Dr. Kay Edwards is Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Miami University in Oxford, OH and an active clinician and author in the areas of elementary general music pedagogy, guided listening, and multicultural music education for more than 30 years. She has taught in general music settings for ages 3-adult in northern and southern Ohio, North Carolina, and Arizona, where she taught elementary music for 10 years. Dr. Edwards holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in General Music from Arizona State University and has Orff Level III certification, in addition to special training in Kodály and Dalcroze. She has authored lesson plans and served as an educational consultant for Classics for Kids since 2005.