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C O N D U C T I N G
E X P E R I E N C E
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Matthews’ Voices
Tuscaloosa, AL |
Sept. 1999 – Dec. 1999 |
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- Director of select elementary vocal ensemble
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Birmingham Children's Choir
Birmingham, AL |
Aug. 1998 –May 1999 |
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- Co-conductor of concert choir
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Tuscaloosa All-City Elementary Honor Choir
Tuscaloosa, AL |
March 1999 |
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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
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- Director Men's Barber Shop Group
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Jan.1998 – May 1998 |
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- Assistant Director Men's Glee Club
(also composed and arranged for them)
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Jan. 1997 – May 1998 |
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- Assistant Director Women's Choir
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Aug.1997 - Dec. 1997 |
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Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY |
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Aug. 1987 - Dec.1988 |
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- Assistant Director of Harpur Chorale
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Aug.1987 - Dec. 1988 |
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Niagara County Community College
Sanborn, NY |
Aug.1981 - May 1982 |
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- Student Director of College Jazz Band
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Newark Valley Central School
Newark Valley, NY |
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- Director of Cardinal Chorus (select children’s group)
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Sept. 1987 - June 1990 |
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- Director of Nathan T. Hall Elementary Chorus
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Sept. 1985 - June 1990 |
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- Interdisciplinary Performances (included various traditional
and nontraditional vocal and instrumental combinations
focusing on the interdisciplinary connection between music
and the other disciplines)
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Sept. 1990 - June 1995 |
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M U S I C R E L A T
E D W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
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Special Children’s Center
Cortland, NY
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May - Aug. 1997 |
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Fredonia School of Music
Fredonia, NY
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Aug.1982 - May 1985 |
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Niagara County Community College
Sanborn, NY
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Aug. 1980 - May 1982 |
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Niagara Falls, NY
- Leader/Director of popular dance band, Brass on Ivory
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Jan.1981 - Dec. 1983 |
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- Composer, Arranger, Director of Musical Group American
Standard
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Aug. 1987 - July 1991 |
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- Owner/ Operator of Monmusic Productions (Independent
record and publishing company)
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Aug.1988 - Present |
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- Producer of "If You Want It" (Independent
record release)
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May 1990 |
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O U T R E A C H S E
R V I C E
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21st Century Grant
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Provide workshops and instruction for parents, teachers,
and students of Tuscaloosa City Schools, which received
the federal grant
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Summer 2001- Present |
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Tuscaloosa Arts Partners (TAP)
Tuscaloosa, AL
- Member of the steering committee responsible for advocating
the full inclusion of arts courses into all Tuscaloosa
city and county public schools
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Feb.2001 - Present |
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Rose Fine Arts Initiative
Northport, AL
- Coordinator of music education program providing music
education instruction for the children in Northport's
five elementary schools
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Spring 2000-Present |
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Reviewer
- for the prospectus Music Education Mini-Series,
by Richard Colwell and published by Prentice Hall
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In press |
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Reviewer
- for the Second Handbook of Research on Music Teaching
and Learning, published by Prentice Hall
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In press |
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| Special Children's Center
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May '97 - Aug. '97 |
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I N V I T E D L E C
T U R E S & W O R K S H O P S
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- Music Education as a Career lecture presented
in MUS 380 "Careers in Music" at The University
of Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Feb. 27, 2002 |
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- Assessment of Elementary General Music workshop
presented at the Hoover Music Teachers In-Service Meeting,
Bluff Park Elementary School, Hoover, AL
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Jan. 4, 2002 |
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- Assessment in Arts Education workshop presented
at the Tuscaloosa Arts Teachers Meeting
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Sept. 17, 2001 |
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- Assessment of Elementary General Music Interns
workshop presented at the Tuscaloosa Music Teachers Meeting
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May 29, 2001 |
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- Method and Madness in Teaching Elementary Music
workshop presented at the Alabama Music Educators
Association Collegiate Division Summit at Asbury Methodist
Church, Birmingham, AL
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April 28, 2001 |
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- Purpose and Goals of the Tuscaloosa Arts Partners
(TAP) Panel guest on Tuscaloosa Today with
Kip Tyner TV show
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April19, 2001 |
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- What are my Kids Learning in Elementary General
Music? Workshop presented at the Alabama Music Educators
Association In-Service Conference at The University of
Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Jan. 2001 |
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- What Interests a Researcher? Lecture presented
in MUS 380 "Psychology of Music" at The University
of Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Sept. 2000 |
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- Song Leading and Accompanying Lecture presented
in MUE 385 "Teaching Music in the Elementary School"
at The University of Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa,
AL
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April 27, 1999 |
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- Teaching Songs by Rote Lecture presented in
MUE 385 "Teaching Music in the Elementary School"
at The University of Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa,
AL
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March 22, 1999 |
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- Music Progress Reports Lecture presented in
MUS487 "Evaluation of Teaching and Learning Music"
at The University of Alabama School of Music, Tuscaloosa,
AL
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Feb. 5, 1999 |
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- Kodaly to Competence: Method and Successful Music
Reading Remediation for Struggling College Choir Members.
