Sean Grier

Lecturer

An educator-scholar with 16 years of teaching experience in university and secondary choral music settings, Dr. Sean Grier (Lecturer) is committed to examining music education’s intersections with music teacher preparation, issues of justice, and the importance of human connection and belonging in music teaching and learning. His dissertation—“The vulnerability in singing comes from trust in the relationship first:” Perceptions of human connection in the high school choral classroom—examined the importance of care, trust, the support of vulnerability, and a sense of community and belonging in high school choral music environments.

In addition to his pedagogical expertise, Sean Grier has extensive experience as an administrator of university and P-12 Arts programming and as a facilitator of equity-focused professional development at the university level. Before beginning graduate study, Sean Grier taught choral music for eight years at The Durham School of the Arts in Durham, North Carolina.

Dr. Grier holds a Ph.D. in Music Education and Master of Music from the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor. Sean received his undergraduate degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Michigan State University.