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Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman

Professor of Music

Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman is a Professor of Music (Music Education) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.  A specialist in choral music education, vocal jazz, and research, Patrice Madura came to I.U. in 2003 after serving as faculty member and department chair at the University of Southern California, and as faculty member and conductor of choral ensembles at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.  She taught choral and general music to grades K-12 in California, and worked extensively as a pianist.  Professor Madura has articles published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Psychology of Music, and Jazz Research Paper Proceedings; and a chapter in Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom (2006).  She is also the author of Getting Started with Vocal Improvisation, published by MENC, and she regularly presents workshops and research on vocal jazz improvisation at national and international music education conferences.  Madura is currently the director of the Singing Hoosiers Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the faculty sponsor for the I.U. American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) collegiate chapter.

Courses taught:

Freshman Colloquium in Music Education (E131)
Secondary Choral Methods and Materials (M343)
Choral Literature for Secondary Schools (F413)
Vocal Jazz Productions for the Choral Director (F411)
Vocal Jazz Ensemble (X420)
Research Methods (E520, E531, E532)
Doctoral Seminar I (E658)

Founding Faculty Advisor for IU ACDA chapter

 


Publications

Books and Book Contributions:

 

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2009).  Becoming a Choral Music Teacher:  A Field Experience Workbook.   New York:  Routledge.

 Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2009).  Madura’s Danceland, Images of America Series.  Chicago: Arcadia Press. 

Mark, M. & Madura, P. (2010).  Music Education in Your Hands:  An Introduction for Future Teachers.  New York: Routledge. 

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2010).  Contributor of five biographical articles for the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Madura, P.D. (1999).  Getting Started with Vocal Improvisation.  Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield and MENC.  (Invited 2nd edition in progress)

Madura, P. (2006).  Learning to Teach in the City:  Privileged Music Education Majors Reach Underprivileged Children in an After-School Music   Partnership.  In C. Frierson-Campbell’s  (Academic Ed.) Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom: A Guide to Leadership, Teacher         Education          and Reform, Vol. 2 (pp. 115-122). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield and          MENC.

Madura, P., Contributor (2003). In C. A. Lindeman (Ed.) Benchmarks in Action:  A Guide to Standards-Based Assessment in Music. Reston, VA:   MENC.

Madura, P.D., Contributor (1999).  Lesson Plans.  In R. Cutietta,(Ed.)  Strategies for Teaching Specialized Ensemble (pp. 45-48).  Reston, VA: MENC.

Madura, P.D., Contributor (1996).  Lesson Plan.  In J.M. Hinkley & S.M. Shull (Eds.), Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level General Music (pp. 49-50).  Reston, VA: MENC.

 

Refereed Research Articles:

 

Madura Ward-Steinman (in press).  Madura’s Danceland: Indiana’s Legendary Ballroom (1929-1967). Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. 

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (Summer, 2008).  Vocal Improvisation by Australian and American  University Jazz Singers:  Case Studies of Outliers’ Musical Influences.  Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 177, 29-43. 

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (April, 2008).  Vocal Improvisation and Creative Thinking by Australian and American University Jazz Singers:  A Factor Analytic Study.  Journal of Research in Music Education, 56(1), 5-17.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (in press).  Vocal Improvisation and Creative Thinking by Australian and American University Jazz Singers:  A Factor Analytic Study.  Journal of Research in Music Education.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P.  (2007).  Oscar Peterson:  A Historical View of his Style and PedagogyJazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 37.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (Spring, 2007).  Confidence in Teaching Improvisation According to the K-12 Achievement Standards:  Surveys of Vocal Jazz Workshop Participants and Undergraduates.  Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 172, 1-16.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2006).   The Development of an After-School Music Program For At-Risk Children:  Student Musical Preferences and Pre-service Teacher Reflections.  International Journal of Music Education: Research, 24(1), 85-96.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2005).  Teaching Improvisation According to the U.S. National Standards for Arts Education:  Vocal Jazz Workshop Participants’ Confidence Levels in 1998 through 2005.  A Celebration of Voices: Australian Society for Music Education Inc. XV National Conference Proceedings, 175-183.

Madura, P. (2004, inaugural issue).  A Model for Teaching Creative Vocal Jazz Improvisation. ARTSPRAXIS, 1(1), 13-17.   (also www.nyu.edu/education/music/artspraxis)

 

Madura, P.D. (2002, released 2004).  A Creativity Model for Teaching Stylistic Improvisation.  Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music   Education 2001, 87-98.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P.  (2003). Musical Training and Compensation in the Big Band Era:  A Case Study of Madura’s Danceland from 1930-1950.     Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 24(2), 164-177.

Madura Ward-Steinman, P. (2002).  Musician Salaries during the Big Band Era.  Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 32, 74-78.

