2015 Brophy Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

TIMOTHY S. BROPHY

2430 NW 95th Street Professor, Music Education Gainesville, Florida 32606 Director, Institutional Assessment Home: (352) 332-7592 Office of the Provost Cell: (352) 262-0623 University of Florida Married; Frances PO Box 113175 Gainesville, Florida 32611

Office: (352) 273-4476 Fax: (352) 392-8735 Email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

Degrees

1998 University of Kentucky, Lexington Dissertation: The melodic improvisations of children ages six through twelve: A developmental perspective (1999, UMI, #9906615) Council for Research in Music Education Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Music Education, 1999

PhD, Music Education

1994 University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee

Master of Music, Concentration in Orff Schulwerk

1974 University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati, Ohio

Bachelor of Music Education, Applied Piano

Specialized education January 2012-present

University of Florida Seminars in Advanced Leadership, variable topics, twice yearly

January-December 2010

University of Florida Advanced Leadership for Academic and Professionals (ALAP)

Summer 2001 University of Memphis Master Class in Orff

Schulwerk July 1994

University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University)

Orff Schulwerk, Level III

July 1993

Memphis State University

Orff Schulwerk, Level II

July 1992

Memphis State University

Orff Schulwerk, Level I

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Curriculum Vitae, Timothy S. Brophy

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Florida College of the Arts

Rank: 2010, Professor, Music Education

2006, Associate Professor, Music Education, with tenure 2000, Assistant Professor, Music Education

Administration

2011- present Director, Institutional Assessment, Office of the Provost.

Responsibilities: Lead the Office of Institutional Assessment; maintain the University of Florida’s SACSCOC accreditation and produce accurate, well-written reports for the institution (example: UF’s SACSCOC Compliance Certification); designed, implemented, and maintain an efficient and effective assessment system at a large, complex institution with 16 colleges, 10 vice presidents, 4 senior vice presidents, a graduate school and an extensive library system; established and lead the maintenance and refinement of institutional effectiveness and assessment processes; coordinate effectively with program faculty, colleges, vice presidential, and senior vice presidential units; lead the academic and institutional effectiveness planning and annual data reporting for 537 academic programs and 34 administrative units; lead the annual goal and student learning outcome data review for all academic programs and administrative units, provide feedback, and ensure high standards of academic and administrative effectiveness; develop policy or procedural modifications as needed to increase efficiency and effectiveness; remain on the leading edge of federal and state laws regarding higher education; maintain communication with appropriate constituencies regarding accreditation, assessment, and institutional effectiveness matters; chair the Academic Assessment Committee; liaise with the university’s General Education and Curriculum Committees.

2009-2011 Assistant Dean, Research, Technology, and Administrative Affairs (.50FTE). Responsibilities: Supervise and manage accreditation for the School of

Music, School of Theatre and Dance, and the School of Art and Art History; conduct program reviews and participate in strategic planning; and oversee the Center for Arts and Healthcare Research and Education (CAHRE), the Center for World Arts (CWA), and the Digital Worlds Institute (DWI). Oversee grants, research, and technology operations for the college and supervise/evaluate the Center directors, technology personnel, and the Executive Secretary. Manage facilities, and handle faculty grievances. Supervise and implement all faculty award programs, including sabbaticals. Serve on the College of Fine Arts Technology and Executive committees, and as the College of Fine Arts representative on the UF Exchange Advisory, UF-ITAC DATA, and UF Research Deans committees.

2007-2011 Developer and director, Summer Master’s Program in Music Education (MME) for

Teachers. This became the online MME program in 2012.

2006 - 2009 Chair, NASM Steering Committee

2001- 2011 NCATE/DOE Program Coordinator, Music Education

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University Teaching August 2000-present Courses taught and/or supervised:

Undergraduate—Introduction to Music Education, Music in the Elementary School (methods class for music ed. majors), Music in the Elementary Classroom (methods for classroom teachers, supervise 5-6 graduate teaching assistants), Assessment in Arts Education, Basic Skills in Art and Music (music portion)

Graduate—Trends in Music Teaching and Learning, Music Education Seminar, Tests and Measurements in Music, Research Methods, Dissertation guidance, Assessing Music Learning (online master’s program)

Undergraduate Preview Advising, 2000-02; 2005-2009

Spring 2000 University of Memphis Adjunct Professor

Course: Assessment in Music Education K-12 Public and Private School Teaching 1996-2000 Memphis City Schools

Memphis, Tennessee

Grahamwood Elementary Grades 3-6, Orff Music

1994- 96 Fayette County Public Schools

Lexington, Kentucky Garden Springs Elementary School Grades K-5, Orff Music

1992-94

Memphis City Schools, Memphis, Tennessee

Rozelle School for the Creative and Performing Arts Grades K-6, Orff Music

1991-92

Albemarle County Schools, Charlottesville, Virginia

Meriwether Lewis Elementary Grades K-5, Orff Music

1982-83

Immaculate Heart of Mary Yavneh Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio

Grades 1-8, Orff Music, 4 days/week Grades 1-8, Orff Music, 1 day/week

1974-79

Reading Community Schools, Reading, Ohio

Grades K-8, Orff Music

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Chapters

In progress Brophy, T. S. (Editor and Author). The Oxford Handbook of Policy and Practice in Music Education (78 chapters, two volumes). Oxford University Press, New York, NY. Anticipated publication: 2017.

2016 Connecting practice, measurement, and policy: Selected papers from the 5th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. Editor, with Jeffrey Marlatt & Gary Ritcher. 607pp. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc.


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Books and Chapters, continued

2016 Shuler, S.C.; Brophy, T. S; Sabol, F. R.; McGreevy-Nichols, S.; & Schuttler, M. J. Arts assessment in an age of accountability: Challenges and opportunities in implementation, design, and measurement. In H. Braun (Ed.), Meeting the challenges to measurement in an age of accountability, (pp. 183-216). New York, NY: Routledge.

2014 Music assessment and global diversity: Practice, measurement, and policy. Proceedings

of the 2013 Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. Editor, with Mei-Ling Lai and Hsiao-Fen Chen. 435pp. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc.

2012 Music assessment across cultures and continents: The culture of shared practice.

Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. Editor, with Andreas Lehmann-Wermser. 425pp. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc.

2010 The practice of assessment in music education: Frameworks, models, and designs.

Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. Editor. 538pp. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc.

2008 Integrating curriculum, theory, and practice: Proceedings of the 2007 Florida symposium on

assessment in music education. Editor. 396pp. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc. 2008 Music at all ages: Proceedings of the 28th biennial ISME world conference. CD-ROM.

Assistant Editor; Wendy Sims, Editor. 2007 I’ve got to play! Eight new pieces for the Orff instrumentarium. Alfred Publications: Van

Nuys, CA. 2005 Music Expressions. Music textbook series, as lesson author and assessment

author. Warner Brothers Publications. Level 2 (Grades 7/8) Middle School General Music— Teacher Editions, Student Books, DVD/Video scripts, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.

