Hanako Sawada

Hanako is an international music educator who continuously questions and explores creative learning in and through the arts. She received her B.M. Music Education and Performance from the University of Miami Frost School of Music received her Ed.M. Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Hanako was selected as one of ASCD+ISTE’s 2023 Emerging Leaders. She has taught maker-oriented, inquiry-based, and Orff-inspired elementary and secondary general music classes and interdisciplinary courses. Her research interests include innovative, interdisciplinary, and equitable practices in developing artistic thinking. Currently, she works in Singapore as an elementary music teacher, and she continues to build on her experiences as a music administrator, teacher coach, researcher, and curriculum designer.