 

Madura, P.D. (2001).  In Dialogue: A Response to David Carr, Can White Man Play the Blues?: Music, Learning Theory, and Performance Knowledge.  Philosophy of Music Education Review, 9(1), 60-62.

 

Madura, P.D. (Summer, 2000).  Dissertation Review--Elements of Jazz Piano Pedagogy: A Content Analysis by Monika Herzig.  Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, 145, 77-82.

Madura, P.D. (2000).  Vocal Jazz Directors’ Confidence in Teaching Improvisation as Specified by the National Standards for Arts Education: A Pilot Study.  Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 20, 31-37.

Madura, P.D.  (1999). Gender and Vocal Jazz Improvisation Skills.  Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 19, 30-34.

Madura, P.D. (1997).  Relationships Between Selected Jazz Experiences and Improvisation Ability in Singers.  Jazz Research Proceedings yearbook, 17, 116-120.

Madura, P.D. (1996).  Relationships Among Vocal Jazz Improvisation Achievement, Jazz Theory Knowledge, Imitative Ability, Musical Experience, Creativity, and Gender.  Journal of Research in Music Education, 44(3), 252-267.

Madura, P.D. (1995). An Exploratory Investigation of the Assessment of Vocal Jazz Improvisation.  Psychology of Music, 23, 48-62.

Madura, P.D. (1992).  Relationships Among Vocal Jazz Improvisation Achievement, Jazz Theory Knowledge, Imitative Ability, Previous Music Experience, General Creativity, and Gender.  (Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, 1992).  Dissertation Abstracts International, 5417 (Order Number 9307490).

Madura, P.D. (1991).  Relationships among Vocal Jazz Improvisation Ability and Selected Performer Characteristics: An Exploratory Study.  Southeastern Journal of Music Education, 3, 42-53.

 

Teaching Articles:

 

Madura, P.D. (2000).  A Gourmet’s Feast of Knowledge.  CMEA Magazine.

Madura, P.D. (1999).  Musical Excellence Lives On:  In Memory of Jean Sinor.  CMEA Magazine, 52(4), 7-8.

Madura, P. D. (1999).  Collaborative Learning and Music:  Fine Tuning the Process.  USC     Center for excellence in Teaching website, http://www.usc.edu/admin/provost/cet/Publications/White Papers/white papers.html 

Madura, P.D. (1999).  Teacher Success: What They Don’t Teach You in College.  CMEA Magazine, 52(3), 9.

Madura, P.D. (1998).  Collaborative Music Learning: So What’s New?  CMEA Magazine, 52(2), 11, 13.

Madura, P.D. (1998).  A Time to Unify.  CMEA News, 51(3), 37.

Madura, P.D. (1997).  Jazz Improvisation for the Vocal Student.  Teaching Music, 4(6), 26-28.

Madura, P.D. (1997).  Why Creative People Do Research.  CMEA News, 51(2), 25.

Madura, P.D. (1997).  Overture for Educators.  CMEA News, 50(3), 34.

Madura, P.D. (1996).  Leaders into the 21st Century.  CMEA News, 50(2), 33.

 


                                                                 PRESENTATIONS             

Research Presentations

“Vocal Improvisation by Australian and American University Jazz Singers:  Case Studies of Outliers’ Musical Influences.”  (Research poster presented at the MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 9-12, 2008)

 “An Examination of Creative Thinking and Musical Background as Factors in Jazz and Free Improvisation Skill in Australian and American College Singers.”  (Research paper presented at the International Society for Improvised Music’s Second Annual Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, December 14-16, 2007)

“Vocal Improvisation and Creative Thinking by Australian and American University Jazz     Singers:  A Factor Analytic Study.”  (Research paper presented at the Society for Research in Music Education’s Research Symposium I, University of Kansas, July 5-8, 2007)

“Oscar Peterson:  A Historical View of his Style and Pedagogy.”   (Research Paper Presented at the 34th Annual International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, NY, January 10-13, 2007)

“Teaching Improvisation According to the National Standards for Arts Education:  An Examination of Confidence Levels of Vocal Jazz Workshop Participants in the United States, Brazil and Australia.” (Research Poster presented at the MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19-23, 2006)

“Canadian Legend Oscar Peterson:  Insights from the Master Pianist.”  (Paper presented at the College Music Society National Conference in Quebec City, Montreal, Canada, November 3-6, 2005)

“Intersections:  Musical Creativity in Performance, Research and Education.”  (Paper presented at the CIC Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN,  October 19-21, 2005).