Band Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author: Warner Brothers Publications. Level 2—Teacher Edition, Student Books, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.

2005 Orchestra Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author: Warner

Brothers Publications. Level 2—Teacher Editions, Student Books, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks

2004 Music Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author. Warner Brothers Publications. Level 1 (Grade 6) Middle School—Teacher Editions, Student Books, DVD/Video scripts, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.


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Books and Chapters, continued 2003 Music Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author: Warner

Brothers Publications. Grades K-5—Teacher Editions, Student Books, DVD/Video scripts, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.

2003 Band Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author: Warner Brothers

Publications. Level 1—Teacher Edition, Student Books, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.

Orchestra Expressions. Music textbook series, as assessment author: Warner Brothers Publications. Level 1—Teacher Editions, Student Books, Assessment Resource materials including Indices and Progress Records, Critical Thinking, and Theoretical Frameworks.

2003 Developing and implementing standards-based assessments. Chapter 1,

Benchmarks in Action: A Guide to Standards-Based Assessment in Music. pp. 1-16, MENC: Reston, Virginia. 2003.

2003 Standard.8. Chapter 9, Benchmarks in action: A guide to standards-based assessment in

music, 106-117, MENC: Reston, Virginia. 2003. 2002 I’ve got to move! Active songs for the elementary classroom. Book of 12 songs and

CD, Warner Brothers Publications, Miami FL. (now Alfred Publications: Van Nuys, CA).

2000 Assessing the developing child musician: A guide for general music teachers.

GIA Publications: Chicago, Illinois. Research Articles and Conference Proceedings, Refereed 2012 Valerio, W. H.; Johnson, D. C.; Brophy, T. S.; Bond, J. W.; Gault, B. M.;

Marshall, H. D.; & Abril, C. Exploring views from university faculty and cooperating teachers on general music teacher preparation. Visions of Research in Music Education, 22. http://www.rider.edu/~vrme

2010 School-University partnerships: A status report. Arts Education Policy Review

112(3), 149-153 2008 Partnerships in higher education. Proceedings of the Society for Music Teacher

Education, CD- ROM. Sept. 15, 2007, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.

2008 The Florida Music Assessment Project: An association-driven model of large

scale assessment development. In T. Brophy (Ed.), Integrating Curriculum, Theory, and Practice: Proceedings of the 2007 Florida Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. (NOTE: this was my Keynote Address for this symposium.)

2006 An examination of vocal pitch accuracy deficits exhibited by two child singers. Proceedings of the 21st ISME Research Commission Seminar, 17-26. July 9-14,

2006, Bali, Indonesia. 2005 A longitudinal study of selected characteristics of children’s melodic

improvisations. Journal of Research in Music Education 53, 120-131.


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Research Articles and Conference Proceedings, Refereed, continued 2004 with Bugos, J.A.; Perlstein, W.P.; Bedenbaugh, P. The effects of individualized

piano instruction on executive memory function in older adults (ages 60-85). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Evanston, Illinois, August 3-7, 2004.

2003 Online teaching portfolios in undergraduate music teacher education: A

model program. Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, Rita Yipp, Editor. Co-author: Russell G. McCutcheon.

2002 Toward improving music teacher education. Arts Education Policy Review 104(2),

3-8. 2002 A midpoint report of a longitudinal study. Proceedings of the Taonga of the Pacific

Rim Conference, 327-330. New Zealand Society for Music Education: Auckland, New Zealand

2002 Teacher reflections on undergraduate music education. Journal of Music

Teacher Education, published online at: http://menc.org/mbronly/publication/JMTEfa02features2.html

2002 The Melodic Improvisations of Children Ages Six through Twelve: A

Developmental Perspective. Music Education Research 4(1), Sarah Hennessy, Editor, Exeter, UK

1998 Stimulus integration in alto xylophone playing experiences: A developmental

perspective. Southeastern Journal of Music Education 7, 108-128. 1997 Authentic assessment of vocal pitch accuracy in first through third grade

children. Contributions to Music Education 24(1), 57-70. 1997 A pilot study of pitch ordering as a core thinking skill in music. Canadian Music Educator 38(2), 15-19. 1997 The development of music in the community college: A historical overview. Community College Journal of Research and Practice 21(8), 741-752. Research Invitations and Presentations, International, Refereed 2012 A longitudinal analysis of the Palm Beach County Schools’ arts integration pilot program.

With Tom Pearson, Palm Beach County Schools. 30th ISME conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 21-15.

2011 A longitudinal analysis of the Palm Beach County Schools’ arts integration pilot program.

Co-presenter with Tom Pearson, Palm Beach County Schools. 8th Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2-4.

2010 Multiple perspectives and practices of assessment in music education: Reports from five

countries - a symposium. Chair. Other presenters: Dr. Andreas Lehmann-Wermser, Bremen, Germany; Dr. Ming-Jen Chuang, Tai-Chung, Taiwan; Dr. Georgia Kyriakidou, Cyprus; Dr. Sergio Figueiredo, Brazil. ISME 29th International Conference, Beijing, China, August 1-6.

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Research Invitations and Presentations, International, Refereed, continued 2010 School university partnerships in music education – a symposium. Presenting member.

Chair: Dr. Nathan Kruse, University of North Texas. Other presenters: Dr. Suzanne Burton, University of Delaware; Dr. Lisa Hunter, SUNY Buffalo. ISME 29th International Conference, Beijing, China, August 1-6.

2008 New Directions in Music Assessment. Session presentation. Many Paths, One Destination: A Colloquium on General Music Education.

Symposium, co- director with Susie Davies-Splitter, President, Victorian Orff-Schulwerk Association (Australia). ISME 28th International Conference, Bologna, Italy, July 20-25.

2006 An examination of vocal pitch accuracy deficits exhibited by two child singers. ISME

Research Commission, Bali, Indonesia, July 9-14; ISME 27th World Music Education Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 16-21.

2003 The development of children’s improvised melodies. The 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium

on Research in Music Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China, July 9-12.

2002 The characteristics of children’s melodic improvisations: Initial results of a longitudinal study. Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC) of the

International Society for Music Education (ISME) Seminar, August 3-9, Malmö, Sweden

2001 Children’s melodic improvisations: Developmental implications. The Australian Society

for Music Education Conference in Adelaide, Australia, July 6-10 2001 Children’s melodic improvisations: Developmental implications. The ISME Pacific Rim Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, July 1-5 2001 The characteristics of children’s melodic improvisations: A midpoint report of a

longitudinal study. 2nd International Music Education Research Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, UK, April 3-7

2000 What is the question? Critical thinking in the elementary music classroom. The 24th

Biennial ISME World Music Education Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 17-22

1996 A pilot study of pitch ordering as a core thinking skill in music. International

symposium "Critical Thinking in Music: Theory and Practice," The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, October

1996 Authentic assessment of vocal pitch accuracy in first through third grade children. Research Poster Session, ISME International Conference, Amsterdam, Holland, July 24 Research Invitations and Presentations, National and Regional, Refereed 2010 Developing leadership networks in music assessment. Panel discussion with Dr.

