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Marissa Silverman is Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at the John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University (New Jersey). A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Silverman has published in the International Journal of Music Education; Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; British Journal of Music Education; Research Studies in Music Education; Music Education Research; International Journal of Community Music; Visions of Research in Music Education; and The New York Times, as well as invited chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Music Education; The Oxford Handbook of Music Education; Handbook of Musical Identities; Music, Health, and Wellbeing; and Music Education: Navigating the Future. Dr. Silverman is author of Gregory Haimovsky: A Pianist’s Odyssey to Freedom (University of Rochester Press, 2018) and co-author of Music Lesson Plans for Social Justice: A Contemporary Approach for Secondary School Teachers (with Lisa DeLorenzo, 2022) as well as the co-author (with David Elliott, 2015) of the 2nd edition of Music Matters: A Philosophy of Music Education (both with Oxford University Press). She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Feminism and Music Education (Oxford University Press, 2025); Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning (Routledge, 2020); The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education; Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis (Oxford University Press, 2019, 2016); and Community Music Today (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). Her research interests include issues in the philosophy of music and music education; ethics, music, and music education; community music; artistic interpretation; and interdisciplinary curriculum development.

Dr. Silverman holds a PhD in performance (flute) from New York University, as well as degrees in English literature (NYU), and education. She has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer in New York City and the metropolitan area, as well as festivals throughout North America. As well as chamber works of the late Classical period, she is particularly interested in music of the French Baroque, and contemporary Russian music.

Before being appointed to the faculty of MSU, she taught in the graduate performance and music education programs at NYU (2000-2009), the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, and Rutgers University. As a secondary school teacher, Dr. Silverman taught band, general music, and English literature at Long Island City High School (Queens, New York).

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Dr. Silverman's research interests include issues in the philosophy of music and music education; ethics, music, and music education; community music; artistic interpretation; and interdisciplinary curriculum development.

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• Music Lesson Plans for Social Justice
• Music Matters
• Artistic Citizenship