
MUSIC TEACHING & LEARNING
Tina is available for guest lectures and workshops.
PUBLICATIONS
Huynh, T. (2023). The Vietnamese Children’s Songbook. F-Flat Books.
Huynh, T. (2023). Remembering Musical Childhoods: 1931-1975. Routledge.
Palmer, E., Vodicka, J., Huynh, T., D’Alexander. C., and Crawford L. (2022). Re-framing and Re-inventing: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy from 2020 and Beyond. in A Music Pedagogy in the Key of C: Conversation and Critique. ed. Frank Abraham, GIA Publications
Huynh, T., Rael, J., Rubino, A. (2021). Songs of Little Saigon. Documentary film. First Light Productions and Acropolis Films.
Ilari, B., Helfter, S., Huynh, T., Bowmer, A., Mason, K., Knight, J., Graham, W. (2021) “Musical activities, prosocial behaviors, and executive function skills of Kindergarten children”. Music & Science. doi: 10.1177/20592043211054829/ ID: MNS-20-0004.R2
Palmer, E., Vodicka, J., Huynh, T., D’Alexander. C., and Crawford L. (2021). “Grounded framework for culturally relevant and responsive music teaching”. Update: Research in Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/875512332110558
Ilari, B., Helfter, S., Huynh, T. (2020). Associations between musical participation and young children’s prosocial behaviors. Journal of Research in Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429419878169
Huynh, T. (2019). The musical childhoods of Vietnamese and Vietnamese American elders raised in Vietnam between 1931-1975 (Doctoral dissertation).
Huynh, T. (2016). Cultural preservation through childhood songs: The Vietnamese American lens. Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association, 11(4), 17-22. (now known as the International Journal of Early Childhood Music)
WEB PUBLICATIONS
Decolonizing the Music Room. "Asian American Music Educators Reflections on APAHM"
NAfME Blog News in a Minuet. Student-centered game creation.
https://nafme.org/student-centered-learning-through-game-creation/
PRESENTATIONS
Huynh, T. (2020, November). Student-centered Learning Through Game Creation. Inspiration Showcase at the 2020 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Conference, Orlando, Florida. Postponed to virtual conference February, 2021.
Huynh, T. (2020, August). Musical Development and Learning of Six Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans Raised in Vietnam Between 1931-1975. Poster at the International Society of Music Educators (ISME) Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
Ilari, B., Helfter, S., Huynh, T. (2018, June). Music learning, prosocial behaviors, and executive functioning in young children. Poster and lightning talk at the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association (ECMMA) Conference, Buffalo, New York.
Ilari, B., Helfter, S., Huynh, T. (2018, March). Music learning, prosocial behaviors, and executive functioning in young children. Poster at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) research conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Ilari, B., Helfter, S., Huynh, T. (2018, February). Does Participation in Formal Music Programs Enhance Prosociality in Young Children? Poster at the California All-State Music Educators Conference (CASMEC), San Jose, California.
(2016, October). Prospective Addition to World Music Repertoire: Vietnamese Children's Songs. Session at the California Music Educator's Association (CMEA) Southwestern Section Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California.
(2016, July). Cultural Preservation Through Childhood Songs: The Vietnamese American Lens. Research Paper Presentation at the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association (ECMMA) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(2016, February). World Music: Focus on Vietnam. Clinic at the California All-State Music Educators Conference (CASMEC), San Jose, California.
(2015, August). Singing in Vietnamese American Families with Young Children. Presentation at the conference of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
AWARDS
Little Kids Rock, Popular Music Pedagogies, Modern Band, New Jersey, Full fellowship, July 2021
Waggoner Endowed Scholarship for Music Educators, University of Southern California, 2018-2019
Teaching Assistantship, World Music, University of Southern California, 2018-2019
Jay Zorn Memorial Award, University of Southern California, 2016-2017
20 Years of Exceptional Service as Flutist and Assistant Director of VAP Youth Orchestra, Vietnamese American Philharmonic, August 2015
Music Teaching and Learning Department Award, University of Southern California, Spring 2015
Dana Gioia Music Scholarship, University of Southern California, Fall 2014
Thornton Outreach Award, University of Southern California, Spring 2014