Dr. James Frankel is the Managing Director of SoundTree, the leader in music, audio and video technology solutions for educators. Before taking the helm at SoundTree, he was the instrumental and general music teacher at the Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, NJ for 11 of his nearly 15 years in the New Jersey Public Schools.

Dr. Frankel earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University in 1993, where he studied the tuba as well as composition. In 1996, Dr. Frankel completed his Masters Degree in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he completed his doctoral studies in 2002. The focus of both his Masters Degree and Doctorate was the role of the standards, assessment and technology in the music classroom. Dr. Frankel is an Adjunct Faculty member at Teachers College Columbia University where he teaches courses on music technology.

Dr. Frankel has published over 50 articles in various state, national and international journals of music education. He is also the author of “Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab”, published by SoundTree, “The Teachers Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law” published by Hal Leonard, and “YouTube in Music Education” which he co-authored with Tom Rudolph to be released by Hal Leonard in October of 2009. Recently, his chapter entitled Music Education Technology, was included in Critical Issues in Music Education, published by Oxford University Press.

He has presented clinics and workshops at the statewide and national level. He has appeared on the MENC Television program Tempo, where he discussed the role of technology in the music classroom. He was included as a contributing author in Strategies for Teaching: Technology, and Spotlight on Technology, both published by MENC. Dr. Frankel is on the Board of Directors for TI:ME where he serves as the Vice President/Secretary and the Editor of the TI:ME E-mail Newsletter. In addition to his work with the TI:ME National Organization, Dr. Frankel is the President of ATMI - the Association for Technology in Music Instruction.