Dr. Carol Beynon
Research Collaborator - University of Western Ontario
Website: http://publish.edu.uwo.ca/carol.beynon/
Dr. Carol Beynon is Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education and Associate Professor in Music Education at the University of Western Ontario. She is also the founding, co-artistic director of the Amabile Boys and Men’s Choirs. Dr. Beynon is a specialist in vocal and choral development. She serves as a clinician and adjudicator for music festivals in Canada and around the world. Dr. Beynon is the author of the book Learning to Teach published by Pearson Canada, 2001 and is editor of Critical Perspectives in Canadian Music Education. She has received several awards for outstanding teaching from the University Students’ Council and in 2007 was named the Woman of Excellence in Arts, Culture and Heritage in London, Ontario and community. For RYME, Dr. Beynon has conducted interviews with music teachers about their perceptions of their own youth music engagement. The findings from this work will appear in the forthcoming CMEA book Personhood and music learning: Multidisciplinary perspectives and narrative voices. Her other research interests focus on music education in Canada, intergenerational singing and singing development, and gender issues for males engaged in singing.