Fifty-Seventh National Conference October 30–November 1, 2014 Ritz Carlton St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri

PRESENTER & BIOS updated October 25, 2014

Abeles, Harold F. Dr. Harold Abeles is a Professor of and at Teachers College, , where he also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Arts Education Research. He has contributed numerous articles, chapters and books to the field of music education. He is the co-author of the Foundations of Music Education and the co-editor, with Professor Lori Custodero, of Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice. Recent chapters by him have appeared in the Handbook of and the New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. He was the founding editor of The Music Researchers Exchange, an international music research newsletter begun in 1974. He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education and has served on the editorial boards of several journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, Psychomusicology, Dialogue in Instrumental Music Education, Update, and Arts Education Policy Review. His research has focused on a variety of topics including, the evaluation of community-based arts organizations, the assessment of instrumental instruction, the sex- stereotyping of music instruments, the evaluation of applied music instructors, the evaluation of ensemble directors, technology-based music instruction, and verbal communication in studio instruction.

Adler, Ayden With a background as a performer, writer, teacher, and administrator, Ayden Adler serves as Senior Vice President and Dean at the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy. At New World, Dr. Adler has expanded the Fellowship Program to include major focuses on audience engagement and leadership development, in addition to orchestral training and musicianship. She also is leading the development of NWS’ digital arm, MUSAIC, which features a “virtual” library with content provided by NWS and premier educational partners, including the Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, School of Music, Royal Danish Academy of Music, and USC’s Thornton School of Music, among others. Launching in fall 2014, MUSAIC will be shared with and made accessible to music students of all ages and their teachers worldwide.

Previously, Dr. Adler served as Executive Director of the Orpheus Chamber , as Director of Education and Community Partnerships for the Orchestra, and as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Director for Learning Development.

As an artist, Dr. Adler performed as a tenured member of the horn section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years and taught horn, natural horn, and at the Eastman School of Music. She has recorded for the Harmonia Mundi label.

Her academic research has focused on the history of orchestral institutions. She regularly gives presentations at national and international conferences that address issues of civic and economic relevance, diversity, and cultural values in the context of historic and current business practices at arts institutions. Dr. Adler holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), The (M.M.), and the Eastman School of Music (M.A., D.M.A., Ph.D.).

Aipperspach, Ian B. Ian Aipperspach, Instructor of Music at South Plains College, Levelland, TX is a scholar of 19th Century Moravian Music, Aipperspach recently completed an edition of Moravian anthems as part of his dissertation in Choral Studies and at Texas Tech University. Professional engagements have included Conductor of the Midland-Odessa Symphony Chorale and adjudicator for the El Paso Independent School District Choral Festival. Additionally, he serves on the staff of Lubbock Moonlight Musicals as the Operations Manager and as Music Director where he most recently directed Peter Pan, a successful run of Madrigal Dinners, and served as the assistant music director for a joint Moonlight Musicals and Lubbock Symphony Orchestra production of Les Miserables.

Andreini, Matthew Matthew Andreini currently teaches Applied Percussion and Percussion Ensembles at the University of Northern Iowa. As a performer, Andreini performs regularly with a variety of ensembles throughout Iowa and has performed with well known groups such as the Brass and the Enso String Quartet. A proponent of new music, Matthew is a founding member of the "Iowa/Hungary Project" which showcases new music of Iowan and Hungarian and has performed in multiple international tours throughout Europe, Central and South America.

Ardovino, Lori Fay see Lebaron Trio, The

Arnone, Francesca Francesca Arnone is an active flute and piccolo soloist, chamber , and clinician. An avid traveler, she enjoys pursuing this passion through music and has performed in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, in such venues as St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Conservatory of Madrid, the Split Academy of Music (Croatia), and the Public Library. Currently flute professor at , she is a member of the Baylor Faculty Players, Baylor Wind Quintet, and the Waco Symphony. A veteran of regional and opera in the US and Mexico, she has also been a concerto soloist on flute, alto flute, and piccolo, playing repertoire ranging from Bach to Chen Yi. Arnone teaches at and directs the Baylor Flute Seminars in the summer, and previously taught at University, Boise State University, and Idaho State University. She earned flute performance degrees from Oberlin, San Francisco Conservatory, and the University of Miami, where she studied with Robert Willoughby, Julia Bogorad-Kogan, Tim Day, and Christine Nield. [www.francescaarnone.com]

Bailey, John see Moran Woodwind Quintet

Banks, Christy A. Christy Banks is Associate Professor of Music (Clarinet and Saxophone) at Millersville University of where she also serves as Assistant Chair of the Music Department. Prior to her appointment to the Millersville University Music Faculty in 2005, Dr. Banks previously taught clarinet, saxophone, and related music courses at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Concordia University of Nebraska, Doane College, Union College, and Peru State College. She has been a member of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, the Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra, and the Nebraska Chamber Players. Interested in newly composed music, Dr. Banks is a founding member of Lincoln’s New Music Agency and performs with the Lancaster-based Naked Eye Ensemble. Internationally, she has performed at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFests® in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 and as a soloist in Italy, Germany, Austria, and China. In Pennsylvania, Banks has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, the Lancaster Symphony, the Reading Symphony, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, Allegro Chamber Players, and Opera Lancaster. Banks received her DMA and BM in clarinet from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MM in clarinet from Florida State University. Her primary clarinet teachers are Diane Cawein Barger, Frank Kowalsky, Eric Ginsberg, and Wesley Reist. Dr. Banks is the Pennsylvania State Chair of the International Clarinet Association and the founder of the Millersville University Single Reed Symposium.

Barger, Diane see Moran Woodwind Quintet

Barry, Nancy Nancy H. Barry is Professor of Music Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University. She earned the Master’s degree and Ph.D. in music education, and certificates in and Computers in Music from Florida State University. Barry is an international scholar in music education with numerous publications in such journals as Arts and Learning, Psychology of Music, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Contributions to Music Education, UPDATE, and Bulletin of Research in Music Education, among others. She served as editor of the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, and is a reviewer for Psychology of Music. Professor Barry is a frequent presenter at national and international professional conferences. She was on the faculty of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn from 1990 – 2000. Barry served as Professor, Graduate Coordinator and Chair of Music Education at the from 2000 – 2007 where she received the Henry Daniel Rinsland Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Research in 2006 and was awarded a Presidential Professorship in 2007. She returned to Auburn in Fall of 2007. Recent international activities include being selected by the Confucious Institute to visit China as a member of a delegation of educators, and establishing a community-based partnership which has provided opportunities for AU students and faculty to work in Malawi, Africa. Barry is a long-time member of the College Music Society. She has served CMS in numerous capacities including Southern Chapter President and Mentoring Committee Chair.

Basile, Joseph Joe Basile is a graduate student attending Western Carolina University. He has been composing music since he was a young child. His instruments of expertise include saxophone, guitar, piano, and voice. After earning a B.M. in Commercial and Electronic Music from Western Carolina University, he began interning and freelancing at Antfood Music and Sound Design, a Brooklyn based music house, working under Wilson Brown and Polly Hall. During his time there, he began writing music for advertising, providing compositions and sound design for brands such as Frito-Lay, Esquire Magazine, and IBM. He still continues freelancing independently working with brands such as Mountain Dew, Sophos, and CityPass. His preferred DAW is Ableton Live. However, he is also well versed in Logic and ProTools. He is an avid fan of hardware synthesizers and uses them in his compositions regularly. His primary areas of study include film composition, sound design/synthesis, and electronic programming with Max/MSP.

Beckman, Gary D. Gary D. Beckman is Director of Entrepreneurial Studies in the Arts at North Carolina State University where he developed and administers the nation’s first campus-wide Arts Entrepreneurship Minor. His articles on the topic of arts entrepreneurship, leadership education in the arts and Intellectual Entrepreneurship have appeared in Planning for Higher Education, Symposium, Metropolitan Universities Journal, Arts Education Policy Review and The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. He is active in many professional organizations and currently chairs committees on arts and music entrepreneurship education for The College Music Society.

Bell, Adam Patrick Adam Patrick Bell is Assistant Professor of at Montclair State University. He received his PhD in Music Education from University in 2013. His dissertation, Oblivious Trailblazers: Case Studies of the Role of Recording Technology in The Music-Making Processes of Amateur Home Studio Users, examined how coopt the role of the when making music with digital audio workstations (DAWs). Additionally, Adam served as a researcher and instructor at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for in Manhattan from 2009-2012. Adam has published in the International Journal of Education and the Arts and presented to the Northeast Music Cognition Group at Yale University. Adam’s professional musical work includes many commercial recordings for film and television. He has had two music videos premiere on MuchMusic and composed an award-winning composition for Coca Cola titled “Message in a Bottle,” which played in over 30,000 AMC theatres across the USA.

Benedict, Cathy L. Cathy Benedict is currently the Area Coordinator of Music Education at Florida International University. Her scholarly interests lay in facilitating music education environments in which students take on the perspective of a justice-oriented citizen. To this end her research agenda focuses on the processes of education and the ways in which teachers and students interrogate taken-for-granted, normative practices.

Berenson, Gail Gail Berenson is Professor Emerita of Piano at Ohio University and was awarded the School of Music’s “Distinguished Teacher of the Year” Award in 2000. As a result of her respected work as a piano pedagogue and her reputation as a noted expert on musician wellness issues, she is much in demand as a performer, clinician, master class artist, adjudicator, author and reviewer. She has performed and lectured in over thirty states and nine countries, and is a Past President of Music Teachers National Association, an association of over twenty-three thousand members. She serves as the Coordinator of a Musicians’ Health and Wellness Special Interest group for the International Society of Music Education and also serves as a member of the ISME Forum on Vocal and Instrumental Teaching. Ms. Berenson is one of the co-authors of A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to Develop Mind and Body for Optimal Performance and a contributor of three chapters to the fourth edition of Lyke, Haydon and Rollins’s Creative Piano Teaching. She also has been a piano instructor in Yamaha’s Passport to Music program, in cooperation with Crystal Cruise Lines. In recognition of her significant contributions to the music world and the music teaching profession, she was awarded an MTNA Foundation Fellow Award in 2007. A dedicated teacher, her students are performing and teaching in independent studios and on college faculties throughout the world.

Bergman, Jason Dr. Jason Bergman is currently the trumpet professor at the University of Southern Mississippi (USA). He is also Principal Trumpet of the Mobile Symphony and Opera Orchestras. He has been a member of several orchestras including the Santiago Philharmonic in Santiago, Chile. His debut solo , On The Horizion, is available on the MSR label and continues to receive reviews. On the disc, Bergman and pianist Ellen Elder recorded new works for the trumpet and piano, including four world premiere recordings. He has given recitals and master classes at more than 30 institutions throughout the world including The Florida State University, University of Georgia, Baylor University, Texas Christian University, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de Cantareira, Escola de Música de Piracicaba, and National Conservatory of Music in Santiago. Bergman is a contributing author in the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd Edition as well as the International Trumpet Guild Journal. He holds degrees from Brigham Young University (BM) and the University of Michigan (MM and DMA). His principal teachers include William Campbell, David Brown, and Woody Yenne. He has also had additional studies with Philip Smith, Paul Merkelo, and Tom Booth. Dr. Bergman is an Artist/Clinician for Bach Trumpets.

Bergman, Mark Double Bassist, composer, and author Mark Bergman currently serves on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is a member of the Fairfax Symphony, Alexandria Symphony and Roanoke Symphony. Mark spends his summers with the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon and with Assisi Performing Arts in Assisi, Italy. In 2006, Mark founded Virginia Virtuosi, a string trio dedicated to innovative chamber music programs and arts education. The ensemble recently performed at the Kennedy Center, Corcoran Gallery, and National Gallery of Art. They won the first Yale University Alumni Ventures Award in 2008, and were cited by Fairfax Connections for “turning cool.”

Mark’s compositions are published by the British company “Recital Music.” He received the 2011 Strauss Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax County supporting the creation of Shenandoah Suite, a string trio commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of Shenandoah National Park. He won the second British International Bass Forum Composition Contest and the Kappa Gamma Psi Composition Contest.

Mark’s textbook In The Groove: Form and Function in was published in 2012 by Cognella Academic Press. The book offers students a framework for original scholarship and analysis of popular music for use in college classrooms. Mark created on-line popular music resources published by Oxford University Press. He is currently completing a doctoral degree in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Berlin, Edward A. Edward Berlin earned an undergraduate degree in economics and worked as a probation officer before turning to music. He earned an MA in music at with a thesis on tonality in Stravinsky’s serial music, and then a Ph.D. in musicology at City University of New York with a dissertation on ragtime. He taught at several units of the university, the last being Brooklyn College, giving courses in computers as well as in music; he also worked as a computer programmer. His books are Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History (U. of California Press, 1980), Reflections and Research on Ragtime (ISAM, Brooklyn College, 1987), and King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (Oxford, 1994). He has enjoyed retirement since 1999, continuing to research, write, and lecture at various events, and is currently completing a new edition of his Scott Joplin biography. [www.edwardaberlin.com/bio.htm]

Bernard Cara Cara Bernard is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University. For seven years she was the director of choral activities and piano studies at Bryant High School in . As a choral clinician, Cara Bernard has given workshops and guest conducted throughout the Northeast, and has presented for and at Weill Music Institute, The College Music Society, Society for Music Teacher Education, NAfME, University of North Texas Music Symposium and University of Toronto Social Justice Conference. She is a contributor to the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts for the NYC Department of Education, and serves as a curriculum and assessment writer for the Arts Achieve grant for the Office of Arts and Special Projects. Additionally, Ms. Bernard works with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City™ in their Satellite School Program, collaborating with New York City public schools to bring a choral experience to over 700 children throughout the city. Ms. Bernard holds a Education degree from Westminster College of Rider University, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from .

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Beverly, Thomas Thomas Rex Beverly, born 1988, is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas where he received a bachelor’s degree in music composition. At Trinity, he studied with Timothy Kramer, David Heuser, Jack W. Stamps, and Brian Nelson. Beverly studied abroad in fall 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. There he studied composition with the Czech composer Michal Rataj and researched contemporary Czech music. He completed a Master of Arts in Teaching for Music Education at Trinity University and for the past two years he has taught as the and Choral Director at KIPP Aspire Academy in San Antonio. He has had pieces performed at the SCI Region VI Conference, the Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival, the CFAMC National Conference, National Student Electronic Music Event at Temple University, Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College and his piece Ringing Rocks for wind ensemble and electronics was just selected as a winner of The Score Project Competition for new wind ensemble music. He is currently attending graduate school at Bowling Green State University in their Master of Music Composition degree program where he is a Music Technology Teaching Assistant.

Boden, Ruth Ruth Boden is Assistant Professor of Cello and Bass at Washington State University where she also teaches and coordinates the chamber music program. Dr. Boden holds a B.M. and M.M. in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a D.M.A. from the University of Alabama. Ruth is an active performer, a highly regarded adjudicator and clinician, and currently serves as the Artistic Director and conductor of the Spokane Youth Symphony. Through her performance career she has worked with several notable chamber artists including the Vermeer, Juilliard, Miami, and Cavani String Quartets and the Diaz Trio. She has also appeared as guest soloist with the Mid Columbia Symphony, Coeur d’alene Symphony, Washington Idaho Symphony, and premiered Philip Wharton’s Double Concerto for violin and cello with the Rendezvous Orchestra in Moscow, ID.

Ruth is an avid hiker and staunch supporter and advocate for new music. Her ongoing project, “Music Outside Four Walls” combines these passions as she hikes the Appalachian Trail with her cello, playing new works composed for solo cello which honor the traditions of American and celebrate the innovations of contemporary western composers.

Borja Jonathan Jonathan Borja is Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance and Second Flutist with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. He holds a and Master of Music in flute performance, as well as a Master of Music in musicology from the Conservatory of Music and Dance, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Jonathan has performed throughout the and Mexico and has appeared in festivals devoted to the music of Bach, Crumb, Mahler, Messiaen, and Carter. His continued advocacy for the music of our time has lead him to collaborate with some of today’s finest composers, including Chen Yi and Zhou Long, and George Crumb, among others.

Bornhurst Parkes, Marcia Marcia Bornhurst Parkes is the President of Creative Musicianship, which she established to foster musicianship and promote service-learning and community engagement activity by providing in-service training for professional musicians, educators, and project partners. Dr. Parkes also gives presentations, including band concert-clinics, as well as seminars and workshops for colleges, school music faculties, and national and state professional music associations. Dr. Parkes served as Lecture and interim leader of the Department of Music at the University of -Dartmouth, and Chair/Administrator and Director of Bands of the Rochester, NY New Horizons Program of the Eastman School of Music. As a wind band, ensemble, and chamber music conductor, she has conducted and taught all ages in colleges, schools, and community music programs.

Committed to fostering professional development, Dr. Parkes played a key role as a Founder of the New York State Band Directors Association and as creator and manager of the state-wide NYSBDA Regional Workshop Program. Supportive of composers-in-residence and new commissions, Dr. Parkes served as an educational consultant and collaborating teacher for The Commission Project, and served as Chair of NYSBDA’s first Band Commission which received support from Meet the Composer, Inc. A pioneer who has advanced the inclusion of Comprehensive Musicianship, service learning and community engagement, and creative activity such as composition in instrumental music curricula since the mid 1970’s, Dr. Parkes holds three degrees in Music Education: the Ph.D. and M. M. from the Eastman School of Music and the B. M. from Ithaca College.

Bowman, Judith Judith Bowman, Professor of Music Education and Music Technology at Duquesne University. Ph.D., Eastman School of Music. Directs M.M. Music Education studies and graduate pedagogical studies in the M.M. Music Technology. Teaches online courses in music education and music technology.

Bowyer, Don Don Bowyer is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Arkansas State University. Having previously taught at every level from kindergarten through university in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Sweden, Bowyer received his Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado, Master of Arts from California State University-Northridge, and Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Active in the fields of composition, music technology, and performance, Bowyer has published more than 60 pieces of music, developed an educational computer program that has been used in at least 120 countries, and has performed as a trombonist in 40 different countries. Among other performing credits, he spent five years playing trombone on eleven cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska. The first ten didn’t sink.

Bowyer and his wife have also served as foster parents, having provided a home to eighteen foster children between 2003 and 2010.

Burton, Suzanne Suzanne L. Burton, Ph.D., is Professor of Music Education, Director of Graduate Studies, and Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Delaware. Burton specializes in musical development from early childhood through adolescence, music literacy development, music teacher preparation in authentic and global contexts, community engagement, and professional development for music educators. Burton is published widely in scholarly journals and books. Noted for her editorial work, she is lead editor and a contributor to Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music and sole editor and contributor of Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School Music. Burton also serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Music Teacher Education and Visions of Research in Music Education and is Community Engagement Chair for The College Music Society.

Butera, Christina Christina Butera (b.1987) is a composer, teacher, musicologist, and Doctoral student born and raised in . Her formal studies in composition began at Bucknell University, where she studied composition with William Duckworth and Jackson Hill, clarinet with Elizabeth Stimpert, and piano with Barry Hannigan. She earned her B.M. in Composition from Bucknell in 2009. She completed her Masters degree in 2011 at Bowling Green State University, where she was a student of Marilyn Shrude, Mikel Kuehn, Burton Beerman, and Andrea Reinkemeyer. She is currently working on her DMA in Composition with an additional focus on musicology at the University of Missouri Kansas City, where she studies with Chen Yi, Zhou Long, James Mobberley and Paul Rudy. Christina composes both acoustic and and writes for standard Western instruments, as well as Javanese and Balinese . Her music has been performed around the country. Christina is specifically interested in studies in music technology, electroacoustic music analysis, and listener perception.

Callahan, Michael Michael Callahan is assistant professor of music theory in the College of Music at Michigan State University, where he is a recipient of both the prestigious Teacher-Scholar Award and a Lilly Teaching Fellowship. He teaches sophomore-level music theory, modal and tonal counterpoint, keyboard skills, and music theory pedagogy. Callahan’s research interests include music theory pedagogy, particularly as it intersects with performance and improvisation; eighteenth-century counterpoint; and the Great American Songbook. His work appears in Music Theory Online, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Theory and Practice, Intégral, and Music Performance Research, and is forthcoming in Music Theory Spectrum. In addition to his scholarship and teaching, he is also an active performer on piano and harpsichord, specializing in continuo playing and improvisation. Callahan holds degrees from Harvard University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004) and the Eastman School of Music (M.A., 2008; Ph.D., 2010).

Camacho Zavaleta, Martin Martin Camacho (Piano performance degrees and diplomas: D.M.A. University of Miami, M.M. and P.S. Cleveland Institute of Music, B.M., Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana) has won fifteen national competitions in Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. He has appeared as soloist with many orchestras in Mexico and the United States, and has performed extensively as a recitalist in the United States, Venezuela, Cuba, Japan, Norway, Italy, and Mexico. He toured as soloist with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, performing in more than twenty cities in the USA and Canada. He recently made his New York City concert debut, to great acclaim before a sold-out hall, at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Camacho has earned numerous honors, including Mexico’s National Endowment of the Arts endorsement for dissemination of Mexican music, and has presented lecture-recitals on Mexican music in national and international conferences. He serves as Dean of the Fain College of Fine Arts and Associate Professor at Midwestern State University.

Camara, Kathleen A. Kathleen A. Camara (Ph.D., Stanford University; M.A., Northwestern University) is Associate Professor at Tufts University in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Coordinator for the Arts and Children’s Development Graduate Degree Concentration, and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Music and the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. She is Director of the Tufts Consortium for Research and Evaluation in Arts and Youth Development. Her research project, the YouthBEAT Research and Evaluation Study of Music and Youth Development, conducted in collaboration with Berklee College of Music, focuses on how participation in contemporary music after-school programs is related to positive development among youth from underserved communities through the U.S. Dr. Camara has conducted research in Ireland, England, and the U.S. on music and children’s development, and has directed or co-directed several national evaluation studies. Her research has been presented at conferences of the International Society for Music Education, the International Symposium for Assessment in Music Education, International Society for Improvised Music, the Jean Piaget Society, and the National Association for Music Education. She has taught at the pre-K through college levels and she regularly consults with music and arts programs, including the Boston Conservatory, Classroom Cantata Singers, and the Amp Up NYC program, a partnership among Berklee College of Music, Little Kids Rock, and the NYC schools. In addition, Dr. Camara has worked professionally as a musician, actress, and director of children’s theater. She teaches private voice and piano in her studio in Acton, MA.

Campbell, Patricia Patricia Shehan Campbell is Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music at the University of Washington, where she teaches courses at the interface of education and . She is the author of Lessons from the World, Music in Cultural Context, in Their Heads, Teaching Music Globally, Musician and Teacher, co-author of Music in Childhood , co-editor of Oxford’s The Global Music Series, and co-editor of Oxford Handbook on Children’s Musical Cultures. Campbell is chair of the advisory board of Smithsonian Folkways and is president of The College Music Society.

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Carlisle, Katie Katie Carlisle, Ph.D., is assistant professor of general music education and graduate faculty member at Georgia State University in Atlanta, offering programs at the baccalaureate, masters and Ph.D. levels. She is the interim Graduate Director at the GSU School of Music.

She is the Southern representative for National Association for Music Education Council for General Music Education. Her professional development interests include classroom creativity, urban education, developing understanding of diverse world , informal music learning practices, and school- university partnerships. Her journal publications include the British Journal of Music Education; Music Education Research; Arts Education Policy Review; General Music Today; and Middle Grades Research Journal. Dr. Carlisle is the director for the Center for Educational Partnerships in Music at Georgia State University. Initiatives through the center with partnership K-12 schools include the nationally recognized arts integration program, Sound Learning, the ongoing arts-focused curriculum integration project Inspire, professional development workshop/lectures, and the GSU library/Johnny Mercer Foundation American Music 1900-1950 partnership. Dr. Carlisle is the Georgia State University partner project director for the Race to the Top STE(A)M Grant shared with the Georgia Institute of Technology and area schools. She currently serves on the Community Engagement committee of The College Music Society. She is the elected 2014-2016 Board Member for Music Education for The College Music Society’s Southern Chapter.

Carter-Ényì, Aaron Intersections of music and language are Aaron’s passion in research, particularly vocal production and perception, and the ethno-linguistic cultures of Nigeria. While completing his Master’s in Choral , he developed a keen interest in voice science working in the Vocal Arts Laboratory of John Nix. There, Aaron conducted preliminary human subject research on West African before commencing field research in Nigeria in 2011. In 2013, he returned to Nigeria with the support of the Fulbright program. Aaron is currently earning a PhD in Music Cognition at the , studying with David Huron (author of Sweet Anticipation) and Scott McCoy (author of Your Voice: An Inside View). He is a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists and an active composer of works for chamber groups, chorus, electronic media, and wind ensemble.

