Episode 34: Empowering ALL students using Universal Design for Learning Pass the Baton: Empowering Students in Music Education, a Podcast for Music Teachers

In episode 34, we talked to Elise Hackl-Blumstein, a former accessible music educator and current student-services coordinator in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Elise has experience teaching preschool through eighth grade music, and also has created an accessible arts organization focused on accessibility in all arts. She is passionate about making sure all students have access to music and music education. In this interview, Elise shares how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a beneficial framework for teaching all music students.

You can connect with Elise and learn more about her work here:


Instagram: @accessibleclassrooms
Website: Elise Hackl-Blumstein
Resource library (with lots of freebies): Accessible Music Store
TPT (with lots of freebies): Accessible-Music-Room
Ebook: Sensory Symphony
Ebook: Our Voices, Our Song
FREE Music ConstructED lesson: Accessible Composing In the General Music Classroom
SEL Portraits Book: Teaching Music With Heart
Keep an eye out for upcoming texts, to be released in Fall 2022 and Fall 2023!

Get a free book preview here: Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students

For more info: Pass the Baton

Free Download: 6 Questions to Pass the Baton and Empower Your Music Students