Upcoming classes and classes in development
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The Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop & Online Course
Suitable for voice-related performers, teachers, clinicians, and researchers
In Person | Online
Founded by Kenneth Bozeman in 2015, the Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop marks its tenth iteration in 2026. It is a focused deep dive into the acoustic and perceptual principles that shape effective, functional voice teaching. Through guided learning, hands-on demonstrations, observed teaching, and structured listening work, participants learn to listen critically and apply acoustic concepts directly to studio practice.
In Person June 7–12, 2026 | Stetson University, Deland, Florida
Online Video course available June–December, 2026. Synchronous online sessions with faculty in July 2026
Faculty
Kenneth Bozeman
Ian Howell
Chadley Ballantyne
Kayla Gautereaux
Marci Rosenberg
Joanne Bozeman
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Optimizing Online Music Teaching Technology
Launching Winter of 2026.
Suitable for applied music educators across performance disciplines
Online Asynchronous with Optional Synchronous Coaching
Optimizing Online Music Teaching Technology is an in-depth online course for serious music educators who want their tech setup to finally match the quality of their teaching. Instead of just handing you a gear list, the course walks you through clear frameworks for audio, video, internet, and platform choices, so you understand why each decision works in real pedagogical contexts. You’ll learn how to design a reliable signal path, minimize latency, improve sound and visual clarity, and set up repeatable workflows that reduce friction for both you and your students. By the end, you’ll have a systematic, scalable tech infrastructure for private studios, institutions, and hybrid teaching that supports focused musical work rather than constant troubleshooting.
Faculty
Ian Howell
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The Reflective Studio Music Teacher: Evidence-Based Motor Learning for Applied Music Lessons
Launching Spring of 2026
Suitable for applied music educators across performance disciplines
Online Asynchronous with Optional Synchronous coaching
A comprehensive online course for applied music educators—across all instruments and voice types—who want an evidence-based, learn-by-doing way to truly support student motivation, autonomy, and self-efficacy. Many applied music lessons are driven by habit and intuition, but few teachers have a systematic way to see whether their lesson structures actually foster those outcomes. The Reflective Studio Music Teacher: Using Motor Learning Principles to Design Better Lessons combines motor learning theory with practical, teacher- and student-centered perspectives so you can design teaching techniques matched to specific learning levels, analyze the composition of your applied lessons, and create an actionable plan that addresses both student and teacher goals. Through guided activities and reflective practice, the course culminates in a framework for ongoing investigation of teaching effectiveness—empowering you to meet students where they are and move them toward greater autonomy, motivation, and self-efficacy.
Faculty
Michaela Kelly
Professional development courses at EML
Those of us who come to the study of music as artists and performers typically do so through either applied music degrees or private or self study. The challenge is that these pathways fall short in the attempt to address research, the creative integration of modern technology, and experiential and tactile explorations of the reality of music making. For the most part, music programs fully cede that space to completely academic, and frequently unrelated degrees.
The greatest performers can also be intensely curious about exploring questions about their singing or playing. They can deeply want to lay the foundation for an evidence-based approach to performing and teaching over a lifetime. The idea that one must either be curious or an expressive performer is an artifact of marketing, not reality.
These EML professional development courses are for those who:
are active and involved in music making and music teaching.
want to come to explore and better understand everything there is to know about their performance practice, the function of their voice or instrument, and the nature of the sound they make.
want to move beyond quick tips or tricks
are ready to shift their perspective and come to fundamentally change their experience of music making and teaching.
Our teachers have years of experience running envelope-pushing courses at major conservatories and schools of music. Their classes are now available to you.