Margaret Schmidt, professor of music education-strings, holds a doctorate in music education from the University of Michigan, a master's in violin performance from SUNY-StonyBrook, and a bachelor'sin music education from Lawrence University. Prior to her appointment at ASU, Professor Schmidt was associate professor of music education and chairperson of the Music Department at St. Cloud State University. A specialist in string education, she has held public school string positions in Naperville, Illinois, Jackson, Michigan, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Austin, Minnesota.
Professor Schmidt’s research focuses on preservice and beginning teachers, and teachers and students in underserved schools. She has published articles in leading education journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education and the American String Teacher. Schmidt is a frequent presenter at conferences including the Music Educators National Conference, the American String Teachers Association, and the American Educational Research Association. She is founder and director of the ASU String Project, which in 2005 won the Robert Jesselson String Project Consortium Award for the nation’s outstanding String Project.
Preservice teachers
Teachers for underserved schools
Qualitative and narrative research methods
Awarded for 2016-18 to the ASU Music Education Department: National Association for Music Education and Society for Research in Music Education, $10,000, for “Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Music Learning and Teaching,” written by Jason Thompson (PI), Roger Mantie, Margaret Schmidt, Sandra Stauffer, Jill Sullivan, & Evan Tobias.
Castañeda, C., & Schmidt, M. (2017). Cultural straddling: The double life of a mariachi music education major. In Brent Talbot, Ed., Contrapuntal stories: Thickening the texture of music education. New York: Routledge.
Schmidt, M., & Smith, M. (2017). Creating culturally responsive ensemble instruction: A beginning music educator’s story. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 210-211, pp. 61-79. doi: 10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.210-211.0061
Schmidt, M. (2015). Reflections on a string educator’s journey. String Research Journal, VI, 5-22.
Schmidt, M. (2014). Collecting and analyzing observation of music teaching and learning data. In C. Conway, Ed., Handbook of qualitative research in American music education. New York: Oxford University Press.
Schmidt, M. (2013). Preservice teachers’ beliefs and practices. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 22(10), 1-23. doi: 10.1177/1057083712469111.
Rickels, D., Brewer, W. E., Councill, C. H., Fredrickson, W. E., Hairston, M., Perry, D., Porter, A. M., & Schmidt, M. (2013). Career influences of music education audition candidates: A pilot study. Journal of Research in Music Education, 61(1), 115-134. DOI 10.1177/0022429412474896
Councill, K., Edgar, S. N., Eros, J., Fulcher, L., Hairston, M., Hoffmann, E. G., Melago, K., Rathgeber, J. C., Schmidt, M., & Stringham, D. (2017). Visual representations of music education on music teacher education programs’ websites. Poster presented at the Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Minneapolis, September 7-9.
Schmidt, M., & Smith, M. (2016). ¿A Mariachi Musician Teaching Elementary Beginning Strings? Paper presented for MayDay Colloquium 28: Music Education and Cultural Context, Arizona State University, June 15-18.
Schmidt, M., & Smith, M. (2016). The story of Miguel’s teaching: “I am a mariachi musician.” Paper presented for NIME 5: The Fifth International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 21-23.
Schmidt, M., & Dopp, V. (2016). Creating more diverse ensemble classes: What students tell us. Presentation for the Social Sciences SRIG at the national conference of the National Association for Music Education Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 17-19.
Castañeda, C., & Schmidt, M. (2015). Cultural straddling: The double life of a mariachi music education major. Paper presented at the biennial symposium of the Society for Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC, September 16-18.
Schmidt, M., & Dopp, V. (2014). Retaining and motivating diverse students in string ensembles: What students tell us. Presentation at the national conference of the American String Teachers Association, Louisville, KY, March 5-8.
Schmidt, M., & McCall, J. (2014). An investigation of cultural capital and student achievement in music education. Paper presented at for the national conference of the National Association for Music Education, St. Louis, April 10-12.
Schmidt, M., & McCall, J. (2013). Worlds apart: An investigation of cultural capital and student achievement in music education. Paper presented at the annual international conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 27-May 1.
Schmidt, M. (2012). Hispanic students talk about orchestra class. Paper presented at the international conference of the American Educational Research Association (Music Education SIG), Vancouver, April 13-17.
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SED 478 | Student Teaching: SED 6-12 |
MUP 484 | Internship |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 780 | Practicum |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
SED 478 | Student Teaching: SED 6-12 |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 549 | Foundations of Music Education |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MUE 599 | Thesis |
MSI 601 | Cont Topics in Music Research |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 791 | Seminar |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 566 | Instr Lit&Pedagogy for Schools |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 317 | Strings Lab |
MDC 484 | Internship |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUP 484 | Internship |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 780 | Practicum |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MUE 317 | Strings Lab |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 548 | Intro to Research in Music Ed |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 599 | Thesis |
MSI 601 | Cont Topics in Music Research |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 791 | Seminar |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 579 | Psychology of Music |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 598 | Special Topics |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MDC 484 | Internship |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUP 484 | Internship |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 780 | Practicum |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 599 | Thesis |
MSI 601 | Cont Topics in Music Research |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 482 | Teaching Adv Instrumentalists |
MUP 484 | Internship |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 555 | String Pedagogy & Reh Techs |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 780 | Practicum |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MUE 481 | Teaching Beg Instrumentalists |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 548 | Intro to Research in Music Ed |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 599 | Thesis |
MSI 601 | Cont Topics in Music Research |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 579 | Psychology of Music |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUE 482 | Teaching Adv Instrumentalists |
MUP 484 | Internship |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 754 | Teacher Ed Research Policy |
MUE 780 | Practicum |
MUE 784 | Internship |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MUP 101 | ASU School of Music Experience |
MUE 481 | Teaching Beg Instrumentalists |
MUE 484 | Internship |
MUE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 493 | Honors Thesis |
MUE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
MUE 548 | Intro to Research in Music Ed |
MUE 580 | Practicum |
MUE 584 | Internship |
MUE 590 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 591 | Seminar |
MUE 599 | Thesis |
MSI 601 | Cont Topics in Music Research |
MUE 790 | Reading and Conference |
MUE 792 | Research |
MUE 799 | Dissertation |