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CAREER OBJECTIVES |
To continue to learn as a
musician, researcher, and teacher |
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EDUCATION Degrees |
1993-1997, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Doctorate in Education with an emphasis in Music |
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1990-1992, University of Colorado at Boulder, Master
of Music in Bassoon, minor area: aesthetics, history and literature |
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1989 & 1991, University of Northern Colorado,
Greeley, Colorado, Orff Certification: Levels I & II |
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1977-1981 & 1983, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, Bachelor of Music Education |
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Bassoon Instructors |
Timothy McGovern, University of Illinois, Urbana |
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Ronald Klimko, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Mordechai Rechtmann, Tel Aviv and Indiana
University-Bloomington |
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Sidney Rosenberg, Indiana
University, Bloomington |
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Roger Birnstingl, Indiana
University , Bloomington |
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William Waterhouse, Master
class |
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Leonard Hindell, Master
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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Associate Professor |
2001-present, Weber State
University, Director of Music Education; Courses taught: Music for Elementary
Teachers, Junior High Methods, High School Methods, Instrumental Methods for
Choral Education Students, Bassoon, Supervision of student teachers,
Supervision of pre-student teaching field experience. Advisor: Music
Education Majors, MENC Student Chapter. |
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Assistant Professor |
1997-2001, The Ohio State
University, Assistant Professor of Music and Education; Courses taught: music
methods for students enrolled in the Masters of Education degree program,
basic musicianship for elementary classroom teachers, survey of western art
music, music cultures of the world, piano class, theory and aural skills for
nonmajors, small instrumental ensembles |
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1994-1997, Millikin
University, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music; Courses taught: general
music methods for music majors, music for elementary education majors,
theory, and bassoon; Coordinator of early field experience for seniors in
music education; Recitals and Outreach programs with the Faculty Woodwind
Quintet |
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Music Specialist |
1992-1993, Boulder Valley
School District, instrumental and general music classes,
Boulder, Colorado |
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1988-1990, Gunnison Watershed School District,
instrumental and general music classes, Gunnison, Colorado |
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Bassoon Instructor |
1991-1992, Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park,
Colorado |
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1980, Indiana University High School Summer Music
Clinic, Bloomington, Indiana |
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Graduate
Assistant |
1993-1996, University of Illinois, Holy
Cross School (university lab school), supervision and instruction of
undergraduates in classroom setting, supervision of student teachers,
videotape collection and analysis
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1990-1992, University of Colorado,
music appreciation, jazz history, coaching undergraduate woodwind quintet
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Lecturer-Clinician |
2006, Clinician, Utah Suzuki Association 2005, Clinician, "Why Foster Creative Thinking?" Utah Music Educators Association, St. George, UT 2003,
Poster session based on "Self-Evaluation, Musical Creativity, and Musical Achievement," Utah
Music Educators Association, St. George, UT. 2002,
Lecturer, "Self-Evaluation, Musical Creativity, and Musical Achievement," Society
for Research in Psychology of Music and Music Education, Glasgow, Scotland. 2002, Clinician, "Fostering Creative Thinking in Beginning Instrumental Music Classes," Utah Music Educators Association, St. George, UT. |
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2000-2001, Clinician, WOSB Educational Initiative,
Outreach programs for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in Crawford, Wyandot, and
Marion Counties, interactive educational programs funded by a grant from
Whirlpool. 2000, Lecturer, "Creativity Assessment as a
Predictor of Compositional Creativity," New Directions in Music Education:
Teaching Composition and Improvisation, Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI. 2000, Poster session based on "Creativity Assessment
as a Predictor of Creativity in Performance and Composition," Ohio Music
Educators Association, Cleveland, OH. 1999, Fostering Creative Thinking in Beginning
Instrumental Music Classes, Ohio Music Educators Association/North Central
MENC Professional Conference, Cincinnati, OH |
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1995, Music Education in Illinois: The Next 100 Years, "Integrating Music Into The Elementary Classroom Curriculum," Urbana, IL |
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1988, NESA (Near East and South Asian Overseas
Schools) Teachers Conference, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Music Instructor |
1985-1988, The Anglican International School,
general, instrumental, and choral music (grades 1-12), Jerusalem, Israel |
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PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
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Bassoon
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1999- 2001, The Mansfield Symphony Orchestra,
Mansfield, Ohio |
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1996-1997, The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra,
Decatur, Illinois |
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1996-1997, The Prairie Ensemble, Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois |
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1994-1997, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Urbana,
Illinois |
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1990-1993, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Boulder,
Colorado; 1990-1993, University of Colorado Orchestra and Wind Ensemble |
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1988-1990, Grand Junction Symphony, Grand Junction,
Colorado Summer Tour (1990) and Freelance |
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1984-1985, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem, Israel,
(freelance: 1985-1988) |
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Co-principal Bassoon |
