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Title/Qualifications: Dr. (PhD in Music Education) |
Dr. Elizabeth J.A. Andang’o is a Senior Lecturer in music education. She teaches ear training, History and Analysis of Western Music and Singing at undergraduate level. Postgraduate teaching and supervision are in the area of music education.
She also serves as Co-chairperson of the School of Law, Arts & Social Sciences Curriculum Committee and is a past board member of the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University (2011-2024). She has also previously served in the committee of the KU graduation magazine, the Tribune, between 2004 and 2006.
On the international front, Elizabeth has served as a board member of the International Society of Music Education (ISME) between 2018 and 2022, and as Commissioner with the Early Childhood Music Education Commission of the International Society of Music Education (2010-2016). So far she has attended 9 ECME conferences, in among other locations, Taipei, Taiwan (2006); Frascati, Rome (2008); Beijing, China (2010) Corfu, Greece (2012), Brasilia, Brazil (2014) Ede, The Netherlands, (2016) where she retired from the Commission after completing her term, Tel Aviv, Israel, (2018), virtually in 2020 and2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions, and Helsinki, Finland (2024).
She also attended the respective ISME conferences in Kuala Lumpur; Bologna; Beijing; Thessaloniki, Porto Alegre, Glasgow, Azerbaijan and Helsinki. Other Conference attendances include RIME (Research in Music Education) at the University of Exeter, England (2007 & 2011), and Creativity in the Arts in New Jersey, USA (2010).
Research activities include a funded collaborative Project on the Impact of COVID-19 on Primary School Children (2022), a Canadian Funded project, Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS), a collaborative Project (2010-2015). She was part of the Project’s Sub-Theme 3.1 on Singing and Intercultural Understanding. She attended 3 annual meetings of the AIRS Project in Canada (Toronto, 2013; Prince Edward Island, 2012; Newfoundland, 2011). Additionally, Elizabeth was part of African Music Education Project (AMEP), with colleagues from Technical University of Kenya; Maseno University, Kenya; Pretoria University, South Africa, and Zambia.
Elizabeth has also participated in the Erasmus Staff Mobility Programme, visiting the University of Cyprus in November 2024, and through hosting a Lecturer from the University of Cyprus in March 2024 and March 2025.
Conference Presentations
- Embracing Innovative Practices for Developing Resources and Pedagogical Approaches for Early Years Music Education in Kenya (Helsinki, 2024)
- Grandmothers as Creators of Generational Musical Legacies: Pathways to Sustainable Early Childhood Music Education ( Helsinki, 2024)
- Evolving Musical Childhoods: Virtual and Physical Musical Spaces as Communities of Practice (PASMAE, Ivory Coast, Ghana, 2023)
- Impact of Music Intervention on Mitigating Psychosocial Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Among Primary School Children in Kenyatta University Kenya (ISME World Conference, Online, July 2022)
- Young Children’s Musical Experiences in the Home: A Review of Literature (ECME
- Conference Online, 2022
- Community Music Initiatives as Promoters of Desirable Global Ethics: A Study of Ghetto Classics Group in Kenya (2021)
- Culturally Responsive Music Pedagogy in Early Childhood (Research in Music Education Conference, Online, 2021)
- Analysing Children’s Agency as Learners in the Performance of Singing Games in Kenya: Implications for Musical Arts Education (PSMAE, Seychelles, July 2019)
- Maternal Perceptions of Maternal-Infant Attachment Linked with Maternal-Infant-directed Musical Activities in Urbanized Populations (Azerbaijan, ISME, 2018)
- An Analysis of Research Methodology Applied in the Quad-country AIRS Project: The Case of Kenya (Glasgow, 2016)
- Influence of Home, School and Places of Worship on Children’s Musical Identities (The Netherlands, 2016)
- Orality in Preschool Music Education in Kenya (2014)
- The AIRS Quad Country study on Singing and Intercultural Understanding: Brazil, Canada, China and Kenya (presentations in 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014)
- Sunday School, Carnival and Classroom: Investigating their Interactions and the Resultant Confluence in Preschool Music Education in Kenya (2010)
- Pedagogy in Early Childhood Music Education in Kenya (2008)
- MyPlace MyMusic: The use of Music Technological Devices in the Home by 7 Year Old Children (2007-2010)
Research
- Impact of Music Intervention on Mitigating Psychosocial Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Among Primary School Children in Kenyatta University Kenya (Funded Collaborative Project)
- Music Education in Early Childhood and Primary Schools (Kenya; South Africa; Zambia)
- The AIRS Intercultural Study on Singing and Culture: Brazil, Canada, China & Kenya (Funded Collaborative Project)
- A National Survey of Early Childhood Music Education in Kenya (Upcoming)
Publications
- 2023: Akuno, E.A., Addo, A.O., Andang’o, E.A., Emberly, A., Davhula, M. and Matiure, P., (2023). Sub-Saharan African Musical Learning Communities. In Barrett, M.S. and Welch, G.F. (Eds).The Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Learning and Development in Music. 439-463. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Dansereau, D., Andang’o. E. & Nijs, L. (2023). Publishing in the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood: Key processes and considerations. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 18(1), 53-59.
- Andang’o, E.A. (2022). The role of music in shaping children’s self-knowledge and identity: Perspectives from an African setting. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 17(1), 66-75.
- Andang’o, E. A. (2021). The influences of teacher aspirations and practices for children’s inclusive music education: The case of Muziki International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 16(1), 51-69.
- Heydon, R., Fancourt, D., & Cohen, A. J. (Eds.). (2020). The Routledge companion to interdisciplinary studies in singing, volume iii : Wellbeing. Taylor & Francis Group. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kenyatta-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6202699
- Andang’o, E. (2017). Ghetto classics: Bringing hope to underprivileged children in International Journal of Community Music, 10(3), 327-340.
- Andang’o, E. & Pacheco, C.B. (2016). Belonging and identity: Exploring gendered meanings of musicking in seven-year-olds. In Ilari, B. and Young, S. (Eds.) Children’s home musical experiences across the world. (pp. 69-79). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- Andang’o, E. (2016). The interrelation between music education and cultural education in early childhood music education in Kenya. In Berggraf, A. (Ed). International yearbook for research in arts education 4/2016 (pp. 254- 261). Germany: Waxmann Verlag GmbH.
- Andang’o, E. (2015). Challenges in integrating musical arts in early childhood education. International yearbook for research in arts education 3/2015. Germany: Waxmann Verlag GmbH.
- Andang’o, E.A, (2012) Musical contexts as bridge-builders in early childhood music education in Kenya. Min-Ad. Israel Studies in Musicology Online. Vol.10, pp 16-26
- Digolo, B., Andang’o, E. & Katuli, J. (2011). E-Learning as a strategy for enhancing access to Music Education. International Journal of Business & Social Science;2011, Vol. 2 Issue 11, p135
- Andang’o E. A. (2010) Mary Atieno. In Omolo-Ongati, R. (Ed.) (pp1-19, Vol. 1) A biography of Kenyan musicians. Nairobi: Government Printer
- Andang’o, E. A. (2009). Synchronising pedagogy and musical experiences in early childhood: addressing challenges in preschool music education in Kenya. Early Child Development and Care. Vol. 179 No. 6, pp. 807-821
- Andang’o, E. and Mugo, J. (2007). Early childhood music education in Kenya. Between