Cayari, Christopher Christopher Cayari is a Ph.D. student of Music Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He holds Master’s of music education from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor’s degree in music education from Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL. His research interests include mediated musical performance, YouTube, and informal music learning. He is an avid YouTube video creator and his videos have reached over half a million views. He regularly publishes online performances, tutorials, and vlogs. He also enjoys collaborating with others on YouTube; if you are interested in being involved, please contact him.

Chan, Chin Ting Raised in Hong Kong, composer Chin Ting (Patrick) CHAN (b. 1986) has gained awards and recognitions from the Interdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art, Soli fan tutti Composition Prize, American Prize, ArtsKC, ASCAP, Association for the Promotion of New Music, Cortona Sessions for New Music, MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, MMTA/MTNA Commissioning Project, newEar, New-Music Consortium and Portland Chamber Composers Competition. He has been a composer fellow at June in Buffalo and Wellesley Composers Conference, and has worked closely with the technical team at IRCAM’s ManiFeste. His music is regularly performed by groups including Ensemble Signal, S.E.M. Ensemble and Zeitgeist; in venues such as the Darmstadt State Theatre and Seoul Arts Center; in conferences and festivals including the Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium and SEAMUS National Conference, among many others. His works have been recorded and published with the Darling’s Acoustical Delight label (Colonge), Melos Music and Music from SEAMUS (available 2015). Chan holds degrees from the University of Missouri–Kansas City (D.M.A.), Bowling Green State University (M.M.) and San José State University (B.M.). He is an adjunct instructor at UMKC and the Kansas City Kansas Community College. He is a founding member of Melos Music, and he currently serves as vice president of the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance and a 2014-15 resident with the Charlotte Street Foundation. [www.chintingchan.com]

Chattah, Juan Dr. Juan Chattah is Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at University of Miami - Frost School of Music. His research interests are situated in two areas: the application of semiotic and cognitive models to the analysis of film and electroacoustic music, and integrative methodologies for music theory pedagogy. His scholarship has been published by Oxford University Press, McGraw Hill, SAGE Reference, and Hayden McNeil.

Chave, George George B. Chave (1959) teaches studio composition, as well as core, upper level, and graduate courses in the theory/composition area at the University of Texas at Arlington. Awards for his compositions include first prize in the 1985 Oriana Trio International Composition Competition, the grand prize in the 1993 Best in the Universe Contest, first prize in the 2011 International Longfellow Choral Competition in Solo Song, and first prize in the 2012 Vincent Silliman Children’s Choir Competition. Chave’s music has been performed throughout the United States and in Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Chave has composed over 70 works, including numerous solo and chamber pieces, and works for chorus, orchestra, and wind ensemble. His music has been featured on several CDs and is published by Alliance Music, Harold Gore Music, Manduca Music, and Norruth Music, Inc.

Chenoweth, Jonathan N. Jonathan Chenoweth received his training at Oberlin College and Conservatory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has performed as a member of the Dakota Quartet, the Soviet Emigré Chamber Orchestra, the Richmond (VA) Symphony, and the contemporary music group Bis. He has been a soloist and principal cellist at festivals in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Hampshire and has taught at universities in Pennsylvania, Missouri, and South Dakota.

At the University of Northern Iowa, Dr. Chenoweth teaches cello and is coordinator of chamber music activities. He has developed service-learning opportunities that get UNI student musicians out in the community, and has explored a variety of innovative approaches to the teaching of music appreciation. He is currently at work on a book about Leonard Bernstein.

Cho, Sujung see Duo Korusa

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Clark, Patrick D. Patrick David Clark (b. 1967, St. Louis, MO) is a composer and conductor, currently adjunct professor of composition at the University of Missouri, covering the teaching duties of Dr. Stefan Freund for the Fall term of 2013, and directing the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. Most recently Patrick has been commissioned to write an orchestral work, FE700°C, for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in celebration of their 20th anniversary, and Snow Coming for St. Louis Symphony pianist Peter Henderson, performed as part of the Sheldon Concert Hall’s 100th anniversary. Patrick is Musical Director of the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra. Patrick holds his Bachelor’s degree in composition from MU where he studied with Thomas McKenney and John Cheetham. Patrick earned his Master’s degree from the University of Arizona, studying with Dan Asia, and his DMA in composition from the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, studying with Arthur Gottschalk, Paul Cooper and Ellsworth Milburn. Patrick is a Tanglewood Fellow (1997), participated as a composer at June in Buffalo (1996) and studied with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague in Holland on a Netherlands-America Foundation Grant (Fulbright) from 1999-2001. Patrick was one of eight composers selected to write a work for Alarm Will Sound, performed in July of 2011 as part of the Mizzou International Composers Festival. [http://soundcloud.com/patrick-david-clark]

Cowden, Tracy E. Tracy Cowden, associate professor of piano and vocal coach at Virginia Tech, has appeared as soloist with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Southwest Virginia, and the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra. As a collaborative pianist, Cowden has recently performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal flutist Mathieu Dufour, tenor Vinson Cole, and soprano Elizabeth Futral as well as performances at the 2014 National Flute Association Conference, the 2012 College Music Society National Conference and at the 2012 International Trumpet Guild.

Cowden is the chair of the music program in the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech, where she has been honored for her work as a teacher with a Certificate of Teaching Excellence. Also active as a clinician and lecturer, she has presented master classes and workshops on topics related to collaborative music-making and creative programming across the country.

A passionate advocate for new music, Cowden has premiered many new chamber works as soloist and with colleagues around the country. Recent projects include the commissioning of the song cycle Vegetable Verselets from composer Daron Aric Hagen, and Confronting Inertia, a recording of new works for trumpet and piano with , released by Origin Classical.

Cowden holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Western Michigan University.

Crawford, Elizabeth Elizabeth Crawford is associate professor of clarinet at Ball State University. In addition to teaching studio clarinet, pedagogy and literature, she is also a member of the Musical Arts Quintet. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, she holds a , magna cum laude, from Furman University, the master of music degree from The University of Michigan School of Music, and a doctorate from The Florida State University College of Music. A member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra for ten years, she has also worked with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Annapolis Symphony, the Monterey Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, and currently performs regularly with the Indianapolis Symphony and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. While living in the United Kingdom from 2002–2005, she was a finalist for several bass clarinet orchestra positions and performed extensively with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the City of Birmingham Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She has recorded for the BBC and done sessions at Abbey Road, Angel, and Olympic studios in London. She also recorded Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with Robert Craft and the Philharmonia on the Naxos label. Crawford was the project director of the critically acclaimed CD with the Musical Arts Quintet, American Breeze. Released on the Albany Records label in September 2012, the CD contains works by American composers, including the premiere recording of David Maslanka’s Quintet No. 4.

Cremata, Radio Dr. Radio Cremata is an Assistant Professor of music education at Ithaca College. With a diverse teaching background from K-Graduate School, his experience encompasses public, private, charter, and online settings. He holds state, national, ESOL and Orff-Schulwerk music education certifications. He has developed both traditional and progressive programs that have earned him teaching and grant honors from the Roland Music Corporation, Berklee College of Music, PBS and the Henry Ford, Univision, Grammy in the Schools Foundation, and the Fender Music Foundation.

Professionally, Dr. Cremata is a teacher, keyboardist, composer, producer and recording engineer. His interest in studio production and “real-world” music playing has deeply impacted his music teaching philosophy. His research interests reflect his belief that music education should be available to greater numbers of students. He has written articles, given master classes, and presented at national and international conferences on such topics as the effective use of various technologies in music education, urban and at-risk music education, popular music education, integration of technology in music education settings, music technology for special learners, the evolving role of the music educator in education settings, understanding vocational music programs, and music learning in “informal” contexts. In addition to his work in pedagogy, he is an active composer, performer, recording engineer, producer, conductor and accompanist.

Crescent Duo Crescent Duo consists of flutist Joanna Cowan White and clarinetist Kennen White, both Professors in the School of Music at Central Michigan University. The Crescent Duo was the first flute/clarinet duo ever to record and release a full compact disc of flute clarinet music. Flights of Fancy was released in 2005 on the well-known Centaur Records label. The duo can also be heard on Woodwind Echoes, recorded for White Pine Music, a compact disc of works commissioned by the performers for flute/clarinet duo and two other instruments as well. Joanna and Kennen White perform nationally and internationally.

Day, James M. James M. Day is Assistant Dean of the School of the Arts and Communication at The College of New Jersey, where he has created several courses, projects and programs focused on community engagement through the arts. His recent accomplishments include leading the Trenton Harmonies project, creating the courses The Arts and the Community and Urban Soundscapes, establishing a minor in Integrated Performing Arts, and holding a six-week residency at the University of Melbourne to develop pedagogical approaches to community cultural development for the college curriculum. In addition, Dr. Day leads the guitar studies program at TCNJ and is an active soloist and chamber musician. He received his BM in music performance from University of North Carolina School of the Arts and MM and DMA in performance and literature from University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music.

Dean, Michael L. Carnegie Hall, Eastman, Royal Northern College of Music, NACWPI, and ClarinetFest recitals and master classes headline clarinetist Michael Dean’s extensive career. He is featured on four commercial CD’s: Mysteries, Desertscape: New Music for Clarinet, Woodwind Music of Robert Fruehwald, Vol. 1, and Red Mesa Trio. Two more CD’s featuring Michael Dean are upcoming: a second CD of Fruehwald’s music for woodwinds (Vol. 2) (2015) and a new solo CD, Postcards from Silver Lake (2015/16).

Dr. Dean has performed with the Southwest Symphony, Nevada Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic, Southeast Chamber Players, and the Red Mesa Trio. He recently performed for 11 years with the Paducah Symphony. He has published articles in the Southwestern Musician, WINDPLAYER, NACWPI Journal, and The Bandmasters’ Review. As “ClarinetMike,” he actively writes for his own widely-read clarinet blog, clarinetmike.wordpress.com.

He was recently a tenured Associate Professor of Clarinet for 11 years at Southeast Missouri State University. He returned to his native Texas in 2012 due to family illness. He currently maintains a large private clarinet studio in the /Fort Worth, Texas area, teaching primarily in Hurst/Euless/Bedford, Waxahachie, and Grapevine/Colleyville.

Dr. Michael Dean studied clarinet at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Texas Tech University, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Texas at Arlington. His professional website, Clarinetmike.com, features video and audio of his teaching and performing as well as information on his CD’s and other publications. He is a past president and former National Board officer of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI).

Dobroski, Bernard J. Bernard J. Dobroski is currently Professor of Music Studies and former dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music (1990–2003). He is a tubist, keyboard performer, and music educator who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Bienen School of Music and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He also is an author and editor, conductor, impresario, and is involved in fundraising and marketing in higher education. Previous positions also include dean of the University of Oregon School of Music (1986–1990) and membership in the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. (1968–1972).

Donaghue Flavin, Margaret see MiamiClarinet

Doutt, Kathleen Sister Kathleen C. Doutt, IHM, D.M.A., Professor of Music at Immaculata University, received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Immaculata University, Master of Education fromWest Chester University, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Temple University.In addition to her work in music education, she has had extensive experience as a pianist with soloists and ensembles. An active member of several professional music organizations, she has held leadership positions which include State Advisor to collegiate members of PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) and Associate Regent of Pi Kappa Lambda. She engages in ongoing research in world music, particularly latino music. Research projects in Puerto Rico, Perú, Chile, and Mexico have yielded a rich collection of folk music and dance resources which have been incorporated in coursework and shared in many conference presentations. In Spring 2012 through a grant funded by the Teagle Foundation Sister Kathleen collaborated on a project to develop interdisciplinary faculty metacognition using the iPad. She received additional Teagle grants to advance faculty metacognition in Spring and Fall, 2013.

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Drapkin, Michael Michael Drapkin has enjoyed a career as a music performer, composer, arranger, educator, clinician and adjudicator. Following the Wall Street adage of eat what you kill, Drapkin developed his own band Yiddish Cowboys in Austin, Texas, and featured them in the Classical Crossover showcase he ran for South by Southwest in 2011, where he brought bands from around the world that are classically trained and have crossed over to the mainstream and brought their virtuosity with them. As a clarinetist, he was a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, as Associate Principal and Bass Clarinet and the New York City Opera Touring Company and Lake George Opera Festival, as Principal Clarinet, and has performed under conductors ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Seiji Ozawa. He has spent summers playing at Aspen and at Tanglewood as a Berkshire Music Center fellow, and was solo clarinetist and Executive Director of Music Amici, Rockland County, NY’s oldest professional chamber music group and one of the finest in the New York City area, and performed with them in Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Drapkin is widely known in the bass clarinet world as author of Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet Volumes One, Two, Three and his upcoming Volume Four, which have become standard literature among orchestral bass clarinetists worldwide, and each fall he is a music judge and chief judge at high school marching band contests around the country for US Bands.

Drapkin has been an active member of The College Music Society, which represents college music faculty worldwide. He is chair of the Careers Outside the Academy Committee, previously chaired their Committee on Career Development and Entrepreneurship, and led a pre-conference seminar for them in Atlanta. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and has been a keynote speaker for their Southwest Chapter, and has made presentations at the CMS National Conference annually for the past ten years.

Duker, Philip Philip Duker is Assistant Professor in Music Theory at the University of Delaware in 2009 as. His dissertation focuses on repetition in 20th-century music from an analytical and metatheoretical perspective.

Duo Korusa Established by pianists Sujung Cho and Jacob Clark, Duo Korusa is a versatile piano duo/duet team dedicated to the performance of lesser-known works of the 19th and 20th century, as well as new works of the 21st century. Since its inception in 2012, Duo Korusa has been performing rare or newly composed piano duet works throughout the United States in venues located in Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, New York, Montana, Nebraska, and Missouri. Equally academics and performers, both members of Duo Korusa have a keen interest in research and have presented lecture recitals at national and regional conferences of the College Music Society at universities across the United States. Their recording of Diabelli’s Sonata in C major for Piano Four Hands has been published by Symposium, the peer-reviewed journal of CMS and is available in the recording archives of Symposium’s online journal. Duo Korusa has also had the honor of being selected to present a lecture for South Carolina State University’s Faculty Brown Bag Lecture Series sponsored by the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences.

Dr. Sujung Cho is on the faculty of Claflin University in South Carolina. She is a graduate of Ewha Womans University in South Korea and completed her master’s and doctoral studies in piano at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Dr. Jacob Clark studied exclusively at the University of Texas of Austin, receiving all three of his degrees in piano and is on the faculty of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

Elder, Ellen Price Ellen Price Elder is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she is the coordinator of the piano accompanying program, teaches class piano and collaborates with faculty and guest artists. In addition, Elder serves as founder and director of the Southern Miss Piano Institute. She has recorded with trumpeter Jason Bergman on the MSR Label. Their 2013 recording, On The Horizon, has received very positive reviews. In 2010 she was selected to compete in the 7th International Competition in Würzburg, Germany. She was also one of 37 pianists chosen to compete in the 2006 Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition in Leipzig. She has appeared as soloist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Mississippi Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Hattiesburg City Band. Elder holds a DMA in Piano Pedagogy and Performance, MM degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the University of Michigan and her BM in Piano Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Eastern Michigan University, Schoolcraft College and William Carey University.

Elezovic, Ivan Ivan Elezovic (DMA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) studied composition, music theory, and electronic music at the University of Manitoba, McGill University, and the University of Illinois working with Michael Matthews, Randolph Peters, Zack Settel, Alcides Lanza, Guy Garnett, Erik Lund, and Scott Wyatt.

After receiving the Presser Award in 2001, he went to IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique) where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough and Marc-André Dalbavie. A year later, he was accepted at the Internationales Musikinstitut in Darmstadt, Germany working with Isabel Mundry, Tristan Murail, Robert HP Platz, and Valerio Sannicandro.

His compositional output ranges from acoustic to electroacoustic works including mixed media, and has been recognized by numerous competitions and festivals in North and South America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Elezovic’s compositional approach, honed and refined in North America, has demonstrated both good craftsmanship and an interest in pursuing innovative conceptual goals. Instead of following a single style, Dr. Elezovic allows a number of materials and ideas to influence the approach and method for each new work. He was teaching composition, music technology, and music theory courses at the University of Illinois, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Mahidol University, Nova Southeastern University, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. Presently, Dr. Elezovic is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Composition and Theory at Jackson State University.

Emmanuel, Donna T. Dr. Donna Emmanuel holds graduate degrees in Music Education from the University of Michigan and Michigan State with related fields in voice, educational psychology and ethnomusicology. She has a passion for mariachi, having performed in one at Michigan, and she founded UNT’s first mariachi program. This has expanded into a highly developed form of community engagement that includes the only mariachi summer camp of its kind in the country. This camp has made strong connections between the university and the Hispanic community and has become a strong recruitment tool. Donna’s areas of scholarly interest include cultural competence, philosophies of music education, community engagement, urban teaching and learning, and Hispanic issues. Her interest in community engagement is demonstrated by her involvement with The College Music Society, having served as Chair of the National Committee for Community Engagement. She organized and hosted a national summit on community engagement for this organization and continues to serve on the committee. Her growing reputation in this field has been recognized by UNT as she was appointed by President Lane Rawlins to serve on the President’s Council on Community Engagement. Her work on this council resulted in her appointment as Director of Service Learning and Community Engagement for the Division of University and Community Relations. She worked fulltime in this role during the summer of 2013, and now has a halftime placement there and halftime in Music Education.

Enz, Karalyn Karalyn Enz graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Music and B.S. in Psychology from Lafayette College in 2013. She received departmental Honors in Music and the CMS Northeast Outstanding Student Paper Award for her work arranging and performing Mompou’s Impresiones Intimas based on her musicological study of Mompou’s expression markings. As one half of a guitar duo with Jorge Torres, Kara has performed in five U.S. states and Costa Rica. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of New Hampshire and hopes to incorporate a cognitive perspective into her future musicological research.

Estes, Adam Adam Estes is Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS where he teaches saxophone and double reeds, coaches woodwind chamber ensembles, and teaches woodwinds methods courses. Most recently, he was Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at Minot State University. Formerly a band director in the public schools in Mason I.S.D. in Mason, TX, Estes has also held posts as Visiting Professor of Saxophone at Furman University, the University of South Carolina as well as Instructor of Saxophone at Presbyterian College and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.

Dr. Estes was the principal bassoonist with the Western Plains Opera Company, the Minot Symphony Orchestra, and has been a regular substitute bassoonist and saxophonist with the South Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and Augusta Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, Estes is a founding member of the Assembly Quartet as well as Musicians at Play - a jazz combo/chamber music ensemble. He maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. His performing career has taken him to venues in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium.

He holds graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Tarleton State University. His primary teachers have been Clifford Leaman, Greg Ball, Peter Kolkay, Carol Lowe, and Douglas Graham.

Everett, William William A. Everett is professor of musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. His major areas of research concern musical theater and the relationship between music and national identity. He is contributing coeditor of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002, 2008) and a commissioning editor for musical theater for the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (2013). His books include Sigmund Romberg (2007), Rudolf Friml (2008), and Music for the People: A History of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, 1933-1982 (2014). His served as CMS National Vice-President from 2010 to 2013 and was steering committee chair for the 2013 CMS Summit, Developing the Artist Citizen.”

Faria, Richard Alan Clarinetist Richard Faria pursues an active career as soloist, chamber musician, and educator. He has been a participant in such festivals as the Bard Music Festival of the Hamptons, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, the Cornell International Chamber Music Festival Mayfest, Skaneateles Festival, Garth Newel Music Festival in Warm Springs, VA, Klasik Keyifler Music Festival in Cappadocia, Turkey, and has collaborated with such groups as the Zephyros and Sylvan Wind Quintets, Atlantic, Tetraktys, and Arianna String Quartets, Composers Concordance, Guild Trio, Mother Mallard, and the Young Composer’s Collective in Seattle.. He has performed in Weill, Zankel and Carnegie Hall, Spivey Hall, the Smithsonian Institution, as well as at the American Academies in Rome and Berlin, and Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A fervent advocate of new music, Richard premiered the Clarinet Sonata by Roberto Sierra at the International ClarinetFest 2007 in Vancouver, BC, as well as the Pyrrhic Suite by Kevin Gray at the ClarinetFest 2010 in Austin, Texas. His first solo CD, Roberto Sierra: Clarinet Works, was described as “a superb recording that belongs on every clarinetist’s shelf” by the American Record Guide. His recording of Stephen Hartke's The Horse with the Lavender Eye was released on the Chandos label.

Richard is a contributing author to The Clarinet magazine, and studied at Ithaca College, Michigan State University, and SUNY Stony Brook, as well as the Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra and the Stockhausen Courses Kürten. His teachers have included Joaquin Valdepeñas, Dr. Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr and Charles Neidich. He is Professor of Clarinet at Ithaca College.

Fast, Barbara Dr. Barbara Fast, Frieda Derdeyn Professor of Piano, Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Piano Area Chair, coordinates the group piano program as well as teaches graduate and undergraduate piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma. Receiving the 2014 Regents Award for Superior Teaching at the University of Oklahoma, the 2013 Oklahoma Music Teachers Distinguished Teacher of the Year, and the 2008 Irene and Julian Rothbaum Presidential Professor of Excellence in the Arts at OU, she co- founded the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum held for the first time in 2000. She also served on the Editorial Board of the MTNA E-Journal, and as Associate Editor of Piano Pedagogy Forum, the first keyboard journal on the WEB. Currently she serves as President of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association (OMTA) She has presented numerous workshops on practicing, sight reading, ensemble music, technology, newly published music, and historical keyboard pedagogy at the London International Piano Symposium (2013), College Music Society International Conferences (CMS), College Music Society National Conferences (CMS), Music Teachers National Conferences (MTNA), The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), World Piano Pedagogy Conferences (WPPC), and the European Piano Teachers Conference (EPTA). She has served on numerous national and state MTNA, CMS, and NCKP piano pedagogy and international initiative related positions. Additionally she has performed in chamber settings in England, Russia, and Japan as well as presented lecture recitals and master classes throughout the United States.

Fernstrom, Katie Katie Fernstrom is in her second year at Youngstown State, studying Piano Performance with Dr. Caroline Oltmanns. Her academic interests include composing and ethnomusicology and she is an active member of the Dana Piano Guild. She also is active as a visual artist, receiving numerous awards at local, state, and national competitions. She has been a musician since she first began studying piano at the age of three, as well as more recently studying voice and percussion. She hopes to continue her performing and composition career to inspire future generations of musicians.

Field-Bartholomew, Tana Mezzo-soprano Tana Field received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music summa cum laude from Luther College. Ms. Field earned a Master of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in voice performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. While at the University of Cincinnati, Ms. Field served as a university teaching assistant and as a faculty member in the preparatory department. A former member of the voice faculty at Luther College, Ms. Field currently serves as an assistant professor at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.

An active performer of oratorio, she has appeared as a featured soloist with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Baroque Ensemble, the Lebanon Symphony and Chorus, Musica Sacra of Cincinnati, the Northern Kentucky Community Chorus, the Wright State University Choruses, and the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy.

Ms. Field’s operatic roles include: The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw, Anna Maurrant in Street Scene, Florence Pike in Albert Herring, Nancy in A Hand of Bridge, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Zelatrice and La Badessa in Suor Angelica, and the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music. She also created the roles of Rosa Stein in Cathy Lesser-Mansfield’s The Sparks Fly Upward and Bluma Gebirtig in Joel Hoffman’s The Memory Game. She was most recently heard as the alto soloist in the Lebanon Symphony’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem.

Fleisher, Robert Robert Fleisher attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City, graduated with honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and earned his doctorate in composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—where his teachers included Salvatore Martirano, Ben Johnston and Paul Zonn. His work has been supported through artist residencies in the U.S. and abroad, and by the Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and National Endowment for the Humanities. The author of Twenty Israeli Composers (1997), he is also a contributing composer and essayist in Theresa Sauer’s Notations 21 (2009). His music appears on Centaur, Capstone, and SEAMUS labels, and was recently represented in the “Notations 21: Architecture in Sound” exhibitions in the Netherlands (Gaudeamus Muziekweek) and France (Festival Musiques démesurées). Dr. Fleisher has served on the music faculties of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1978-1980), the University of California, Los Angeles (1980–1982), and at Northern Illinois University (1983-2014), where he is Professor Emeritus.

