



Authors for Our PreK–12 Music Curricula
Meet our Nationally Recognized Authorship Team
Judy Bond
René Boyer
Margaret Campbelle-Holman
Emily Crocker
Diane Cummings Persellin
Lori Custodero
Marilyn Davidson
Virginia N. Ebinger
Robert de Frece
Carol Gnojewski
Mary Goetze
Betsy Henderson
John Jacobson
Michael Jothen
Chris Judah-Lauder
Carol King
Danette Littleton
Ellen McCullough-Brabson
Janet McMillion
Nancy Miller
Ivy Rawlins
Fred Rogers
Sue Snyder
Gilberto D. Soto

Sue Snyder
President, aeIDEAS: Inventive Designs for Education and the Arts; Executive Director: The Total Learning Institute
Norwalk, CT
Education
B.S., University of Connecticut; M.A. Montclair State College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Honors and awards:
Music Scholar-in-Residence, Connecticut State Department of Education; invited presenter on early childhood arts curriculum, Children's Television Workshop; NAACP Education Award, invited presenter, USDOE/PBS Ready-to-Learn symposium, "Children, Media and Literacy," Curriculum Director, USDOE Media Grant: Project LAMP.
Prior publications:
Coordinating author, Share the Music, K–8; author. Music and You, K-8 (both Macmillan/McGraw Hill); numerous articles, books, and multimedia teaching materials, including Total Learning Digital
Role in Spotlight on Music:
- Coordinated team of authors and writers who outlined, determined content goals, and selected song and listening materials and wrote lessons Student and Teacher Editions.
- Wrote lessons for Student Book and Teachers Edition.
Areas of interest/expertise:
Orff process, K–8 music education, teacher training/PD, arts-infused instructional design, brain development, total literacy, digital learning