Full Name
Alex Carrico
Job Title
Assistant Professor Of Music History
Company
University Of South Carolina
Speaker Bio
Alexandria Carrico is an ethnomusicologist who specializes in traditional Irish music and disability studies. She earned her bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from Furman University and her master’s degree in ethnomusicology and doctorate in musicology from Florida State University. Her secondary research area focuses on the intersections of race, gender, and social justice in American opera. She has published articles in Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, Folk Life: Journal of Ethnological Studies, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, The Journal of Musicology, and has a book chapter in the award-winning edited collection, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice. Carrico is a passionate pedagogue who is dedicated to creating collaborative and accessible learning spaces. She is the co-author of Disability and Accessibility in the Music Classroom (Routledge 2022) and has presented her work on the intersections of disability and pedagogy at the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, the South Carolina Music Educators Association Annual Conference, and the National Association for Music Education National Conference. She has taught courses in world music cultures, music literature, modern popular music, music bibliography, music and disability studies, music, gender, and sexuality, and traditional Irish music (ensemble).
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