“A Survey of Improvisation Teaching Confidence in American Choral Music Teachers.”  (Paper presented at the Comunicantus: International Seminar on Choral Singing and Music Education, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 10, 2005)

 “Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Research and Practice”  (Guest Lecture presented at Principal Study Forum for Improvisation Voice Majors, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, July 22, 2005)

“Vocal Jazz Improvisation Ability:  Predictors, Factors and Standards” (Guest Research Lecture presented at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, July 22, 2005)

 

“Teaching Improvisation According to the U.S. National Standards for Arts Education:  Vocal Jazz Workshop Participants’ Confidence Levels in 1998 through 2005.”  (Paper presented at the Australian Society for Music Education {ASME XV} National Conference:  A Celebration of Voices, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, July 3-7, 2005)

“Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Creative or Not?” (Paper presented at the SEMPRE:  Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research Conference: Musical Creativity in Culture  and Mind, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 16, 2005)

“Vocal Music Directors’ Confidence in Teaching Improvisation as Specified by the National Standards for Arts Education:  A Pilot Study.” (Research poster presented at the MENC 59th National Biennial In-Service Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 16, 2004.)

“After-School Music Classes for At-Risk Children in Los Angeles:  Musical Preferences and Teacher Reflections.”  (Research poster presented at the Orff National Conference, Louisville, KY, November 15, 2003.)

“A Model for Teaching and Assessing Vocal Jazz Improvisation” (Paper presented at the Forum on Assessment in Arts Education, New York University, August 3-4, 2003.)

 “Musician Salaries during the Big Band Era: Madura’s Danceland from 1930-1950.  (Paper

Presented at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Long Beach, California, January 2002.)

“A Creativity Model for Teaching  Stylistic Improvisation.” (Paper presented at the Desert Skies Symposium for Research in Music Education, Tucson, Arizona, February 2001.)

“A Model for Teaching Stylistic Improvisation." (Paper presented at the New Directions in Music Education Conference: Teaching Composition and Improvisation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, September 2000.)

“The Meaning of the Blues: A Response to David Carr’s ‘Can White Man Play the Blues?: Music, Learning Theory and Performance Knowledge.’”  (Invited paper presented at the Philosophy of Music Education Symposium IV, Birmingham, England, June 2000.)

“Musician Salaries During the Big Band Era: Madura’s Danceland from 1930-1950.”  (Poster presented at the CMEA State Conference, Sacramento, California, March 2000.)

“Vocal Music Directors’ Confidence in Teaching Improvisation as Specified by the National Standards for Arts Education: A Pilot Study.”  (Paper presented at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2000.)

“Gender and Vocal Jazz Improvisation Skills.”   (Paper presented at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Anaheim, California, January 1999.)

“Relationships Between Selected Jazz Experiences and Improvisation Ability in Singers. “ (Paper presented at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Chicago, Illinois, January 1997.)

“An Exploratory Investigation of the Assessment of Vocal Jazz Improvisation.”  (Poster presented at the MENC Regional Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1995.)

“Relationships Between Aspects of Vocal Jazz Improvisation Achievement and Selected Performer Characteristics.”  (Paper presented at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 1993.)

“Predictors of Vocal Jazz Improvisation Achievement in Undergraduates.”  (Paper presented at the Indiana Music Educators Association State Conference, Indianapolis, IN, January 1993.)

“Relationships Among Vocal Jazz Improvisation Ability and Selected Performer Characteristics:  An Exploratory Study.”  (Paper presented at the Southeastern Music Educators Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, May 1991.)

 

Teaching Presentations/Courses

“Scat Singing:  Unraveling the Mystery.”  (Invited workshop for Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN, February, 2008)

“Vocal Jazz Pedagogy.”  (Invited Guest Professor at Central Connecticut State University’s Summer Music Institute, Graduate course, New Britain, CT, July 23-27, 2007)

 “Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Unraveling the Mystery.”  (Invited workshop presented at the Indiana Choral Directors Association Conference, Indianapolis, July 18, 2007)

“Improvisation in the Vocal Jazz Ensemble:  Teaching Strategies for Choral Musicians.”  (Invited session for the MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19-23, 2006)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Essentials for Choral Music Educators” (Workshop presented at the ACDA Central Division Convention in Chicago, IL, February 16-18, 2006)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Unraveling the Mystery” (Workshop presented at the IMEA State Convention in Indianapolis, IN, January 13-14, 2006) 

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Essentials for Choral Music Educators”  (Invited Workshop presented at the Comunicantus: International Seminar on Choral Singing and Music Education, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 10, 2005)

Invited Guest vocal coach for BopEra Ensemble, University of Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2005

 “Teaching Improvisation in the Vocal Jazz Ensemble: Unraveling the Mystery.”  (Workshop  presented at the Australian Society for Music Education {ASME XV} National Conference:  A Celebration of Voices, Melbourne, Victoria, July 3-7, 2005)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Essentials for Choral Music Educators," (Educational session presented at the College Music Society International Conference, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá, de Henares {Madrid}, Spain, June 13-17, 2005)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Unraveling the Mystery.” (Invited Educational session presented at the 2005 Organization of Kodály Educators National Conference, Springfield, MA, March 10, 2005)

 “Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Unraveling the Mystery.” (Invited Music Education Convocation presented at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, January 25, 2005)

 “Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation:  Unraveling the Mystery.”  (Educational session presented at the MENC 59th National Biennial In-Service Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 15, 2004.)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz and Improvisation.”  (Invited Guest Professor at Central Connecticut State University’s Summer Music Institute, Graduate course, New Britain, CT, July 2002.)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz.”  (Invited Guest Professor at Central Connecticut State University’s Summer Music Institute, Graduate course, New Britain, CT, July 2000.)

