Musician, educator, researcher, and advocate, Carol Beynon serves as the vice provost of graduate and post-doctoral studies at the University of Western Ontario. She is co-artistic director of the award-winning Amabile Boys Choirs. Her research interests include Canadian music education, arts education, teacher identity, and gender issues.Kari Veblen, the associate dean of graduate studies and research at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, teaches cultural perspectives in music education, elementary methods, and graduate courses. Musician and educator, Veblen studies international trends in community music.