Fogel, Henry Henry Fogel is currently Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. He has had a 45-year career in music administration, including President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras (2003–2008) and President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1985–2003). He has also been Executive Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., and Orchestra Manager of the . He was program director and vice president of WONO, a commercial classical music radio station in Syracuse, New York (1963–1978).

Forbay, Bronwen A Fulbrighter born in Durban, South Africa, soprano Bronwen Forbay has performed numerous opera roles including critically acclaimed performances of Mozart’s Queen of the Night with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, Eugene Opera, and Tulsa Opera. Also at Wolf Trap, she performed the role of Orasia Queen of Thrace in the American premier of Telemann’s Orpheus to glowing reviews. Recent operatic successes include the title role in She never lost a passenger: the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad with the Amarillo Opera, Violetta in La Traviata and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, both with the Cape Town Opera. For her Micaëla in the Durban Playhouse’s Carmen, Opera magazine called her a “...revelation...In ravishing voice, and showing singing of great subtlety, nuance and depth”. Forbay was the soprano soloist in South African composer Philip Miller’s REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony at the Royal Festival Hall in London (2010). Recent performances include a lecture recital on “Afrikaans Art Song Literature” excerpted from her doctoral research, at the 2013 Texoma NATS Conference’s Artist Series. Upcoming performances include Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. Forbay holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Natal (Durban), a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, an Artist Certificate from the Southern Methodist University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in voice performance from the University of Cincinnati, CCM. Dr. Forbay is on faculty at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Freeman, Robert S. Robert Freeman an American pianist, music educator, and musicologist who is particularly known for leading some of the finest conservatories of music in the United States. From 1972–1996 he was the Dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and from 1996–1999 he was President of the New England Conservatory. From 1999–2006 he held the position of Dean of the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. He currently remains at the UTA as a professor of musicology. In addition to sitting on the advisory committees and boards for several academic and performing arts institutions, Freeman is also the chair of Harvard Medical School‘s board of the Institute for Music and Brain Science at UCLA.

Fuhrman, Benjamin R. Born in Lansing, Benjamin Fuhrman is a graduate of the doctoral program in music composition at Michigan State University, where his principle instructors were Dr. Ricardo Lorenz and Dr. Mark Sullivan. He also holds a master’s degree in music composition from Michigan State University, and a achelor’s degree in violin performance from Hope College, where his principle instructor was Mihai Craioveanu.

He has had works commissioned from performers and organizations such as Grant Gould, Jack Kinsey, Mark Flegg, Shawn Teichmer, Ty Forquer, Jeff Loeffert, Barton Rotberg, Ryan Janus, Sam Gould, Nathan Bogert, Will Cicola, and the H2 Quartet. His works have been performed at the IMMARTS TechArts Festival 2007, Electro-Acoustic Juke Joint 2008 and 2009, the Digital Arts Week 2008 Diamond in the Mud Exhibition, the ARC Gallery, the 2009 World Saxophone Congress, the 12 Nights Electronic Music and Art Festival, University of Central Missouri New Music Festival 2010: Dualities, the Electro-Acoustic Barn Dance, SCENE&Heard Concerts, the STREET Festival, the 2013 SCI National Conference, the 2013 SEAMUS National Conference, the 2013 Studio 300 Festival, Colorado State University, Bowling Green State University, Oklahoma State University, and elsewhere in the US, Brazil, Switzerland, and Asia. He has also served as the composer in residence for ART342 in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Currently in the process of completing a commission for clarinetist Will Cicola, he rounds out what little time is left serving as instructor of mandolin and computer music at the MSU Community . [www.benfuhrman.com]

Gainey, Denise A. Denise Gainey is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Backun Artist/Clinician and an Educational Recording Artist for Carl Fischer Music. Gainey is the State Representative of Alabama for the International Clarinet Association and serves as the State Chair Coordinator for the ICA. She comes to UAB from a nine-year tenure as Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Coordinator of Music Education at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina, where she was a member of the Asheville, Kingsport, and Hendersonville Symphonies. Gainey is an active clinician and recitalist throughout the United States and performs regularly with the Alabama Symphony. She has performed as a guest artist at the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, and as soloist with several orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the United States, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Denmark, also performing as a member of the McCracken Woodwind Quintet from 1998–2001. She served as clarinet specialist for the Denton Independent School District in Denton, Texas, from 1991– 1993, and was a middle school band director in Pasco County, Florida, for five years. Gainey has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer in 2001 (as Denise Schmidt), and currently writing a book on the pedagogical methods of master teacher Kalmen Opperman. Gainey’s major teachers include Kalmen Opperman, James Gillespie, Frank Kowalsky, and Fred Ormand.

Gallo, Donna Donna Gallo is a Ph.D. candidate in music education at Northwestern University where she co-taught a summer graduate-level music education research course and currently teaches “Introduction to Music,” a course for non-music majors. She works as adjunct faculty at DePaul University where she teaches Kodály Level III and Technology for Music Educators. Prior to her doctoral studies, Donna taught K-6 general/choral music for eight years. She served as an assessment clinician in various Connecticut and Illinois school districts, and collaborated with the Connecticut Common Arts Assessment Initiative to build performance-based assessment tasks at the state level. She holds a BME from Indiana University, Kodály Levels I-III and MME from Silver Lake College, Orff Levels I-II, and two diplomas from the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. Donna has presented research at ISAME, AERA, ISME, SMERS, and NAfME conferences, as well as practical-based sessions at national and regional OAKE, AOSA, and MENC conferences. Donna is currently an editor for The Orff Echo. Her research interests include teacher professional development, formative assessment in music education, and secondary general music.

Garbes, Heather MacLaughlin Heather MacLaughlin Garbes received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Washington. While at UW, she helped to develop and maintain the UW Baltic Choral Library, the first collection of its kind in the United States. This research has allowed her to present at College Music Society’s National and International Conferences, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies International Conference, the Baltic Musics and Musicology Conference in Canterbury, England and other regional conferences. She has written the chapter “Baltic Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian” in the book The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal, (Scarecrow Press) a collaborative effort with Dr. Duane Karna and Andrew Schmidt. She has conducted numerous collegiate and community ensembles in the Seattle, Chicago and Houston areas and was guest clinician for the Bangkok International Choral Festival as well as an artist-in-residence for the Bangkok International Schools. Dr. MacLaughlin Garbes has worked at Lake Forest College and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. She is currently a Seattle-based freelance conductor/performer and continues to work with the Baltic Studies Program and the Baltic Choral Library at the University of Washington. [www.heathermaclaughlin.com]

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Gault, Brent Brent Gault is an associate professor of music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has taught elementary and early childhood music in Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana and specializes in elementary general music education, early childhood music education, and Kodály-inspired methodology. Gault also has training in both the Orff and Dalcroze approaches to music education.

He has presented sessions and research at conferences of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the Dalcroze Society of America, the International Kodály Society, the International Society for Music Education, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and the National Association for Music Education. In addition, Gault has served as a presenter and guest lecturer for colleges and music education organizations in the United States, Canada, China, and Ireland.

Articles by Gault have been published in various music education periodicals, including the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, General Music Today, the Kodály Envoy, the Orff Echo, and the American Dalcroze Journal.

In addition to his duties with the Music Education Department, Gault serves as the program director for the Indiana University Children’s Choir, where he conducts the Allegro Choir. He is a past president of the Organization of American Kodály Educators.

Gawboy, Anna Anna Gawboy is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Ohio State University, where she coordinates the freshman theory curriculum and teaches graduate courses in analysis and music theory pedagogy. Her articles and essays have appeared in the Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Online, The Papers of the International Concertina Association, and the e-book “Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy.” She has presented her work at a variety of venues including Music Theory Midwest, New England Conference of Music Theorists, Society for Music Theory, American Musicological Association. In September 2013, she gave the final keynote address at an international conference entitled Enchanted Modernities: Theosophy and the Arts in the Modern World, which took place in Amsterdam. Since 2010, she and lighting designer Justin Townsend have collaborated to produce three lighted productions of ’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire based on her research. She is currently working on a book that investigates the esoteric sources of Scriabin’s color music.

Gendelman, Martin The music of Martín Gendelman, which includes concert works for acoustic and electronic media as well as many cross-disciplinary pieces and installations (primarily for dance, video, and theatre), has been presented and performed at festivals and conferences in Europe, South America, and the United States. A graduate from the University of Maryland (DMA, 2007), Gendelman heads the Music Theory and Composition area at Georgia Southern University.

Gibson, Mara Composer Mara Gibson is originally from Charlottesville, VA, graduated from Bennington College, and completed her Ph.D. at SUNY Buffalo. She has received grants and honors from the American Composer’s Forum, the Banff Center, Louisiana Division of the Arts, ArtsKC, Meet the Composer, the Kansas Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the International Bass Society, ASCAP, and the John Hendrick Memorial Commission. Internationally renowned ensembles and soloists have performed her music throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe. Dr. Gibson teaches at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance as Associate Teaching Professor, while leading the Conservatory’s Community Music and Dance Academy as director, where she is founder of the UMKC Composition Workshop and co-director/founder of ArtSounds.

Gogichashvili, Eka Dalrymple Eka Gogichashvili serves as an Associate professor of Violin at Baylor University. Her degrees include: BM from Balanchivadze College of Music in Tbilisi, Georgia (former Soviet Union) and from Rowan University, New Jersey; MM from Tbilisi State Conservatory in Tbilisi, Georgia and Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Music; DMA from Louisiana State University with the minor in orchestra conducting. Dr. Gogichashvili has a full studio at Baylor University and teaches applied lessons, chamber music, Violin Methods and Violin Orchestral Excerpts classes.

Throughout her career, Ms. Gogichashvili has appeared in numerous performances as a soloist, chamber music and orchestra music player. She has performed and conducted master classes throughout Europe as well as in United States.

In November 2001 Dr. Gogichashvili was named as the Honoree of the Laurel Chapter of Mortar Board at the 2001 Circle of Achievements from among 26 professors. In the fall of 2005 she was nominated for the outstanding teaching award by the School of Music faculty and students.

Gohn, Daniel Daniel Gohn is a teacher at the Department of Communication and Arts of the University of Sao Carlos, Brazil. He holds Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from the University of São Paulo and a Bachelor’s degree from the State University of Campinas. His main interests in research include the use of technology for music education and processes for teaching and learning of percussion instruments. He is the vice-coordinator for the music education course in the Brazilian Open University project, a joint effort between the University of Sao Carlos and the Brazilian Ministry of Education. He is the author of “Music Education and Distance Learning: Approaches and Experiences” (2011), “Digital Technologies for Music Education” (2010), and “Music learning: Technological Alternatives” (2003), all published in Portuguese only. Daniel has been active in the academic field in Brazil, giving workshops and lecturing regularly in the Brazilian Association of Music Education meetings. Currently he also works as a percussion clinician for Yamaha in Brazil and performing with the groups Casa de Marimbondo and Tribores.

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Graf, Sharon Sharon Graf is an ethnomusicologist and the creator and director of the Music Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). She is jointly appointed as Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology and of Art, Music and Theatre. Her interests include world music technologies, North American Fiddle Traditions, and South Pacific music and dance. She teaches a number of courses cross listed in Music and Sociology/Anthropology and in the Capital Scholars Honors Program, and directs music ensembles that explore traditions from around the globe. In addition to her work with the music groups at UIS, Dr. Graf has performed with the University of Wyoming Chamber and Symphony orchestras and UW Marching Band, the Kent State University Thai and Chinese Classical Music ensembles and Kent State Sinfonia, and has competed at the National Oldtime Fiddler’s Contest. She is the current CMS Board Member for Ethnomusicology.

Granade, S. Andrew S. Andrew Granade is Associate Professor of Musicology and Division Chair of Composition, Music Theory, and Musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. He received a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Illinois with a dissertation on Harry Partch that was supported by an Alvin H. Johnson AMS-50 Fellowship. He is the author of articles on Firefly in Popular Music and Society, Harry Partch in Journal of the Society for American Music and Music and the Moving Image and the forthcoming monograph Harry Partch, Hobo Composer, a study of the hobo in American culture and its impact on Partch’s life, work, and reception.

Green, Richard D. Richard Green is professor emeritus at Miami University in Ohio. He was, before coming to MU in 2005, a professor of musicology at Penn State University, where he also served as Director of the School of Music, (1998-2004). Prior to that time he was Associate Dean of the School of Music at Northwestern University. He completed the Ph.D degree at the University of Illinois, and continued advanced studies in musicology at the Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany. The recipient of several research grants, including the Deutscher Akademisher Austauschdienst, he has conducted research on German music of the 19th century in various archives in Europe. He has presented lectures in Germany and throughout the United States to many professional and civic organizations. Dr. Green is the author and compiler of three books, including an Anthology of Goethe Songs (A-R Editions, 1995), and has written numerous articles and reviews on music of the 19th century and music bibliography. He has received several awards for excellence in classroom teaching. Dr. Green is active in the National Association of Schools of Music as an evaluator and is currently editor of the College Music Symposium.

Greher, Gena Gena R. Greher is Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level music classes in music methods; world music for the classroom; popular culture; and technology applications in music education as well as an interdisciplinary GenEd course in computing+music. Her research interests focus on examining the influence of integrating multimedia technology in urban music classrooms, as well as in the music teacher education curriculum.

Recent projects include: Performamatics, an NSF CPATH grant linking computer science to the arts. iPads in The Classroom, and investigation of the creative musical potential of iPads in general music classrooms. Soundscapes, a technology infused music intervention program for teenagers with autism spectrum disorders. Gena received her Ed.D. from Teachers College Columbia University, where she was the Project Associate for the Creative Arts Laboratory (CAL), a professional development program in arts integration.

Gullings, Kyle Kyle Gullings is a versatile, collaborative composer of stage, vocal, and chamber works whose projects have traversed topics including environmental awareness, Sumerian legends, nuclear weaponry, mental illness, and copyright issues. He has been recognized through the National Opera Association’s Chamber Opera Composition Competition (one of three National Finalists, 2010-2012) and the SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition (two-time Regional Winner), and has been performed across the country through the Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival, John Duffy Composers Institute, Capital Fringe Festival, College Music Society, and Society of Composers, Inc. He has been commissioned by baritone Charlie Hyland and by the Catholic University of America Women’s Chorus and has been performed by Altra String Quartet and Chicago Miniaturist Ensemble.

Dr. Gullings joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Tyler in 2011, where he is committed to improving undergraduate instruction in music theory and composition nationally, with a focus on undergraduate music theory pedagogy. Dr. Gullings completed his D.M.A. in Composition at The Catholic University of America, where he was also the first recipient of their unique Stage Music Emphasis master’s degree. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory/Composition from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.

Haeker, Arthur Dr. Arthur Haecker is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and Interim Director of Bands at Newberry College. He holds a D.M.A. in trombone performance from The University of Iowa.

Hamann, Keitha Lucas Dr. Keitha Lucas Hamann is Associate Professor of Music Education at the . A choral music education specialist, she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in music education, including choral methods, arts assessment, foundations of music education, and music in adolescence. Her research interests include the development of musical skills by adolescents and middle level music education. Her articles have been published in the major journals of music education, and she is currently writing on a book that focuses on music in adolescence. Since 2009, Hamann has served as chair of the Community Engagement Leadership Team (CELT) for the School of Music. This team is responsible for developing mechanisms to institutionalize engagement in the research, teaching, and service missions of the School of Music. To date, the CELT has implemented a highly successful mini- grant program to encourage development of research and performance projects and to support collaboration with local teaching artists to support School of Music curriculum. In Fall 2013 Hamann collaborated with arts education managers for major Twin Cities music organizations (e.g., Minnesota Opera, , St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Vocal Essence, and MacPhail School of Music) as well as local teaching artists to develop course for graduate performance majors entitled Teaching Artists: Engaging Community through Music. This unique course lies at the intersection of music performance, community engagement, and entrepreneurship, providing students an opportunity to learn about the unique roles teaching artists serve within various communities.

Harding, C. Tayloe Tayloe Harding is a composer and music administrator, dean of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina, and former interim dean of the South Carolina Honors College. A music administrator since 1983, Tayloe Harding is a passionate advocate for advancing the impact of higher education music study and experience on American communities and national society. He is devoted to an array of organizations whose missions are consistent with this advocacy. As president of The College Music Society (CMS) from 2005-2006, he led the creation of the Engagement and Outreach Initiative where the efforts of the music professoriate are articulated with a variety of national constituencies, including other higher education disciplines and populations, music businesses and industries, and general audiences, all in an effort to meet common musical and civic goals.

He has been a founding member of the leadership teams for the Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (BCOME), the Round Top Roundtable: The Next Generation of Music Leadership in America, the CMS Summits, and the independent National String Project Consortium (NSPC). As dean at Carolina he has brought a bold idea to fruition: to more fully prepare tomorrow’s professional musicians by combining conventional professional music study with a systematic curricular and co- curricular exploration of music advocacy, music entrepreneurship, and community engagement in music by forming the Carolina Institute for Leadership and Engagement in Music, the first such entity of its kind in American higher education. An active member of and consultant for National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), CMS, SCI and ASCAP, he is a frequent presenter on issues facing the future of university music units and their leadership, and he remains active as a composer earning commissions, performances and recordings for his works around the world.

Harney, Kristin Kristin Harney, Assistant Professor of Music Education at Montana State University in Bozeman, currently teaches undergraduate and graduate level music methods, assessment, and interdisciplinary arts courses. Additionally, she supervises student teachers, advises music education majors, and directs the MSU Youth Chorale. Harney received her BA in music education from Luther College, her MA in music education from the University of Minnesota, and her DMA in music education through . She has taught at MSU for 9 years and has 14 years elementary general music experience. Harney has presented at music conferences in Montana, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, and Athens, Greece.

Heines, Jesse Jesse M. Heines specializes in the implementation and evaluation of interactive, user-centered programs with rich graphical user interfaces (GUIs), particularly those employing Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, Java, and XML and XSL and their related technologies. Jesse has develop numerous computer-based instruction (CBI) programs and course websites as well as traditional human-computer interfaces. Prior to joining the UMass Lowell faculty, Jesse spent ten years with Digital Equipment Corporation, where he founded the Computer-Based Course Development Group and developed a large variety of CBI courseware. He holds a B.S. in Earth Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Science Education from the University of Maine, and an Ed.D. in Educational Media and Technology from Boston University. He has done post-doctoral work at The Open University in Great Britain, Brown University in Rhode Island, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Hess, Debra L. Debra Hess has been a member of the Florida Gulf Coast University faculty since 2000. She holds both an MFA in Sacred Music and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in the College Teaching of Music History and Literature from the University of Florida where she studied under David Z. Kushner. Her dissertation, The Pedagogical Works of Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner, centered on musical life in the early 1800s in Boston, Massachusetts. Her other research interests include the early development of musical institutions and sacred music in the United States in the nineteenth century. Besides her musicology interests, Hess is also an active organist. She has participated in numerous organ recitals through the years as well as serving as music director and organist for various congregations in Florida, Nebraska, Texas and Missouri.

Heuser, Frank Frank Heuser is Associate Professor at UCLA where he teaches courses in music education and supervises student teachers. His research focuses on developing ways to improve music pedagogy. He has investigated tone commencement problems in brass players, developed strategies to improve pre- service music teacher education, and is currently applying the principles of information architecture to improve teaching materials used music instruction. Publications appear in Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Music Education Research, Psychology of Music, and the Southeastern Journal of Music Education. Dr. Heuser serves on a variety of arts education committees for the State of California and on evaluation panels for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Higgins, Lee D. Lee Higgins is Associate Professor of Music Education at the Boston University School of Music. He is the senior editor of the International Journal of Community Music and past chair of the International Society of Music Education’s (ISME) commission for Community Music Activity. He received his PhD from the Irish Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Ireland. As a community musician he has worked across the education sector as well as within health settings, prison and probation service, youth and community, and orchestra outreach. As a musician he plays guitar, mainly electric popular styles and Brazilian hand held percussion. His professional practices embraces a gamut of music genres, most notably samba drumming, improvisation, pop/rock, and music technology. He has published articles in English, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish and Italian. He is author of Community Music: In theory and in practice (2012, Oxford University Press) and joint author of Free to be musical: Group improvisation in music (2010, Rowman and Littlefield).

Hinderlie, Sanford E. As the Rita O. Huntsinger Distinguished Professor in Music at Loyola University New Orleans, Sanford Hinderlie heads the area of Contemporary Music, working with students in the Program, teaching the History of New Orleans Music and the History of American Popular Music as online courses. He built the first recording studios at Loyola in the 80s and has been responsible for the building of technology labs in the college. Hinderlie has also made several CDs on his STR Digital Records.

Sanford Hinderlie has performed jazz piano and electronic music throughout the world, including concerts in the Far East, the Soviet Union, the Republics of Georgia and Armenia, the Middle East, Europe and throughout the United States.

Hirshfield, Russell Russell Hirshfield has appeared in recital throughout the United States, and in Brazil, China, Belgium, England, Costa Rica and South Africa. Hirshfield programs a varied repertoire, from the works of Domenico Scarlatti and Johann Sebastian Bach, to the modernist compositions of and György Ligeti. Committed to expanding the repertory of contemporary concert music, Hirshfield has commissioned new works from composers Piet Swerts, Kevin Jay Isaacs and Rhian Samuel. He has presented master classes and lectures throughout the United States and abroad. Hirshfield has collaborated with many artists, including Dan Goble, with whom he joined for the Albany Records release Mad Dances–American Music for Saxophone and Piano. “Hirshfield is a highly skilled and flexible artist who digs into the thorny passages, yet renders the handful of special moments with wonderful touch and sincerity.” (American Record Guide, September/October 2011).

Dr. Hirshfield is Professor of Music Western Connecticut State University. He served on the faculty of Northwestern State University in Louisiana, and as visiting professor at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. In July 2013 he joined the piano faculty of the Oxford Piano Festival in England. He was trained in New Haven and later studied at the Eastman School of Music, Boston University, and the University of Colorado. His teachers include Robert Spillman, James Avery, Anthony di Bonaventura and Alvin Chow. While still a student his adventuresome programming was deemed “challenging even to the most ambitious pianist…” (Boulder Daily Camera).

Hoque, Mary Helen Mary Helen Hoque is a Ph.D. student at The University of Georgia. She received her Master of Arts in Musicology from The University of Georgia and her Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance from Piedmont College. Her recent work focuses on the role of music in reconstructing community in the Reconstruction South. In pursuit of this project, she is currently collaborating with the Athens Music Project in Athens, GA and the Georgia Virtual History Project.

Hu, Ching-chu Ching-chu Hu studied at Yale University, Freiburg Musikhochschule, The University of Iowa, and the University of Michigan. Honors includes composer-in-residence at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, composition fellow at the American Music Week Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, Aspen, and Bowdoin Music Festivals, Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has received performances in various national and international festivals and concerts, including the Alternativa Festival (Center “DOM”) in Moscow and Wigmore Hall in London.

Commissions and performances of note include the Kiev Philharmonic, National Dance and Opera Orchestra of China, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory’s Studio New Music Ensemble, Brave New Works, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, The University of Iowa School of Music’s Centennial celebration, Greater Columbus Community Orchestra, Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Children’s Choir, Western Springs Suzuki Talent Education Program’s 30th Anniversary Concert in Chicago Symphony Center’s Orchestra Hall and Newark Granville Youth Symphony’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts performance.

His music is on Albany Records, ERM Media, and Capstone Records. He is Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Denison University. [www.chingchuhu.com]

Huang, Mei-Hsuan Mei-Hsuan Huang is an Assistant Professor of Music at Iowa State University and a member of the Amara Piano Quartet. The Amara Piano Quartet is managed nationwide by Joanne Rile Artists Management. Dr. Huang received her masters degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with , Margarita Shevchenko, and Paul Schenly. At the Cleveland Institute of Music she was awarded the Sadie Zellen Piano Prize, which recognizes outstanding musical development by a piano major. Dr. Huang received her doctorate of musical arts degree at Ohio State University under Dr. Caroline Hong, where she was the only pianist to be awarded a fellowship. While at Ohio State University, she was also appointed Graduate Teaching and Accompanying Assistant. In 2010, Dr. Huang was awarded the Graduate Associate Teaching Award at Ohio State University, the University’s highest recognition of exceptional teaching. In 2008, she was also awarded first prize in the Ohio State University Concerto Competition where she performed the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Ohio State University Orchestra.

Dr. Huang regularly performs over forty solo and chamber recitals every year in the states, Canada and Taiwan. She has been invited to numerous summer festivals including the 2006 Aspen Music Festival, the 2007 Pianofest in the East Hamptons, the 2008 Orford Music Festival, Quebec, the 2012 and 2013 Banff Music Festival, Alberta, and the 2012 CICA Eureka Springs International Music Festival in Arkansas. Recently Dr. Huang gave a piano recital in Taiwan, as a result of being nominated for the prize of “Excellent Pianist” by the Forum Music Association.

