Society, NJMEA, FMEA, OKMEA, ArkMEA, TMEA, the Texas Bandmasters Association, and the Midwest Clinic. She is an active conductor and scholar and has been published in scholarly journals including Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, the Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, the Instrumentalist, and is a contributor to the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. Dr. Grey currently serves on the College Music Society’s Presidential Task Force on Leading Change in higher education.
Selected Publications
Grey, A. N. (2021). Improving students’ aural skills on the AP Music Theory exam. Music Educators Journal, 107(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432121994658
Grey, A. N. (2021). Unit guide: Ghosts of the Old Year. In A. Trachsel (Ed.), Teaching music through performance in band: Vol. 12. GIA.
Grey, A. N. & Crawford, M. (June 2020). Starting a jazz band from scratch. The Instrumentalist, 74.
Grey, A.N. (2020). An unconventional classroom: Composing music for the students you have. Music Educators Journal, 107(2), 11–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0027432120976025
Grey, A. N. (2020). Digital music projects for the classroom. Teaching Music, 28(2), 18–20.
Grey, A. N. (2020). Rote instruction in secondary instrumental music classrooms: A review of
the literature. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 39(1), 59–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/8755123320909149