Ethan Hein is an adjunct professor of music at NYU and the New School. As a founding member of the NYU Music Experience Design Lab, Ethan has taken a leadership role in the development of online tools for music learning and expression, most notably the Groove Pizza. Together with Will Kuhn, he is the co-author of Electronic Music School: a Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity, published by Oxford University Press. He writes a monthly column for MusicRadar and maintains an influential blog.
Selected Publications
2024: Hein, E. & Blackman, T. Building hip-hop educators. In L. Eusterbrock, C. Kattenbeck & O. Kautny (Eds.), It's how you flip it: Multiple perspectives on Hip-Hop and music education (pp. 223-242). Transcript.
2023: Fortune, H. & Hein, E. 5 Pop Grooves for Orff Ensemble. F-flat Books.
2022: Hein, E. The politics is in the drums: Producing and composing in the music classroom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 6(3), 1-18.
2020: Hein, E. Chris Thile, Kendrick Lamar, and the problem of the white rap cover. Visions of Research in Music Education, 35(1).