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  1. Connections Before Chords: Moving Beyond Compliance in Music Class

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  2. Social Emotional Learning and General Music Learning Revisited

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, July 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  3. Music Education as an Intentional, Transformational Approach to SEL

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, January 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  4. Metaphor of the Drum Circle: Balance, Equity, Connection, Wholeness

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, November 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  5. The Importance of Playful General Music in High School

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, August 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  6. Social Emotional Learning and Music Education: Be sure to Be Kind to Yourself, Too

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, February 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  7. Creating Positive Childhood Experiences With Music

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, November 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  8. SEL as a Pathway to Healing-Centered Music Learning Environments

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, July 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  9. Toxic SEL: Beware the Temptation to Become the Compliance Police

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  10. SEL, Mindfulness, and the Art of General Music Education

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, October 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  11. Be Intentional: Anti-Racist Music, SEL, and DEI Alignments

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, September 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  12. Group Drumming as Conduit to Enhanced Self and Community Relationships

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, March 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  13. Mindfulness Access Points in General Music: Singing, Breathing, and Self-Awareness

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, December 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  14. General Music and SEL: A Matter of Equity

    Article • Journal of General Music Education, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  15. General Music to Overcome Challenging Times

    Article • General Music Today, March 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  16. Social & Emotional Learning Alignments in the General Music Classroom

    Article • General Music Today, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner

  17. The importance of music education for the development of the whole child.

    Article • General Music Today, September 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edward Lee Varner