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Please see the department faculty Biographies.

Send faculty mail to: Music Education Department, Jacobs School of Music, 1201 East 3rd Street, M145J, Bloomington, IN 47405

Active Faculty

Brenda Brenner bbrenner@indiana.edu : (812-855-0989) String methods, Violin Pedagogy I, Violin Pedagogy II,  Administration of School Bands and Orchestras (team taught with Patrick Casey), String Pedagogy, Applied Violin Teaching

Brent Gault bgault@indiana.edu: (812-855-7993) Coordination of undergraduate music education, Elementary Music Education, Music in Early Childhood, Children's Choir, Kodály. Director of summer Kodály Institute, Program Director for the Indiana University Children's Choir

Estelle Jorgensen  jorgense@indiana.edu: (812-855-4430) Foundations of Music Education, Curriculum, History and Philosophy of Music Education, Philosophical and Historical Research, Comparative Music Education, College Music Teaching, Sociology of Music

Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman  pwardste@indiana.edu: (812-855-7738)Research Methods in Music, Secondary Choral Methods, Choral Literature, Vocal Jazz Productions, Freshman Colloquium in Music Education, Faculty advisor for IU ACDA chapter.    

Lissa May lamay@indiana.edu: (812-855-6343) Department Chair, Instrumental Methods, Student Teaching Supervision, Faculty sponsor of the Young Winds program

Charles P. Schmidt  schmidtc@indiana.edu: (812-855-7253) Measurement, Learning Theories, Psychology of Music, Quantitative Research 

Michael Schwartzkopf* michschw@indiana.edu: (812-855-4044) Choral Conducting Methods, Musical Productions, Singing Hoosiers

Katherine Strand kstrand@indiana.edu: (812-856-5105) General Methods k-12, Introduction to Music Learning and Teaching, Experimental Teaching in General Music k-12, Music Education Master Class, Advisor to Indiana's collegiate chapter of MENC, Director for the Indiana University Children's Choir       

School of Music Contributing Faculty

 

Stephen W. Pratt pratts@indiana.edu: (812-812-855-1372) Director of Bands, Wind Conducting and Literature, Administration of Bands and Orchestras, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble

Paul Popiel* ppopiel@indiana.edu: (812-812-855-1372) Administration of Bands, Wind Conducting, Instrumental Methods, Concert Band, Marching Hundred  

David Woodley*  dcwoodle@indiana.edu: (812-855-1372) Marching Band Techniques, Arranging, Concert Band, Marching Hundred

Dr. Jeffrey D. Gershman*: (812- 855-1372) Administration of String Orchestras

KatherineDomingo* kdomingo@indiana.edu: Director of the International Vocal Ensemble

Staff

Linda Bucklin, Administrative Secretary  lbbuckli@indiana.edu (812-855-2051)                  

Emeritus Faculty  

Mary Goetze: Creator of the Indiana University Children's Choir and the International Vocal Ensemble

Ray Cramer: Wind conducting and literature, history of bands

Leon Fosha (1921-2008) : Student teaching supervision, music education administration 

Michael V. W. Gordon: Introduction to music education, choral conducting, political and cultural studies in music education 

Robert H. Klotman: String music education, music education administration         

Stanley Schleuter: Instrumental music education, music educaiton administration



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