Michael Remy is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at North Central College, where he teaches introduction to music education, instrumental, performance, and general music methods courses. Prior to NCC, Michael held a graduate teaching assistantship at The Ohio State University (OSU) where he designed and taught the course 4572: Teaching General Music in Secondary Schools alongside a variety of methods courses. In 2025, Michael was awarded OSU’s highest teaching honor, the Graduate Associate Teaching Award.
His public school teaching career spanned 15 years, during which he explored the role of culture and context in music education through teaching in diverse regions across the United States, including South Carolina, Alaska, and Maine. He has worked across all grade levels (PK-12) and brings experience teaching band, jazz, strings, music technology, music theory, guitar, popular music ensemble, and general music. He has also led music listening and songwriting clubs and facilitated student-led informal concert series.
Michael’s research sits at the intersection of culture, context, music, and education. Additional interests include secondary general music, music listening, informal learning, popular music pedagogy, creativity, improvisation, and jazz pedagogy. He has presented at regional, national, and international conferences across the United States, Europe, and Africa. In addition to his teaching and research, Michael is an active multi-instrumentalist who performs, composes, arranges, and records his own music.
Michael holds degrees from Capital University (B.M.E.), the University of Florida (M.M.E.), and The Ohio State University (Ph.D.).