EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education (2006), Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Master of Arts in Music, Choral Conducting (1981), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in Music (1979), Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
RESEARCH AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:
ISME: World Conference of the International Society for Music Education
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 2004:
Learning Through Meaningful Engagement with the World of Sound (with J. Wiggins & A. Ruthmann)
Knowing, Feeling, and Creating Through the World of Japanese Musical Sound (with S. Kondo)
MISTEC: Seminar of the Music In Schools and Teacher Education Commission of ISME
Hong Kong, China, 2006:
Student-Created Musical Maps: Meaningful Expressions of Creative Listening
WORKSHOPS IN JAPAN, 2006
Musical Mapping, presentation for “The Symposium on Faculty Development of Music Education,”
Kyoto University of Education, Kyoto
Look at what I heard! Musical Mapping, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo Look at what I heard! Student-centered teaching through listening. Tsukuba University Primary
School, Tokyo
RIME: Research in Music Education Conference
Learner Agency Across Musical Contexts: Valuing Student Musicianship
(with S. Davis and A. Ruthmann), 2007
NIME: Narrative Soundings:
1st International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education
A Conversation with Materials: Musical Mapping as Narrative, 2006
CARMU: Center for Applied Research in Musical Understanding, Oakland University
Look at what I heard! Enabling Musicianship Through Musical Mapping, 2005
Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, Mountain Lake, VA.
Being in the NOW: Enabling and fostering informal learning practices in a secondary methods classroom
(with Sharon Davis), 2007
A Heart to Heart About Music Education Practice (with J. Wiggins, J. Shively, A. Ruthmann), 2005
Can Constructivist Pedagogy Be Applied to Multicultural Music? (with S. Kondo), 2005
Round Table Discussion: Lesson Planning for General Music and Music Teacher Education
Classrooms, 2005
Voices from the Field of Education and their Capacity to Inform Music Education (with J. Wiggins), 2003
MENC: The National Association for Music Education Biennial In-Service Conference
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & S.Davis), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
SMTE: Symposium for Music Teacher Education, 2005
Enabling Preservice and Inservice Music Teachers to Construct Understanding of Music,
Education, and Music Education (with J. Wiggins, J.Shively, G.Cunningham, & D. Jordan).
Best Practice: Transforming the Music Classroom through Teacher Education
MMC: Michigan Music Conference
Composition in the Elementary Music Classroom: Songwriting, 2007
Supporting Musical Understanding with Graphic Representation, 2007
Making Space for Musical Thinking (with J. Wiggins & J. Shively), 2006
Using Student-Created Musical Maps to Connect to Listening Experiences, 2004
World Music Drumming in the General Music Classroom, 2004
Empowering Students through Self-Assessment during Ensemble Rehearsal, Technology pre-conference, 2004
St. Clair County RESA: Regional Educational Service Agency
Creating Meaning Musical Experiences for K-5 Vocal Music Students, Nov. 2006 & Feb. 2007
Teaching for Musical Understanding (with J. Wiggins & J. Shively) Nov. 2005 & Feb. 2006
Best Practice in the Music Room: Transforming Music Education, Administrator’s Workshop: June 2005
Blue Water Curriculum Council, St. Clair County ISD
Teaching Music to All Learners, 2006.
Creating Music with Loop-Based Software, 2004
Composing in the Elementary General Music Classroom, 2003
Guided Listening Lessons for the General Music Classroom, 2002
Numerous teacher in-service workshops, choir clinics, and percussion ensemble clinics for local school districts
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Educational Consultant, 2005-present
MENC/SMTE Special Action Group: Mentoring and Induction
MENC Online Mentor for General Music, September 2005
CMEMC Sponsor at Oakland University, 2004 - present
Mentoring Program for General Music Teachers: Port Huron Area School District, 2004-2005
Contributor: Silver Burdett Making Music with Technology, Scott Foresman, 2005