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MUSIC EDUCATION & MUSIC in Ukraine holding music camps Publications (2016) and Oxford THERAPY DEPARTMENT for underprivileged children and University Press (in press) with two Elaine Abbott, Associate Professor has had a textbook published by colleagues: Dr. Kelly Parkes of Music Therapy and Director of Carl Fischer on string pedagogy (Teachers College, Columbia Music Therapy, was published in and teaching strings for educators University) and Dr. Gary Ritcher the 2015 Music Therapy who are non-string players. (James Madison University). Dr. Perspectives, and presented Doerksen was also invited to write a sessions at two recent conferences: Judith Bowman, Professor of chapter titled "Undergraduate The 2016 Mid-Atlantic Region of Music Education and Music Music Education Curriculum the American Music Therapy Technology, co-authored a Frameworks" for a forthcoming Association (Harrisburg, PA), and chapter with Jordan Mroziak, publication by Oxford University the 2016 Great Lakes Region of the Adjunct Professor, in the Press. At the state and local levels, American Music Therapy Handbook of Technological Dr. Doerksen led in-service Association (Indianapolis, IN). Dr. Pedagogical Content Knowledge sessions for the Plum Borough Abbott also serves the profession (TPACK) for Educators (Second School District and PMEA District 5 in a new role as a Trainer in Edition, 2016), published by at Grove City College. He continues Training in the Bonny Method of Routledge. Dr. Bowman also serving on the Board of Directors Guided Imagery and Music, served as the Conference for the Three Rivers Young Peoples with Fran Goldberg and Organizer and Program Chair for Orchestras and on the Teacher Louise Dimetrelli-Mitran, at the the Association for Technology in Advisory Committee for the Therapeutic Arts Institute. Music Instruction National Pittsburgh Youth Chorus. Dr. Conference in Indianapolis (2015) Doerksen also received the 2015 Stephen Benham, Associate Dean and presented a paper at the Citation of Excellence Award for and Associate Professor of Music College Music Society National Pennsylvania Music Educators Education, presented more than 20 Conference in Santa Fe (2016). Association’s District 1. clinics and in-service sessions for teachers across the country, Paul Doerksen, Associate Sr. Carole Riley, Professor of Music including multiple residencies and Professor and Chair of Music Education and Piano, submitted an presentations state-wide and at Education and Music Therapy, article titled “Using Formative national conventions in Michigan, presented at the 2015 Spirituality to Develop Self- California, New York, Pennsylvania, International Symposium on Awareness and Faith with Ohio, Florida, and Washington. In Assessment in Music Education Incarcerated and Adolescent addition, Dr. Benham completed his (Williamsburg, VA), the 2015 Populations” to the Journal of term as President for the American Symposium on Music Teacher Academic Perspectives for String Teachers Association, where Education (Greensboro, NC), and publication. Dr. Riley also serves on he helped in national restructuring the 2016 Music Research & the board of the Clelian Heights efforts—resulting in the Teacher Education National School for Exceptional Children development and implementation Conference (Atlanta, GA). In (Greensburg, PA), and as the Chair of a new national strategic plan for addition, Dr. Doerksen co- for the American Women the organization. Benham also authored chapters about Composers Competition of the spent two weeks this past summer Professional Dispositions in GIA Pennsylvania Music Teachers
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Association. In addition, Dr. Riley Music, has been awarded a PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT provided a recent faculty in-service fellowship at the Aarhus Institute of at the St. Francis De Sales Advanced Studies (in Denmark) Charles Stegeman, Professor of Elementary School (Beckley, WV). from February 2017 through July Violin, organized and participated 2018, where she will work on a in two summer music festivals– MUSICIANSHIP DEPARTMENT project exploring the relationship Buzzard’s Bay MusicFest Angel Annunciation for cello and between rhythm and ethics. (Massachusetts) and the Sunflower piano, composed by Zvonimir Music Festival (Kansas). Both Nagy, Assistant Professor of CONTEMPORARY MUSIC MEDIA festivals were founded by AND JAZZ Composition, received a special Stegeman and celebrated 30th and Bill Purse, Chair of Contemporary th mention in the 2016 Bruno Maderna 20 anniversaries this year, Music Media and Jazz and International Composition respectively. In addition, he served Professor of Music Technology and Competition in Lviv, Ukraine. The as concertmaster of the Berkshire Guitar, recently completed and competition took place this past Opera Festival’s inaugural season, published a DVD master class with summer. The piece was selected for which received rave reviews, and he pianist Barbara Nissman entitled the final round along with 10 other will again participate next year. Franz Liszt: Portrait of the Man & compositions taken from the larger His Masterwork. It is an in-depth pool of composers worldwide. The Guenko Guechev, Associate study of the Sonata in B Minor, and piece was performed by Nataliya Professor of Voice, was master features the voices of well-known Martynova (piano) and Denys class faculty at the “Fiorenza musicians such as Harry Connick, Lytvynenko (cello) at the Lviv Cossotto Festival” in Beijing May Jr., Don Henley, Manfred Honeck, Philharmonic Hall in July 2016. As a 5–17, 2016. The festival included Billy Joel, and many more. The DVD part of the recognition, the piece master classes at the Beijing is available for purchase at will be released on the upcoming Central Conservatory of Music and threeorangesrecordings.com. CD featuring other awarded Beijing Normal University, and compositions and published by the Guechev taught advanced singers Paul Thompson, Artist in Italian publisher, Aldebaran from both schools jointly. He was Residence, and Tom Wendt, Editions. Angel Annunciation was also a judge at the Fiorenza Adjunct Professor of Percussion inspired by writings of the French Cossotto Competition, alongside have been very active in high- philosopher Jean-François Lyotard the opera diva Fiorenza Cossotto, profile local jazz. Both had the (1924–1998): “… it is an angel. It Professor Shuzhen Guo (Director of honor of playing on the legendary announces nothing; it is in itself an the Opera Department of the jazz saxophonist Phil Woods’ final annunciation.” The piece was Central Conservatory of Music in concert at the Manchester dedicated in memory of Nagy’s first Beijing), and Professor Nicoletta Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG). More composition teacher, Marko Conti from the G. Rossini recently, both performed on Ruždjak (1946–2012). Conservatory in Bologna, Italy. The concerts featuring the NEA Jazz winner of the competition was Master Hubert Laws and singer On the heels of receiving the awarded a full scholarship to attend Michael Feinstein, respectively, Presidential Award for Teaching the Bologna International Opera both also at MCG. Excellence in September 2015, Academy in July in Bologna, Italy. Dr. Jessica Wiskus, Professor of
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