SCHOLARSHIP

I believe the border between reflective teaching practice and systematic inquiry is vanishingly thin and I am committed to scholarship that can inform and enhance the practice of music educators at the secondary and tertiary levels. My research focuses primarily on the pedagogy of songwriting, with specific interest in the heuristic practices of professional songwriters. Other interests include music teacher identity and music education philosophy. See below for more information about my scholarly projects and resources from conference presentations.
(Note: See my CV for a full listing of projects, presentations, and publications.)

PUBLICATIONS
(Click reference for link to article/book, where available.)

Hill, S. C. (2021). An investigation of musical “boundary crossers.” Research Studies in Music Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211025843

Hill, S. C. (2021, May). What's in a name. Choral Journal, 61(10), 61–69.

Kruse, A. J. & Hill, S. C. (2019). Exploring hip-hop music education through online instructional beat production videos. Journal of Music, Technology, and Education, 12(3), 247–260. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte_00009_1

Taggart, C. C., & Hill, S. C. (2019). Musicianship for teaching. In C. Conway, K. Pellegrino, A. M. Stanley, & C. West (Eds.), Oxford handbook of preservice music teacher education in the United States (pp. 295–321). New York, NY: Oxford.

Hill, S.C. (2019). "Give me actual music stuff!": The nature of feedback in a collegiate songwriting class. Research Studies in Music Education, 41(2), 135–153. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X19826385

Hill, S. C. (2018). A "sound" approach: John Cage and music education. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 26(1), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.2979/philmusieducrevi.26.1.04

Hill, S. C. (2017). All about audiation [invited contribution]. North Carolina Music Educator, 67 (3), 34–36.
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Palkki, J., Albert, D. J., Hill, S. C., and Shaw, R. D. (2016). Twenty years of the MENC biennial conference: A content analysis. Journal of Research in Music Education, 64, 14–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429415621896
 
Hill, S. C. (2016). This is your brain on choral music [invited contribution]. North Carolina Music Educator, 66 (3), 14–15.
 
Hill, S. C. (2016). Exploring text-setting with ukulele songs [lesson plan]. In J. Kerchner & K. Strand (Eds.), Musicianship: Composing in choir (pp. 271–277). Chicago: G.I.A.

DISSERTATION

Hill, S. C. (2016). “Until that song is born”: An ethnographic investigation of teaching and learning among collaborative songwriters in Nashville. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database (10149476).

PRESENTATION RESOURCES

Aim High: Re-Defining the Treble Choir​
Programming With Purpose (co-presented with Meredith Y. Bowen) ​
Get a Move On, Part 2: More Movement in the Choral Classroom
Get a Move On: Movement Strategies to Enhance Choral Rehearsals
"I Got A Song": Songwriting and Music Education
(NAfME National In-Service Conference 2014, North Carolina Music Educators Association 2014)
"On The Flip Side": Music Education and the Flipped Classroom (co-presented with Andrew Minear)
(North Carolina Music Educators Association 2014, Michigan Music Conference 2015)
"Tailor-Made": Composing and Arranging for your Elementary and Middle School Singers
(North Carolina Music Educators Association 2014, Michigan Music Conference 2015) 
This Is Your Brain on Choral Music
(North Carolina Music Educators Association 2015, Michigan Music Conference 2017)
Using Circle Singing to Enliven Choral Creativity (co-presented with Joshua Palkki)
(NAfME National In-Service Conference 2015, North Carolina Music Educators Association 2015, Michigan Music Conference 2016, ACDA Central Division 2016, California All-State Music Education Conference 2017)