Hudson, Terry Lynn Dr. Terry Lynn Hudson is on the piano faculty at Baylor University, where her duties include applied and class piano instruction and administrative service as Director of Secondary Keyboard Studies. A native of Maryland, she began her formal musical study at the Peabody Preparatory and completed the institution’s Advanced Certificate program in piano. She earned degrees in Piano Performance from James Madison University (BM, summa cum laude), the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM), and the University of Texas at Austin (DMA), where she was named the Couper Presidential Scholar in Piano Performance.

Dr. Hudson is a committed performer, regularly presenting recitals as soloist, duo pianist, and chamber musician in the U.S. and abroad. She has a special affinity for French piano literature and contemporary ensemble works, and her programs often feature this repertoire. Other professional activities include presentations and lecture-recitals at national, regional, and state conferences of Music Teachers National Association, The College Music Society, Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum, and Texas Music Educators Association.

An active member of several professional organizations, Dr. Hudson has been especially involved in CMS during the past fifteen years. She is the organization’s current Secretary, past President of the South Central Chapter, and past Chair of the National Academic Careers Committee. In addition, Dr. Hudson has been involved in program planning for a number of regional and national CMS conferences, and was Program Chair for the 2012 National Conference in San Diego.

Huff, Douglas M. Douglas Huff, Professor of Music in Bassoon and Music Appreciation, and Bassoonist of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet at Western Illinois University. Dr. Huff began his undergraduate studies as an economics major at Harvard College and later earned degrees from Indiana University (MM) and The University of Iowa (DMA). His thirteen years of full-time orchestral experience includes the principal bassoon position with the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Trevco Music has published Dr. Huff’s edition of Clifford Julstom’s “Aria and Scherzo” for bassoon and piano, and the Crystal Records CD of Dr. Huff’s performance with the Camerata Woodwind Quintet received the highest rating in a review in “The Double Reed.” Dr. Huff has been the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to teach and perform in South Korea, and he plays a restored Heckel bassoon (#7033), built in 1930. One of his hobbies is distance running, and he has run more than twenty marathons.

Hughes, Bryn Bryn Hughes is an assistant professor of professional practice in the Department of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. His research interests include music cognition, popular music analysis, atonal voice leading, and the music of Alfred Schnittke. His dissertation involved an investigation of harmonic expectation in twelve-bar progressions.

Hughes, Robert L. Dr. Robert Hughes, Associate Professor of Music at Saint Louis University, received a B.M. degree in Saxophone Performance from the Berklee College of Music in 1981, a M.M. in Jazz Studies from Webster University in 1986, and Ph.D. in Music from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002.

His research interests center on jazz and jazz criticism in the mid-twentieth century, music and labor, and music for silent film. He appears in the documentary film The Lighthouse: Jazz on the West Coast and the KETC Walk of Fame documentary on Scott Joplin. Current research projects include work on jazz criticism in the fifties, editing scores of the St. Louis group Jazz Central, the role of music in Jack Gelber’s play The Connection, and the musicians’ union of the twenties. He has presented papers at College Music Society Conferences on jazz styles, the St. Louis group Jazz Central, and jazz criticism in Playboy and Esquire magazines.

As a performer, Dr. Hughes is an active free-lance musician. He is a member of the MUNY Opera Orchestra and frequently plays at the Fox Theater and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a founding member of the Four City Saxes saxophone Quartet and has also appeared with a number of nationally known artists including Bernadette Peters, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ray Charles, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, and Clark Terry. He has also performed, toured, and recorded with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Hund, Jennifer L. Jennifer L. Hund, Assistant Professor of Music at Purdue University, earned her BM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, her MM in Musicology from Florida State University, and her PhD in Musicology at Indiana University-Bloomington. Jennifer has presented her research at conferences of the American Musicological Society, Renaissance Society of America, and The College Music Society, and she is actively creating educational materials for teaching music to the general student. Her most recent publications include Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music and Norton Anthology and Western Music (W. W. Norton, 2009), Study Guide for A Concise History of Western Music (W. W. Norton, 2010), and an article on teaching writing in large classrooms in the Journal of Music History Pedagogy (2012).

Hunter, Lisa R. Lisa R. Hunter is Associate Dean for the School of Arts and Humanities and Associate Professor of Music Education at SUNY Buffalo State. Hunter received a B.A. degree in saxophone performance and a B.S. degree in music education from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. She received a M.M. degree in instrumental conducting and a Ph.D. degree in music education from the University of Arizona, Tucson. In addition, Hunter is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, a personality inventory based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types. Hunter’s scholarship includes numerous publications and presentations on various topics in music education and higher education including interpersonal communication skills in instrumental ensembles, curriculum design, school-university partnerships, academic rigor, and general education curriculum revision. Hunter remains active in state, local, national, and international music and higher education organizations.

Hwang, Mi Kyung D.M.A, Organ Performance, the University of Arizona M.M. , Musicology, Hanyang University, South Korea, Further organ studies in France, Switzerland, and Canada Organ Performances in Canada, the United States, and South Korea Competition Winner, Peter Knock Music Memorial Fund, New York (2011) Active paper presenter at regional, international conferences Publications: “’ Variations on ‘America’ (1891): A Musical Analysis Based upon Jazz Elements,” The Organ (England, 2010). “Elements of Jazz Styles in Twentieth-Century American Organ Works: Selected Works of Charles Ives, William Albright, and William Bolcom.” (2009).

Ikard, David Composer and conductor David Ikard is currently pursuing a DMA in composition from the University of Oklahoma. Recent and upcoming performances include the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, Sound Travels sponsored by NAISA, ICMC, the Sonorities music festival at the Sonic Arts Research Center in Belfast, the Kansas City Electronic Music Association, the Global Composition conference in Darmstadt, the Symposium on Acoustic Ecology at the University of Kent, the Music Since 1900 conference at Hope University in Liverpool, the Symposium on “Water Memories and Tomorrow’s Landscapes” with a live broadcast in Tunis, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Hong Kong, Northampton, Keene and Buenos Aires, NAISA in Toronto, Canada, SEAMUS, Electronic Music Midwest, as well as national and regional conferences of the Society of Composers Inc. Composition teachers include Marvin Lamb, Konstantinos Karathanasis, Kim Archer and David Maslanka among others. Mr. Ikard’s work is published by Media Press Inc. out of Chicago Illinois.

Johnson, Vicky V. Dr. Vicky V. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Music at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas where she teaches music theory and music education. She has a DMA from Boston University, an MA from Sam Houston State University, and a BME from Tarleton State University.

Johnston, Amanda J. Canadian collaborative pianist Amanda Johnston is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi where she acts as Music Director/Vocal Coach for the Opera Theatre; teaches courses in advanced diction and collaborative piano; and coaches students at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is also on faculty at Music Theater Bavaria (Oberaudorf, Germany) and Druid City Opera Workshop (Tuscaloosa, AL). She is author of English and German Diction for Singers: A Comparative Approach (Scarecrow Press, 2011), highly praised in the Journal of Singing for “enlivening the study of diction”. In 2012, she released her debut CD with MSR Classics entitled Mahler: Rückert-Lieder in collaboration with Julia Morgan (mezzo-soprano). Johnston’s research on comparative diction and lesser-known composers of German lied has been presented at national conferences held by CMS, NATS, and NOA. She has been broadcast on CBC Radio 2 and NPR and has performed in Canada, the United States, Germany, France, Austria, and Scotland. Previous positions were held at the University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, York University, Taos Opera Institute, and Lied Austria. [www.amandajohnston.ca]

Johnstone, Jennifer Dr. Jennifer Johnstone teaches music courses at Kent State University. Her previous teaching appointments include Youngstown State University and Anne Arundel Community College, where she was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award in 2012.

Jennifer holds degrees in Piano Performance from Youngstown State University, including a B.M. Summa Cum Laude and an M.M. as an Ohio Board of Regents Fellow. She also holds an M.A. in Ethnomusicology and a Ph.D. in Musicology-Ethnomusicology from Kent State University.

Jennifer’s current research focuses on cognitive semiotics, cultural identity, and gender and music. Her work is featured in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of the Polynesian Society and the Journal of Band Research.

Jones, Joseph E. Joseph E. Jones is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His work on the Strauss-Hofmannsthal operas integrates primary source study with reflections on the music’s relationship to repertoire of the past. He has co-edited a book with William Kinderman titled Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process, an interdisciplinary collection of essays drawn from the fields of music, literature, and theater (University of Rochester Press, 2009). Recent projects include an article on the character of Siegfried in Wagner’s Ring cycle (Journal of Musicological Research, November 2013), grant-supported research on Strauss’s Arabella, and a monograph in-progress on Der Rosenkavalier for inclusion in the Oxford series Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation. Jones also has strong interests in television and video game music, especially the soundtracks of Bear McCreary and Michael Giacchino.

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Keogh, Cassie A. Cassie Keogh is a DMA candidate in Clarinet Performance at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance and Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Montana and Master of Music in Clarinet Performance and Master of Music in Theory Pedagogy from Michigan State University. Her clarinet teachers include Suzanne Tirk, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Maxine Ramey, Mary Ann Jacobsen, and Laurel Tangen-Linde. Cassie is an advocate of new works for clarinet and bass clarinet and has commissioned and premiered works by composers including Andy Francis, David Ikard, Brandon Kreuze, Victor Marquez, David Maslanka, Sam Merciers, Philip Sink, and Maurice Wright. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the Meadowlark Trio as a finalist in the Coleman and Fischoff Chamber Music Competitions. She has also performed with the Detroit Civic Orchestra, Norman Philharmonic, Missoula Symphony Orchestra, and Tecumseh Symphony Orchestra. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium (the largest national clarinet conference in the United States) and Volunteer Coordinator for the International Clarinet Association. Cassie currently teaches freshman theory and aural skills and the undergraduate twentieth-century analysis class as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Oklahoma.

Kershner, Brian Brian Kershner, composer and bassoonist, has received enthusiastic performances of his works internationally. The Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1989) and Contours, Canons, and Caricatures for saxophone quartet are available on the Vienna Modern Masters label. The latter won a special commendation from the judges in their 1994 VMM competition and is published by Roncorp. The composer’s violin concerto (2004) was composed for Lenuta Ciulei and the Romanian National Radio Orchestra. Ms Ciulei has also championed Dr. Kershner’s Pastorale and Scherzino through multiple performances in Philadelphia and Rome, Italy. He was awarded a ASCAPLUS Awards in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.. His song cycle, Leaves of Grass was a finalist in the 2008 Art Song Competition sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Dr. Kershner presented the international premiere of his work, Bagatelles for Clarinet and Bassoon in the United Kingdom in July 2009. Other recent works include a string quartet, two works for Trio d’Anches, and a second wind quintet. His new orchestral work, On Fertile Ground musically deals with the climate change debacle while also depicting the great beauties of our planet. He is completing the second in a series of works for bassoon and one other instrument, the first with guitar and the second with flute.

Brian Kershner is currently Associate Professor of Music at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. He has previously served on the faculties of Rutgers University, Baylor University and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Kersten, Fred Fred teaches online graduate music education courses as a course facilitator for Boston University. He holds five degrees in music, music education, and school administration and has published over 57 articles and two book chapters related to music education. He is currently involved in research concerning online application procedures and his research on this topic has recently been presented at TMEA, and NAfME. His book, Teaching Recorder in the Music Classroom, published by NAfME, is widely distributed and is presently being revised for a second edition.

Kidde, Geoffrey Composer Geoffrey Kidde has written music for: electronics alone and with instruments; film scores; opera; and orchestral, vocal, choral and chamber music. His opera entitled The Machine Stops (2011) was presented in a successful work-in-progress reading in New York in August, 2011; work continues on this piece. Choral Songs from Wm. Carlos Williams was recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers (Living Artists), and Quest by the Slovak Radio Symphony (MMC Records). Several of his flute scores have been published (SCI Journal, and Alry Publications). His music has been presented in concert through the United States, in Europe and Japan by many leading musicians and ensembles, such as The Schnabel Duo, David Korevaar, Geoffrey Burleson, The Boston Composers String Quartet, Rachel Rudich, The Gregg Smith Singers, Joan Rowland, and many others. As a performing flutist, he has presented his own compositions at The College Music Society National Conference in 2009; the National Flute Association (NFA) Convention 2005 at San Diego, and at NACUSA concerts in New York City.

Geoffrey Kidde is an Associate Professor at Manhattanville College, where he teaches Music Theory and Technology. He recently developed a new course for the college in audio for computer games. In 1995 he received his D.M.A. from Columbia University where he studied with Mario Davidovsky, Chou Wen-chung, and George Edwards, and in 1988 a M.Mus. from New England Conservatory, where he studied with John Heiss and Malcolm Peyton. His principal flute teachers were Robert Dick, Patricia Spencer, and Robert Stallman.

Kiec, Michelle Michelle Kiec, Associate Dean in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Kutztown University, enjoys a career both on and off the stage. She has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, Harrisburg Opera, West Virginia Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, and Breckenridge Music Festival. Solo appearances include the International Clarinet Association, Northern Plains Clarinet Symposium, Montana-Idaho Clarinet Festival, Midwest ClariFest, University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, Penn State Single Reed Summit, Fargo-Moorhead Clarinet Extravaganza, and Millersville Single Reed Symposium.

Dr. Kiec is a frequent conference presenter in the areas of distance education, instructional technology, curriculum development, student recruitment and retention, assessment, and yoga for performing artists. Recent conference presentations include College Music Society, Association for Institutional Research, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Academic Department Chairs, North Dakota Music Educators, Minnesota Music Educators, South Dakota Music Educators, and International Clarinet Association. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in clarinet performance at Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University. She holds bachelor’s degrees in saxophone performance and German from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Previously, she taught woodwinds and music theory at Clarion University and University of Mary, where she also served as the Coordinator of Assessment and Accreditation for the School of Arts and Sciences.

Kirk, Shana Shana Kirk is a pianist, teacher, technology consultant, and arts advocate. Her work draws from a wide range of experiences in music, education, and technology.

With BA and MM degrees from Lipscomb University and the University of Denver, respectively, Shana Kirk has taught piano in both private and group settings. Her teaching embraces modern technologies for learning and motivation.

As a music technology specialist, Ms. Kirk has worked on projects including museum exhibits, children's outreach programs, and teacher enrichment. She works closely with technology innovators industry-wide, including the Yamaha Corporation of America, to share 21st century tools with the music teaching community.

Both as a soloist and with duet partner George Litterst, she has presented audience-friendly, technologically innovative performances nationwide. She is also active as a writer, with music and music-technology based articles appearing in such publications as Clavier Companion and American Music Teacher.

Klickstein, Gerald Gerald Klickstein (@klickstein) directs the Music Entrepreneurship and Career Center at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, which helps students and alumni attain artistic and professional success.

A veteran performer, educator, and career coach with more than 30 years of experience on the concert stage and in higher education, prior to arriving at Peabody in 2012, he was a member of the artist- faculties of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Michigan State University, and Lansing Community College.

He is a member of the CMS Academic Careers Committee as well as the Careers Outside the Academy Committee. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the American String Teachers Association and was a member of the National Task Force on the Arts in Education convened by the College Board. He presents workshops throughout the US and writes about diverse topics of interest to musicians and educators. His book The Musician’s Way (Oxford 2009) and its extensive companion website have drawn global praise for their insightful handling of the issues that today’s musicians face. He posts regularly on The Musician’s Way Blog.

Knupps, Terri L. Dr. Terri Knupps is Professor of Music History and Low Brass at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Dr. Knupps earned a D.M.A. in Euphonium Performance and a M.M. in Music History and Literature from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She also holds a M.M. in Euphonium Performance from Northwestern State University of Louisiana and a B.M.E. in Instrumental Music from Ouachita Baptist University. As a performer, Dr. Knupps has won numerous regional and state awards and was a founding member of the Fountain City Brass Band in Kansas City, MO in 2002. She has performed regionally with the Basso Profundo tuba/euphonium quartet and the Springfield Brass Choir. She continues to perform solo recitals and masterclasses throughout the South and Midwest. Most recently, she performed at the 2011 national conference of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. As a musicologist, Dr. Knupps has completed and presented research on the British and American brass band traditions as well as on the relationship between the ballets of and . She is currently researching American author/composer Arthur Berger.

Koons, Keith Keith Koons has been a member of the University of Central Florida Music Department faculty since 1990. His teaching areas include clarinet, woodwind techniques, and chamber music. He serves the department as Associate Chair and Graduate Coordinator. A native of Maryland, he received his training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BME), the Manhattan School of Music (MM in clarinet performance), and the University of Southern California (DMA in clarinet performance). He has studied with such notables as Mitchell Lurie, Leon Russianoff, Robert Genovese and Donald Oehler.

Dr. Koons is an experienced performer in orchestra, opera, band, and chamber music, as well as a veteran clinician and recitalist. He has performed as a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the opera companies of Orlando, Arkansas, Annapolis, the Aspen FestivalOrchestra, and many others. He has performed and lectured at clarinet festivals and academic conferences throughout the United States and Europe, including ICA ClarinetFests in Chicago, Ohio, Utah, Belgium, Portugal, Texas, Nebraska, and Italy; national and regional conferences of the American Society, College Music Society, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, National Flute Association, International Double Reed Society, and the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium. He has performed as Principal Clarinet in the Brevard Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne, FL since 1992, and also performs with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dr. Koons was the founding Chair of the International Clarinet Association Research Presentation Committee, and also served the Association as Research Coordinator and Library Liaison. He currently serves as Immediate Past President of the ICA.

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Kuuskoski, Jonathan Jonathan Kuuskoski serves as Director of Entrepreneurship and Community Programs and Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri School of Music. In these roles he directs programs that reach over 1,000 community members annually and has designed and directs a comprehensive music career development program. He also serves on the Advisory Counsel for the MU Community Arts Pilot Project. He made his debut with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra (North Carolina) at the age of 15, and has since performed as a solo and chamber pianist throughout North America, Europe, and New Zealand. Prof. Kuuskoski has presented research at the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), the MTNA and NCKP National Conferences, and at the CMS Summit on Music Entrepreneurship. His writings are included in the Grove Dictionary of American Music (Second Edition) and in Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context (Gary Beckman, Ed., Rowman and Littlefield Education Press, 2010). He co-authored one of the first national studies on arts entrepreneurship education, commissioned by the first CMS Summit on Music Entrepreneurship. He is also a Faculty Associate at the UMass-Amherst Arts Extension Service, where he developed and teaches the first online arts entrepreneurship course offered widely from a major American university.

Lackey, William J. William J. Lackey is Assistant Teaching Professor of Composition and Managing Director of the Mizzou New Music Initiative at the University of Missouri. Currently, Lackey is supervising a team of composition students collaborating with the MU Community Arts Pilot Project and Lexington, Missouri community members to produce a cultural heritage audio tour for Lexington, MO. Lackey was selected as a 2011 McKnight Visiting Composer with the American Composers Forum. As part of the year long McKnight Visiting position with the rural farming town of Hector, MN Lackey composed Sounds from the Soil: A Sonic Harvest of Hector, MN, a 36-minute multimedia work exploring the culture of the rural farming community. Lackey’s music was featured at the Beijing Modern Music Festival, Etchings Festival for Contemporary Music (Auvillar, France), Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival, International Double Reed Society Annual Conference, Region 4 Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Great Plains Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference, Festival of New American Music, Society of Composers, Inc. National Student Conferences, Troika Ranch’s Live – I Workshop at the 3LD Art and Technology Center, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Dartington’s Advanced Composition Seminar (Devon, England). The California E.A.R. Unit, New York Art Ensemble, newEar, Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance, and the Odyssey Chamber Music Series have performed Lackey’s music. Lackey won the New York Art Ensemble’s Young Composers Competition. Lackey holds the MM and DMA in music composition from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Leary, Paul S. Paul Leary is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Duke University in Durham, NC where he is teaching electronic music and theory.

After earning a Bachelor degree in music composition at the University of Michigan in 1999, Dr. Leary earned a Master of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music, finally completing his education by earning a PhD from Duke University in December 2011. His choral music has been performed widely and his electronic music has been featured at over thirty concerts and festivals over the last few years including SEAMUS, The Florida State New Music Festival, and Electronic Music Midwest.

In addition to composing and teaching, Paul is a professional orchestrator and arranger and has been principle orchestrator of the ASCAP award winning Contemporary Youth Orchestra for ten years, orchestrating over a hundred works of jazz, hip-hop, popular, Broadway, and classical music. He has orchestrated and arranged for various pop artists including Pat Benatar, Graham Nash, and Jon Anderson, as well as music by percussionist Valerie Naranjo and pianist Michael Garson. Some of these orchestrations have been featured on VH1, PBS, and HDNet internationally as well as released on CD and DVD. His works are published by Bachovich Music Publications. As well as a composer and scholar, Dr. Leary is an active chorister and instrumentalist of .

Lebaron Trio, The Formed in 2010, The Lebaron Trio has performed extensively across the United States at colleges and universities and on artist series as well as international festivals such as the International Association of and the International Clarinetfest. Their repertoires span a wide range of styles and are advocates for new music. The Lebaron Trio consists of members of the music faculty at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. The members are Melanie Williams, soprano, Lori Ardovino, clarinet, and Laurie Middaugh, piano.

Lori F. Ardovino is Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone at the University of Montevallo. She is clarinetist with the Magnolia Trio, the Meallo Trio, the Lebaron Trio, and alto saxophonist with the Cahaba Saxophone Quartet. Dr. Ardovino is an active performer in the Birmingham area and is called upon to with the Alabama and Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestras and tenor saxophone with the Joe Giattina .

Laurie Middaugh, pianist, received both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance from the University of Montevallo and received the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Alabama. She has served as staff accompanist at the University of Montevallo for the past fourteen years collaborating for student, faculty, and guest artist recitals, operas, revues, and musical theater productions.

Melanie Williams enjoys a varied performance career in solo, chamber, opera, and choral performance. A lyric soprano, she earned the MM and the DMA in Vocal Performance at Louisiana State University.

Lee, Gerald K. Gerald Lee is Professor of Piano at West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV, where he has been a full-time faculty member since 2002. He earned three piano performance degrees: B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University, Indiana University, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, respectively. Dr. Lee was a winner in the 2009 Pittsburgh (PA) Concert Society Major Auditions. In addition, he won 1st place in the 2002 National Society of Arts and Letters Piano Competition (Lansing, MI), 2nd place in the 2002 National Finals of the MTNA (Music Teachers’ National Association) Collegiate Artists’ Piano Competition (Cincinnati, OH), and 3rd place in the 2003 International Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition (Memphis, TN). He maintains an extensive schedule of solo and chamber music performances, the latter including recitals with such artistic luminaries as Faith Esham, soprano, John Rommel, trumpet, Jeremy Black, violin, and Erina Laraby-Goldwasser, viola.

Dr. Lee currently serves as Chair of Competitions and 1st Vice President for the West Virginia Music Teachers’ Association. He is a frequent adjudicator for piano competitions, such as those held by MTNA at both the state and division levels. Passionate about the works of Alexander Scriabin, he continues to present lecture-recitals featuring Scriabin’s piano sonatas at numerous College Music Society conferences. He is forever grateful to the following artist-teachers for their unconditional support, vast wisdom, and artistic guidance: Virginia Sandford, the late Lawrence Campbell, Andrew Cooperstock, Reiko Neriki, Logan Skelton, Arthur Greene, and the late Distinguished Professor György Sebök.

Leupold, John John Leupold received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the University of Maryland, College Park. He holds two Master of Music degrees from Appalachian State University in Music Theory/Composition and Percussion Performance. As a composer, his music explores a blend of modern “classical” music, popular music, and world music with rhythm at its core. His compositions have been performed at various venues and conferences throughout the U.S.

As an educator, Dr. Leupold has taught music theory and composition at various institutions throughout the mid-Atlantic region. These include St. Mary’s College of Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, and Anne Arundel Community College. He currently teaches music theory and composition at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. His most recent publication is as a partner in Exposition Music, an online music theory assessment tool used in Music Fundamentals textbooks by Pearson Publishing. Dr. Leupold is also an avid performer.

As a percussionist, he has performed throughout the U.S. as a soloist and as an ensemble member. He currently performs with the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra and the Anne Arundel Community College Orchestra. He has studied steel pan performance in Trinidad and Tobago and performance with Pandit Sharda Sahai in London, England.

