Creative Visionary in Edtech
Academic presentations and workshops
Education
New York University, PhD (present, expected 2022)
(concentration: Music Education: For College and University Faculty, educational technology)
New York University, M.A. (2017)
(concentration: Music Education: For College and University Faculty, digital learning experience and design)
University of Toronto, B.Sc. (2009)
(concentration: human biology, physiology, music culture)
Conference presentations
Choi, S. (2020, August). Looking through music for innovation: the changing role of music in the digital era. Poster accepted at the meeting of 34th ISME World Conference, (Helsinki, Finland)
Choi, S. (2020, July). Motivation and engagement behind music learning in a digital environment. Poster presented at the MISTEC 2020: Music in Schools and Teacher Education. Remote location.
Choi, S. (2019, June). Music listeners in the 21st-century: how they’re changing the role of music in everyday life. Spoken paper presented at the Association of Popular Music in Education, (New York City, USA)
Choi, S. (2017, April). Components contributing to development in the field of improvisation: artistic piano interpretation of Lean On. Paper presented at the meeting of the 25th European Association for Music in Schools Conference / 6th European International Society for Music Education Regional Conference, (Salzburg, Austria)
Choi, S. (2017, June). Collaborative Improvisation Workshop using Popular Music and Online Technologies. Workshop presented at Digital Technology in Arts Education, (Bergen, Norway)
Academic workshops
Workshop: Making of popular music as solo piano renditions. Presented at Steinway Oslo, Norway (Norway, 2018)
Workshop: Group music making with an interactive musical device. Presented at Carnegie Hall. New York, USA (April 2017)
Workshop: “On piano improvisation using popular music”. Presented at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ (September 2016)
Workshop: “Use of social media to share creative piano improvisation skills”. Presented for Designing Technologies & Experiences for Music. New York University (September 2016)
Workshop: “On piano improvisation”. Presented at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (August 2016)
Workshop: “Artistic Pi: contemporary piano curriculum for the modern era”. Presented at 2016 IMPACT Conference, New York University (August 2016)
Workshop: “Storytelling through creative piano improvisation”. Presented at 2016 IMPACT Workshop, New York University (July 2016)
Workshop: “Thinking outside the box: creative piano improvisation skills”. Presented for Designing Technologies & Experiences for Music. New York University (September 2015)