Edward Asmus, University of Miami; Dr. Scott Shuler, Connecticut Department of Education; and Dr. Clark Saunders, University of Hartford. MENC 1st Biennial conference on Research and Music Teacher Education, Anaheim, CA, March 24-27.


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Research Invitations and Presentations, National and Regional, Refereed, continued 2009 General music teacher preparation: Views from university supervisors and cooperating

teachers. In collaboration with: Dr. Wendy Valerio, University of South Carolina; Dr. Judy Bond, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point; Dr. Dan Johnson, University of NC Wilmington; Dr. Carlos Abril, Northwestern University; Dr. Brent Gault, Indiana University; Dr. Herbert Marshall, Baldwin-Wallace College. Enacting shared visions: Society for Music Teacher Education symposium, UNC- Greensboro, September 10-12.

2007 Partnerships in music teacher education.

Understanding the Net.Generation: The millennials and music teacher education. Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium, UNC-Greensboro, September 14-15.

2006 A longitudinal study of selected characteristics of children’s melodic improvisations. The

New Directions in Music Education Conference on Teaching Composition and Improvisation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, November 3-5.

2005 A longitudinal study of selected characteristics of children’s melodic improvisations.

Paper presented at the Southern Division MENC/Florida Music Educators Association Conference Poster Session, January 7. (also served as Chair of this session).

2004 with Bugos, J.A.; Perlstein, W. P.; Bedenbaugh, P. The effects of individualized

piano instruction on executive memory function in older adults (Ages 60-85). 8th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Evanston, Illinois, August 3-7, 2004.

2001 Assessing the critically thinking/responding child musician. The Southern Division

MENC Conference, Louisville, KY, February 7-10. 2000 The characteristics of children’s melodic improvisations. The New Directions in

Music Education Conference on Teaching Composition and Improvisation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, September 20-22.

1999 Melodic, structural, and rhythmic characteristics of children's improvised melodies:

Cognitive implications. The Cognitive Processes of Children Engaged in Musical Activity Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, June 3-5.

1998 The melodic improvisations of children ages six through twelve: A developmental perspective.

The 32nd annual conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association in Tampa, Florida, November 11-15.

1997 An examination of the melodic improvisations of 7- through 11-year-old children. The

Symposium on Research in General Music (R. Cutietta, Chair), University of Arizona, Tucson, February 23-25.

1996 A case study of monotonism in two ten-year-old males. Thirtieth annual conference of

the American Orff-Schulwerk Association in Memphis, Tennessee, November.


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Research Invitations and Presentations, National and Regional, Refereed, continued 1996 Authentic assessment of vocal pitch accuracy in first through third grade children. Research Poster Session, MENC National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, April 19. 1995 Stimulus integration in alto xylophone playing experiences: A developmental perspective. Southeastern Music Education Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, May 1994 Aural, visual, and kinesthetic influences in the cognition of alto xylophone playing

experiences: A developmental perspective. Research Poster Session, Annual Conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November.

Other Refereed Articles and Documents 2001 Developing improvisation in the general music classroom. Music Educators

Journal, 88, (1), 34-41, 53. 1999 Orff Schulwerk in middle and late childhood: Developmentally appropriate

practice. Orff Echo, 31 (4), 7-10. 1997 Reporting progress with developmental profiles. Music Educators Journal, 84 (1), 24-27 1996 Building music literacy with guided composition. Music Educators Journal, 83(3),

15-18. 1996 Contributor, Performance standards for music: Strategies and benchmarks for assessing

progress toward the national standards, grades PreK-12. MENC 1996 Concept mapping: An alternative assessment, The Orff Echo, 28 (2), 22-23. 1994 Making the elementary music program essential, Music Educators Journal,

MENC, 81(2), 29-32. 1994 ERIC: A database designed with educators in mind. Tennessee Teacher, 61(5), 11-

14. 1994 Making a recording with elementary students, Teaching Music, MENC, 1(4),

30-31. 1994 Orff Schulwerk and current cognitive psychology: How researchers view the

developing musical mind, The Orff Echo, 26(2), 5-7. 1993 Orff Schulwerk in the Creative and Performing Arts school, The Orff Echo,

25(4), 15-16. 1993 Helping students to think musically--Getting started, The Tennessee Musician,

45(4), [Summer 1993], 25-27. 1993 Evaluation of music educators: Toward defining an appropriate instrument,

Washington, D. C., Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC Document Reproduction Services no. ED 375 029).


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Other Refereed Articles and Documents, continued 1992 Play and the young child: Musical implications, Washington, D.C.: Educational

Resources Information Center (ERIC Document Reproduction Services no. ED 358 934).

1992 From science to aesthetics: Tracing the role of music in America's public schools,

Washington, D.C.: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC Document Reproduction Services no. ED 368 611).

Invited Articles 2005 Listening to Hadley grow up: Understanding the mysteries of musical

spontaneity. Florida Music Director, 68(7). February/March issue. 2003 Developing and implementing standards based assessments. Musicworks, Journal

of the Australian National Council of Orff Schulwerk, 8, 6-9. 2002 Much Ado About Something: Music and improved academic performance.

House Calls, journal of the Alachua County Medical Society. May-June 2002, 23-28.

Reviews (non-refereed) 1994 “Elementary Reviews,” The Tennessee Musician, XLVI(4), 25-27. 1994 “Elementary Reviews,” The Tennessee Musician, XLVI (3), 13-15. 1993-94 “Elementary Reviews,” The Tennessee Musician, XLVI(2), 28-30. 1993 “Elementary Reviews,” The Tennessee Musician, XLVI(1), 23-24.

EDITORSHIPS

2006-2012 International Journal of Music Education: Practice. Official journal of the

International Society for Music Education. Co-Editor: Jane Cheung, Hong Kong Institute for Education. Publication record:

2010. IJME: Practice, Volume 28, no. 2, (May, 6 articles) and no. 4, (6 articles). 2009. IJME: Practice, Volume 27, no. 2, (May, 8 articles) and no. 4, (November, 7 articles). 2008. IJME: Practice, Volume 26, no. 2, (May, 6 articles) and no. 4 (November, 8 articles). 2007. IJME: Practice, Volume 25, no. 3, (December, 7 articles).

2001-2007 Research Perspectives in Music Education, Official research journal of the Florida

Music Educators Association. Publication record:

2006. Research Perspectives in Music Education Volume 10. 4 articles. 2005. Research Perspectives in Music Education Volume 9. 9 articles. 2004. Research Perspectives in Music Education Volume 8. 8 articles.

2003 The Orff Echo: Special focus on lifelong learning in music 35 (2). Coordinating Editor.


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CONFERENCE AND LECTURE PRESENTATIONS

International Conference Presentations, Refereed 2012 An American Sampler II: More Singing Games from the United States. Workshop.

ISME 30th International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 15-20.

Calling ISME Authors: Policies, Practices, and Procedures for Publishing in the International Journal of Music Education. ISME 30th International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 15-20.

