Professor Hedrick is committed to increasing equity and access to music education for underserved communities through helping students cultivate their personal musical collage as music ambassadors, producers, and performers. Her approach supports each individual’s interest, learning style, and identity. Katrina has been an active music educator since 2010 as a private instructor, in summer camps, and most notably serving as a middle and high school public school music teacher for a decade in high impact rural and urban Colorado communities.

As Adjunct Professor of Music Education, Katrina oversees the Elementary Music Education portion of the CSU’s Music Education Undergraduate Degree and serves as Interim Program Director of the Colorado Kodály Institute. Hedrick is also the Program Director of Spur Music Lab in Denver’s CSU Campus, a community outreach and teacher education center, and additionally supervises student teachers for Metropolitan State University. She is an active author, agent for social justice, multi-instrumentalist, and clinician for educators across the United States. Please connect with her at katrina.hedrick@colostate.edu