#2 What Makes Music Stick

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#3 Supplementary Group Classes: Signature Activities

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Merlin B. Thompson

Merlin B. Thompson (PhD, MA, BMus) Dr. Merlin Thompson is a Canadian leading authority in music studio teaching who continues to inspire music teachers across Canada and the USA through his work as the driving vision behind Teach Music 21C, a global professional development community transforming the way music is taught and experienced. Recently Merlin accepted a position as doctoral thesis supervisor at Boston University. 

During the previous 12 months, Merlin has delivered American music teacher conference presentations including the Texas Music Educators Association, American String Teachers Association, and Suzuki Association of the Americas. Here in Canada, presentations for Suzuki Music/Musique Canada, Alberta Piano Teachers Association, Alberta Band Summit, ARMTA branches in Lethbridge and Edmonton, BCRMTA branches in Vernon, North Island, and Abbotsford. He published articles in Canadian Music Teacher magazine, American Music Teacher magazine, ORMTA Notes, BCRMTA Progressions, MRMTA Take Note magazine, SRMTA website. He has forthcoming articles  for the European Piano Teachers Association magazine  and  American String Teachers’ Association journal. University presentations include music departments at U Calgary, U Alberta,  UBC, and East Carolina University. The 2026 summer’s schedule was full with the CFMTA Connecting Canada 2026, American String Teachers Summit, and four academic presentations in Montreal and Quebec City for the International Society for Music Education Conference.