2010 An American Sampler: Singing Games from the United States. Workshop. ISME 29th

International Conference, Beijing, China, August 1-6.

Calling ISME Authors: Policies, Practices, and Procedures for Publishing in the International Journal of Music Education. ISME 29th International Conference, Beijing, China, August 1-6.

2009 The University of Florida Educator Assessment System: Longitudinal Systemic Program

Assessment of Pre-service Music Educator Candidates In collaboration with Dr. Elayne Colon, College of Education. “Enacting Shared Visions”: Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium, UNC-Greensboro, September 10-12.

2006 Active Singing in the Primary Grades. (Workshop)

Carl Orff’s Sentuhan: The Impact of Orff Schulwerk on the Lives of the World’s Children. Symposium, co-director, with Susie Davies-Splitter (Australia), ISME 27th International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 16-21.

: 2004 Online Teaching Portfolios in Undergraduate Music Teacher Education: Assessing What

Pre-Service Music Teachers Know and Are Able To Do. Mallets and More: Developing Skills and Literacy with the Orff Instrumentarium. ISME 26th International Conference, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. July 11-16.

2002 Assessing the Developing Child Musician: General Techniques. International Society for

Music Education, 24th biennial World Conference, Bergen, Norway, August 11-16.

2001 Sing, Dance, Play and Think: Lessons for the New Millennium.

Assessing the Developing Child Musician: General Techniques. Australian Society for Music Education National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July 1-6.

2001 Sing, Dance, Play and Think: Sharing Taonga in the New Millennium.

Assessing the Developing Child Musician: General Techniques. International Society for Music Education, Pacific Rim “Taonga” Conference, July 1-5.

Guest Lectures, Invited 2015 National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. Assessment systems in the United States. Graduate lecture. October 23. Practical Assessment and Painless Evaluation. Lecture for Student teachers.

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Guest Lectures, Invited, continued 2015 Guest Lecturer, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. Practical Assessment and Painless Evaluation. Freshman lecture. October 24. 2014 Carrigan Lecture Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;

November. Arts Assessment Rising: Music Assessment Systems in the United States. 2014 Keynote Speaker. State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education

(SEADAE) Arts Assessment Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland; July. A Declaration of Interdependence: A Facets Model of Arts Assessment Leadership. 2013 Visiting Scholar, Lecturer, and Keynote Speaker. School of Music, Western

Michigan University, Kalamazoo Michigan; March. The Practice of Assessment in Music Teaching and Learning. Keynote. Assessment in Education: A World View. Lecture. Music Teacher Evaluation. Lecture. Assessing Musical Performance. Lecture. Assessing Improvisation. Lecture. 2011 Guest lecturer, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;

November. Florida’s Performing Arts Assessment Project: Process, design, and development. Graduate

student lecture. Developing item specifications for performing arts tests. Presentation to Taiwan National

Music Assessment Development Committee. 2009 The Florida Music Assessment Project: An Association Driven Model of Large Scale

Assessment Development. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, October 14, 2009.

2007 Guest lecturer, National Taiwan Normal University and Taiwan Municipal

University of Education, Taipei; National Taichung Normal University, Taichung, Taiwan; December. Research in Action: Designing an Action Research Project for the Music Classroom, and Foundations for Assessment in Music Education. Keynote addresses, Taipei Municipal University of Education. Improvisation in elementary music. Graduate Student Lecture, Taipei Municipal University of Education.

2007 Critical thinking in music education. Graduate Student Lecture, National Taichung

Normal University, Taichung, Taiwan. Developing musical skills and literacy with the Orff instrumentarium. Undergraduate Student Lecture, National Taichung Normal University, Taichung, Taiwan. Quantitative research. Graduate Student Lecture, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. Developing effective classroom music assessments. Keynote address, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

2004 Invited International Presenter and Conductor for the 13th Australian Orff

Schulwerk Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, January 5-9. Plenary I--Practical assessment and painless evaluation: Making assessment work in your classroom. Plenary 2: Back to basics: Teaching and assessing the enabling competencies Daily Session: Improvisation in the Elementary Music Classroom


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Guest Lectures, Invited, continued 2004 Guest Lecturer, University of Western Australia, Perth. July 27-August 5. Assessing the developing child musician. Undergraduate guest lecture. August 1. Assessing children’s musical compositions. Graduate guest lecture. August 3. National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Refereed 2015 Reaffirmation of Accreditation with No Recommendations. Presentation with Keston

Fulcher and Herbert Amato, James Madison University. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges conference, Houston, TX, December 5-8.

2014 Development and Validation of QEP Direct Assessment. Workshop with M. David

Miller. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges conference, Nashville, TN, December 6-9.

2014 The Basics of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment in Senior Institutions. Workshop with Cheryl Gater and Rajeeb Das. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges conference, Nashville, TN, December 6-9.

Mission Possible: Assessing Graduate and Professional Programs. Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE), Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 3-5.

2013 The process of developing a QEP assessment plan: Criteria and process of instrument review

and development. With M. David Miller. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges Annual conference, Atlanta, GA, December 7-10.

2012 Let’s start at the very beginning: The basics of student learning outcomes assessment. With

Cheryl Gater, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges, Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, December 8-11.

Mission possible: Assessing graduate programs. With M. David Miller. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges Conference, Dallas, TX, December 8-11.

2011 Assessing the impact of an internationalization QEP: Valid and reliable assessments. With

M. David Miller. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges Conference, Orlando, FL, December 3-6.

2010 Every class is world class – I and II (two sessions). Texas Music Educators

Association annual conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 10-13, 2010.

2008 I’ve got to play: Developing the Orff ensemble in the elementary school. (General session). Integrating curriculum, theory, and practice: A summary report of the 2007 symposium on

assessment in music education. (Assessment SRIG presentation.) MENC 61st Biennial Conference, Milwaukee Wisconsin, April 10-13.

2007 Systemic assessment in the elementary music classroom. American Orff-Schulwerk National Conference, San Jose, CA, November 14-

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National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Refereed, continued 2007 Living the music: Children’s songs and dances from across the world. Active singing in the elementary music classroom. Southern Division MENC conference, Charleston, SC, February 8-10, 2007. 2004 I can do it! Easy steps to K-5 improvisation. Online Portfolios in Music Teacher Education: Connecting Theory to Practice through

Technology. MENC Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 14-17.

2003 Preparing Our Musical Future: A University/Laboratory School Collaborative Model for Music Teacher Education. National Association of Laboratory Schools Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, February 27. Co presenter: Valerie A. Austin, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School.

2003 Research Poster Session, Chair. As Chair of the Research Committee of the Florida Music Educators Association, at the FMEA annual conference, Tampa, January 8-11.

2002 Riddle, riddle, riddle ree: Pass on the improvisation! Texas Music Educators

Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, February 21. 2002 Riddle, riddle, riddle ree: Pass on the improvisation! Pass on the fun: Active singing in the elementary music classroom. Florida Music Educators Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, January 10-12. 2001 Assessing the critically thinking/responding child musician. Southern Division MENC-

The National Association for Music Education, February 9, Louisville, Kentucky.