1982, Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra, Santiago,
Chile |
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Contrabassoon Bassoon |
1993-1997, Champaign-Urbana Symphony; 1994, Terre
Haute Symphony, Terre Haute, Indiana; |
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| Composer, Collaborator, Musician | 2006-present, Demolition Derby: when a mind loses its license to drive. Performances in Salt Lake, Ogden, and New York |
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Bassoon |
2001-present, The Utah Chamber Orchestra, Ballet
West Orchestra, Principal and Second Bassoon. |
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1998- 2001, Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra,
Delaware, Ohio 1998-2001, Marion Concert Band, Marion, Ohio |
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1997-2001, Winds of the Heart, a wind ensemble
dedicated to interactive educational programming |
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1996-1997, The Front Porch Quintet (An affiliate of
the Prairie Ensemble), Urbana, Illinois; Millikin Faculty Woodwind Quintet,
Decatur, Illinois |
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1995, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Springfield,
Illinois; 1994-present, Sinfonia da Camera, Urbana, Illinois; |
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1990-1993, Allegro non Troppo, eclectic ensemble,
performances throughout the Rocky Mountain Region, Educational Concerts |
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1979-1980, Evansville Symphony Orchestra,
Evansville, Indiana; 1980-1981, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro,
Kentucky |
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Guest Artist |
1992, Music in the Mountains, Estes Park, Colorado |
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1988-1991, Western State College, Faculty Ensembles, Soloist, Gunnison, Colorado |
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Soloist |
2007, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed," Facutly Recital, Weber State University 2005, "Rich with Rags," Faculty Recital, Weber State University. 2003, "Thrills, Chills, and Things that go Bump in the Night" Faculty Recital, Weber State University. 2003, "Warm Thoughts for a Winter's Eve," Faculty Recital, Weber State University. 2001, Marion Concert Band. 1990-1992, University of Colorado:
Recitals, Graduate Woodwind Quintet, jazz combo |
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1981, Indiana University, Mozart Bassoon Concerto |
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Principal Bassoon Second Bassoon Contrabassoon |
1977-1983, Indiana University: orchestras, wind
ensembles, chamber ensembles, woodwind quintets, chamber orchestras,
recitals, concertos, new music ensembles |
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS |
Music Educators National Conference Society of Research in Psychology of
Music and Music Education Utah Music Educators Association |
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State Student
Representative |
1980-1981, Indiana Music Educators
Association, Executive Board |
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FELLOWSHIPS |
Marilyn Pflederer Zimmerman
Fellowship for Doctoral
Studies in Music Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
1993-1994 |
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PUBLICATIONS |
"The Reliability of Three Groups of Judges' Assessments of Creativity Under Three Conditions" The Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Winter, 2006, (167). "Self-Evaluation,
Creativity, and Musical Achievement," Psychology of Music, 34(1) "Thinking in a Different Kind
of Classroom," In Dimensions of Musical Learning and Teaching: A Different
Kind of Classroom, (Edited by E. Boardman), MENC, 2002. "Creative Thinking in Instrumental Music Classes," Music
Educators Journal, 88(4), 2002. "Using Creativity Assessment Experience to Nurture
and Predict Compositional Creativity," Journal of Research in Music
Education. 49(3), 2001. Translated by Wu Dongpan and
reprinted in the Journal of Xi'an Conservatory of Music, 21(4), Xi'an
Shanxi, Peoples Republic of China, 2002. "Creativity Assessment as a Predictor of Creativity
in Performance and Composition," Contributions to Music Education,
28(1), 2001. Review of the recording To Drive the Dark Away:
Songs and Dances for the Winter Solstice from Russia, Finland, Sweden, and
Norway, Kodaly Envoy, Summer, 1999. Review of the recording Celtic Roads: Through
Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, Kodaly Envoy, Summer, 1999. Review of the book Celebrate the Spring: Spring
and May Day Celebrations for Schools and Communities. Kodaly Envoy,
Spring, 1999. Fostering Creative and Critical Thinking in a
Beginning Instrumental Music Class, Doctoral Dissertation, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, DAI, 58/11, 3870A, 1997. "Improvisation: An Aesthetic Framework for the
Twenty-First Century," The Double Reed, Winter, 1994
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GRANTS |
"The Effects of Providing Novice Composers with
The Verbal Compositional Strategies of Capable Peers," Hemingway
Vitality Grant, Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee,
Weber
State University, 2004 "Assessing Musical Creativity," Research,
Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University,
2001 |
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"Consistency in Assessing Creativity," Research
Grant, Ohio State University, 2000. |
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"Public Radio Educational Initiative," Citizenship Grant, Whirlpool Foundation of the Whirlpool Corporation, 2000 |
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"Nonmusic Majors Creativity Assessements as Predictors of Creativity in Performance and Composition," Level 1 Grant, The Ohio State University College of the Arts, 1999 |
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"The Nature of Children's Musical Knowledge as demonstrated in a Computer Assisted Learning Environment," Seed Grant; The Ohio State University, 1999 |
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"Resonating Music Learning," Teaching Enhancement; "Musical Composition in a Computer Assisted Learning
Environment," Teaching Enhancement; The Ohio State University, 1998 |
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"Assessment Strategies for Music Teaching and
Learning," Teaching and Research Enhancement, The Ohio State University,
1997 |
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Learn and Serve America Grant, Illinois Campus
Compact for Community Service, Decatur, Illinois, 1995 |
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Colorado Council for the Arts and Humanities,
Artists in Residence, 1992
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RESEARCH INTERESTS |
Creative and Critical Thinking in Music Learning
Environments, Learning Modalities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Early
Childhood, and Teacher Education |