Brian Gellerstein, Ph.D.

I'm looking forward to joining my NJMEA friends this week in Atlantic City! Please join me for this double header of sessions where we will first discuss gatekeeping and whiteness in music education and then what we can do about it! #musiceducation

I am honored to have spent the last two days with music educators from the MN Music Educators Association. Yesterday, I lead a session on culturally responsive leadership and today was a session on coded language. Next up is the NJ Music Educators conference, starting on Thursday!

I have a lot of presentations coming up over the next few months. Next up are a pair of virtual sessions for the Minnesota Music Educators Association conference next weekend. I'm proud to stand in solidarity w/ Minnesota music educators! #musiceducation #culturallyresponsivepedagogy #artseducation

They’re Not Gonna Take It: Hope in the Haze At almost every music education conference I attend, I pose a question that usually splits the room in half. I ask the audience if they have ever considered the intersection of music education and Whi...

I’ve spent years talking to educators about the link between White supremacy & music education. The professionals are often shocked. The students? Not at all. Reflecting on culturally generative pedagogy & finding hope in the "haze." Read the full post here: www.gellerstein.com/post/they-re...

This is the end of a tremendous semester. Below is an ussie from the last moment of our graduate Research Methods course. We spent the class discussing our final pilot studies & they were all brilliantly & thoughtfully conducted. It's an honor to teach & learn at Berklee w/ such passionate students.

Massachusetts Music Educators Journal Vol. 74, no. 2 Winter 2025 Massachusetts Music Educators Journal Vol. 74, no. 2 Winter 2025

Please check out the latest issue of of the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal! I'm proud for Berklee College of Music music education graduate student Jesse Rigsby who has his first article published starting on page 44 in the Cultural Responsiveness column.
online.fliphtml5.com/mlkuf/zbor/#...

Massachusetts Music Educators Journal Vol. 74, no. 1 Fall 2025 Massachusetts Music Educators Journal Vol. 74, no. 1 Fall 2025

I'm proud to share our new edition of the MA Music Educators Journal! online.fliphtml5.com/mlkuf/zlhu/
Check out page 14, where Liam Bryant penned a fantastic article on improvisation in HS music programs. It was a pleasure working with him on this article for the Jazz & Contemporary Music column.

This photo commemorates the end of an incredible summer session with a brilliant group of music education scholars at Berklee College of Music. The future of #musiceducation is bright!

This past week, I had the honor of hosting Dr. Christopher T. F. Hanson in our Berklee music education classroom. We were all delighted to work with you, Dr. Hanson. You are always welcome at Berklee College of Music!

Massachusetts Music Educators Association Vol. 73, no. 4 Summer 2025 Massachusetts Music Educators Association Vol. 73, no. 4 Summer 2025

I'm proud to share the latest issue of the MMEJ. In my column—Jazz & Contemporary Music—Tim Mason did a brilliant job with Who’s Left Out? A Case for General Music in High Schools. Kudos to the authors, staff, & Managing Editor Christy Whittlesey, Ph.D.!
online.fliphtml5.com/mlkuf/dogm/#...

If you are going to be at the NAfME Eastern Division conference next week, I would love to see you at my session Full Disclosure: Exposing and Confronting White Supremacy in Music Education.
cmea.org/2025-nafme-e...

Hi folks. I'm happy to share that an article I wrote in 2023 (Altogether Different: Student belonging and culturally generative music making) was reprinted in the NHMEA journal, Quarter Notes. If you are at the NHMEA conference tomorrow, I will be presenting.

drive.google.com/file/d/1NKDQ...

Please join me at my sessions at the Massachusetts Music Educators' Association conference in Worcester on Thursday and Friday. We'll be talking about whiteness & gatekeeping, culturally generative music pedagogy, and coded language. I hope to see you there! Register here: www.massmea.org/conference

I had a powerful few days at the NJMEA conference. I connected with old friends, made new ones, & engaged in dialogue around important topics. My 2 presentations on White supremacy in music education and culturally generative pedagogy were well received &, given the U.S. climate, that gives me hope.

I'm thrilled to update my Spring conference schedule thanks to today's acceptance to present at the BIAAE ABLE Assembly @ Berklee. I will be presenting Reimagining Arts Education: Leveraging the Power of Community to Disrupt Education Inequities, with my dear friend Dr. Chris Hall.

If you are thinking about a doctorate, I encourage you to consider the program that changed my life in countless ways. You can learn more about the Urban Ed. Leadership & Policy program @ UMass Boston at the webinar on Wed., 1.29 @ 4:30. The application deadline is 2.15: www.umb.edu/admissions/g...

I'm looking forward to my conference tour starting February. It is always the right time to talk about White supremacy—especially now. #musiceducation #antiracistteaching #berkleecollegeofmusic

I'm happy to share that I'll be presenting 2 workshops at the NHMEA conference on 4/4. My sessions are Breaking New Ground: Culturally Generative Music Pedagogy & Standing Guard: Gatekeeping & the Persistence of Whiteness in Music Education #musiceducation #antiracistteaching #berkleecollegeofmusic

Rachel Pac & Brian Gellerstein at the 2024 MMEA Conference

Thrilled to be presenting 3 sessions at the MMEA conference in March—Standing Guard: Gatekeeping & the Persistence of Whiteness in Music Education, Breaking New Ground: Culturally Generative Music Pedagogy, & I'm co-presenting Cracking the Urban Code: Music Teaching & Coded Language w/ Rachel Pac.

Last week was the two year anniversary of the passing of my dear friend & thought partner, Dr. Jarritt Sheel. In honor of his memory, I am re-posting the tribute I wrote for the MMEJ. His legacy in music education & life will continue to resonate. #musiced #hiphoped
bit.ly/jarrittsheel