Dr. Travis Gratteau-Zinnel
Dr. Travis Gratteau-Zinnel recently spent two weeks in Ireland as a visiting scholar.
During the visit from March 6 through 18, he provided graduate student lectures and a faculty workshop at both Mary Immaculate College and the University of Limerick's World Academy of Music and Dance. The talks were about arts integration and historically responsive literacy in community music and music education.
Dr. Gratteau-Zinnel is an Assistant Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at SUNY Fredonia.
His host for the visit was Dr. Ailbhe Kenny, who is an Associate Professor of Music Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. Dr. Kenny is author of “Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music” (2025), “Communities of Musical Practice” (2016) and co-editor of “Sonic Signatures: Music, Migration and the City at Night” (2023) and “Musician-Teacher Collaborations: Altering the Chord” (2018). In addition, she is a Fulbright Scholar, EURIAS fellow and Research Ireland Laureate. And has led large-scale Irish and European research projects as well as being actively involved in community projects which includes directing the MIC Children's Choir and working with those seeking asylum. Kenny is the Chair of the International Society for the Sociology of Music Education (ISSME).
The two weeks of collaboration has created a foundation for future partnerships with SUNY Fredonia, noted Gratteau-Zinnel.