2000 Assessing the critically thinking/responding child musician. MENC-The National Association for Music Education, March 10, Washington, D.C. 1999 Developing musical independence through guided composition. 33rd Annual American

Orff- Schulwerk Association Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, November 3-7 1997 Profiles and portfolios: A total assessment program for elementary music.

Critical thinking in the Orff-Schulwerk classroom. 31st annual conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Seattle, Washington, November 5-9, 1997.

1997 Assessment in the elementary music classroom: What teachers CAN do.

Southern Division Music Educators National Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, March 23-25.

1996 Assessment in the Orff-Schulwerk classroom: Why? When? How? 30th American Orff-Schulwerk Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, Nov. 13-17,

1996. National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Invited1 2015 The basics of student learning outcomes assessment. SACSCOC Summer Institute,

Kissimmee, FL. July 20.

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National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Invited, continued 2013 Making assessment work. Workshop for Elementary music teachers. VMEA

conference, the Homestead, Virginia, November 22. Teacher evaluation: Current issues and promising practices. VMEA conference, the

Homestead, Virginia, November 22.

The basics of student learning outcomes assessment in senior institutions. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges Summer Institute, Daytona Beach, FL, July 22.

2010 General music education student teacher preparation: Views from cooperating teachers and

student teacher supervisors. The University of Florida portfolio project: Longitudinal program assessment of pre-service

music educator candidates. Understanding the Net.Generation: Millennials and music teacher education. The Florida Music Assessment Project: An association-driven model of large-scale assessment

development. The Texas Music Educators Association annual Conference, February 10-

13, College Division invited Feature Clinician. 2007 Mining for the assessable moment.

I’ve got to play! – The Orff Ensemble in the elementary classroom. Featured clinician, Kansas Music Educators Association conference, Wichita, Kansas, February 22-24.

2007 Refresh, renew, rethink: Introducing the Missouri GLEs.

Developing improvisation in the elementary music classroom. Active singing in the elementary music classroom. Missouri Music Educators Association conference, Osage Beach, Missouri, January 23-26.

2006 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Practical steps to elementary music assessment.

Oklahoma Music Educators Association Conference, Tulsa, OK, January 20. 2005 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Practical steps to elementary music assessment

(repeated). Why I became an elementary music teacher. Keynote address to the Georgia Elementary Music Educators Association (GEMEA). Georgia Music Educators Conference, January 27-28.

2004 Assessment Power Session, Chair. MENC Biennial Conference, Minneapolis,

Minnesota, April 14-17. 2003 Riddle, riddle, riddle, ree: Developing improvisation in the elementary music classroom.

Assessing music literacy in K-5 general music. Nebraska Music Education Association Annual Conference, November 21-22.

2003 Assessing the developing child musician: Guided composition. Part I—Elementary

school. Assessing the developing child musician: Guided composition. Part II—Middle school. Wisconsin Music Educators Association Annual Conference, October 31.


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National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Invited, continued 2003 Riddle, riddle, riddle, ree: Pass on the improvisation!

Southern Division MENC Conference, Savannah, Georgia, January 23-25 2002 Riddle, riddle, riddle, ree: Pass on the improvisation! Virginia Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, Virginia,

Nov. 22. 2002 Assessment power session.

Using benchmarks in the music classroom. Sessions presented at the 59th biennial conference of MENC—The National Association for Music Education, Nashville, Tennessee, April 10-14

2002 Riddle, riddle, riddle, ree: Pass on the improvisation!

Assessment in elementary music: A foundation. Assessment in elementary music: Practical applications. 3 sessions as Elementary Headliner Clinician for the Kansas Music Educators Association Annual Conference, Wichita, Feb. 22-23

2002 Riddle, riddle, riddle, ree: Pass on the improvisation!

Back to basics: Teaching and assessing the enabling competencies. Building roots in fertile ground: Developing musicianship in the early years. 3 sessions as Elementary Headliner Clinician for the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Clinic, Minneapolis, Feb. 15-16

2001 President’s panel: AOSA undergraduate curriculum project. Panel member, by

invitation of Carol Huffman, AOSA President, November 15 2001 Assessing the developing child musician. New York State School Music Association

(NYSSMA) Conference, August 15. 2000 Reflections on undergraduate music education: A survey report. President’s panel, 34th

annual American Orff Schulwerk Conference, Rochester, New York, November.

2000 Writing for MEJ. Panel member, editorial board; session presented at the

biennial conference of MENC-The National Association for Music Education, March 9.

2000 Benchmarks project: Standards 7, 8, and 9. Biennial conference of MENC-The

National Association for Music Education, March 11, Washington, D. C. Natalie Ozeas and Marilyn Davidson, co-presenters.

2000 Sing, dance, play, and think: Lessons for the new millennium (two sessions). Missouri

Music Educators Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, January 27. 1999 Assessment in elementary music—General techniques. What is the question? Critical thinking in the elementary music classroom. Portfolios and

profiles: Tying it all together in elementary music assessment. Featured clinician, Texas Music Education Association Conference, San

Antonio, Texas, February 6. 1999 Active singing in elementary music. Missouri Music Education Association

Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, January 29


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National, Regional, and State Conference Presentations, Invited, continued 1998 Orff Schulwerk and assessment. President’s panel member, 32nd Annual Conference

of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Tampa, Florida, November 11-15.

1998 Assessment Power Session: Progress reporting to parents. MENC biennial National Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 15. 1997 Assessment in the elementary music classroom. Louisiana Music Education

Association annual conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 21. Florida Presentations (all invited) 2015 Practical Assessment and Painless Evaluation: Marzano Scales, Cognitive Complexity, and

Music Assessment. Pinellas County Schools, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2012 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Assessment in the elementary music classroom.

Hillsborough County Elementary Music Teachers Association, Tampa, Florida. 2010 Teaching the developing creative musician: Multiple pathways to improvisation. Florida

Music Educators Association Annual conference, January 6-9.

2009 The Florida Music Assessment 2008 secondary pilot test. Florida Music Educators Association Annual conference, January 9-12. 2008 The Florida Elementary Phase I Field Test; Middle and high school online pilot tests. Florida College Music Educators Association/Florida Music Supervisors

Association Annual conference, Tampa, October 11. 2008 Every class is world class. The Florida Music Assessment: Phase 1 elementary report. Florida Music Educators Association conference, Tampa, January 9-12. 2007 I’ve got to play! The Orff ensemble in the elementary school. Florida Music Assessment: Update. Living the music: Children’s songs and dances from across the world. Florida Music Educators Association conference, Tampa, Florida, January 10-

13. 2006 Listen, sing, dance, and play: Preparing for the FMA. The Florida Music Assessment: Update. Florida Music Educators Conference, Tampa, January 4-8. 2005 Fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension: Linking assessment in music and literacy.

