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CIC Annual
Conference On Music Education
October 19-21, 2005
Indiana University School of Music
Pictures of sessions Pictures of other events
Wednesday, October 19
6:00-8:00 PM Registration and Opening Reception, University Club, Indiana Memorial Union (IMU), IU Harpist Jaymee Haefner
6:30-7:30 PM Research Poster Session, University Club, IMU
7:00 PM Optional: Attend IU Opera dress rehearsal, Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette,” Music Arts Center (MAC) (free of charge for CIC guests)
8:00 PM Optional: Attend I.U. Chamber Orchestra, music of Webern, Schoenberg, and Mozart; Auer Hall in the Simon Music Building (free of charge)
Thursday, October 20
7:45 AM Continental breakfast, Musical Arts Center (MAC) Lobby
8:30 AM Sharp! Welcome by IU Music Education Chair Patrice Madura and School of Music Dean Gwyn Richards; Premiere of “CIC FANFARE: Quodlibet on Themes from the Big Ten” by David Ward-Steinman for IU Brass Choir and Timpani, conducted by Edmund Cord, Auer Hall.
8:45 AM Paper Presentation: Estelle Jorgensen (Indiana University), “Thinking Figuratively: A Response to Virginia Richardson,” Auer Hall
9:35 AM Paper Presentation: Mary Lennon (DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin, Ireland), “The Performer as Researcher,” Auer Hall
10:25 AM Refreshment Break, Second Floor Hallway below Ford Hall.
10:40 AM Paper Presentation: Charles Schmidt, Rhonda Baker, Beth Hayes, and Eva Kwan (Indiana University), “A Descriptive Study of Public School Music Programs in Indiana,” Ford Hall (Simon Building)
11:30 AM Panel Presentation: Ann Clements, Robert Gardner, Joanne Rutkowski, Linda Thornton (Pennsylvania State University), “Musicians, Scholars, and Educators: Intersections in a New Curriculum for Undergraduate Music Education,” Ford Hall
12:20 PM Lunch – on your own. See “Lunch Options” list.
“In-Progress Research Roundtable Luncheon” for Doctoral Students, Mother Bear’s Pizza Parlor, Back Room, 1428 E. Third St.
1:40 PM Paper Presentation: Frederick W. Burrack (Kansas State University) and John W. Scheib (Ball State University), “Designing Partnerships: Enhancing Interaction between University & K-12 Music Educators”; Ford Hall
2:30 PM Panel Presentation: Peter Webster (Northwestern University), Patrice Madura (Indiana University), Maud Hickey (Northwestern University) and John Kratus (Michigan State University), “Intersections: Musical Creativity in Performance, Research and Education,” Ford Hall
3:40 PM Refreshment Break, Second Floor Hallway below Ford Hall.
4:00 PM Singing Hoosiers Performance, directed by Michael Schwartzkopf, including the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Patrice Madura, MAC Lobby
4:30 PM Tour of the MAC Stage
5:00 PM IU Children’s Choir Performance, directed by Ruth Boshkoff, Kathy Domingo, Brent Gault, Jamie Kirsch, and Katherine Strand, MAC Lobby
5:30 PM Break before dinner
6:00 PM & 6:30 Bus Departs from IMU Circle Drive for Oliver Winery, wine tasting/reception as guests arrive. (Please dress warmly; part of the evening is outside.)
7:15 PM Dinner begins, Oliver Winery, with IU Jazz Faculty Combo
9:00 PM & Bus returns to IMU 9:30 PM
Friday, October 21
8:00 AM Continental breakfast, MAC Lobby
8:30 AM Opening Performance, IU Guitarist Daniel Bolshoy, Ford Hall
8:45 AM Institutional Reports and Invitation to University of Michigan* in 2006, Ford Hall Indiana University University of Illinois University of Iowa University of Minnesota Michigan State University Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University University of Wisconsin University of Michigan*
9:35 AM Paper Presentation: Peter Miksza (Indiana University), “Relationships among Selected Individual Difference Variables and Music Practice,” Ford Hall
10:30AM Refreshment Break, Second Floor Hallway below Ford Hall.
10:45 Technology/Paper Presentation: Peter Webster (Northwestern University) “Performance Teaching and Learning at a Distance: The Promise of Video Conferencing for Teaching Music,” Ford Hall
11:35 Roundtable Discussion: “Reflections and Future Directions for CIC,” Ford Hall
12:30 PM Final Performance, The Kuttner Quartet, and Conference End
Rhonda Baker is a doctoral student in music education at Indiana University. She received degrees in music education from Ball State University and Indiana University. She is a specialist in general and vocal music education, has taught private piano and voice, and is very active as a vocal performer. She currently serves as an associate instructor in music education. Her research interests involve untrained listeners’ perception of vocal performance.
