James Frankel

Keynote Address

Dr James Frankel is the Managing Director of SoundTree, a leader in music, audio and video technology solutions for educators. Before taking the helm at SoundTree, he was the instrumental and general music teacher at the Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, NJ for 11 of his nearly 15 years in the New Jersey Public Schools.
 
Dr Frankel earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University in 1993, where he studied the tuba as well as composition. In 1996, Dr Frankel completed his Masters Degree in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he completed his doctoral studies in 2002. Dr Frankel is an Adjunct Faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University where he teaches courses on music technology.
 
Dr Frankel is a widely published author in various state, national and international journals of music education. He is the author of:

• Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab published by SoundTree
• The Teachers Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law published by Hal Leonard

He is also co-author of YouTube in Music Education published by Hal Leonard, contributing author for Critical Issues in Music Education published by Oxford University Press and co-author of Making Music with GarageBand & Mixcraft published by Cengage.

In addition to his writing, Dr Frankel is a highly sought-after clinician in the local, national and international music education communities. He is on the Board of Directors for TI:ME and is the current president of ATMI.