Levine, Victoria Lindsay Victoria Lindsay Levine has taught ethnomusicology at Colorado College since 1988. Her research focuses on the musical cultures of Native North Americans, especially Woodland peoples of Oklahoma. She has published on music and dance of the Choctaw, Yuchi, Chickasaw, and other Woodland peoples; the history of transcription, notation, and of American Indian music; reviving or reclaiming Indigenous repertories; form, design and meaning in Native American music; intertribal music and dance; music and dance of Southwestern Native Americans; American Indian musical instruments; and general surveys. At Colorado College she has held the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professorship (1991–1993) and the Christin S. Johnson Professorship in Music (2011–2013).

Lewis, Judy Judy Lewis has been a music educator for twenty years. She has taught in and been director of music departments in K-5, middle school, and high school. On the high school level, Lewis founded the first popular music department in the Israeli educational system during the time that she resided there. Lewis has also taught popular music at the college level for eight years, including courses in popular music performance and interpretation, popular songwriting, and artist promotion and marketing. In addition, Lewis is an internationally recognized jazz-rock pianist who has toured extensively worldwide and released five of original jazz-. She has been the recipient of numerous international awards for her work in promoting young women in the field of jazz and popular music. Lewis is currently a doctoral student in Music & Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her dissertation looks at children’s meaning-making through engagements with popular music.

Lindsey, Jessica Jessica Lindsey joined the faculty of University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Assistant Professor of Clarinet in August of 2014, where she teaches clarinet and music related courses. During the 2013-2014 Academic Year, Dr. Lindsey served as Visiting Music Faculty at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, teaching clarinet, saxophone, and music-related courses. From 2004-2010, she held adjunct positions in southeast Nebraska at Concordia University, Doane College, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Southeast Community College, where she taught single reeds and music-related coursework. Since 2012, Dr. Lindsey has been a member of Andover Educators, the organization that grants licensure in Body Mapping. Since 2004 Dr. Lindsey has presented clinics, recitals, and chamber music concerts at venues in the U.S. from Alaska to Texas. Her cache of international performances continues to diversify and most recently includes chamber music concerts in Shanghai China. Dr. Lindsey completed a Bachelor of Arts in Music (2002) and a Masters of Music (2004) from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. In May of 2013, she completed the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her primary teachers include Daniel Silver, Diane Barger, and John Klinghammer.

Lio, Shoon Shoon Lio is an assistant professor of Sociology/Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). He has an interest in social theory, collective memory, social constructionism, social psychology, citizenship, social movements and popular culture. He teaches courses in social theory, social psychology, as well as several courses in the Capital Scholars Honors Program. He mentors student projects focusing on socio-musical topics, and is a member of the departmental committee developing a curriculum proposal for a “music and culture” concentration within the Sociology/Anthropology major. He is currently doing research on Asian fusion cuisine and hipster culture as well as a narrative analysis of the “It Gets Better Project.”

Lipscomb, Scott Scott D. Lipscomb is Associate Professor of Music Education and Associate Director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota; he is also current President of ATMI. His primary research interests include multimedia cognition, multi-channel sound presentation, learning in video games, impact of visual stimuli on music listening, integration of music across the K-12 curriculum, and development of interactive instructional media. He is Editor of the Journal of Technology in Music Learning; co-author of Rock and Roll: Its History and Stylistic Development, currently in its 7th edition; and co-editor of The Psychology of Music in Multimedia.

Litterst, George George Litterst is a nationally known music educator, clinician, author, performer and music software developer. A classically trained pianist, he is also co‐author of the intelligent music display and accompaniment software program, Home Concert Xtreme, the electronic music blackboard software, Classroom Maestro, and the long distance teaching and performing program, Internet MIDI. In recent years, he served as a mentor at the Ross School of East Hampton, NY, where he was involved in developing a K‐12 curriculum for performing arts. Academic institutions where he has taught include the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School, Northeastern University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He performs multimedia concerts with duet partner, Shana Kirk. As a writer, he is currently the technology editor for Clavier Companion and shares the Random Access column in American Music Teacher.

Lombardi, Paul Paul Lombardi holds a Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Oregon, and studied composition with David Crumb, Robert Kyr, Stephen Blumberg, and Leo Eylar. His music has been performed in more than 20 states across the US, as well as in other areas in North America, South America, and Europe. Recordings of his music are available from Capstone Records, Zerx Records, and ERMMedia. Many groups have played his music, notably the Kiev Philharmonic, the East Coast Composers Ensemble, Third Angle, and the Hundredth Monkey Ensemble. His music has been performed at national and regional Society of Composers conferences as well as numerous festivals. He is the winner of the 2011 Renée B. Fisher Piano Composition Competition, and has received commissions including one by the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium in honor of George Crumb on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Some of his scores are published in the 2011 Anthology of Contemporary Concert Music and the SCI Journal of Scores. Dr. Lombardi’s theoretical work focuses on mathematics and music, and is published in the Music Theory Spectrum, Indiana Theory Review, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, and College Music Symposium. He has presented his research at numerous theory conferences, both national and regional. He was the pianist for the Hundredth Monkey Ensemble from 2000 to 2003, and was a soloist for the Siskiyou Community Orchestra in 1994. He is an assistant professor of music theory and composition at the University of South Dakota, teaches online theory classes for the University of New Mexico, and in 2010 was a member of the faculty at the Shenandoah University.

Magrill, Samuel Dr. Samuel Magrill is a Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at UCO where he has taught music theory and composition since 1988. He obtained his BM in Composition from Oberlin Conservatory and MM and DMA in Composition from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Dr. Magrill has written more than one hundred compositions for a variety of instruments from solo piano and chamber music to choir, wind ensemble and symphony orchestra. His works have been performed throughout the U.S., abroad and at many regional and national conferences. He has received numerous awards and commissions, including ones from the National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, the Oklahoma Music Teacher’s Association, the American Composer’s Forum’s Continental Harmony Program and faculty research grants and merit credit awards from UCO. His CDs include his electro- acoustic music, his four operas, music for cello and other instruments, and his works for wind symphony.

A member of Society of Composers, Inc. since 1984, he was Region VI Co-Chair from 1994–2000 and 2004–2007. He hosted a regional conference in 1993 and the national conference in 2004. Other memberships include ASCAP and Pi Kappa Lambda. Dr. Magrill is also an active collaborative pianist.

Dr. Magrill has been an active member of The College Music Society since 1983 and the UCO Representative from 1995–2011. He hosted a regional conference in 1999 and served as President of the South Central Chapter from 1999–2003. From 2009–2011, he was board member in composition for the national organization.

Mantie, Roger Roger Mantie is an assistant professor at Boston University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in instrumental methods, jazz, research, and the history and philosophy of music education. His research interests lie in the area of leisure and recreation and their intersections with music and music education.

Manzo, Dan Dan Manzo (M.S. candidate Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S. New Jersey Institute of Technology) is a programmer, pedagogue, and musician with research interests in web applications, interactive media & gaming, information technology education, and multimedia performance. He has taught computer science and interactive music programming topics at WPI, and has presented his research at conferences and lectures. Additionally, he is the founder of Knockout Media and has authored projects related to his research interests.

Manzo, V.J. V.J. Manzo (PhD Temple University, M.M. New York University) is Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Cognition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is a composer and guitarist with research interests in theory and composition, artificial intelligence, interactive music systems, and music cognition. V.J. is the Oxford University Press author of the book MAX/MSP/Jitter for Music (2011) on developing software-based interactive music systems for composition, performance, instruction, and research, and co-author of Interactive Composition (2014).

Mason, Keith V. Keith Mason is the Coordinator of Music Technology at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He joined the Belmont school of music faculty in 1998 where he currently teaches courses, and develops curriculum, in the area of digital musicianship. Keith's primary focus is utilizing technology as a creative tool for all musicians as well as a concentration on developing applied music skills for "Desktop/Digital Musicians".

Keith earned his M.M. degree in Studio Writing and Production from the University of Miami (FL), and his B.M. degree in Classical Guitar Performance from Winthrop University. He has more than 28 years of experience in the Nashville music industry as an active producer/composer/arranger/music technologist and consultant. He is a member of TI:ME and ATMI. Aside from being a regular presenter at both TI:ME and ATMI conferences, Keith has also served on several conference committees for both organizations.

Mattingly, Alan F. see Moran Woodwind Quintet

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McClellan, Robinson Dr. Robinson McClellan is a composer, teacher, and scholar. Audiences have heard his music via commissioners, performers and venues including the Albany and Ft. Worth Symphonies and many others. He has received residencies and awards from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His choral music is published in NCCO’s choral music series. He earned his doctorate (DMA) in composition at the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. In addition to teaching at Rutgers, he has taught at Hunter College, Manhattan College, St. Francis College, and Wagner College, and Lucy Moses School. He directs the composition department at the Special Music School High School and ComposerCraft.

McConkie, Dawn see MiamiClarinet

McConville, Brendan Brendan McConville is Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He holds a PhD in Music Theory/Composition from Rutgers University. As a theorist, his areas of research include twentieth-century music analysis and the use of emerging technologies in theory pedagogy. His writings appear in the scholarly journals Theory and Practice, The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Tempo, and ISCI: The Composer’s Perspective, and he is co-author of Music Theory Foundations: an Interactive eBook (Kendall Hunt). He has also developed mobile music theory applications for Apple iOS and Android devices. As a composer, his works have been commissioned, performed, televised, and recorded in the United States and in Europe. His recordings are available from ERMmedia and Navona Records (Naxos). He is an active presenter and member of the College Music Society, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, and Society for Music Theory organizations.

McCray, Jeffrey see Moran Woodwind Quintet

McMullan, William W. see Moran Woodwind Quintet

McTeer, Mikylah Violinist Mikylah Myers McTeer’s performances have been called “energetic and virtuosic” by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and “captivating” by Boulder, Colorado’s Daily Camera. An award-winning chamber musician, McTeer is Associate Professor of violin at West Virginia University, where she is violinist of the West Virginia University Faculty Piano Quartet. She was formerly concertmaster of the San Juan Symphony in Durango, Colorado, and a member of the Moores Piano Trio in Houston, Texas, which was the silver prize winner at the 2000 Carmel Chamber Music Competition. She has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary, and is a member of the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. McTeer received her doctoral and master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music and her bachelor of music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Meng, Chuiyuan Chuiyuan Meng, Lecturer at the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI, is a concert pianist, software engineer, and web designer. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the College of Music at Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, and his Master of Science in Music Technology degree from the Indiana University School of Music Program at IUPUI.

As a concert pianist, Mr. Meng won several awards in various piano competitions including the No.2 and No.5 Beijing Hope Cup Piano Competitions. He has performed many concerts and recitals in China and the United States.

In addition to his musical foundation, Meng has also developed professional skills in areas of software programming, multimedia and graphic design. He has been experimenting with new techniques of computer programming, while developing Rich Internet Applications utilizing the latest Web technologies. He has developed several applications that enhance experiences for musicians and higher education students and faculty.

Mr. Meng also works as a music technology specialist for Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center.

Menoche, Charles Dr. Charles Paul Menoche is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) where he teaches courses in composition, music theory, electro-acoustic music, orchestration, and music technology. As a composer, he has written works for voice, instruments, ensembles, and electro-acoustic media. He enjoys collaborating with dancers, theater productions, and visual artists. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Tennessee Technological University and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in music composition from the University of Texas at Austin. His work for , In the Machine, is available from Boosey and Hawkes. He is a regular presenter at national conferences of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) and has written reviews of music technology resources for Notes, the journal of the Music Library Association.

MiamiClarinet Margaret Donaghue-Flavin (University of Miami) Dawn McConkie (Emporia State University) Michael Walsh (South Dakota State University) Danielle Woolery (Texas Woman’s University)

MiamiClarinet was founded by Margaret Donaghue Flavin, Professor of Clarinet at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and is comprised of University of Miami alumni. They maintain a clarinet masterclass blog (www.miamiclarinet.blogspot.com) and gather together for various performances throughout the year.

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Millar, Michael W. Michael Millar is a musician, educator, and arts administrator based in Southern California. He is currently Director of the Center for Community Engagement at Cal Poly Pomona, where he has served on the music faculty since 2004. He previously served as Director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music at the University of Colorado - Boulder. He holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, with concentrations in Performance and Arts Administration, from Claremont Graduate University, where he studied management and leadership with Peter F. Drucker and Jean Lipman-Blumen. Dr. Millar has studied trombone with George Roberts, Jeffrey Reynolds, Roy Main, and Bill Richardson.

A freelance bass trombonist, Dr. Millar’s credits include performances with the , Harry James, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Barry Manilow, Kenny Rogers, Artie Shaw, and Ray Charles. He performed with Southwest Chamber Music on the 2004 Grammy Award- winning CD, Carlos Chávez: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 2. Michael Millar is an artist/clinician for Conn-Selmer, Inc. and has presented numerous workshops in entrepreneurship, community engagement, and professional development at universities and conferences. He has been a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences since 1989.

Dr. Millar has served as a founding Arts Commissioner for the City of Santa Clarita since 2009. In service to CMS, he was a member of the Program Committee for the 2012 National Conference and is currently a member of the CMS committees for Community Engagement and Careers Outside the Academy.

Mishra, Jennifer Jennifer Mishra is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Northern Colorado and holds a Masters of Music Education degree and a PhD from Kent State University.

Before coming to UMSL, Dr. Mishra was Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Houston and the Associate Director of the School of Music and Assistant Professor of Graduate Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Prior to this, she was an orchestra director in Alton, Illinois and Denver, Colorado specializing in elementary and middle school orchestra.

Dr. Mishra researches in the area of music cognition, specifically focusing on musical memorization, sightreading, and expertise development. Her research has appeared in journals such as the Psychology of Music, Psychomusicology, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. She has also presented at many national and international conferences.

A specialist in graduate and continuing studies, Dr. Mishra teaches courses that focus on leadership training and the pragmatic understanding of research and statistics, psychology of music, and philosophy of music education.

An active clinician and author, Dr. Mishra has presented on topics in string education, distance education, world music, and the use of technology in the classroom. She has served as a technology consultant for Glenco/McGraw-Hill and her for string orchestra are published by Alfred Publishing.

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Moore, Jeffrey M. Jeffrey M. Moore is a Professor of Music (Percussion) and Director of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Receiving his appointment to the music faculty in 1994, Professor Moore’s instructional duties include teaching applied percussion majors, the Percussion Ensemble, and the Marimba Band. Additionally, he supervises the instruction and music arranging for the Marching Knights drumline and assists in the instruction of Black Steel, the UCF Steel Drum Band.

Active in all facets of percussion, he has performed with several major symphony orchestras and is a frequent performer of chamber music. He also performs on drum set, and is an international clinician, lecturer, and soloist. He is a contributing author to the third edition of Teaching Percussion by Gary Cook and has published a method book and CD package entitled Drumstick Control with Alfred publications. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Percussive Notes, the Percussive Arts Society's scholarly journal.

Jeff has served as the Percussion Director of the internationally acclaimed Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, and as Program Consultant/Percussion Arranger with several European, Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian drum corps and bands.

Jeff is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician, and endorses Paiste cymbal, sounds, and gongs. He endorses Pro-Mark sticks and mallets, and has three signature model sticks, seven keyboard mallet models and a custom designed practice pad. Professor Moore also endorses Remo Drum Heads and Latin Percussion.

Moran Woodwind Quintet One of the most active and visible quintets in the Midwest, the Moran Woodwind Quintet is the resident faculty woodwind quintet of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music. Formed in 1986 and named for the late John Moran, Director of the School of Music, the Quintet has toured extensively, including performances in Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Illinois, South Dakota, Arkansas, and Texas. They have also performed at numerous conventions of the College Music Society, the International Double Reed Society, and the International Horn Society. The Quintet has recorded three CD’s for Crystal Records, including two CDs featuring music of the early 20th- century German composer Theodor Blumer and one with American woodwind quintets (music of Heiden, Higdon, Murdock and Lieuwen). The Quintet has also recorded on the Coronet label. Members of the quintet are all faculty at UNL.

Mroziak, Jordan Jordan Mroziak is Adjunct Professor of Musicianship at Duquesne University and Coordinator of Student Services in the School of Music. He is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology at Duquesne University with an emphasis on popular culture studies. Teaching a history of rock and roll course for the university core, Jordan also designed and teaches courses in Duquesne's City Music Center Music Technology Program , an iPad-based program for middle and high school students. Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Duquesne University, Jordan attained a Masters degree in Digital Music Pedagogy and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society. He has assisted producer Sean McDonald on various live recording sessions with artists such as Little Richard, Ben E. King, Soul Asylum, and Jesse Malin. Presented at the ISTE and ATMI conferences on music technology, creative informal pedagogy, the TPACK model, and related topics, his other work includes participation in Arts Educator 2.0, a professional development project that seeks to aid art teachers in the K-12 field with their usage of technology in the classroom. His informal education project, take pART, recently received grant funding in order to work at various locations in the Pittsburgh area educating youth about digital/physical art creation and media literacy.

Myers, David E. David Myers, Director of the University of Minnesota School of Music, is the at-large board member for College Music Society. His interests integrate lifespan access and learning, arts collaborations, and curriculum innovation. He is consultant for a European master’s degree for new audiences and innovative practice and is a board member of the MacPhail Center for Music and the American Composers Forum and a governing member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He serves on editorial committees of the BCRME and IJCM, and recently edited a section on lifespan learning for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education.

Nelson, David Dr. David L. Nelson is Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a B.M. in Music Education (University of Michigan) and an M.M. in Conducting and a Ph.D. in Music Theory (Northwestern University). He has published articles and presented papers on the wind music of Mozart, Stravinsky, and Messiaen, and has written chapters in books on music education, Mozart and Messiaen.

Dr. Nelson is dedicated to creating exceptional international experiences for his students, and since 1992 has taken more than twenty groups to Europe to explore the musical sites. At UNCG, he has led annual student trips to Vienna and Salzburg or Prague since 2006. He is the author of several books on the musical capitals of Europe: “Vienna for the Music Lover” (2006, English, German, Chinese), “Vienna Music Guide” (2013, English, German), and “Salzburg Music Guide” (2014, English, German). While on the faculty of the University of New Orleans, he held the Marshall Plan Anniversary Professorship of Austrian Studies.

To honor Dr. Nelson’s contributions to the musical life of Vienna, the city presented him with the Golden Medal of Honor in 2008. This was the second-highest award Vienna has ever given to an American; the highest award went to Leonard Bernstein.

Dr. Nelson is currently researching and planning an experience for performing arts students at UNCG in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nemko, Deborah G. Pianist Deborah Nemko is an associate professor of music at Bridgewater State University and piano faculty member of New England Conservatory’s Piano Preparatory and Continuing Education Program. In addition, she currently serves on the faculty of the Grumo International Music Festival in Italy and previously on the faculty of the International Piano Master Classes in Belgium. Dr. Nemko has appeared in concert internationally and nationally as soloist and collaborative artist, performing most recently in Japan, Korea, France and the Netherlands. Her performances include works by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall and a recording of Rahbee’s Preludes and Toccatinas on compact disc. In addition, Deborah has also recorded the Piano Music of Grazyna Bacewicz . Dr. Nemko completed her doctoral studies with noted pianist, Dr. Nohema Fernandez at the University of Arizona.

A frequent clinician, she has presented master classes in Taipei, Taiwan and The Hague, The Netherlands. Her concert in the remote Taiwanese village of Alisan was recognized by The Taipei Times as one of the first outreach and engagement concerts given in Taiwan. Recent activities include a solo recital at Kwansei Gaukin University in Japan and lecture recital at The College Music Society Korea Conference on impressionism in Japanese music and its roots in both Japanese woodblock art and western art and music. With faculty from the University of Pennsylvania Design Institute, Deborah has collaborated on the topic of the intersection of music and architecture at the La Schola Cantorum, Paris, France. Dr. Nemko has presented her workshop on the topic of performance anxiety “When Given a Choice Between Fight or Flight- Choose Fight,― at the New England Conservatory, Baylor University and the Newton Academy of Music.

Deborah is a recipient of the prestigious Jordan D. Fiore Research in Justice Prize from Bridgewater State University. Committed to mentoring, her students have presented papers and lecture recitals nationally, completed internships, as well as earned fellowships like the Shea Scholar Award from BSU.

Deborah is currently Board Member for Performance of The College Music Society.

Nicholas, Mark Mark Nicholas has degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Yale University in Piano Performance, as well as a Masters in Conducting from the University of Columbia and recently a Doctorate in Composition from Texas Tech University.

Niedermaier, Edward G. Teddy Niedermaier, educator, composer and pianist, is an Assistant Professor of Core Music Studies at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He previously taught music theory at Oberlin Conservatory and currently serves on the faculty of the European American Musical Alliance summer program in Paris. Teddy completed a Doctor of Music degree in Music Composition in 2010 from Indiana University, where he studied with Claude Baker and David Dzubay. He earned two degrees in Music Composition (Master of Music and Bachelor of Music) from The Juilliard School as a student of , Samuel Adler, and Robert Beaser.

He has received commissions from the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Minnesota Youth Symphonies, EAMA Chorale, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, New Juilliard Ensemble, the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, and the Philomusica Chamber Orchestra of . His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and in France, Germany, Kosovo, Moldova, South Korea, and Japan. Honors include the 2009 Dean’s Prize in Composition from Indiana University, two national awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 2007, and Honorable Mentions from the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards in 2007 and 2003. In 2011 he was nominated for an annual composition award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

As composer and pianist, Teddy has collaborated with such established artists as Thomas Stacy (New York Philharmonic), Robert Walters (), Elaine Douvas (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Linda Strommen (Indiana University), Roger Roe (Indianapolis Symphony), April Clayton (Brigham Young University), and Nicholas Stovall (National Symphony).

Nord, Timothy Dr. Nord began his professional career in the fall of 1976 as an instrumental music teacher, grades 5-12. In 1984, after completing a Masters Degree in Music Theory and Horn Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he taught instrumental music at Concordia College in Seward, NE. Continuing his academic work, Dr. Nord received a PhD in Music Theory and Computer Programming from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. The primary focus of study was the development of computer applications in music, specifically for pedagogical applications, under the direction of Dr. Bruce Benward. Altogether, he has taught in Oregon, Alaska, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Newfoundland and (for the past 21 years) Ithaca, NY. He has written a number of computer programs and made numerous presentations at regional, national and international conferences.

Nytch, Jeffrey Jeffrey Nytch comes to the Entrepreneurship Center for Music having built a diverse career as a composer, teacher, performer, and arts administrator. For 15 years he has continually developed his entrepreneurial skills through creating commissioning opportunities, establishing residencies with community organizations, and building relationships with patrons. He has also run a small business, helped found a non-profit service organization in Houston, performed a wide range of repertoire as a vocalist, and served six seasons as Managing Director of The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (“PNME”), one of the nation’s premiere new music ensembles.

Ondracek-Peterson, Emily Dr. Ondracek-Peterson began studying violin at age 4 and gave her solo debut at age 16 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As first violinist of the acclaimed Voxare String Quartet, Dr. Ondracek- Peterson has performed in every major hall in New York including with the New York Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall. In addition to her performing and work as a Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, Dr. Ondracek-Peterson maintains private teaching studios in New York City and Connecticut. Dr. Ondracek-Peterson received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from The Juilliard School her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University where she is currently on the violin faculty.

Ortega, Juan Carlos Juan Carlos Ortega holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Violin Performance from the University of Louisville, and a DMA degree from The Ohio State University. He also holds a music degree from the National Conservatory of Music of his native city Quito in Ecuador. He has received several awards of academic achievement from these institutions, including the Outstanding Graduating Senior and the Presser Scholar Awards (UofL), as well as the University Fellowship, Outstanding Graduate Associate, and Graduate Achievement Awards (OSU). He has performed as a soloist with several orchestras and has served as concertmaster of the OSU, the National Conservatory of Music, and the Quito Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras. Honors from competitions include awards from the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador Young Soloist Competition (1996 and 1998), and the first prize in the Macauley Chamber Music Competition College Division (2006). Juan Carlos served as the violin GTA of Prof. Kia-Hui Tan at the OSU Music School for three years. Currently, he teaches for the Jefferson Academy of Music at OSU. He also serves as concertmaster of the McConnell Chamber Players in Columbus, OH. His teachers include Kia-Hui Tan, Patrick Rafferty, Peter McHugh, Gustavo Guiñez and Tadashi Maeda.

Oshima-Ryan, Yumiko Yumiko Oshima-Ryan is an active performer of both solo and collaborative works. Her awards include first place in the Wurlitzer Collegiate Artist Competition and second place in the International Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition.

