
Jennifer Reynolds Greene has been an instrumental music educator, specializing in
bands, for more than thirty years. Currently she holds a position at Fayetteville-Manlius
High School, a suburb of Syracuse, New York, where she teaches Concert Band, Studio
Music, Music Theory 2, AP Music Theory, brass and percussion lessons, and chamber
ensembles. As a music educator, Dr. Greene is an active member of the New York State
School Music Association for which she is an adjudicator for majors and All-State brass,
a member of the Manual Selection Committee, and the Zone 3 Representative. On the
local level she has served as President of the Onondaga County Music Educators’
Association and has hosted several All-County and regional events, both large ensemble
and solo festivals.
Dr. Greene also works with the Kent State University Masters of Music Online program
advising students in their Capstone projects, in the Research course, and facilitating
courses such as Advanced Studies in Teaching Instrumental Music and Technology for
Music Teaching and Learning. Her research interests include teacher education as it
relates to mentoring and professional development, as well as teaching and learning in an
online environment. She has been published in the Journal of Research in Music
Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Arts Education Policy Review and
the School Music News (NYSSMA). She has presented research at numerous conferences
such as the NAfME Biennial Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, the
Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE) Symposium, the Mayday Group
Colloquia, NAfME Eastern Division, NYSSMA Winter Conference, the International
Society for Music Education (ISME) Conference, and the Narrative Inquiry in Music
Education Conference.
Dr. Greene holds her Bachelor of Music Education, Summa Cum Laude, from James
Madison University (1990). Her Master of Music degree is from Ithaca College (1991)
and her Doctorate of Musical Arts is from Boston University (2015).