Carolynn A. Lindeman (B.M., Oberlin College, DMA, Stanford University) is Professor of Music Emerita at San Francisco State University and past president of the National Association for Music Education. Before college teaching, she taught and coordinated elementary classroom music programs. Active as a speaker and clinician, she has given presentations throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Israel, and South Africa. Dr. Lindeman is the author of Musical Children: Engaging Children in Musical Experiences, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2019), PianoLab: An Introduction to Class Piano, 7th ed. (Thomson/Schirmer, 2012), and The Piano Advantage: A Concise Introduction for Beginners (Thomson/Schirmer, 2006), and has published more than 50 articles in professional journals. She served as series editor for 16 publications (MENC, 1995–2003) related to implementing and assessing the 1994 National Standards for Music Education and was a member of the writing team for both the 1994 standards and the 2017 National Core Music Standards.