Gwen has over twenty-five years experience teaching music at primary, secondary and higher levels of education. She serves on the editorial boards of IJME, MER, JPME and a number of book series in music education. She served seven years as Director of Teaching and Learning at MIC, where she provided strategic leadership in the development of Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Feedback. She has published widely in book chapters and international peer reviewed journals such as Irish Educational Studies and Music Education Research. She is an awardee of several funding awards in the field of music education and teaching and learning. Her research interests include inter alia: Higher music education; Social reproduction of musical value in higher education; Bourdieu and music in higher education; Popular music education; Unequal access to music education; Teaching and Learning; Ideology, musical value and musical knowledge; Primary teachers’ perceptions of musical ability; Informal learning in music education; Music education advocacy.