Since 1995 she has been incorporating contemporary Japanese piano works into her repertoire. She has performed these works nationally and internationally (Tokyo, Toronto, and San Juan) including world premieres of new works by Japanese composers. Her recording “From Afar” Japanese Contemporary piano works will be available in March 2014 at Naxos Music Library, ClassicsOnline, and all major Digital Service Providers that offer classical music.

A native of Japan, Oshima-Ryan graduated from Toho Music Academy in Tokyo and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Her piano teachers include Eunice Norton (a pupil of Arthur Schnabel), Eugene Pridonoff, Richard Syracuse, Jerome Rose, and Satoko Tokumaru. She studied chamber music with Menahem Pressler, pianist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.

Oshima-Ryan is currently an Associate Professor of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota.

Ott, Carole Dr. Carole Ott is Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her degrees include the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in conducing from the University of Michigan where she studied with Jerry Blackstone. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where her primary instrument was French Horn. While pursuing graduate studies at the University of Michigan, Dr. Ott received a double Grammy for her role in the preparation of William Bolcom’s The Songs of Innocence and of Experience. At UNCG, Dr. Ott directs the University Chorale and teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting as well as graduate seminars in choral music. Additionally, she is the director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorale. Dr. Ott frequently appears as clinician and guest conductor both regionally and nationally and has spent several summers on faculty at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. Most recently, she has toured Germany, Belgium, and France as director of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Choir. Dr. Ott is a recent recipient of The American Prize in choral conducting (College/University division). She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Collegiate Choral Associate, the Conductors Guild, and The College Music Society.

Ozment, Elizabeth Whittenburg Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment is a doctoral candidate in musicology/ethnomusicology at The University of Georgia. She holds graduate certificates in Interdisciplinary University Teaching and Women’s Studies.

Mary Helen Still Hoque is Assistant to the Director of the Performing Arts Center at The University of Georgia and is a musicology/ethnomusicology doctoral student at The University of Georgia.

Park, Meeyoun A native of Seoul, Korea, Dr. Meeyoun Park has performed throughout the United States and abroad as both a soloist and collaborator. Her musical versatility has led to collaboration with both the Korean National Opera Company, and with renowned singers such as Virginia Zeani, Paul Kiesgen, Carol Vaness, Carlos Montane, and Alice Hopper. She has also participated in master classes with some of the world’s finest performers, including André Watts, Alicia de Larrocha, and Marilyn Horne. She was worked extensively for the Indiana University Opera Theater as a vocal coach and rehearsal accompanist for numerous productions, and served as an Associate Instructor in piano. She has also served as a staff accompanist at both DePauw University, and the Oberlin Conservatory.

Dr. Park is a graduate of the Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, where she earned a degree in piano performance. She continued her studies with Karen Shaw at Indiana University, where she earned the Master of Music, Performer Diploma, and Doctor of Music degrees in piano performance. Dr. Park is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Murray State University.

Parker, Craig Craig B. Parker has been on the faculty at Kansas State University since 1982, where he teaches music history and plays trumpet with the KSU Faculty Brass Quintet. He earned his B.M. in trumpet performance from the University of Georgia and his M.A. and Ph.D. in historical musicology from UCLA. He has done post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan and Harvard University as the recipient of NEH grants.

Professor Parker has published over 40 articles and reviews in a variety of scholarly journals. His research interests focus primarily on American topics, particularly on those related to Sousa and his band and to music since 1945. Parker served as an assistant editor of the International Trumpet Guild Journal for four years and of American Music for twelve years. He received the Distinguished Service Citation from the Society for American Music in 2011.

Professor Parker has presented numerous papers at regional, national, and international conferences of the CMS and many other scholarly organizations. While president of the CMS Great Plains chapter, he established the Paul Revitt Award for the most outstanding paper by a student presented at the chapter’s annual meeting. Dr. Parker is currently the CMS Board Member for Musicology.

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Pearsall, Aimee Aimee Pearsall is a recent graduate from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s of General/Choral Music Education. Her research interests include Early Childhood/Elementary Music Education as well as Technology in Music Education. Her research on the musical preferences of four year olds on iPads has been accepted at multiple conferences including the 2014 International Society for Music Education Conference in Brasilia, Brazil, and the 2014 National Association for Music Education Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

Aimee has also won multiple awards at the University of Delaware including the Donald W. Harward Fellows Award, the Academic Year Scholar Award, the Arts and Humanities Undergraduate Research Scholar Award, and the Service-Learning and Community-Based Research Fellowship Award. She was also named as a 2013 University of Delaware Honors Enrichment Scholar for her musical outreach work with children in Jamaica.

Aimee was certified in Early Childhood Music Education through the Gordon Institute of Music Learning in 2012, and has taught Early Childhood Music Classes at the University of Delaware Community Music School since 2012. Additionally, she served as the two-year director of the University of Delaware’s service learning project entitled, “ProjectMUSIC Opera!” in which 200 fourth and fifth grade students performed a musical alongside of University of Delaware students. Aimee teaches private piano, violin, and voice lessons at the Delaware Arts Conservatory. Finally, under her advisement as UD’s NAfME President, the chapter won the NAfME Collegiate Chapter of Excellence award for Service. She is honored and excited to present here today.

Pepple, Joanna Joanna Pepple is a PhD student and graduate assistant in Historical Musicology at The Florida State University. She holds previous degrees in Music Theory/Composition and Violin Performance from East Carolina University and Appalachian State University, respectively. At East Carolina, Joanna established a tutoring lab for the music theory students at the School of Music and participated in a cataloging project of composers’ collected works as a graduate assistant in the music library. At Appalachian State, Joanna was violinist and violist for the Graduate Hayes String Quartet. Her interests include nineteenth-century chamber music, pedagogy, and musical style, particularly Brahms and Mendelssohn. Her thesis was titled, “The Language of Johannes Brahms’s Theme and Variation: A Study of His Chamber Works for Strings.” Joanna especially enjoys teaching music history in the college classroom as well as maintaining a private violin studio.

Peterson, Erik Dr. Erik Christian Peterson started playing viola at age ten in his native Chicago. He is the founding member and current violist of the acclaimed Voxare String Quartet. With Voxare, Dr. Peterson has performed at every major concert venue in New York, including as soloist at Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic. He has been awarded Chamber Music America’s ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the Kay H. Logan Award for performance excellence. Dr. Peterson has recorded for Naxos and various other labels. As an orchestral musician, Dr. Peterson has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Milwaukee and New World Symphonies.

Dr. Peterson has had visiting residencies at Dartmouth College, the University of Leeds (UK), and others. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he was the teaching assistant to Stanley Konopka.

Phang, May May Phang began piano studies in her native Singapore where she obtained her Associate and Licentiate diplomas from the Trinity College of Music (London) by the age of twelve. A graduate of McGill University in Canada, she obtained her doctorate from Temple University in Philadelphia. Currently Associate Professor of Piano at DePauw University, Indiana, her prior teaching positions include Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.

She has given numerous solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Singapore, Canada, the United States, and Europe, performing in venues such as the Goethe Institute in Singapore, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore Conference Hall, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur and Place-des-Arts in Montreal, the Concertgebouw, Kennedy Center for the Arts and National Gallery in Washington DC, the Detroit Institute of Art, and at festivals such as the Singapore Festival of Arts, the Montreal International Piano Festival, and the Festival in Zakopane, Poland.

A prizewinner of several competitions including the Chopin Young Pianists’ Competition in Buffalo NY, Canadian Music Competition, Concours d’orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Pontoise International Young Artists Competition in France, Dr. Phang has performed with orchestras such as the Banff Chamber Players, Singapore Symphony, Montreal Symphony, and the . Radio and television appearances include profiles on Singapore Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts on Radio-Canada, Vermont Public Radio, WFLN, Philadelphia and WFMT, Chicago. An active music educator, she frequently adjudicates competitions and presents masterclasses. Her recent CD, Travels Through Time, is currently available online.

Phillips, Scott L. Scott L. Phillips, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Music Technology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He teaches courses in computer music, directs the Computer Music Ensemble, and supervises the music technology internship program. His research focuses on technology use in music teaching and music technology curriculum development at the university level. Phillips is a member of the CMS technology committee and sits on the national board of the Technology Institute for Music. Phillips has made presentations at numerous state, regional, and national conferences. He has also provided professional music technology and recording studio training to hundreds of musicians across the United States for top music technology hardware and software companies. Phillips is the author of the book Beyond Sound: The College and Career Guide in Music Technology published by Oxford University Press.

Piagentini, Susan Susan Piagentini is the coordinator of the first-year theory and aural skills curriculum at Northwestern University. A Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer, her research interests include pedagogy with an emphasis on technology. She has been the recipient of Searle Center for Teaching Excellence grants to develop web-based materials to supplement the undergraduate core curriculum and has served on the University Research Grants Committee. Along with Dr. Jennifer Snodgrass, Piagentini is the co-author of Fundamentals of Music: Rudiments, Musicianship and Composition, in its sixth edition, released by Pearson in March 2012. This textbook is coupled with an online assessment tool, Exposition Music. The design and development of Exposition is based on five years of research in music theory placement exams and provides a pedagogically sound environment for student testing in music.

Pierce, Stephen Ross South African pianist, Stephen Pierce enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, pedagogue, and scholar. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Keyboard Pedagogy at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he coordinates the Piano Pedagogy and Group Piano programs. He previously taught at the University of Northern Colorado, Oberlin Conservatory, and has served as a faculty member at the Colorado International Piano Academy (CIPA) in Greeley, Colorado in the summer.

Dr. Pierce holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM), a Bachelor of Music (Honors) in Piano Performance from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and two licentiates of music from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He has performed in the USA, Canada, Czech Republic, and throughout South Africa, with artists such as flutist Carol Wincenc, and soprano, Bronwen Forbay while his performances have been broadcast on South African television and radio.

Dr. Pierce has presented master classes, workshops, and lectures in South Africa and the United States. He recently served as a guest presenter at the Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3) in Austin, Texas, and at the Colorado State Music Teachers Association annual conference. Dr. Pierce regularly contributes CD and DVD reviews to Clavier Companion. He has published book reviews in the journals Music Research Forum and American Music Teacher, and articles in Clavier Companion and The South African Music Teacher.

Piguet, Delphine Delphine Piguet is a Doctoral of Musical Arts candidate in trombone performance at the University of Oklahoma (OU). She was awarded the Cleo Cross International Student Scholarship in 2011 and 2013, as well as the prestigious Paul and Rose Sharp Award in 2012 for academic excellence and service to the University of Oklahoma community, awarded annually to only one student. She earned her Master of Music in trombone performance from the University of Oklahoma and her Master of Musicology and Ethnomusicology from the University of Paris IV-La Sorbonne, specializing in Native American music. Piguet received her FCE, CAE, CPE from Cambridge University, and she speaks four languages. She is a Councilor on the University of Oklahoma’s Integrity Council, and she was principal trombone of the OU Symphony Orchestra, and principal trombone of the OU Trombone Choir. Delphine Piguet worked for two years as a Graduate Assistant in trombone performance, and is currently teaching two sections of the University of Oklahoma’s general education course in western music appreciation.

Pike, Anastasia Dr. Anastasia Pike is on the faculty of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She graduated with honors from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in US social/cultural history, a B.M. in performance, and an M.M. in music history and literature. Pike also holds an M.M. in performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and an Ed.D.C.T. from Teachers College Columbia University. Her dissertation explored interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary approaches to music education within the realms of art, economics, literature, and mathematics and the sciences. Her articles have appeared in the American Harp Journal, as well as in the encyclopedias Great Lives from History: African-Americans, Great Lives from History: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, Great Lives from History: Latinos, The Twenties in America, The Thirties in America, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. Her research interests include assessment and evaluation of music in higher education, musician biographies, and interdisciplinary music education. An active performer, Dr. Pike has appeared on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, and for the Performing Arts; she was awarded the United States Navy’s CMC Award for her volunteer work providing therapeutic music performances to the wounded warriors at what is now Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Dr. Pike serves on the Board of Directors of the Capital City Symphony and Harps for Kids Foundation, and is the Vice-President of the Washington, DC chapter of the American Harp Society.

Pike, Pamela Pamela D. Pike is Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy and coordinator of group piano at Louisiana State University. Pike has been published in the International Journal of Music Education, Music Education Research, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, the Journal of Music, Technology & Education, Clavier Companion and American Music Teacher. In 2013 she was awarded “article of the year” for a piece on development of sight-reading skills in American Music Teacher. She has presented at conferences of the International Society of Music Education, the International Conference on Research in Music Education, College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. Pike serves on the adult learning and the research committees for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, is on the editorial committee of the MTNA e-Journal, and is chair of the CMS Music in Higher Education Committee. Her research interests include development of the professional musician, teaching older adults, group-teaching techniques, and cognition and learning.

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Pool, Scott Scott Pool currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Texas Arlington, where he has worked since 2009. He is also the Academy Director of the Talis Music Festival in Saas- Fee, Switzerland. Recognized as a Moosmann Artist by master bassoon maker, Bernd Moosmann, Scott’s performances have taken him throughout North and South America and Europe, programming both the standard repertoire and new compositions for the bassoon. As a frequent recitalist and avid proponent of new music, Scott has played an active role in the commission of both established and emerging contemporary composers, including Katherine Hoover, Chris Arrell, Jenni Brandon and Sunny Knable.

Scott has served on the performing faculties of the Orfeo International Music Festival (Italy), the Schlern International Music Festival (Italy), and from 2002–2009 was the Associate Professor of Bassoon at Valdosta State University (Georgia). His festival performances include featured performances at the Festival of Winds (Brazil), the Festival of New American Music (California), and numerous appearances at International Double Reed Society conferences.

Scott’s latest CD recordings can be heard on Eastern Discoveries (2014) released on MSR Classics; Vocalise (2013), his first solo CD and Landscapes: The Double Reed Music of Daniel Baldwin (2010), both released on Mark Records. He has served as principal bassoon with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra, the Savannah Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Plano Symphony Orchestra (TX), the Tucson Pops, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Symphonica UANL of Monterrey, Mexico and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. In addition to the bassoon studio at UT-Arlington, Scott teaches courses on Music Theory, Aural Skills and Music Appreciation.

Price, William William Price’s music has been performed at numerous international and national events, including the World Saxophone Congress, the Musica Viva Festival in Portugal, the Musinfo Art & Sciences Days in France, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Chamber Music Festival in Singapore, and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. His music has received awards from numerous organizations, including the Music Teachers National Association, ASCAP, the Percussive Arts Society, the Southeastern Composers League, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Price’s works are published by Honeyrock Publications, Triplo Press, Northeastern Music, Cimarron Music Press, and Imagine Music Publishing.

As a theorist and scholar, Price has published in the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Music Educators Journal, The Encyclopedia of Alabama, and most recently, his article, “Aural Souvenirs: Temporal Disruption and Formal Coherence in John Zorn’s Cat O’ Nine Tails,” was published in the Brazilian new music journal Revista Música Hodie.

Price received his MM and DMA degrees from Louisiana State University, where he studied composition with Dinos Constantinides. Dr. Price serves as Associate Professor of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he teaches courses in music theory and composition.

Purse, William E. Bill Purse is a Professor and Chair of the Music Technology and Guitar Departments at Duquesne University. Purse received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music at Duquesne University, as well as an EduCom (Education Communication) grant for study with Dr. Carol Lennox at Mills College in 1990. In addition, Purse has studied with Howard Massey at the Center for Electronic Music in New York.

Purse has pioneered curriculum development for music technology at Duquesne University and has been the Chair of Music Technology since 1992. He was instrumental in developing a new Master’s Degree in Music Technology. He has written curriculum for summer TI:ME courses and is a frequent lecturer, clinician and author at national conferences, online webinars and at educational institutions in the US. Purse has received Duquesne University’s 1996 President’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and a 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award for pedagogy and performance.

Rabideau, Mark Dr. Mark Rabideau serves as Visiting Associate Professor in Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, teaching both brick-and-mortar and online courses in arts administration and entrepreneurship. Mark’s entrepreneurial spirit has led to projects ranging from producing and hosting a live radio show, “Live from Smoke”, from NYC’s upper-westside, producing the award-winning documentary “The World is a Classroom”, and founding Art in Unlikely Places—a project fueled by the belief that art’s transformative powers must be made accessible to the underserved. Dr. Rabideau served as Executive and Artistic Director for Artists Now, a not-for-profit arts organization fostering connections between curious audiences and inspiring artists.

Mark holds a doctorate in Music Performance from the University of Illinois and served as a Post- doctoral Fellow at Rutgers University. Mark has three beautifully talented children.

Ramirez, Miguel Miguel J. Ramirez is a Lecturer of Music at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He holds a Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Music from the University of Chicago, as well as an artist diploma from the Hochschule für Musik of Frankfurt, Germany, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in oboe performance from Boston University. Dr. Ramirez worked with the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra for several years, and he has recently performed with the Paducah Symphony (Kentucky), and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra (Tennessee). As a musicologist, Dr. Ramirez has taught at the Universidad de Costa Rica, the University of Chicago, Mansfield University, and Western Kentucky University. His research interests include Austro-German music and culture in the nineteenth century, the music of Anton Bruckner, the theory, neo-Riemannian theory, eighteenth-century performance practice, and the cultural links between Germany/Austria and Latin America during the Third Reich. His articles and book reviews have been published in Music Analysis and Music Theory Online.

Rees, Mary Anne Mary Anne Rees is highly experienced in both music administration and the history of higher education. Past administrative positions have included serving as Dean of the School of Music, Assistant Dean of the Northwestern University School of Music and Assistant Dean of the Ithaca College School of Music. She also served as an assistant professor at Northwestern University and Willamette University.

Dr. Rees has also given numerous papers and presentations at national conferences. Most recently, CMS published her monograph on the history of The College Music Society. Her involvement with CMS has also included serving as national Treasurer and as a member of several national committees. In addition, she is now assisting The CMS Fund with its fund-raising efforts.

Rhoden, Lori Lori Rhoden is Professor of Music Performance and Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy and Group Piano at Ball State University where she teaches piano performance, piano pedagogy, and group piano. A nationally certified music teacher, Rhoden maintains an active schedule as a soloist, collaborative artist, clinician, and adjudicator. Dr. Rhoden has performed in China, Korea, Canada, and throughout the United States. In 2011, she completed the Southwest China Piano Pedagogy Project as a Fulbright Specialist grant recipient, performing and teaching in Kunming and Chongqing. She has been a piano faculty member at the Masterworks Festival since 2002, and has been the piano program director for Masterworks since 2006. Dr. Rhoden was also a guest instructor for the Yamaha Passport to Music program in 2009 and 2011.

Dr. Rhoden has presented conference sessions and/or research posters for the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Music Teachers National Association national conferences, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and various state and local associations . She has been a member of the Research Committee for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and has written articles for American Music Teacher, Clavier and Keyboard Companion.

Dr. Rhoden completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance at the University of South Carolina. She received the Master of Church Music degree and Performer’s Certificate in piano from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in addition to a Bachelor of Music Education degree and Certificate in Piano Performance from Florida State University. An active member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), she has served on MTNA collegiate chapter committees and currently serves as the chair of the Indiana state collegiate chapters of MTNA. Rhoden was honored with the 2010 Teacher of the Year award from the Indiana Music Teachers Association (IMTA) and is currently chair of the Board of Trustees for IMTA.

Rice, Timothy Timothy Rice is professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. A specialist in the traditional music of southeastern Europe, his publications include May It Fill Your Soul: Experiencing Bulgarian Music (University of Chicago Press, 1994) and Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Oxford University Press, 2004). He has also written many articles examining the general nature of research in ethnomusicology. He is a past president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and a co-founding editor of the ten-volume Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (1998-2002). He was the editor-in-chief for four years of the journal Ethnomusicology and the inaugural director, from 2007–2013, of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Riley, Raymond Dr. Raymond Riley, professor of music, joined the Alma College music faculty in 1988. He holds a B.M. from the University of Illinois, an M.M. from DePaul University and a D.M.A. in applied piano from Michigan State University.

In addition to teaching piano and pursuing performance opportunities, he teaches several courses in MIDI composition and arranging, digital audio recording and mixing, new media development, and sound design techniques.

Dr. Riley is a frequent presenter and clinician for technology conferences and workshops. A strong advocate for cross disciplinary study, he has worked closely with other faculty in the departments of Music, Art, Communications, English, and Biology to develop new courses and summer institute offerings, which have included topics in new media studies, web design, digital video and documentary, and delivering streaming and interactive media over the Web.

Robbins, Malcolm Scott Scott Robbins began his musical career as a drummer and guitarist in rock bands. Currently, he is Professor of Musicology and Composition at the Carroll McDaniel Petrie School of Music at Converse College. His professional training included studies at Wake Forest University (B.A.), Duke University (A.M.), and Florida State University (D.Mus.).

Robbins’ compositions are widely performed and professionally recognized, having received over 50 awards, including the International Prokofiev Prize, Yale’s Norfolk National Composition Prize, National Association of Composers—USA Young Composers Award, ASCAP Foundation Grant to Young Composers, American Music Center Composer Assistance Award, Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, multiple ASCAP awards, and commissions from SC Music Teachers Association. The Czech Radio Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Spartanburg Philharmonc, Moyzes Quartet, Ensemble Radieuse, Gregg Smith Singers, the Dale Warland Singers, and pianist Wael Farouk have performed, commissioned, or recorded Scott’s works. The Clearing, for which Scott composed the soundtrack, received the Committee for International Non- Theatrical Event’s CINE-Eagle award and has been broadcast on Bravo and HBO.

Recordings include “Micro-Symphony” (Warsaw Philharmonic) and “The Heart’s Trapeze” (Czech Radio Symphony). Trio Chromos featured 3 Blues on their CD “Trumpet Colors,” and Scott produced the 2010 EP premiere recording of his composition Bees: 5 Poems of Emily Dickinson for soprano and GarageBand electronic accompaniment, featuring soprano Donna Gallagher (available for purchase on CD and online through iTunes, Amazon.com, et al.). Future releases include the Prague Radio Symphony performingSpooky-Does the Bunny-Hop (Extended Orchestral ).

Roberts, Rachel Appointed by President Tony Woodcock in 2009 as Founder and Director of NEC’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship department, Roberts was charged with designing and leading a major new initiative that would equip young musicians with key extra-musical skills to support their artistic careers. Over the last three years, Rachel has launched a wide range of experiential programs and curricula, including a signature grant initiative, courses on arts entrepreneurship, fellowships, creative performance projects, and more.

Rockmaker, Jody Jody Rockmaker (born 1961, New York City) received his Ph.D. in Composition from Princeton University. He has studied at the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory and the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He studied composition with Erich Urbanner, Edward T. Cone, Milton Babbitt, Claudio Spies, Malcolm Peyton and Miriam Gideon. Dr. Rockmaker is also the recipient of numerous awards including a Barlow Endowment Commission, Fulbright Grant, two BMI Awards for Young Composers, an ASCAP Grant, the George Whitefield Chadwick Medal from New England Conservatory, and a National Orchestral Association Orchestral Reading Fellowship. He has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and Villa Montalvo, and has been a Composition Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center. He taught at Stanford University and is currently an Associate Professor at Arizona State University School of Music. He served on the board of Earplay New Music Ensemble, and was Associate Director of the Arizona State University School of Music from 2011–2013.

Rossow, Stacie A native of Florida, Dr. Rossow has been a member of the faculty at Florida Atlantic University since 2000 and has served as conductor of the Women’s Chorus since 1998. Dr. Rossow holds the Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and the Master of Arts with an emphasis in Choral Conducting degrees from Florida Atlantic University and received the Doctorate in Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Miami. Her thesis, entitled The Choral Music of Irish Composer Michael McGlynn, was the first on Mr. McGlynn and is currently held in the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin.

A faculty member at the inaugural Anúna Summer School in Dublin during the Summer of 2011, Dr. Rossow returned in 2013 as a featured clinician and facilitator. Stephen Eddins of the All-Music Guide said of her work on the 2012 Anúna CD Illuminations, “Stacie Lee Rossow, in her debut recording conducting the group, conveys a thorough understanding of the various musical styles and draws sensitive performances from the singers.” Dr. Rossow has also premiered several of Mr. McGlynn’s works including: My Songs Shall Rise, the Women’s Chorus and orchestral version of the Behind the Closed Eye Suite, Incantations, and Flowers, Sunshine, and Shadows.

Dr. Rossow is an active adjudicator and clinician and has presented lectures and papers at various conferences. While at the University of Miami she was awarded the Theodore Presser Award for research in music for her work in the area of Irish choral music.