Frederick Burrack joined the Kansas State music faculty as an instrumental music education specialist in Fall, 2005. Dr. Burrack holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and a Master of Music Education degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Music Education was received from the University of Illinois-Urbana. Prior to Kansas State, Dr. Burrack taught instrumental music education at Ball State University from 2002-2005.
Ann Clements, Assistant Professor of Music Education, joined the Pennsylvania State School of Music in the fall of 2003. She received both her doctorate in music education and a Master of Arts in Music Education from the University of Washington (Seattle). Her research interests include qualitative and ethnographic studies on musical transmission both with in the United States and Polynesia. She is the current chairman for the Society for Research in Music Education - Special Research Interest Group on the Social Sciences.
Beth Hayes is a doctoral student in music education at Indiana University. She received degrees in music education from Ithaca College and Indiana University. Ms. Hayes taught instrumental and general music in the public schools of New York State and Virginia. She is currently involved in a funded research study involving the development and implementation of a technology curriculum for disadvantaged students in Grades 3-6.
Maud Hickey is Associate Professor of Music Education and Coordinator of the Music Education Program at Northwestern University. At Northwestern she teaches courses in instrumental music education methods, composition in the schools, and research. She has been a contributor to Music Educators Journal, General Music Today, Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning, and Research Studies in Music Education. She is currently the editorial chair, Music Educators Journal, and is an editorial board member, Journal for Technology in Music Learning. Former music instructor and director of bands at public schools in Indiana and Wisconsin, Prof. Hickey received a Bachelor’s of Music Education from Indiana University, a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from Northwestern University.
Robert Gardner joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania State School of Music in 2003 as Instructor of Music Education, specializing in stringed instrument playing and teaching, alternative styles for string ensembles, and orchestral conducting. He received degrees from the Ohio State University and The Eastman School of Music. Prof. Gardner is the current president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Estelle R. Jorgensen is Professor of Music Education at Indiana University, where she teaches graduate courses in the foundations of music education. She is Editor of the Philosophy of Music Education Review, founding chair of the Philosophy SRIG of MENC, founding Co-chair of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, author of In Search of Music Education, Transforming Music Education, and frequent contributor to leading research journals in music education internationally. Australian born, she has taught music in the school grades in Canada, at McGill University, Montreal, and lectured in Finland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. She has led and contributed to six international symposia in the philosophy of music education. Among the various honors for her contributions to the philosophy of music education, she has been named a fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate in music from Andrews University.
John Kratus is Professor of Music Education and Chair of the Music Education area at the Michigan State University School of Music. He received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Northwestern University. Prof. Kratus teaches secondary general music methods, music education foundations, creativity, and philosophy of music education. He is published in the fields of creativity and curriculum development in the Music Educators Journal, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Psychology of Music, Canadian Music Educator, and the Journal of Research in Music Education. Prof. Kratus was previously director of Music Education at Case Western Reserve University for 10 years and has also taught at Bowling Green State University and Northwestern University.
Eva Kwan is a senior doctoral student in music education at Indiana University. She has received degrees from Northcote College of Education in Hong Kong, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education in the United Kingdom, and Westminster Choir College. She is currently an adjunct faculty member in music education at Indiana State University. Her dissertation, which is in progress, examines social psychological factors of secondary choral students in Hong Kong.
Mary Lennon is a Senior Lecturer in Music at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin. She is a graduate of University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and the University of London’s Institute of Education. In addition to her teaching career in piano and music education she has wide performing experience and is in demand for master classes, workshops, examining, and adjudicating. She is a founding member and former President of EPTA Ireland (European Piano Teachers’ Association) and has played an active role in the association both nationally and internationally. Her research interests include piano pedagogy, practice-based research, and instrumental teacher education and she has presented at conferences, lectured, and published on these subjects in Ireland and abroad.
Patrice Madura (Ward-Steinman) is Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Education Department at Indiana University. A specialist in choral music education, vocal jazz, and research, Prof. Madura joined the Indiana University faculty in 2003 after eight years at the University of Southern California where she was also an Associate Professor and Chair. She has conducted various choral ensembles while on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Previously, she taught choral and general music to grades K-12 in California and worked extensively as a pianist. She has published articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Psychology of Music, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, and a book titled Getting Started with Vocal Improvisation published by MENC. This past summer she presented workshops and research on vocal jazz improvisation in Spain, Brazil and Australia.
