Mccord, Kimberly A. (kam2389)

Art and Music Educators in Urban Education: Results of Six Years of Our Redesigned Courses and the Impact on Our Graduates.

Omaha Benson High School Outstanding Alumni Award                                                        2023

YWCA Women of Distinction Award                                                                                    2017

Downbeat Magazine Student Award, Stephanie Chow, JHS Blues, Rock/Pop Improvisation          2015

VSA Arts/The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,                                   2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Invited consultant for the fifty member task force on the arts and inclusion. Developed guidelines for the Core Arts Standards and inclusion.

Illinois State University College of Fine Arts Nominee, University Researcher Award                            2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

National task force to make recommendations to the National Association of Music Merchants of making musical instruments accessible to people with disabilities. VSA Arts is an affiliate of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Illinois State University, University and College of Fine Arts Teaching Award 2005

McCord, K.A (Ed.)., Colwell, C. & Vanderlinde, D. (Co-Eds.) (in press). The Oxford Handbook of Special Music Education and Music Therapy. New York: Oxford University Press.

McCord, K.A. in Powell, B., Pellegrino, K. & Hilliard, Q.(in press). Accessible teaching, instruments and     classrooms. Teaching Instrumental Music. New York: Oxford University Press.

McCord, K.A. in Hendricks, K. (Ed.) (In Press). Developing social skills in musicians with autism through leadership in small musicensembles. Compassionate Music Teaching. New York: Oxford University Press.

McCord, K.A. in Burton, S. (Ed.) (2022). Exceptionalities in adolescence. Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music. Lanham, Maryland” Rowman & Littlefield.

McCord, K.A. in Crockett, J. & Malley, S. (Eds.) (2017). The impact of technology innovations at the inter- section of special education andarts education. Toward an Action Plan for Future Research: Advancing the Arts and Special Education. New York: Routledge.

McCord, K.A. (2016). Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student with Disabilities. New York: Oxford Uni- versity Press.

Blair, D.V. & McCord, K.A. (2015) (Eds.), Exceptional pedagogy for children with exceptionalities: In- ternational perspectives. NewYork: Oxford University Press.

McCord, K.A. (2015). The big band music of mary lou williams. In Carter, R. (2015) (Ed.), Teaching music through performance in jazz: Book II. Chicago: GIA Press.

McCord, K., Gruben, A. & Rathgeber, J. (2014). Accessing music: Enhancing student learning in the general music classroom using UDL. VanNuys, CA.: Alfred Music.

McCord, K.A. (Ed.) (2012). Transition to Employment Through the Arts Editor. Washington, D.C.: Kennedy Center/US Department of Education.

Kipnis, L., McCord, K. & Rodgers, L. (2012). Together we can improvise. Book 1 & 2. Van Nuys, CA.: Alfred Music.

McCord, K.A. in Abril, C. & Kerchner. J. (Eds.) (2009) Improvisatory Musical Experiences in the Lives of Children with SevereDisabilities. Music experience in our lives. Lanham, MD:Rowman & Littlefield.

McCord, K. A., Fitzgerald ,M. and Berg, S. (2004).

Van Nuys, CA.: Alfred Music.

ARTICLES:

McCord, K. (2020). Giftedness and improvisational thinking: A case study. Jazz Education in Research and Practice. 1(1), 24-40.

McCord, K. (2014). Universal design for learning: Special educators integrating the orff approach into their teaching. Approaches: Music Therapy and Special Music Education, 5 (2), 1-6.

McCord, K.A. (2011) Dear special educator. Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Physical and Health Disabilities Journal. Winter.

Watts, E. H., McCord, K. A., & Zawatski, D. (2011). Strategies for inclusion of students with visual impair- ments in music. Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments Quarterly, 56 (3), 41-43

McCord, K.A. (2011). Improvisation as communication: Students with communication disabilities and autism using call and response on instruments.  Australian Journal of Music Education. 2009 (2).

McCord, K.A. & Watts, E. (2010) Music Educators' Involvement in the Individual Education Program Process and Their Knowledge of Assistive Technology. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 28 (2), p79-85.

McCord, K.A. and Watts, E. (2006) Collaboration and access for our students: Music educators and special educators together. Music Educators Journal, 92(4), p. 26-34.

McCord, K. A. (2004) Moving beyond “That’s all I can do:” encouraging musical creativity in children with learning disabilities.

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McCord, K.A. and Fitzgerald, M. (2006) Children with disabilities playing musical instruments. Music Educators Journal.