Rudoff, Mark Applauded by critics as “an exceptionally gifted cellist” and “a charismatic performer,” Mark Rudoff has performed in solo recitals and with orchestras in Canada and the United States, and his solo and chamber performances have been recorded for broadcast on CBC. Currently Associate Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at The Ohio State University, he previously taught cello, chamber music and orchestra at Brandon University. Mark also teaches at and serves as Dean of The Castleman Quartet Program in residence at SUNY Fredonia. A respected chamber and orchestra musician, performs with the Galileo Trio and Chiarina Piano Quartet, and has served as principal cello of the Calgary Philharmonic and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestras. Mark has been invited to perform as guest artist with the Canadian Chamber Choir and at the Winnipeg Symphony’s Centara New Music Festival, Music from Salem, New Music North, and Marble Cliff Chamber Players. He has delivered presentations on performance and pedagogy at the American String Teachers Association and College Music Society National Conferences.

Ruthmann, Alex S. Alex Ruthmann is Associate Professor of Music Education & Music Technology in the NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Profession. Dr. Ruthmann is the founder of the NYU MusEDLab, a design-based research incubator that direclty involves musicians and educators in the development of new technologies and experiences for music making, learning and engagement. Dr. Ruthmann is Past-President of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Co-Editor of the International Journal of Education & the Arts, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Music, Technology and Education. Active in social media, you can follow his curated posts on music, education and technology via @alexruthmann on Twitter and on his blog at [http://alexruthmann.com].

Salmon, John C. Pianist John Salmon has distinguished himself on four continents, as both a classical and jazz artist. His broad repertoire covers the classics—Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms—though his involvement with contemporary music is equally strong. Salmon has championed and been at the forefront of performing new works by such celebrated composers as Nikolai Kapustin and Lalo Schifrin. Salmon is particularly well-known for his association with Dave Brubeck, whose music he has recorded and edited in depth; Brubeck dedicated two piano pieces to Salmon, “The Salmon Strikes” and “Bach Again.” Salmon’s most recent recording, Salmon Is A Jumpin’ (Albany Records), called “strong and imaginative” (classicalmusicsentinel.com) and “jazz with a high degree of intelligence” (musicweb- international.com), features his own jazz compositions, with the added twist of overdubbing on every track.

John Salmon has been a member of the faculty of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 1989. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin; the Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School; the Solistendiplom from the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, Germany; and Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts (philosophy) degrees from Texas Christian University. His awards include the Premio Jaén (1979), the Gina Bachauer Award from Juilliard, a fellowship from the Beethoven Foundation (known nowadays as the American Pianists Association), and prizes from the 1979 University of Maryland (William Kapell Competition) and 1984 Busoni competitions. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1954. [www.johnsalmon.com]

Sanders, Carolyn Dr. Carolyn Sanders is Professor of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She joined the faculty upon completion of the Doctor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from Florida State University. She holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of New Mexico.

Sanders is active as a recitalist and clinician on both national and international levels. Along with studio trumpet, she teaches music history and introductory theory at UAH. She is a former recipient of the UAH Award for Distinguished Teaching and the UAH Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. Sanders holds memberships in The College Music Society, International Trumpet Guild, Historic Brass Society, and Pi Kappa Lambda Honorary Society.

With a research specialty in , Sanders has been awarded several travel grants through her university, allowing access to unpublished Baroque manuscripts in several European libraries. As a result of her research, Sanders has edited a collection of compositions that have been published by European publishers Musica Rara and Breitkopf & Härtel. A secondary area of Sanders’ research interests focus on the area of music psychology, specifically as it relates to the role of practice in successful music performance.

Sarath, Ed Ed Sarath is Professor of Music in the Department in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at The University of Michigan and Director of U-M’s Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies. He is also active as performer, composer, recording artist, and author and is founder and President of the International Society for Improvised Music. His book Music Theory Through Improvisation: A New Approach to Musicianship Training (Routledge 2010) presents an innovative framework for core curriculum musicianship studies based in a class he has designed and taught at Michigan for 20 years. His most recent book, Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness: Jazz as an Integral Template for Music, Education, and Society (State University of New York/Albany), presents the first appropriation to music of an emergent, consciousness-based worldview called Integral Theory. He is co-editor of a forthcoming volume called Contemplative Approaches to Learning and Inquiry (SUNY/Albany, 2014). Additional writings appear in Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Music Theory, Oxford Handbook for Research on Music Education, International Journal for Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Jazz Research Papers, Jazz Educators Journal, Harvard Negotiation Journal, Columbia Teachers College’s Educational Record, Newsday, and Ultimate Reality and Meaning journal. His most recent CD is New Beginnings, which features the London Jazz Orchestra performing his large ensemble compositions. He is a member of The College Music Society’s Task Force on the Undergraduate Music Major, and a fellow of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, American Council of Learned Societies, Ford Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.

Saunders, Tiffani Tiffani Saunders is jointly appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Sociology/Anthropology department and African American Studies program at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Her interests include family, mental health/illness, research methods, popular culture, and pedagogy. She teaches courses across these interests, and also teaches a course on dance and culture and co-teaches a course on Music and Identity for the Capital Scholars Honors Program. She is a classically trained violinist, having received most of her early training through D.C. Youth Orchestra Program, and continues to play in local quartets and quintets.

Schlabaugh, Karen Karen Bauman Schlabaugh is Professor of Music at Bethel College. She holds degrees from Oberlin College, Ithaca College, and the University of Iowa, and spent a semester studying at the Royal College of Music in London, England with the support of an Alumni Fellowship from Oberlin.

Her current teaching assignments include piano, music theory and history courses, and involvement in a cooperative piano pedagogy program. She has been chair of the Music Department at Bethel College since the fall semester of 1998. She also has served on the faculties of Skidmore and Tabor colleges and has participated as a teacher and collaborator in summer institutes in Michigan, Wisconsin and New York.

Schlabaugh performs frequently as a soloist and chamber musician and has appeared on two occasions as soloist with the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra, most recently in the spring of 2002 in the Piano Concerto No.1 in C by Beethoven. She has performed in many of the Harvey Festival summer concerts sponsored by the Newton Mid-Kansas Orchestra. Her CD of French Recital Favorites with Wichita clarinetist James Jones was released in June 2005 by Centaur Records. In addition, she regularly serves as an adjudicator and clinician at piano festivals and contests throughout Kansas.

Schmidt, Patrick Patrick Schmidt is an Associate Professor of Music Education at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. He joined the faculty after eleven years at the Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University in Princeton, US. He teaches courses on secondary and choral methods as well as on the philosophy and sociology of music, research, curriculum, and Hip Hop culture. His innovative work in critical pedagogy, urban music education and policy studies is recognized nationally and internationally, leading him to presentations across the United States as well as in Canada, Brazil, Italy, China, Finland, Sweden, England, Mexico, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, among others. His most recent publications can be found in the following journals: Theory into Practice; Arts Education Policy Review; Journal of Curriculum Theorizing; Philosophy of Music Education Review; Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education; ABEM Journal in Brazil; and the Finnish Journal of Music Education. He has recently co-edited the 2012 NSSE book released by Teachers College Press and a special issue of the well-known education journal Theory into Practice.

Schmunk, Richard Richard (Rick) Schmunk, chair of the Music Technology program, teaches within the Music Industry, Popular Music and Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television programs at the USC Thornton School of Music and is an active music technology clinician in the U.S. and Canada.

His research interests include the integration of technology in music instruction and music performance. Rick has presented papers at the Association for Technology In Music Instruction (ATMI), International Society for Music Education (ISME), International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), Jazz Educators Network (JEN), and Technology for Music Education (TI:ME) national and international conferences. His recent publications include Ableton Live 9 Essentials (Lynda.com), Finale 2012 Essentials (Lynda.com), Advanced Sequencing (TI:ME) and soon to be released Teaching Music Fundamentals With Ableton Live (SoundTree and Ableton, Inc.).

Schneeweis, Charlie Charlie Schneeweis is a professional musician, composer and educator with forty years of experience. Charlie has performed nationally and internationally in a wide range of venues. He has been recognized on the national stage as a performer and winner of the Talent From Towns Under 2000 Contest on the “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show, as well as in the Learning to Play Softly segment of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”

Charlie has performed at Carnegie Hall as the lead trumpet player in the Gene Pitney Band and at the Montreal Jazz festival and around the United States with the “Rat Pack is Back” act out of Las Vegas. He has toured with rock and jazz bands in the United States and Europe and has shared the stage with Don Cherry, John Faddis, Ben E. King, Houston Person, The Coasters, Bill Watrous, Slide Hampton, Clark Terry, David Amram and The Temptations.

He’s appeared on over thirty CDs as a vocalist, composer, electronic musician, arranger and brass musician playing trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone horn and valve trombone. He has been featured in numerous New England performances in various jazz, world beat, big band, rock, chamber and classical groups and performances. Charlie is currently an Assistant Professor at Landmark College in Southern Vermont, where he teaches electronic music and digital audio editing.

Schwartz, Jessica Jessica A. Schwartz is currently an Andrew W. Mellon Teaching Fellow at Columbia University in the Department of Music. She received her Ph.D. in Music from New York University (2012). Assisted by an Andrew W. Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, her dissertation “Resonances of the Atomic Age: Hearing the Nuclear Legacy in the United States and the Marshall Islands, 1945-2010,” focuses on the sonic evidence of the US nuclear weapons testing program in the Marshall Islands that occurred between 1946 and 1958 and offers both a sonic history of the early American atomic age and a focused ethnomusicological study of Marshallese music. She is preparing a book manuscript, tentatively entitled Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences. Through Marshallese singers’ words, stories, and performance aesthetics, Radiation Sounds details how music yields insight into the role of expressive culture in mitigating the damages of a nuclear legacy, at various scales, that has often played out in secrecy and silence. She has recent publications in Women and Music, , and the New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences such as the Society for Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological Society, the American Anthropological Association, and the American Studies Association. Since 2011, Schwartz has been working with the Marshallese diasporic population in Arkansas and has co-founded the Marshallese Educational Initiative, Inc., a not-for-profit organization based in Arkansas that raises cultural awareness of and promotes educational opportunities for the Marshallese population.

Scott/Garrison Duo, The The Scott/Garrison Duo, featuring clarinetist Shannon Scott and flutist Leonard Garrison, has performed together since 1988 and has been featured at national conventions of the National Flute Association, the College Music Society, and the National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors. As musicians with the Tulsa Philharmonic from 1989 through 2005, they performed throughout Oklahoma. Since moving to Idaho to teach at Washington State University and the University of Idaho, they have performed throughout the Pacific Northwest and released two critically acclaimed CDs. Fanfare Magazine wrote of Barn Dances, “Shannon Scott and Leonard Garrison have put together an enticing recital of gems, all world premiere recordings, and every one of them a winner… In the hands of these two wonderful artists, more colors are evoked than one might believe possible.” The Instrumentalist magazine calls Perennials a “delightful CD” and wrote, “The Scott/Garrison Duo accompanied by Rajung Yang brings this music to life and sets the bar high for outstanding chamber music performance.” Their CDs are frequently broadcast on classical music radio stations throughout the U.S.

Dr. Shannon Scott is Assistant Professor of Clarinet and History of Music and clarinetist for Solstice Woodwind Quintet at Washington State University School of Music. Dr. Scott holds degrees from Juilliard, École Normale de Musique de Paris, Conservatoire Regional Marcel Dupré, Yale University and Northwestern University.

Leonard Garrison is Associate Professor of Flute and Associate Director of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho, flutist in the Northwest Wind Quintet, and Principal Flute of the Walla Walla Symphony. He received Master of Music and Master of Arts degrees from The State University of New York at Stony Brook, and his Bachelor of Music is from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

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Scrivani-Tidd, Lisa Dr. Lisa M. Scrivani-Tidd is Professor of Music in the State University of New York (SUNY) at Jefferson and Director of Music and Organist at the Church of St. Lawrence. Lisa holds the Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, the Master of Music degree from the University of Tennessee, and the Bachelor of Music degree from the State University of New York College at Fredonia. Dr. Scrivani-Tidd served for several years as University Organist at St. Lawrence University, as Music Teacher in the public schools of New York State, and as Organ Recitalist under the representation of Concert Artist Cooperative.

Lisa has taught regularly on the faculty of the Education Department at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH. For Greenwood Publishing Group, she authored The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: The Early Years (1951-1959), which is the first volume of a multi- volume reference series on the history of rock and roll in American culture, published in 2006. Lisa has presented research at numerous conferences at state, regional, and national levels, among them the Pop Culture Institutes; the Ohio Educators Association; the American Guild of Organists; the Cornell University Institute for Community College Development; and the New York State School Music Association.

Dr. Scrivani-Tidd is a recipient of the 2002 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, one of the most prestigious honors that can be conferred upon SUNY faculty.

Shafer, Jennifer Jennifer Shafer is a first year Ph.D. music theory student at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She earned her bachelor’s degree in piano performance from East Texas Baptist University in 2010 and her M.A. in music theory from the University of Kentucky in 2012. Jennifer is still active as a pianist and her main research area of interest is intersections between mathematics and music.

Shanahan, Ellen Cooper Ellen Cooper Shanahan is Professor of Music and program advisor for the music major at Berkshire Community College in western Massachusetts. She has taught there since 1983, first as an adjunct and then a full-time faculty member, serving also as department chair for Fine and Performing Arts and union chapter president for all faculty at the college. A graduate of Smith College, she holds a bachelor’s degree in music and a master’s degree in musicology and voice. Recognizing the need for leadership at all levels of an institution, she recently completed a PhD in Leadership for Higher Education from Capella University; her dissertation focused on best practices for institutional inclusion of part-time faculty. She is a graduate of the 2013 Community College Leadership Academy; this paper is part of her final project, “Building a Recruitment and Retention Plan for the Community College Music Major.”

Shields, Kelsey Kelsey Shields, a native of Blue Springs, Missouri, is a doctoral student in trumpet performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music performance at Truman State University in 2011. While completing her master’s degree in music education at the Eastman School of Music in 2013, she became interested in historical research in music, resulting in a project on Alice C. Clement, one of the first music educators to use the player piano in music classrooms. She is currently researching Alessandro Liberati, a prominent cornet virtuoso, and his role in Kansas City culture during the late nineteenth century.

Siciliano, Mary C. Mary Siciliano has a multi-faceted career. Her private students have distinguished themselves in many prestigious competitions such as the MTNA National Finals, the Piano Arts International Competition, and the Oberlin International High School Competition. She is currently on the piano faculty at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where she teaches applied piano, piano ensemble, and coordinates the piano pedagogy program. She has also taught piano pedagogy classes at the University of Michigan, Madonna University and Schoolcraft College. Mary performs throughout the United States, Canada, and France. She has been broadcast on CBC, WDET, and WRCJ. She has collaborated on several CD recordings. She is a popular clinician who has given workshops and masterclasses in the U.S., Canada, and France. She has been published in several piano journals.

Mary received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Michigan State University and the Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the Joseph Brinkman Award for excellence in performance. Her teachers include Rebecca Frohman, Marian Owen, David Renner, and Eugene Bossart.

She has served as the East Central Division Competitions Chairman in addition to the Board of the Michigan Music Teachers Association, the Metropolitan Detroit Musicians League, and the Tuesday Musicale of Detroit.

Sick, Stella Stella Branzburg Sick received her early music education in Novosibirsk, Russia, at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory Preparatory School. Upon coming to the United States, she went on to earn her Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She continued her studies at the University of Minnesota, completing her DMA in 2003.

A pioneer in the field of long distance piano performance and instruction, Stella has taught students in various parts of the United States from her private and collegiate studios in Minnesota, connecting her piano to the student’s piano over the Internet. Using long distance MIDI connectivity technology in conjunction with video conferencing, she has performed long distance as well.

Stella has been a Managing Director of the Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition since June 2004. The e-Competition has become a highly respected event worldwide and exploits modern technologies in novel ways, by bringing performers from around the world to the competition via “virtual auditions” as well as sharing the competition performances with worldwide audiences.

Stella has become a frequent presenter at major conferences, including the College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. In 2009, she was also a contributor to Clavier Companion. An active solo and chamber performer, Stella is an adjunct assistant professor at Hamline University where she teaching music history and piano. She maintains a small private studio in Maple Grove, MN

Sindberg, Laura K. Author of the recently released book, Just Good Teaching—Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance in Theory and Practice, Laura Sindberg teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education at the University of Minnesota. She also serves as Project Director of Band Project, a teaching apprenticeship launched in 2011-2012, in which preservice educators provide instruction to beginning band students at a high poverty public school in Minneapolis. Prior to her appointment at the University of Minnesota, Laura was a member of the faculty of the Lawrence Conservatory, where, in addition to teaching, she conducted the Wind Ensemble of the Lawrence Academy of Music.

Sindberg’s work in higher education follows a successful career in the public schools, where she taught music in Wisconsin for 17 years—in Milwaukee (her beloved hometown) and in Waukesha, where she initiated the Central Bands Commissioning Project. She has served on the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) Project since 1990 and is Past Chair of the Project. She has presented numerous sessions on topics related to comprehensive musicianship regionally and nationally. Her work has been published in the Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, and the Wisconsin School Musician. She received a B.F.A. and a M.M. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

Snow, Jennifer L. Jennifer Snow is pianist and former director of the Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program.

Soto, Amanda C. Amanda C. Soto is the Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Idaho, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music education courses. She co-teaches the Smithsonian Folkways Certification Course in World Music Pedagogy. She earned a B.A. in Music Education from the University of North Texas and received a M.A. in Ethnomusicology and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Washington. She has undertaken certification studies in Orff and Kodály pedagogical approaches and holds a certification in world music pedagogy from the Smithsonian Institute.

Her research interests include cultural diversity in music education, bimusical sensibilities of children, world music pedagogy, and the study of regional musics of South Texas and Mexican music. Soto holds publications in the Music Educators Journal, Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Ethnomusicology Studies of World Music and Dance Education, and the Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education series.

She has presented clinical workshops and research at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) conference, the NAfME Northwest Division Conference, the Washington and Idaho Music Educators Association conferences, the national and international College of Music Society conferences, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, the international conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education, and the International Society for Music Education conference.

Stamatis, Yona Yona Stamatis received her doctorate in Ethnomusicology from the University of Michigan with a focus on Greek Rebetika music. As part of her research, she spent three years in Athens performing and violin with the Rebetiki Istoria and writing about the effects of the economic crisis on musical practice. She is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Illinois Springfield, where she teaches courses in World Music, Music and Social Justice, and American Music, and directs the UIS Chamber Orchestra. She team teaches in the Capital Scholars Interdisciplinary Honors program. Dr. Stamatis also plays violin with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.

Stamp, Andrew Andrew Stamp is a junior at Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music majoring in Instrumental Music Education with applied studies in Trombone, as well as being active as a vocalist and a composer/arranger. He is president of the Dana Research society as well as being an active member of the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association. As a researcher, Andrew has primarily studied the music of Andalusia and Galicia as well as studies on the affects of Hector Berlioz’s opium addiction on his compositions. Andrew is also a recipient of the University Scholar Award, the highest academic scholarship at Youngstown State. He plans on following up his current degree with graduate and doctoral degrees in Ethnomusicology, emphasizing World Music Pedagogy.

Standerfer, Stephanie A Denver native, Dr. Standerfer taught public school vocal and general music in grades K–12 for nine years in Colorado and Virginia. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Colorado in Boulder as well as Master of Education and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. Current research areas include K–12 music curriculum development, National Board Certification for music teachers, and teaching music literacy. Dr. Standerfer has given national presentations for the World Educational Research Association (WERA), American Educational Research Association (AERA), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) as well as other division and state conferences. Presentation topics have included professional development for music educators, differentiating music curriculum, music teacher standards, and standards-based music curriculum development. She has also published articles in the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, Journal for Music Teacher Education, and the Music Educators Journal. Dr. Standerfer is currently an Associate Professor of Music Education at the Shenandoah University Conservatory. Her courses include Preschool and Elementary Music Methods, Foundations of Music Education, Reading and Literacy in Music, Curriculum and Assessment in Music, and graduate level research and curriculum courses. She also serves as the Coordinator of Assessment for the Shenandoah University Conservatory.

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Steely, Katherine Dr. Kathryn Schmidt Steely is Professor of Viola at Baylor University. An active member of the American Viola Society, Steely has served as Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society, two terms on the national executive board, and nine years as AVS webmaster. Currently AVS President- elect, she will become AVS President in summer 2014.

Dr. Steely has received Baylor University’s Outstanding Professor Award and has been invited to present master classes at two American String Teacher’s Association National Conventions. She is a founding member of the faculty of the CREDO Chamber Music program, Oberlin, Ohio.

Steely is also a frequent recitalist and avid chamber musician, with performances at International Viola Congresses, National Flute Conventions, the University of Chicago Mostly Music series and the Austin Armonico Chamber series. She recently released a CD through MSR Classics of the Flackton Viola Sonatas, recorded with Vincent DeVries, harpsichord. Dr. Steely has had solo performances with the Jacksonville Symphony, the Baylor University Wind Ensemble, the Baylor Symphony, and performed with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Jacksonville Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Fort Worth-Dallas Ballet, Akron Symphony, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Wichita Symphony, and as principal violist with Rockford Symphony and Waco Symphonies.

Dr. Steely earned the Doctor of Music degree in Viola Performance from Northwestern University, Master of Music in Viola Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethel College (KS). Principal teachers include Heidi Castleman, Donald McInnes, Lynn Ramsey, and Peter Slowik.

Stevens, Daniel Daniel Stevens is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Delaware. Aside from his research interest in performance analysis, musical genre, and music theory pedagogy, Dr. Stevens has also presented widely on topics related to music student assessment and ePortfolios. His article, “Singing the Body Electric: Using ePortfolios to Integrate Teaching, Learning, and Assessment,” is soon to appear in the . Dr. Stevens serves on the editorial board of . In addition to his other duties, Dr. Stevens remains active as a pianist and cellist, and his latest research explores how the physical gestures associated with playing these instruments interact with the structural and expressive features of music written for them.

Stoffan, George C. George Stoffan has performed in the Czech Republic and Germany, and throughout the United States. As a Fulbright Award recipient, he was artist-in-residence at the Janáček Academy of Music in Brno, Czech Republic in the fall of 2012. Stoffan performed in eight national tours as Principal Clarinetist and Concertmaster of the United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. With this ensemble, he has appeared as soloist on several occasions, and performed in fourteen recordings, some of which were recently made available on the Naxos label. Mr. Stoffan has performed in recital at International Clarinet Conferences in Kansas City, Atlanta, and College Park, MD. He has performed in recital at the 2011 National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors conference in Gainesville, FL, and at the 2010 Czech-Slovak National Music Conference at Grand Valley State University. His recording, A Postcard from Europe, featuring contemporary East European clarinet music, in addition to Brahms’ Sonata No. 2, Op. 120, in E-flat Major, was characterized by the Detroit Free Press as benefiting from “Stoffan’s warm expression and confident attack,” and The Clarinet cited “Stoffan’s performance of the Brahms with technical ease and great expression of the work’s, warm, passionate lines.”

As Associate Professor of Clarinet at Oakland University, in Rochester, MI, Stoffan regularly performs on the university’s chamber music series and serves as Principal Clarinetist of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Stoffan taught clarinet at Southern Utah University, and has also served on the faculties of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Washington Conservatory of Music in Washington D.C.

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Clarinet Performance and Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from Indiana University, and a DMA in Clarinet Performance from the University of Wisconsin.

Stolz, Nolan Nolan Stolz is a composer, music theorist and drummer currently living in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Stolz has an individual compositional voice in the contemporary classical music world: one that is clearly influenced by his performance background in jazz fusion and progressive rock, yet firmly rooted in the contemporary classical tradition. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and across Europe, including several national and international festivals and conferences. Stolz has been commissioned by the Alturas Duo, CCSU Chamber Players, Synchronix, LVA Jazz Ensemble, Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra, SUNY-Stony Brook, and several solo performers. Stolz’s works may be heard on releases from Ablaze, ESM, Six Strings Sounds, and Tributary Music. In 2014, his flute piece Princess Ka‘iulani was published in SCI Journal of Scores (51).

Stolz has won several awards, including the Max DiJulio Composition Prize for Haystacks for orchestra, and was the winner of the Composers Voice Dance Collaboration Competition for Remnants of Bullfrog, Nevada for fixed electronic media and dance. Stolz has published articles and given papers on his own compositions, microtonal music, theory-composition pedagogy and jazz improvisation pedagogy at several regional, national and international conferences. Dr. Stolz holds degrees from The Hartt School, University of Oregon, and University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Stolz is currently Assistant Professor of Music at University of South Carolina-Upstate. Previously, he taught at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Southeast Missouri State University, University of South Dakota, and at two community colleges in Connecticut.