Peter Miksza is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Education at Indiana University. He has come to Bloomington from New Jersey, where he taught as a middle school band director. Mr. Miksza received his undergraduate degree in music education from The College of New Jersey (1998) and has recently completed the Master’s of Music Education degree from the Indiana University School of Music (2004). Mr. Miksza is currently serving as Coordinator for the Young Winds program at Indiana University which entails working with local middle school band students and undergraduate music teachers-in-training. Among his most recent professional activities include designing a Community Honor Band program for local middle school band students, and presenting a paper at the SMTE Conference in Greensboro, NC.
Joanne Rutkowski, Professor of Music Education, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. She also serves as coordinator of music education. Her research interests include the child singing voice and early childhood music education. Prof. Rutkowski received her degrees in music education from Miami University (Ohio) and the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has written articles for numerous journals including The Journal of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, Update, and The Quarterly, and has published chapters in the Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning and Early Adolescence: Perspectives on Research, Policy, and Intervention. She is also a member of the Music Education Research Council’s Executive Committee.
John Scheib joined the Ball State University music education faculty in the fall of 2002. In addition to his teaching responsibilities in instrumental music education and research, he is a co-director of the BSU Music Technology Resource Lab and is faculty advisor to one of the largest collegiate MENC chapters in the nation. A Wisconsin native, Dr. Scheib earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and graduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prof. Scheib’s research interests include the beliefs and practices of school music teachers, school and music teacher education reform, and music teacher occupational stress. Recent articles authored by Dr. Scheib have been published or are in press in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, and the Indiana Musicator. He currently serves as the Research Chair on the IMEA Board of Directors.
Charles Schmidt is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music Education at Indiana University. He holds degrees from Florida State University, Eastman School of Music, and Indiana University. He taught instrumental music in the public schools in New York State. He has authored over 30 refereed research articles and is currently co-authoring a book on research methods in music education. He has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and Psychology of Music.
Linda Thornton was appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education at Penn State in 2002, having previously served in a similar position at the State University of New York, College at Fredonia. Her research interests include perception and cognition by elementary and middle school instrumentalists, creativity discovery and development for instrumentalists, and teacher recruitment and training. She holds Ph.D. and Master’s degrees from the University of Missouri at Columbia and an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.
Peter R. Webster is John W. Beattie Professor of Music Education and Technology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research at Northwestern University. He received the Ph.D. from Eastman School of Music. Prof. Webster serves as an instrumental music educator and researcher, and has co-authored the book and CD Experiencing Music Technology and many chapters and articles on creative thinking and its assessment. He is a specialist in creative thinking in music and music technology, and is an editorial board member for the Journal for Technology in Music Learning, International Journal of Education in the Arts, Research Studies in Music Education, and Psychomusicology. Prof. Webster also teaches in the music cognition program at Northwestern.
Jaymee Haefner received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Arizona. She has received numerous honors including a first place Laureate prize at the Madame Dulova International Harp Competition in Moscow, Russia, and performing at the World Harp Congress in Prague. Ms. Haefner was a winner in the University of Arizona’s 2001 President’s Concerto Competition, and the Indiana University harp competition of 2003. She has been featured as a concerto soloist in Tucson and Los Angeles and as a solo artist in Mexico. Additionally, she appears on recordings with the acclaimed harpist Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, the Desert Voices Choir, Over the Waterfall, and Harp Fusion. Currently, Ms. Haefner is working on her doctoral degree with Susann McDonald at Indiana University. Ms. Haefner is the adjunct lecturer in harp at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, and she performs with the Bloomington Pops Orchestra and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.
The IU Brass Choir is directed by Edmund Cord. Prof. Cord was Principal Trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and Santa Fe Opera. He was a soloist with Israel Philharmonic, Bangkok Symphony, and Utah Symphony. He has been guest Principal Trumpet with the symphony orchestras of Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Houston, and San Diego. Prof. Cord has performed with Doc Severinsen, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini, Marvin Hamlisch, the Moody Blues, and others in jazz and commercial genres. Often requested for commercial recording dates, he performs frequently with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Indianapolis Chamber Brass Choir, Broadway touring companies, big bands, and other ensembles. He served as Director of the Bangkok Trumpet and Brass Festival in 2004 and from 1994-2000 was brass coach and the trumpet faculty of the Asian Youth Orchestra. A charter member of the International Trumpet Guild, Prof. Cord coaches and conducts various ensembles and is Director of the Indiana University Brass Choir. Prof. Cord has presented master classes, clinics, and workshops in brass performance in Australia, Israel, and throughout Asia and North America. The members of the Brass Choir are all students in the School of Music. At the opening session of the conference, the Brass Choir will perform CIC FANFARE: Quodlibet on Themes from the Big Ten by David Ward-Steinman and O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen.
