Matthew L. Garrett

Matthew L. Garrett (he/him) is Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, coordinates the music education licensure program, and leads university faculty, staff, and students in educational development programming to improve student learning.

Garrett’s research interests include LGBTQ issues in music education, and he has been honored with a CWRU Prism award, for outstanding contributions to the campus LGBTQ community. He has published in several U.S. and international research journals, and he contributed to Voices in Concert: a hybrid print/online music text series from Hal Leonard and McGraw Hill Education.

Originally from South Carolina, Garrett holds degrees in music education and conducting from Florida State University and a degree in conducting from Boston University. Before joining the Case Western Reserve faculty, Garrett was a music educator in Central Florida and Southeast Massachusetts public schools at the middle and high school levels.