Keynote speech for Assessment Pre-conference, with Dr. Susan Holman of USF.

Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Practical steps to elementary music assessment. Statewide assessment in music: What every elementary music teacher needs to know.

State initiatives in assessing the standards in the southern division. Panel discussion, member and organizer.

Developing tasks for elementary music assessment. Curriculum Fair. Florida Music Educators Conference, January 5-9.


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Florida Presentations, continued (all invited) 2002 Report on the development of a state music assessment in Florida. Florida Collegiate

Music Educators Association, Orlando, October 21. 2001 Measuring student performance through classroom assessments. Keynote speech, Florida

Music Educators Association Pre-conference Session, Tampa, January 10 Assessing the performing child musician. Florida Elementary Music Educators

Association Session, Tampa, Florida, January 11. GRANTS

2010 $18,000. Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs, for

General Program Support for the College of the Arts. 2010 $35,537. Faculty Enhancement Opportunity grant to fund research and travel

to Taiwan, China, and Germany. 2010 $6,000. Research support (Research and Graduate Programs) for the 2011

Assessment Symposium

$3,440. Research support (Research and Graduate Programs) for Improvisation research.

2009 $3,384. Alachua County Tourist Development grant, to support the Assessment Symposium

2009 $6,000. Research support (Research and Graduate Programs) for the 2009 Assessment Symposium

2008 $2,500. Scholarship Enhancement Grant, to support ongoing

longitudinal improvisation research 2007 $5,000. Florida Division of Cultural Affairs to support the Assessment

Symposium

$500. Florida Music Educators Association, to support the Assessment Symposium

$4,352. Alachua County Tourist Development grant, to support the Assessment Symposium

$3,000. Research support (Research and Graduate Programs) for the Assessment Symposium

2006 $5,000. Scholarship enhancement grant, to support ongoing longitudinal

improvisation research 2004 $2,000. Scholarship Enhancement Fund Grant, University of Florida, to

support guest lectureship at the University of Western Australia, Perth 2003 $75,000. Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research Award, McKnight Brain

Institute (University of Florida), in partnership with Jennifer Bugos, Music Education Doctoral student. One-year award to investigate the effects of piano lessons on the executive memory functions of well elderly adults.


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Grants, continued 2002 $2,500. Scholarship Enhancement Fund Grant, University of Florida, for

continued support of improvisation research. 2001 $5,000. Scholarship Enhancement Fund Grant, University of Florida, for

continued support of improvisation research.

1999-2002 $20,000. International Foundation for Music Research, to fund a longitudinal study of melodic improvisation.

1997 $2,119. American Orff-Schulwerk Association Research Grant Award, to fund improvisation research

SERVICE

International Assessment Symposia – as Founding and Organizing Chair

2019 Planned. Organizing Chair, with Professor Donald Lebler, 7th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, February 19-22, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

2017 In preparation. Organizing Chair, with Professor Martin Fautley, 6th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, April 18-21, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, U.K. Website: http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/isame.

2015 Organizing Chair, with Jeffrey Marlatt, Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University and Gary Ritcher, James Madison University, Connecting Practice, Measurement, and Evaluation: The 5th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. Williamsburg Lodge and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA, February 18-21.

2013 Organizing Chair, with Professor Mei-Ling Lai, Music Assessment and Global

Diversity: Practice, Measurement, and Policy. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, April 10-13.

2011 Organizing Chair, with Andreas Lehmann-Wermser. Music Assessment across

Cultures and Continents: The Culture of Shared Practice –the 3rd International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education. University of Bremen, Germany, March 8-11.

2009 Organizing Chair, The Practice of Assessment in Music Education: Frameworks, Models, and Designs—the 2nd International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, April 15-17, University of Florida.

2007 Organizing Chair, Integrating Curriculum, Theory, and Practice: A Symposium on

Assessment in Music Education. March 29-31, University of Florida. International, National, and Regional Service 2015-16 International Baccalaureate, The Hague, Netherlands. Revision of the IB Music

Program assessments. 2015 New York State Arts Blue Ribbon Commission, as an arts assessment expert. 2011-present Member (elected), SACSCOC Board of Trustees; Compliance and Review

Committee Chair

http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/isame


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Service to the University of Florida 2010-present University of Florida Academic Assessment Committee. Member, 2010-11;

Chair, 2011- present. 2009-11 College of Fine Arts representative, UF Research Deans committees;

School of Music Curriculum Committee. 2008-11 College of Fine Arts representative, University of Florida Information

Technology Committee. 2005-2008 Member, University of Florida General Education Committee. 2004-2009 Curriculum Committee Chair, School of Music 2002-2011 Developer and director, University of Florida Undergraduate Online Music

Teaching Portfolio Project, http://portfolios.music.ufl.edu 2000-2009 Advisor, UF Collegiate Music Educators National Conference (CMENC)

Chapter 257 Service to Music Education 2012-present Founding Chair, Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation Special Interest Group,

International Society for Music Education (ISME). Co-conveners: Andreas Lehmann-Wermser (Bremen, Germany) and Ming-Jen Chuang (Taichung, Taiwan.).

2008-12 Chair-Elect, 2008-10, Chair, 2010-12. MENC – The National Association for Music

Education Assessment Special Research Interest Group. 2005-07 . Member, Editorial Committee, Teaching Music Magazine, an official publication

of MENC—The National Association for Music Education 2003-05 Secretary/Treasurer (elected). Florida Collegiate Music Educators Association. 2001-03 National Co-Chair, American Orff-Schulwerk Association National

Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, November 12-16, 2003. 2001-07 Chair, Research Committee, Florida Music Educators Association. 2001-present Chair, Florida Music Assessment Task Force, Florida Music Educators

Association. 2001-03 Member, AOSA Curriculum Development Committee; Marilyn Davidson,

Chair. 2000-04 Editorial Board, The Orff Echo, official publication of the American Orff

Schulwerk Association. 2000 Co-Chair, AOSA Ad-Hoc Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Other co-

chair: Ann Kay, OAKE Immediate past-president 1999-2002 Research Advisory Review Panel (RARP), American Orff Schulwerk Association;

Chair,. 2001-2002

http://portfolios.music.ufl.edu/


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Service to Music Education, continued 1998-2002 Editorial Committee of the Music Educators Journal, an official publication of

MENC— The National Association for Music Education 1997-2000 Music Standards Committee of the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards

(Arlington, VA.) 1995-1996 Kentucky Beginning Music Teacher Assessment Task Force. Service to Florida Public Schools since 2000 - Committees, Workshops, and Professional Development Sessions 2010 Assessment Technical Expert for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

(NGSSS) for Music, led by Dr. Linda Lovins, Arts Specialist, Florida Department of Education

2009 Mining for the Assessable Moment: Systemic Assessment in the Elementary Music

Classroom. Pinellas County Public Schools, St. Petersburg, Florida, Aug. 21.

