Lisa J. Lehmberg
Professor, Music Education; Area Coordinator; Director of Faculty Mentoring & Development
Dr. Lisa J. Lehmberg is Professor of Music Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). She holds a Ph.D. degree in music education, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance. Dr. Lehmberg has extensive experience as a PreK-12 school music specialist and is certified in the Orff Schulwerk approach. At UMass, her teaching specialties include graduate courses in music education research, music and lifelong learning, and global perspectives on music education, as well as undergraduate courses in elementary general music methods and practicum (student teaching) seminar.
Dr. Lehmberg’s research focuses on older adult music participation and quality of life. Her latest book (2023, co-authored with C. Victor Fung, published by Cambridge University Press) is titled Music, Senior Centers, and Quality of Life. Other recent publications include the books Meanings of Music Participation: Scenarios from the United States (2022, co-edited with C. Victor Fung, published by Routledge), and Music for Life: Music Participation and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens (2016, co-authored with C. Victor Fung, published in English by Oxford University Press and in Chinese translation by Shanghai Educational Publishing House).
She currently serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Music Education and the Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction. She has also served on the publications committee of the International Society for Music Education and the editorial board of The Orff Echo. Dr. Lehmberg has given research and practice-based presentations at International Society for Music Education world conferences and the European Association for Music in Schools conference; national conferences of the National Association for Music Education, American Society on Aging, Gerontological Society of America, College Music Society/Association for Technology in Music Instruction and National Multicultural Music Symposia; and state music educator association conferences in Florida, New England, and throughout the Midwest.