Erica Gilstrap is a Phd Candidate of Music Education in the University of Auckland's School of Music. She completed her MM in Music Education at California State University, Los Angeles in 2015 with a thesis on Neuromusic research and Education. She also completed a BM at Appalachian State University in Music Education. Her current research analyses the role of music in Neuromusic research and the subsequent discourses between the fields of Neuroeducation and Music Education with implications regarding curricula development.