Lecture presented at Binghamton University, Binghamton,
NY
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April 20, 1988 |
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R E S E A R C H P R
E S E N T A T I O N S
(R E F E R E E D or I N V I T E
D)
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- The Relationship between the Availability of a Children's
Television Program and Song Recognition. Presentation
at the 2002 MENC National In-Service Meeting Poster Session,
Nashville, TN
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April 2002 |
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- The Relationship between the Availability of a Children's
Television Program and Song Recognition. Presentation
at The University of Alabama School of Music Research
Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Nov. 2001 |
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- The Relationship between the Availability of a Children's
Television Program and Song Recognition.Presentation
at the 2001 meeting of the Alabama Research Seminar, Tuscaloosa,
AL
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June 2001 |
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- A Comparison between Structural Prompt Presentations
on Barney & Friends and Song Lists from Selected Studies.Poster
session presented at the 2001 Music Educators National
Conference; Southern Division, Louisville, KY
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Feb. 2001 |
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- Power in the Public School: Perceptions of a Music
Teacher and a Superintendent. Paper presented at the
Southeastern Music Education Symposium at The University
of Georgia School of Music, Athens, GA
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May 2000 |
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- A Content Analysis of the use of Music on Barney
& Friends: Implications for Music Education
Practice and Research. Poster session presented at
the 2000 MENC National In-Service Meeting, Washington
D.C.
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March 2000 |
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- A Comparison between Structural Prompt Presentations
on Barney & Friends and Song Lists from Selected Studies.
Poster session presented at the 2000 Alabama State School
Music Association Convention, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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January 2000 |
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- A Comparison between Structural Prompt Presentations
on Barney & Friends and Song Lists from Selected Studies.
Seminar conducted at the 1999 meeting of the Alabama Research
Seminar, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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June 1999 |
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- Power in the Public School: Perceptions of a Music
Teacher and a Superintendent. Poster session presented
at the 1999 Music Educators National Conference; Southern
Division, Tampa, Fl.
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January 1999 |
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- Song Acquisition Among Preschoolers. Poster
session presented at the 1998 New York State School Music
Association Convention, Rochester, NY.
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November 1998 |
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- Common Songs of the American Cultural Heritage:
A Compilation of Songs That Most Americans "Know"
and "Should Know". Poster session presented
at the 1998 MENC National In-Service Meeting, Phoenix,
Arizona.
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April 1998 |
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- Music as a Manipulative Device: Teaching Fractions
Through Music Activities to Second Graders. Poster
session presented at the 1996 New York State School Music
Association Convention, Kiamesha Lake, NY
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November 1996 |
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P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- A Discussion on the Music Intern Experience.
AlaBreve
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June 2000 |
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R E F E R E E D
P U B L I C A T I O N S
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- A Content Analysis of the use of Music on
Barney & Friends: Implications for Music Therapy Practice
and Research. Journal of Music Therapy, 38(2).
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Summer 2001 |
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- Common Songs of the American Cultural Heritage:
A Compilation of Songs That Most Americans "Know"
and "Should Know". Journal of Research
in Music Education, 48(4).
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Winter 2000 |
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- Doing it all: Teaching the National
Standards without Sacrificing the Conceptual Approach.
Music Educators Journal.
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In Press |
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- The Relationship between the Availability of a Children's
Television Program and Song Recognition. Journal
of Research in Music Education
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In Review |
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- A Comparison between Structural Prompt Presentations
on Barney & Friends and Song Lists from Selected Studies.
Contibutions to Music Education.
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In Review |
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