Rachael Sanguinetti, M.M.
Title: Director of Graduate Music Education, Associate Faculty
Department: Music
Office: FC 2
Phone: (484) 323-3165 Ext:
Email: rsanguinetti@immaculata.edu
Education:
M. M. Music Education
B.M. Music Education
BIOGRAPHY:
Rachael earned her bachelor’s degree at the Eastman School of Music in 2015 where she majored in Music Education with a Vocal Emphasis and Musical Arts with a thesis focused in arts journalism. She also minored in Social Psychology and completed an Arts Leadership Certificate. Rachael then went on to earn a master’s degree at Ithaca College in 2018 with a focus in secondary general education and popular music education. Rachael is currently a PhD candidate at the Eastman School of Music.
Selected Presentations:
2024. Culturally Responsive Education in General Music Classrooms: A Pilot Study
2024 Fostering Musical Agency among D/deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in a Self- Contained General Music Classroom. Paper Presentation. ISME Conference
2024 Making diversity matter: What students in choral classrooms can learn from repertoire composed by historically marginalized populations. Workshop. ISME Conference
2024 Culturally Responsive Pedagogies and Modern Band: A Case Study. Research Session Presenter. APME Annual Conference
Recent Publications:
2023 Sanguinetti, R. Applications of Self-Determination Theory in the General Music Classroom: Journal of General Music Education
2023 Sanguinetti, R., Stanford, N., Connolly, L., Bacon, T., & Culp, M. Who’s in the Room?: Using Research to Honor Student Individuality to Enrich Musical Learning, NYSSMA School Music News
Research Interests:
Popular music education, culturally responsive teaching, secondary general music