David Ward-Steinman composed the CIC FANFARE: Quodlibet on Themes from the Big Ten on commission from the IU Music Education Department for this conference. Prof. Ward-Steinman is presently alternating semesters between Indiana University, where he is Adjunct Professor of Music in the spring, and San Diego State University in the fall as Distinguished Professor of Music, Emeritus. He has received many national and state awards for his compositions and teaching, including the Bearns Prize from Columbia University; four BMI-SCA awards; First prize in Phi Mu Alpha, SAI, and National Federation of Music Clubs composition contests; the Dohnanyi Citation and Outstanding Alumnus of the Year awards from Florida State University; the Outstanding Professor Award from the Trustees of the California State Universities and Colleges; and was a White House reception honoree. Commissions include those from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, San Diego Ballet, California Ballet, Music Teachers National Association, National Associations of College Wind Ensemble, and recently the San Diego Symphony. Other orchestral works have been performed by the Japan Philharmonic, New Orleans Philharmonic , San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra USA, Seattle Symphony, City of London Sinfonia, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Brevard Festival Orchestra, Idyllwild Festival Orchestra, and others. He has appeared as piano soloist with many of the orchestras above in standard literature as well as his own.
The Indiana University Children’s Choir Program is directed by Brent Gault, Assistant Professor of Music Education at I.U. Prof. Gault is currently the President-elect of the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and is in constant demand nationally for workshops at national conferences of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, the Dalcroze Society of America and the Organization of American Kodály Educators. His articles have been published in various music education periodicals, including the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Kodály Envoy, the Orff Echo, and the American Dalcroze Journal. The IUCC.is made up of 130 singers in six choirs, ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years. Four of those choirs will be performing at the CIC Conference: the Descant Choir (2nd & 3rd grades) directed by Katherine Strand with Debra Ponella, accompanist; the Treble Choir (4th & 5th grades) directed by Ruth Boshkoff and Kathy Domingo with Hillary Sullivan, accompanist; the Boys’ Choir (3rd-5th grades) directed by Brent Gault with Jonathan Stanley, accompanist; and the Chamber Choir (6th-8th grades) directed by Jamie Kirsch with Stephanie Stevens, accompanist.
The Singing Hoosiers have been directed by Michael Schwartzkopf since 1995. Professor Schwartzkopf, Pam and Jack Burks Professorship Chair in Music, is a versatile conductor and vocalist. He holds a joint appointment in the Choral and Music Education Departments in the School of Music and is an active adjudicator, clinician, and festival conductor of state, regional, and all-state choirs throughout the United States. Dr. Schwartzkopf is currently the President of the Central Division of ACDA. The Singing Hoosiers shine as one of America’s premiere collegiate concert show choirs. Averaging 115 members, the Singing Hoosiers feature collegiate performers from the IU School of Music, as well as students with a variety of other majors, from business to chemistry to political science. They perform American popular music, jazz, and Broadway favorites with dazzling choreography, energy and style. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble, newly-directed by Prof. Patrice Madura, is an auditioned group from within the Singing Hoosiers whose focus is on authentic jazz repertoire and improvisation.
Daniel Bolshoy, Guitarist, is working toward a DMA in Guitar Performance with Ernesto Bitteti with a minor in Music Education. Mr. Bolshoy has performed for many prestigious festivals including the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Halifax Guitar Festival, the Indian River Music Festival and the West Ben Arts Festival. Mr. Bolshoy has won international top prizes including the Canadian Music Competition, the Ben Steinberg Music Competition, the Music Teachers' National Association Collegiate Artist Competition, The Portland International Guitar Competition, The Douglas Sholin Memorial Competition, and the Stevens Competition in Arizona Daniel. Mr. Bolshoy has released two CD recordings on the Boldan Music label. His performance during the opening session on Friday, October 21 will consist of Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tarrega), “Andante and Allegretto” from Sonatina in A (Federico Moreno-Torroba), and Scherzo-Vals (Miguel Llobet).
The Kuttner Quartet is composed of Sarah Kim-Violin, Robin Scott-Violin, Yoojin Cho-Viola Ana Kim-Cello, students in the Indiana University School of Music chosen by competition to spend a year working together in this Quartet. For the closing session of the Conference, the Quartet will perform the first movement of Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810.