ABOUT DR. CAROL SHANKSY

Dr. Carol Rena Shansky has been a music educator for more than 35 years with experience both in and out of school environments. Her career path has touched on a variety of areas in music, culminating in an innovative and modern approach to teaching and performance.

In addition to her work in music education, Dr. Shansky is an accomplished performer and music education historian. She is Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Education program at New Jersey City University and earned her Doctor of Musical Arts (Music Education) and Master of Music (Performance) from Boston University Bachelor of Music (Music Education) from Ithaca College and a certificate in World Music Pedagogy from Smithsonian Folkways.

Dr. Shansky is a contributor to the Research and Issues in Music Education (online), Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Journal of Research in Musicology, NACWPI Journal and Flute Talk and has presented papers at the Oklahoma City and St. Augustine Symposium on the History of Music Education, The Society for American Music conferences, CMS-NE Regional Conferences, East Coast Band Conference, IGEB Conference, the Adult and Lifelong Learning Symposium, the Spirituality and Music Education Symposium and the North American British Music Studies Association Conference. In addition, Dr. Shansky is an active performer in the New York City area, performing in several orchestras and as chamber musician and solo recitalist.

Dr. Shansky is the author of “The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band of New York City, 1874-1941: Community, Culture and Opportunity” (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) and her music appreciation textbook: “Musical Tapestries: A Thematic Approach to Music Appreciation” (KendallHunt Publishing Co.) is in its 2nd edition.