Szewczyk, Piotr Piotr Szewczyk (b. 1977) (pronounced: pyo-ter chef-chick) holds the degrees of B.M. and double M.M. in violin and composition from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and is currently pursuing Doctorate at Florida State University and is Composer-In–Residence at the Florida Chamber Music project (www.flchambermusic.org). As a composer, Szewczyk has received many awards including those from Rapido! Composition Contest by Atlanta Chamber Players, American Modern Ensemble, Third Millennium Ensemble, American Composers Forum, Society of Composers, Jacksonville Symphony Fresh Ink, VoxNovus Project, Fauxharmonic Adagio Contest, UPBEAT Hvar - Croatia, ACCENT Competition at Music X Festival, and others.

Mr. Szewczyk’s music has been performed by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble GREEN, ALIAS Ensemble, Sybarite Chamber Players (Carnegie Hall), Juventas Ensemble, Chroma Quartet, Carpe Diem String Quartet, Eastern Music Festival, and many others. He was featured on NPR Performance Today and CBS Early Show. His piece Apparitions was recently released on Navona NOVA CD.

As a violinist Szewczyk is the creator and performer of the Violin Futura Project, a series of recitals of brand new, short, exciting, and innovative solo violin pieces written and dedicated to him by renowned composers from around the word. Szewczyk is a violinist in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, which he joined in 2007 after completing a three-year fellowship at the New World Symphony under where he served as a rotating concertmaster and was a winner of the 2006 Concerto Competition. [www.verynewmusic.com]

Taddie, David David Taddie has written music for band, orchestra, choir, solo voice, and a wide variety of chamber ensembles as well as electroacoustic music. His music has been widely performed in the United States and Europe, Asia, and Australia by numerous soloists and ensembles and he has received several prestigious awards including ones from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Fromm Foundation, and the Music Teachers National Association. He teaches at West Virginia University and lives in Morgantown with his wife, Karen, and son, Andrew. In addition to composing, he enjoys gardening and speaker building.

Takasawa, Manabu K. Noted for his “sensitive touch” by and for his “beautiful sound with an abundant sense of fantasy” by Musica Nova magazine (Japan), pianist Manabu Takasawa is Professor of Music at the University of Rhode Island. His interest in music education has taken him to performances in regional elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island as well as schools in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. He also serves as the Rhode Island state coordinator of the Music Teachers National Association Competitions as well as the Young Artists Competition for its Eastern Division.

Since making a solo recital debut at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1992, Mr. Takasawa has performed in the United States, Europe and Asia including a recital at the Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C. and a sold-out recital in Tokyo’s Opera City Recital Hall. His concert activities and interviews have been broadcast on WSCL-FM89.5 and WBOC-Channel 16 in Maryland, internationally on Mercury Radio (Poznán, Poland) and on a News 5 evening news broadcast in Belize. He is also the creator and director of the URI Piano Extravaganza!, an piano festival of concerts and events for professional and amateur pianists, held annually in spring.

When he is not at the piano, Mr. Takasawa enjoys gardening and swimming. In the summer he swims across a 1.7-mile open water course across Narragansett Bay to raise money for Save the Bay, a Rhode Island’s premier organization for environmental protection.

Taylor, Kristin Jónína Kristín Jónína Taylor is an Icelandic-American pianist who is known for her performances of Nordic piano works. She has performed throughout the U.S. as well as in Iceland, France, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Belgium, Sweden, and Austria. Kristín is Assistant Professor of Piano at Waldorf College.

Dr. Taylor was featured in the internationally prestigious Reykjavík Arts Festival. Additionally, she was the recipient of two Fulbright grants to Iceland, the first for research on Jón Nordal ‘s Piano Concerto, and the second to research the music of Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson. Her debut CD recording The Well- Tempered Pianist: The solo piano works of Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson was released by the Iceland Music Information Centre. Her self-titled second album was released by Pólarfónía Records. Kristín Jónína Taylor is a Steinway Artist.

Thompson, Jason Jason D. Thompson earned music education degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For 10 years, he taught , piano, and general music at the elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels in NC and VA. Currently, he is a candidate for the PhD in Music Education degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. While teaching in NC, he was one of five finalists recognized as a 2006 Sun Trust Teacher of the Year for Guilford County Schools, was rewarded as an Outstanding Teacher at Appalachian State University in 2008, and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the national honor society of music in 2008. Thompson served on the choral music faculty at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and has served on the board of directors for the Southern Division of American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the NC ACDA, and the NC Music Educators Association. Thompson’s research interests explore sociocultural issues in music education, music for marginal populations, and music teacher development. His research has been presented at state, regional and international conferences and symposia, most recently in Canada and the UK. He enjoys an active schedule as a choral clinician and is published in the Music Educators Journal.

Thompson, Virginia M. Professor Virginia Thompson has been the horn teacher at West Virginia University since 1990, and served as Director of Graduate Studies in Music from 1996 to 2000. Throughout her academic career as a professor of performance studies, she has maintained a passionate interest in graduate education and mentoring.

As an artist-teacher, Dr. Thompson is an active soloist, recitalist, and clinician with a special interest in performing, commissioning, reviewing, and promoting new music. Her CD, Colors: Music for Horn (Mark Masters, 7654-MCD, 2008), features dramatic compositions written for her. She has performed or presented throughout the United States and in Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, and Switzerland. From 2000 to 2002, she served as the president of the International Horn Society.

Prior to coming to WVU, Dr. Thompson taught horn at Coe, Cornell, and Grinnell Colleges and the University of Iowa, and held positions in several metropolitan orchestras throughout the USA, including six years as Principal Horn of the Cedar Rapids Symphony. She performed with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa in Mexico for four years before pursuing a career in higher education.

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Tirk, Suzanne Dr. Suzanne Tirk is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, member of the Oklahoma Wind Quintet, and Director of the OU Clarinet Symposium. Suzanne has presented numerous performances and masterclasses throughout the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, Kazakhstan, China, Panama, and Great Britain. In January 2011 she performed as a concerto soloist in collaboration with David Shifrin and the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, and in May 2011 performed a concerto with the Wichita State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble at their Carnegie Hall performance. Suzanne has performed at several ICA ClarinetFests®, the Southern Mississippi University Clarinet Symposium, the Potsdam Clarinet Summit, the OU Clarinet Symposium, and the 2002 Xi’an, China International Clarinet and Saxophone Festival. In 2006, she was a concerto soloist with the Astana Filharmonia and Karaganda Symphony Orchestra both of Kazakhstan. Suzanne received the Wichita State University College of Fine Arts “Excellence in Teaching Award” in 2009 and can be heard on the most recent recording of the Lieurance Wind Quintet, Music from the Americas, released by Summit Records in 2011. Suzanne has been invited to write an article for The Instrumentalist magazine, and has presented clinics for the Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Montana Music Educators Association, the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference, the Kansas Music Educators Association, the Kansas Bandmasters Association, the Senseney Music Total Band Director Workshop. Suzanne holds a Bachelor of Music Lawrence University (WI), and a Master of Music degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University.

Torres, George Jorge Torres, received his PhD in Musicology from Cornell University. His research examines 17th century French lute performance and the Latin American bolero romántico. His publications have appeared in theJournal of the Lute Society of America, Notes, American Music, and Symposium. He is currently Associate Professor of Music at Lafayette College, where he teaches courses in music history and Latin American music.

Tyrrell, Sarah Sarah Tyrrell is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. She holds a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Kansas. She also earned a Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance from Kansas State University. Her most current research targets the music of South America, and she has conducted seminal research on Brazilian composer M. Camargo Guarnieri. Dr. Tyrrell’s writing appears in Latin American Music Review and Musical Quarterly, and she has presented her work at regional and national conferences hosted by the American Musicological Society, College Music Society, National Association of Hispanic and Latin Studies, and the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies. Dr. Tyrrell’s research, travel, and teaching initiatives have been supported by numerous grants, including a FaCET Teaching Enhancement award and the Tinker Field Research Grant for scholarship abroad. Dr. Tyrrell is also an opera and choral music critic for the online performing arts magazine KCMetropolis.org.

Vanderburg, Kyle Kyle Vanderburg (b. 1986) composes eclectically polystylistic music fueled by rhythmic drive and melodic infatuation. His acoustic works have found performances by ensembles such as Brave New Works, Access Contemporary Music, and Luna Nova, and his electronic works have appeared at national and international conferences including ICMC, EMUfest, SCI, and NSEME.

A native of Missouri, Kyle holds degrees from Drury University (AB), where he studied composition with Carlyle Sharpe and conducting with Christopher Koch, and the University of Oklahoma (M.Mus.), where he studied with composers Marvin Lamb, Konstantinos Karathanasis, Roland Barrett, and Marc Jensen. He has also participated in composition masterclasses with David Maslanka, Chris Brubeck, Eric V. Hachikian, Joël-François Durand, Benjamin Broening, and Daniel Roumain.

In addition to composing, Kyle is an active computer programmer, writing code for interactive performances, utilities related to composer workflow automation, and unusual controllers. In his spare time, he enjoys designing websites and building mission style furniture. He is currently a DMA candidate in composition at the University of Oklahoma, where he holds a graduate research assistantship in music IT. Kyle’s music is available through his publishing imprint, NoteForge. [KyleVanderburg.com]

Vaneman, Christopher Christopher Vanemann is Associate Professor of Flute and at the Petrie School of Music of Converse College, the only women’s college in the U.S. with a comprehensive music program. In 2013 he was awarded the College’s Kathryne Amelia Brown Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Vaneman holds D.M.A., M.M.A., and M.M. degrees from the Yale University School of Music, as well as a BM from the Eastman School. He also studied at Nice and in Salzburg, and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles under a grant from the Belgian American Educational Foundation.

He has presented and performed at a wide range of conferences, including those of the International Double Reed Society, the National Flute Association, The College Music Society, and the Southeastern Composers League. With his chamber groups Ensemble Radieuse and Echo he has performed on four continents, recorded the CD Inbox, and commissioned and arranged countless works. Radieuse’s chamber music arrangements are published by Falls House Press.

He has supplied notes for innumerable concerts and compact discs; the Tokyo Quartet used his notes for its Beethoven cycle at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Vaneman, Kelly McElrath Kelly McElrath Vaneman is Associate Professor of Oboe and Musicology and Chairs the Department of Musicology and Composition at the Petrie School of Music of Converse College, the only women’s college in the U.S. with a comprehensive music program. Dr. Vaneman teaches oboe and chamber music and, oddly enough, those corners of the music repertoire that don’t include the oboe—music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and World Music. She has presented and performed at a wide range of conferences, including those of the International Double Reed Society, the National Flute Association, The College Music Society, and the Southeastern Composers League. With her chamber group Ensemble Radieuse she has performed on four continents, recorded the CD Inbox, and commissioned and arranged countless works. She’s had several articles published in The Double Reed, and her chamber music arrangements are published by Falls House Press.

Dr. Vaneman holds D.M.A., M.M.A., and M.M. degrees from the Yale University School of Music. A native Texan, she received her B.Mus. summa cum laude from Baylor University. She also studied at the Koninklijk Konservatorium Brussel under a grant from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. She spends her summers teaching at The Performing Arts Institute, a music festival for high schoolers in Kingston, PA. [www.vanemanmusic.com]

Vega, Juan Carlos Dr. Juan Carlos Vega-Martinez, (b. Puerto Rico) lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is a doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education from Boston University. He possesses a Master of Education (Major in Music Education) of Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts; a Bachelor Degree in Music Education of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a Piano Performance Certificate (Pop Piano) from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Among his teaching experiences are, being the creator & founder of the Music School Program at the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently, works as Adjunct Instructor of Music Education for graduate students at Cambridge College Puerto Rico Center. Previously, taught General Music courses and conducted the school Music Program and the choir for elementary school Josefita Monserrate de Sell’s in San Juan. Vega has been a Theory & Solfege and Piano Professor for the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, and for the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.

He authored in 2001 “A Brief History of Music in Puerto Rico” (translation from Spanish) and other publications, and in 2005 produced the album Popssical: Classical goes Latin. Aside from teaching, Vega currently serves as pianist, guest conductor, singer, and arranger for the concert band of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.

Walters, Andrew B. Andrew Walters was born in Topeka, Kansas but spent most of his beginning years in Farmington, Missouri. Walters has received degrees from Millikin University, Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the University of Illinois. Walters’ music has been performed at various conferences throughout the United States and Canada including SEAMUS, SCI, ICMC, Spark, Imagine II, Electronic Music Midwest, Electroacoustic Juke Joint. His piece “Before Clocks Cease Their Chiming” was premiered by Duo Montagnard at the 2009 World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. His music appears on volume nine and sixteen of the “Music from SEAMUS” compact discs. Currently he is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Music Technology at Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.

Walsh, Michael see MiamiClarinet

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Webster, Peter Peter Webster is a Scholar-in-Residence in Music Education at the Thornton School with special expertise in music creative thinking, assessment, and music technology. He is an Emeritus Professor at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University, where he was a music professor and administrator for 25 years prior to his work at USC.

Webster holds degrees in music education from the University of Southern Maine (BS) and the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester (MM, PhD). He was a public school music teacher in Maine, Massachusetts, and New York before moving to Cleveland to teach in the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University for 14 years; he moved to Northwestern in 1988 where he served as the John Beattie Professor of Music Education, lead the Ph.D. Program in Music Education, and worked as an Academic Studies Department Chair and Associate Dean for Academics. His teaching at USC includes courses in philosophy of music education, creative thinking in music, graduate research in music education, music technology, and assessment of music learning. Webster also serves as the Vice Dean of the Division of Scholarly and Professional Studies.

Webster has supervised many doctoral dissertations in music education and has been the recipient of many grants, including a landmark award from the National Association of Music Merchants to study the influence of music experiences on adult creativity in non-music fields. Webster has presented at many state, national, and international meetings and is a frequent keynote speaker. His published work includes over 80 articles and book chapters on technology, music education practice, and creative thinking in music which have appeared in journals and handbooks in and outside of music. He is an editorial board member for several prestigious journals and has severed as an editor for several projects, including co-editing of the MENC Handbook of Research on Music Learning published by Oxford University Press (2012). Webster is co-author of Experiencing Music Technology, 3rd edition Updated (Cengage, 2008), a standard textbook used in introductory college courses in music technology. He is the author of Measures of Creative Thinking in Music, an exploratory tool for assessing music thinking using quasi-improvisational tasks. He is working on a new book on creative thinking in music for music teaching and learning.

Weiss, Lindsay Lindsay Weiss is an instructor and Ed.D. Candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. She also serves on the faculty of Kean University Conservatory of Music in Union, New Jersey as an adjunct professor of music education. Ms. Weiss has over 7 years of public school music teaching experience in urban and suburban schools in Pittsburgh and New York City. Previous to her teaching career, Ms. Weiss was the Manager of the Education and Community Engagement Department at The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, she obtained her Bachelors in Music Education (2004) and Masters in Education (2010) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Under the sponsorship of Dr. Harold Abeles, her dissertation is entitled, “Beyond boredom in the bandroom: Investigating the classroom factors that affect adolescent band student engagement and motivation” and is scheduled to defend during the 2014-2015 academic year. Other research interests include music education curriculum studies that apply differentiated instructional strategies into the classroom and the evidence and effects of “praxis shock” on early career music teachers.

Wendland, Kristin Kristin Wendland (Ph.D., CUNY) is a Senior Lecturer at Emory University in Atlanta, where she teaches music theory classes; arranges for, coaches, and mentors the students of the Emory Tango Ensemble; and gives a course on Argentine tango as a Freshman Seminar and as a Performing Arts Summer Study Abroad Program in Buenos Aires.

Wendland has served The College Music Society as Board Member for Music Theory (2004–07), Program Committee member (2004–08), chair of Professional Development Committee (2009–10), and as a member of the Committee on Community Engagement since 2010. Her recent article “The Allure of Tango: Grafting Traditional Performance Practice and Style onto Art-Tangos” appeared in the College Music Symposium (47/2007). She has read papers, participated in panel sessions, and led demonstration workshops on music theory and Argentine tango topics for The College Music Society, the Society for Music Theory, the Society for Ethnomusicology, and she has been invited to give lecture demonstrations at the University of Miami and the University of California, Riverside. She has organized and performed on numerous Argentine tango concerts, programs and milongas (tango dances) at Emory and around the Atlanta area. Wendland has been traveling to Buenos Aries annually since 2000 to explore and study the world of tango. She received a Fulbright Lecture and Research grant in 2005, and she planned and organized two CMS professional development workshops in Buenos Aires in 2007 and 2009.

White, Joanna Cowan see Crescent Duo

White, Kennen see Crescent Duo

Whiting, Benjamin Benjamin D. Whiting is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Music Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After receiving his Bachelors Degree in Music Composition from Florida State University, he moved to Takayama, Japan where he spent the next few years teaching English at the schools in his village, in addition to assisting with the different music clubs and classes offered at the schools and in the community and performing with the Maebashi Recorder Consort as the ensemble’s bass violist. His pieces have been performed in the United States, Prague, and Japan. He has studied with such composers as Ladislav Kubik, Scott Wyatt, Erik Lund, Erin Gee, and Stephen Taylor.

Wilcox, Stephen P. Dr. Stephen Wilcox is an online course designer working for Rutgers University and the University of California, Berkeley. He received a B.M. in instrumental performance (tuba) and a B.M. in music theory from West Chester University, a M.M. in Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, as well as a Ph.D. in Composition at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation, Cho- Han, was performed by Osmo Vänska at the 2007 Minnesota Orchestra Composer’s Institute. A BMI award winner and MacDowell Fellow, he attended the Summer Composition Workshop in Hoy, Scotland, where he worked with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. His other honors include awards from the Arts Fund, NACUSA, New Music Delaware, “Friends and Enemies of New Music”, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Prism Saxophone quartet.

Willey, Robert K. Robert Willey is Director of Music Media Production and Industry at Ball State University, where he teaches songwriting and music industry. He lived in Brazil for two years, first as a Fulbright Scholar at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and then as a visiting professor at the Carlos Gomes Conservatory in Belém. He co-wrote a method book on Brazilian style piano for Hal Leonard, and is influenced by the music in his compositions.

Williams, David A. David A. Williams is an associate professor of music education, and the Associate Director of the School of Music at the University of South Florida. His research interests center on the enhancement of teaching/learning situations in music education, especially with aspects of informal learning and student centered pedagogies.

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Woolery, Danielle see MiamiClarinet

Wyatt, Ariana Ariana Wyatt’s recent opera engagements include appearances with Gotham Chamber Opera, Opera on the James, Opera Omaha, Opera Roanoke, Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, the Juilliard Opera Center, and the Aspen Opera Theater. In concert Ms. Wyatt has performed the Messiah with Charleston Symphony, Vivadi’s Gloria at Carnegie Hall, Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Creation for Davidson College, the Brahm’s Requiem in Bulgaria, and Bach’s b minor mass in Spain. Ms Wyatt is a graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center and the University of Southern California where she was recognized as the Outstanding Graduate of the class of 2001. Ms. Wyatt won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Western Region, the Pasadena Opera, and the New West Symphony Competitions and been a finalist in the Charles A. Lyman Competition. She is currently an assistant professor of voice at Virginia Tech.

Younker, Betty Anne Betty Anne Younker, Ph.D. (Northwestern University) is Dean and Professor of Music Education of the Don Wright Faculty at the University of Western Ontario, where she previously served from 1997-2000. Before returning to UWO, Younker was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include critical and creative thinking within the disciplines of philosophy and psychology.

Yonce, Tammy Evans Flutist Tammy Evans Yonce, an Atlanta native, is Assistant Professor of Music at South Dakota State University. An avid collaborative musician and recitalist, Dr. Yonce is an enthusiastic supporter of new music.

Dr. Yonce holds degrees from Kennesaw State University (B.M.), Indiana University (M.M.), and the University of Georgia (D.M.A.). She has been published in Flute Talk; Pan, the Journal of the British Flute Society; and South Dakota Musician. She has recently presented and performed at the National Flute Association, Flute Festival Mid-South, College Music Society, British Flute Society, Atlanta Flute Club, Flute Society of Kentucky, Society of Composers, and South Carolina Flute Festival conventions. She recently served as one of the judges for the Newly Published Music Competition of the National Flute Association as well as of competitions of the British Flute Society and Flute Society of Kentucky. Dr. Yonce currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Atlanta Flute Club. She recently gave a TEDx talk about collaboration, new music, and the glissando headjoint. [www.tammyevansyonce.com]

Yudha, Cicilia I. Indonesian pianist Cicilia Yudha made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in 2003, and was also awarded the "Rosario Marciano Prize" with a solo recital in Vienna. As a versatile soloist and an avid chamber musician, she has given performances in the U.S.A., Cambodia, Canada, Austria, France, Germany, and Indonesia. As a creative artist, she recently collaborated with tap dancer Claudia Rahardjanoto in a by an Indonesian composer Jaya Suprana in Detroit and New York City. Her innovative collaboration on Chopin Mazurkas with musicologist Ewelina Boczkowska has also resulted in an invitation to present at the inaugural event of TEDx Youngstown in 2014. It was at Ecoles d'Art Americaines in Fontainebleau, France, where she discovered the music of the renowned pianist Robert Casadesus. In an effort to promote Casadesus’s oeuvres, Yudha was a guest artist of David Dubal in “Hommage to Robert Casadesus” at La Maison Francaise, New York University and at the Juilliard School. She focused her doctorate dissertation on several of Casadesus’s works, and is actively pursuing his largely unknown works. Her first CD of works by French composers Robert Casadesus and will be released in May 2015. On full scholarship, Dr. Yudha earned a Doctorate in piano performance at University of North Carolina Greensboro. She also holds degrees from New England Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She joined the Dana School of Music Faculty at Youngstown State University in 2012. [www.ciciliayudha.com]

Zacharella, Alexandra Alexandra Zacharella, a native of New Jersey is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Low Brass at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Zacharella holds a Doctorate in Trombone Performance from the University of Southern California, a Masters in Trombone Performance from The University of Michigan School of Music and a Bachelors in Trombone Performance and Music Education from The University of Hartford, The Hartt School. Zacharella is a member of the Fort Smith Symphony in Fort Smith, Arkansas and has presented clinics and masterclasses in South Korea, Hong Kong, California, Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and is currently an active wind ensemble clinician. She is a Bach Performing Artist and has recently performed or presented at the 2014 SliderAsia Festival in Hong Kong, the Southeast Trombone Symposium, the International Conference of The College Music Society in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The International Trombone Festival in Columbus, Georgia and Paris, France, the 65th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, the College Music Society South Central Regional Conferences in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Brownsville, Texas and Ada, Oklahoma, and at the International Conference of the College Music Society in Seoul, South Korea. Zacharella is past president of the CBDNA Arkansas State Chapter, serves on the CBDNA Small College Committee and serves as Co-chair of the CMS International Initiatives Committee and Treasurer for the CMS South Central Chapter.

Zank, MJ Sunny Dr. MJ Sunny Zank holds a doctorate in Music Theory/Composition from the University of Northern Colorado. She was a full professor (tenured) at Ohio Northern University for 20 years. At ONU Dr. Zank taught theory courses, composition, music history, electronic music, and violin. In the past she has served CMS as a site host, a program chair, and as a regular presenter, most recently at the 2012 National Meetings. Further, Dr. Zank is active in developing Asian studies in the undergraduate curriculum with post-doctoral work at the University of Hawaii and Tokai University.

Zigler, Amy E. Dr. Amy Zigler is currently on the faculty of the School of Music at Salem College where she is also Musicologist-in-Residence. Her research specializes in music of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on the cultural study of chamber music, the social history of music in Germany and Great Britain, and the study of gender and sexuality in music. She holds a doctorate in Music History and Literature from the University of Florida, where she was a Graduate Alumni Fellow; her dissertation explored the intersection between biography and style in the chamber works of Dame Ethel Smyth. Dr. Zigler is an active member of American Musicological Society, College Music Society, and North American British Music Studies Association, having presented papers at international, national and regional conferences. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Zigler continues to perform as a soloist and collaborative pianist. She holds degrees in Piano Performance from Belmont University (M.M.) and the University of Alabama (B.M., magna cum laude). As a private piano teacher, Dr. Zigler is currently on faculty at the Music Academy of North Carolina in Greensboro, NC and is an active member of MTNA.

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