Erin Zaffini

Dr. Erin Zaffini is the Director of Teacher Education for Longy School of Music’s online and on-campus Master of Music Education degrees, online Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, and Teacher Continuing Education. She is also a faculty member for the University of New Hampshire’s Professional Development Department and Carnegie Hall’s Music Educators Workshop. She has taught preK-8 general music, choral and instrumental music, adaptive music and musical theater. As a specialist in teaching music to students with identified disabilities, and the areas access, equity and inclusion in music education, Erin is an active clinician and educational consultant for school districts and fine and performing arts departments around the world. She has served as the Eastern Division Representative for NAfME’s General Music Council and as the Collegiate Coordinator, General Music Chair and Mentor Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Music Educators Association. In addition, she sits on the Advisory Committee for Music Educators Journal. Erin is a proud partner and collaborator with the United Nations through her work at Longy School of Music as well as her role on Zero Project’s international Inclusive Arts Council.

Erin is an instructional coach for music educators and administrators and is the project leader for instituting national music educator mentor training within the Society for Music Teacher Education and the National Association for Music Education. She has developed and enacted numerous music educator mentoring and induction programs and is currently the Director of the New Arts Teacher Mentoring Network for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is the recipient of the Keene State College Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Performance Awards. She has recently published articles in General Music Today, Music Educators Journal, Qualitative Research in Music Education, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education.