2005-present Member, Arts Council. Duval Elementary School, Gainesville, Florida. 2007 Integrating Music into Daily Teaching. Duval Elementary School, Gainesville,

Florida, August 14. 2006 Florida Music Assessment Update. Alachua County Music Teachers, Gainesville,

Florida, February 15. 2005 Developing Assessments for K-12 Music Classrooms. Pinellas County Assessment

Writing team, St. Petersburg Florida, June 21-22.

Assessment for K-12 Music Educators. Course for practicing music educators, June 13-17, University of Florida School of Music

2005 Mining for the Assessable Moment. Orange County Public Schools

Elementary Grant teachers. Orlando, Florida, April 19. Preparing for Florida’s Elementary Music Assessment. Citrus County Music Teachers,

Citrus Springs, Florida. March 18.

Assessment in the Orff Schulwerk Classroom. Polk County Elementary Music Teachers, Lakeland, Florida. February 7, March 7.

2002- 2006 Organizer, Orff Schulwerk Summer Institute at the University of Florida,

Gainesville, Florida. June-July each year. 2003 Assessing the Developing Child Musician. Two-day in-service, Bay County, Florida,

Music Teachers, July.

Assessing the Developing Child Musician. One-week course, Hillsborough County, Florida, Music Teachers, June.


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Service to Florida Public Schools since 2000 - Committees, Workshops, and Professional Development Sessions, continued 2002 Assessment in Elementary Music. 2-day professional development session, St. Lucie

County Schools, Port St. Lucie, Florida. October 18-19. Stylized Dance in the Elementary Music Classroom. Alachua County Schools, Gainesville, Florida. 2-hour workshop, October 16.

2002 Orff Workshop: Lessons for the New Millennium. South Florida Chapter of the

America. Orff Schulwerk Association, Lake Worth, Florida, Oct. 12.

Assessment, Grading, and the Florida Sunshine State Standards for Music. 3-day workshop, Volusia County Schools, Daytona Beach, Florida, June 3-5.

Assessment in Elementary Music. 3-hour session, Brevard County Schools, Cocoa Beach, Florida, February 18.

2001 Assessment in Elementary Music. 5-hour session, Pasco County Schools, Land

o’ Lakes, Florida, December 20. Assessment in Elementary Music. 3-hour session, Volusia County Schools,

Daytona Beach, Florida, October 12. Assessment in Secondary Music. 2-hour session, Brevard County Schools,

Cocoa Beach, Florida, September 17. Assessment in Elementary Music. 3-hour session, Sarasota County Schools,

Sarasota, Florida, August 9. Assessment in Elementary Music. 5-hour session, Polk County Schools,

Lakeland, Florida, August 11. 2001 Developing Musical Independence through Guided Composition. 2-hour session, Alachua

County Public Schools, Elementary music educators, April 18. 2000 Assessing the Developing Child Musician. 5-hour session, Pinellas

County, Florida, September 2.

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2010 Fellow, International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD). 2009-10 PhD Mentor Award, University of Florida College of Fine Arts. 2006 College Music Educator of the Year, Florida Music Educators Association. 2005 Hall of Fame Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Kentucky School

of Music, Lexington, Kentucky. 2004 Elementary Music Educator of the Year. Hillsborough County Elementary Music

Teachers Association, Tampa, Florida. 2000 1998-99 Outstanding Dissertation in Music Education award, presented by the

Council for Research in Music Education.


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Honors and Achievements, continued 1999 Rotary Award for Teacher Excellence. Presented by the Rotary Club of

Memphis, Tennessee, May 4. 1998 Walt Disney Company, American Teacher Award in the Performing Arts, Los

Angeles, California, June 10. 1996 Ashland, Inc. Teacher Achievement Award. Presented in Frankfort, Kentucky, by Governor Paul Patton on May 14, 1996. 1996 Elementary choir premiere, The Modalaics of May, a new work by Jos Wuytack,

with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis, Tennessee. 1996 Elementary chorus appeared by invitation at the annual conference of the

Kentucky Music Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky, February 8. 1991-94 Elementary choruses invited to appear at the White House in December as part

of Christmas in the White House (four consecutive years). 1993-94 Masters Fellow in Music, Graduate School of the University of Memphis,

Memphis, Tennessee. 1993 Elementary chorus appeared on MENC's World's Largest Concert, and

performed with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

RECORDINGS WITH CHILDREN’S CHOIRS

1999 Music 2000. The sixth grade choir of Grahamwood Elementary School

recorded "My Tennessee" and a refrain of "Pride of Tennessee" on this CD for Silver Burdett, Inc. Producer: Buryl Red, BR Productions, New York, NY.

1998 Don't Let the Music Stop, album recorded with the fifth and sixth grade choirs of

the Grahamwood Elementary School in Memphis, Tennessee. 1996 Tribute to the World's Largest Concert, recorded with the fourth and fifth grade

choir of the Garden Springs Elementary School, Lexington, Kentucky, KMEA conference, Louisville, Kentucky, in February, 1996.

1995 Music Means the World to Me, album recorded with the fourth and fifth grade

choir of the Garden Springs Elementary School, Lexington, Kentucky. 1992 One Singular Sensation, album recorded with the fifth grade choir of the

Meriwether Lewis Elementary School, Charlottesville, Virginia.

CHILDREN’S CHOIR PERFORMANCES AS CONDUCTOR

2011 Alachua County Elementary Choral Festival. Gainesville, May. 2010 First Annual Children’s Honor Choir, University of North Carolina

Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, January 30.


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Children’s Choir Performances as Conductor, continued 2008 24th Annual Children's Choral Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville,

Florida, February 3.

Brevard County Elementary Choral Festival, King Center for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, Florida, March 1.

2007 The Santa Rosa County 20th Annual All-County Choral Festival, Saenger

Theatre, Pensacola, Florida, April 17. 2006 Columbia County Elementary Choral Festival, Lake City, Florida. May 20. 2005 Polk County Elementary Music Festival, Orff Ensemble conductor. Lakeland,

Florida, May 24. 2004 First Annual Alachua County Elementary Choral Festival, University of

Florida, Gainesville, May 4.

WORKSHOPS, COURSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT2

2010 Technology and assessment for the music teacher. University of North Carolina,

Pembroke, North Carolina, February 20. 2009 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Systemic assessment in the elementary Orff classroom. Cleveland Orff Chapter Cleveland, Ohio, March 7. 2008 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment’: Systemic assessment in the elementary Orff classroom. Sioux Valley Orff Chapter/Northwest Area Music Educators, Sioux City, IA,

Sept. 26. Systemic assessment in the Orff Schulwerk classroom. Memphis City Schools,

Memphis, Tennessee, February 18.

2007 Assessment in the elementary music classroom. Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA, October 5.

2007 Integrating music into daily teaching. Duval Elementary School, Gainesville,

Florida, August 14. 2007 Assessing the creating child musician. Montgomery County Schools, Baltimore,

Maryland, April 24. 2006 Mining for the ‘Assessable Moment.’ Montgomery County Schools, Baltimore,

Maryland, November 16. 2006 Assessment for K-12 music educators. 5-day course. Monona Grove Schools,

Madison, Wisconsin, August 2-6. 2006 Developing practical assessment strategies for the music classroom. Monona Grove

Schools, Madison, Wisconsin, February 23.