“Teaching Authentic Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Where Do We Begin?”  (Educational session presented at the National Association for Music Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 1998.)

“Teaching Vocal Jazz Improvisation: Where Do We Begin?”  (Educational session presented at the California Music Educators Association State Conference, Ontario, California, March 1999; and the CMEA State Conference, Sacramento, California, March 1998.)

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND RECORDING

Guest Conductor, Butler University Vocal Jazz Festival, Indianapolis, November 13-14, 2009

I.U. Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Spring 2008, Director, Patrice Madura

Performance of Meader’s ‘Round Midnight

Marietta Simpson’s Faculty Recital, Auer Hall, March 2, 2008

Performances of Meader’s ‘Round Midnight and Lady Be Good; Oo-Pop-Dah:

Music Education Recital, Ford-Crawford Hall, March 21, 2008

Singing Hoosiers’ Spring Concert, IU Auditorium, April 5, 2008 

Vocal Jazz Ensemble of the Singing Hoosiers, Fall 2007, Director, Patrice Madura

Performances of Weir’s A Holiday Jazz Trio and Potter’s A Child is Born

Music Education Recital, Ford-Crawford Hall, November 2, 2007

Chimes of Christmas Concert, IU Auditorium, December 5, 2007

Performances of Meader’s Sing, Sing, Sing; Puerling’s London By Night; Crenshaw’s Scat in C:

Gold Company Vocal Jazz Festival, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 24, 2007 Singing Hoosiers Spring Concert, IU Auditorium, March 31, 2007

Vocal Jazz Ensemble of the Singing Hoosiers, Fall 2006, Director Patrice Madura

Performances of Warrington’s It’s the Holiday Season, Here Comes Santa Claus and Zegree’s Christmastime is Here: 

IU Jazz Holiday Concert, Music Annex, November 29, 2006

Chimes of Christmas Concert, IU Auditorium, December 6, 2006

Vocal Jazz Ensemble of the Singing Hoosiers, Spring 2006, Director Patrice Madura

Performance of Edenroth’s A Cappella in Acapulco, Mattson’s Wonderful World:

Singing Hoosiers Spring Concert, IU Auditorium, April 1, 2006

Vocal Jazz Ensemble of the Singing Hoosiers, Fall 2005, Director Patrice Madura

Performance of Zegree’s How High the Moon, Richards’ That Lonesome Road:

CIC Conference, MAC Lobby, Indiana University, October 20, 2005

Performance of Puerling’s Christmas Song, Santa Claus is Coming to Town:

Chimes of Christmas Concert, IU Auditorium, December 7, 2005

Vocal Ensembles Coach, Patrice Madura

Performance of Glenn Miller’s Perfidia and T. Dorsey’s On the Sunny Side of the Street

Big Band Extravaganza, IU Musical Arts Center, April 11, 2005

A Celebration of Voices:  Australian Society for Music Education (ASME XV) National Conference, Substitute Guest Choral Conductor Patrice Madura

Performance of Mattson’s What a Wonderful World:

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, July 6, 2005

Comunicantus: International Seminar on Choral Singing, Guest Conductor Patrice Madura Performance of Shaw’s Cheek to Cheek, Cross’s Blue Monk, Mattson’s Wonderful World:

University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 12, 2005

Duo-Pianists:  David and Patrice Ward-Steinman; Performances of David Ward-Steinman’s:

Flight!  for Two Pianos:  I. Second Hands, II. Fantango,  III. Garuda Dublin Dawn for Two Pianos Visiting Artist Series, Indiana State University Department of Music, Terre Haute, IN, April 3, 2006

Guest Recital, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, March 3, 2004

College Music Society Pacific Southern Conference, Fullerton, CA, March 22, 2003

LMTA/MTNA Commissioned Composition Premiere of Flight! for Two Pianos, Baton Rouge, LA, October 11, 2002

San Diego State University Faculty New Music Ensemble Concert, October 2001

College Music Society International Conference, Limerick, Ireland, World Premiere of Dublin Dawn for Two Pianos, July 2001

Madura, Patrice (CD, 2000).  Keyboard soloist in “CHROMA CONCERTO for Multiple Keyboards, Percussion and Chamber Orchestra” on Three Concertos by David Ward-Steinman, Fleur de Son Classics.

 



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