Patrick Schmidt is Associate professor of music education at the Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, USA. He teaches courses as diverse as foundations of music education, secondary methods, philosophy and sociology of music, curriculum, assessment, research, as well as courses related to curriculum and cultural studies – such as Hip Hop and Education and Teaching Music in the 21st century.
Schmidt is the immediate past-president of the Philosophy SRIG, he led the Policy ASPA of the Society for Music Teacher Education, from 2007 to 2011. He also co-chaired the two North American ISME Regional Conferences in 2008 and 2010. His most recent publications can be found in the following journals: Arts Education Policy Review; Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; Philosophy of Music Education Review; Action, Theory & Criticism in Music Education Journal; The Ontario Institute Music Journal; The Journal of ABEM (Brazilian National Association for Music Educators) and the Finnish Journal of Music Education. He is editing a special issue of the education journal Theory into Practice and co-editing the National Society for the Study of Education book to be published in Spring 2012 by Teachers College Press.
If you would like to reach me please send and email by clicking here: Patrick Schmidt
Via phone you can reach me at 609-532-6316
You can reach me also through Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
The address is:
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ, 08540
Office: Taylor 5
Phone: 609-921-7100 x.8245