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Workshops, Courses, Professional Development, continued

2005 Practical assessment and painless evaluation: Teaching and assessing in the Orff Schulwerk classroom. Baton Rouge Elementary Music Teachers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. March 22.

2001 Assessing the developing child musician. Five-day course, Lee’s Summit School

District, Lee’s Summit, Missouri. June 18-22.

Developing musical independence through guided composition. 2-hour session, Alachua County Public Schools, Elementary music educators, April 18.

Assessing the developing child musician. Alabama Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Birmingham, March 10.

2000 Assessing the developing child musician. New York State School Music Association

(NYSSMA) Western Division, Elementary; SUNY Buffalo, New York, November 4.

Assessing the developing child musician. 5-hour session, Lee’s Summit School

District, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, October 29. 2000 Assessing the developing child musician. 3-hour session, Ozark Mountain Chapter

of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Southwestern Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, October 15.

Assessing the developing child musician. 5-hour session, Pinellas County, Florida, September 29.

1999 Assessing the developing child musician. Coastal Empire Chapter of the

American Orff- Schulwerk Association, Savannah, Georgia, October 9. 1999 Assessing the developing child musician: Task and rubric design and general techniques.

Three- hour in-service training session, Fairfax County, Virginia, September 1.

Assessment in the Orff-Schulwerk classroom. Four-hour session, Greater Chicago Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 20.

1998 Assessment in the Orff-Schulwerk classroom. Four-hour session, Long Island Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, April 25.

1997 Assessment in the elementary music classroom. Six-hour professional development session, Hardin County Public Schools, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, June 12.

DISSERTATIONS AND THESES as Chair

2015 David Goss. A mixed-method examination of expert band directors’ rehearsal pedagogy.

PhD dissertation. 2015 Daniel Smith. The correlation of dancer movement space conditions and expressiveness

ratings of music. Masters project in lieu of thesis. Current position: Composer and accompanist, Florida State University Dance

department.


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Dissertations and Theses as Chair, continued

2014 Melissa Bayliss. A revised curriculum for sixth grade instrumental music. Masters project in lieu of thesis.

Current position: Elementary and middle school instrumental teacher, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

2012 Michael Roberts. Guide to the MUE 3311 pre-internship experience at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School. Masters project in lieu of thesis. Current position: Elementary music specialist, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, University of Florida.

2011 Jian-Jun Chen-Edmund. The effects of music activities on English pronunciation and vocabulary retention of fourth-grade ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) students in Taiwan. PhD dissertation. Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Rebekah Burcham. Two Case Studies of Unsolicited Behaviors Demonstrated by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Elementary Music Classroom

Current position: Private studio teacher, Louisiana.

2010 John P. LaCognata. Current student assessment practices of high school band directors. PhD dissertation. Current position: Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Wilmington.

2009 Alena V. Holmes. The effect of fixed-do and movable-do solfége instruction on the development of sight-singing skills in 7- and 8-year old children. PhD dissertation.

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. 2009 David C. Edmund. The effect of articulation study on stylistic expression in high school

musicians’ jazz performance. PhD dissertation. Current position: Assistant professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

2009 Lacey Cupp. The effects of color materials on student performance of music composition. Masters project in lieu of thesis.

Current position: music educator, Springfield, Missouri.

2009 David Olsen. The effect of two different assessment tools on secondary instrumental music students’ achievement and motivation. Masters project in lieu of thesis.

Current position: music educator, Orange County Schools, Florida.

Paul Jackson. The effect of private music instruction on middle-school students’ musical performance anxiety. Masters project in lieu of thesis.

Current position: music educator, Brevard County Schools, Florida.

Linda Lamour. A literature review on the effects of single-sex instruction on students’ musical and academic achievement. Masters project in lieu of thesis.

Current position: music educator, palm Beach County Schools, Florida.

2008 Dilek Göktürk. Current Status of String Teacher Education at University Music Teacher Training Schools in Turkey. PhD Dissertation.

Current position: Associate Professor, Ipek University, Ankara, Turkey.

Ebru Ilkay Tuncer. Making string education culturally responsive: The musical lives of African- American children. PhD dissertation.

Current position: Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Social Sciences Institute, Yeni Yuzyil University, Istanbul, Turkey.


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Dissertations and Theses as Chair, continued 2007 Timothy M. Mutschlecner. The construction, validation, and administration of a

diagnostic test of cello technique for undergraduate cellists. PhD dissertation. Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

Christopher M. Heffner. The impact of high-stakes testing on curriculum, funding, instructional time, and student participation in music programs. PhD Dissertation. Current position: Assistant Professor, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania.

2007 Jay N. Jacobs. A qualitative study of first-year high school band directors and their

mentors. PhD Dissertation. Current position: Associate professor, McNeese State University, Lake

Charles, Louisiana. 2006 Kirk D. Moss. Favored sound production exercises of selected violin, viola, cello, and

double bass pedagogues: An analysis and adaptation. PhD Dissertation. Current position: Professor and Chair, Music Education, Lawrence

Conservatory. 2006 Donald R. DeVito. The communicative function of behavioral responses to music by

public school students with autism spectrum disorder. PhD Dissertation. Current position: Music Specialist, Sidney Lanier School (for students with

severe developmental and multiple disabilities), Gainesville Florida. 2006 David O. Akombo. The effects of listening to music on the pain and anxiety of bone

marrow transplant patients, PhD dissertation. Current position: Assistant Professor, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah.

2004 Jennifer Bugos. The effect of piano lessons on the executive memory functions of older adults. PhD dissertation.

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida.

2004 Clegorne, Nicholas. Rhythm and Comprehension: An Examination of the Correlation between Rhythmic and Reading Achievement. Master’s Thesis.

Current position: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Fraternal Organization Memberships

1974 ΠΚΛ (Pi Kappa Lambda) Music Honorary Fraternity

1971 ΦΜΑ (Phi Mu Alpha) Professional Music Fraternity. ΕΟ (Eta Omicron) Chapter, pianist-in-residence, 1972-74

1971 ΦΕΣ (Phi Eta Sigma) Freshman Honorary Fraternity; President, University of Cincinnati Chapter, 1972

Professional Organization Memberships (dates of initial membership) 2000 Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA)

Florida Elementary Music Educators Association (FEMEA) Florida Collegiate Music Educators Association (FCMEA)


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Professional Organization Memberships (dates of initial membership), continued 1995 International Society for Music Education (ISME) 1992 Society for Research in Music Education (SRME) 1974 American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA) 1971 MENC—The National Association for Music Education (CMENC 1971-74);

now NAfME, the National Association for Music Education. I am a member of the following Societies/Special Interest Groups within NAfME:

Society for Research in Music Education, 1992

Society for Music Teacher Education, 2004

Assessment Special Research Interest Group, 2000