The Second International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education
Apr. 15-17, 2009
Paramount Plaza Hotel and Suites
Gainesville, FL
Keynotes & Special Guest Presenters
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Richard ColwellMany Voices, One Goal: Practices of Large-scale Music Assessment Richard Colwell is professor emeritus at the University of Illinois with his most recent appointment at the New England Conservatory of Music. He is a member of MENC’s Hall of Fame and has held a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and a William J Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship. He has published music tests for the Follett Educational Corporation and Silver-Burdett Ginn and wrote a text on evaluation in music for Prentice-Hall. At the state level, he has worked on assessment issues with Illinois, Alabama, Indiana, Minnesota, and New York and is presently the arts assessment consultant to the Boston Public Schools. He edited the Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning for MENC and Schirmer and co-edited, with Carol Richardson, The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning for MENC and Oxford University Press. He founded the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. Recent publications include, with Elizabeth Wing, is An Orientation to Music Education: Structural Knowledge for Teaching Music (2004) and the editing of two research oriented handbooks for MENC, one in the field of cognition and the other in research strategies (2006). |
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David ElliottAssessing the Conept of "Assessment": Some Philosophical Perspectives David J. Elliott is Professor of Music and Music Education at New York University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. From 1977 to 2002 he was Professor of Music Education at the University of Toronto. During his tenure at Toronto he also held visiting professorships at several other universities including Indiana, North Texas, Northwestern, and Limerick (Ireland). He is the author of Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education, editor of Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues, and founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Community Music. His articles have appeared in a wide range of journals including Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, International Journal of Music Education, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Research Studies in Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Music Education. He has presented more than 200 conference papers and guest lectures at universities in many countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Finland, Germany, Holland, Israel, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Norway, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. In addition, he is an award-winning composer/arranger with many works published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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Edwin GordonThe Crucial Role of Aptitudes in Music Instruction The Nature and Description of Audiation After receiving bachelors and masters degrees in string bass performance from the Eastman School of Music and a second masters degree in education from Ohio University, Dr. Gordon attended the University of Iowa, where he earned a Ph.D. As a professor of music, he held the Carl E. Seashore Chair for Research in Music Education at Temple University, Philadelphia, where he was presented with both the Lindback and Great Teacher Awards. Prior to his association with Temple, Dr. Gordon taught at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York at Buffalo. At the University of Iowa, Dr. Gordon became General Editor of Studies in the Psychology of Music, and the school recently honored him with their Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Gordon was most recently inducted into the MENC Hall of Fame, and he is currently a professor of music at Michigan State University. Dr. Gordon’s five most well-known books are The Psychology of Music Teaching, Learning Sequences in Music, Introduction to Research and the Psychology of Music, Rhythm: Contrasting the Implications of Audiation and Notation, and A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children. He has also written more than a dozen monographs and is a co-author of the general music series Jump Right In: The Music Curriculum and Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series. Included among the seven standardized tests he developed are the Musical Aptitude Profile; the Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced Measure of Music Audiation; the Iowa Tests of Music Literacy; the Instrument Timbre Preference Test; and the Harmonic and Rhythm Improvisation Readiness Records. Dr. Gordon’s primary interests are research in the psychology of music, music aptitudes, music-learning theory, and audiation. He presents seminars and lectures throughout the world, most recently in Germany, Belgium, Korea, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, England, Canada, and Hawaii. He also publishes widely in international research and professional journals. |
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Linda LovinsAssessment in the Arts: An Overview of States’ Practices and Status Dr. Linda Lovins is the Arts Education Specialist for the Florida Department of Education. She holds degrees in K-12 Music Education from the Crane School of Music at Potsdam State University, Potsdam, New York; and in Choral Music Education from The Florida State University. A veteran K-20 music educator, Dr. Lovins held various leadership positions in New York State prior to moving to Tallahassee in 1998. As Program Director for the Florida Alliance for Arts Education, Dr. Lovins led advocacy efforts and development of curricular materials and programs. Now at the Florida Department of Education, she works with state and national arts education associations and agencies; provides direction for major initiatives and programs; provides professional development across Florida; and works extensively with Standards, curricula, and model programs in Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art. Dr. Lovins currently serves as the Vice President of the State Education Agency Arts Education Directors. She also directs the Chancel Choir at Lafayette Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee.
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Scott ShulerConnecticut's Common Arts Assessment Initiative: Helping Teachers Improve Music Learning in a Data-Driven School Environment Presenting with: Richard Wells Scott C. Shuler is the Arts Education specialist in the Connecticut State Department of Education. He previously served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for the Simsbury Public Schools and as an associate professor at California State University, Long Beach. An experienced K-12 and college music teacher and active clinician, Dr. Shuler holds numerous awards for teaching, writing, and leadership from state and national organizations. He served on the task forces that developed America’s National Standards in Music and the 1997 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the Arts, co-chaired the CCSSO interstate arts assessment consortium, is past president of the National Council of State Supervisors of Music and president-elect of MENC: The National Association for Music Education.
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Keith ThompsonTeacher Constructed Tools for Assessing Listener Musicianship Keith Thompson is Professor Emeritus of Music Education from The Pennsylvania State University where he co-ordinated the music education program. A recognized authority on listening to music, Dr. Thompson currently teaches on-line music appreciation courses for Penn State and short courses for the Center for Lifelong Learning of Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Dr. Thompson holds a Ph. D. in Music Education from Case-Western Reserve University and has served on the faculties of The Ohio State University, University of Illinois, and Valdosta State in addition to his more than 30 years at Penn State. He has published more that 75 articles on various aspects of music education and has presented workshops for music teachers throughout this country and in Taiwan. Dr. Thompson currently lives on Amelia Island, Florida where he is President of the Board of Directors for the Amelia Arts Academy, soloist with the Amelia Island Chamber Singers, and Education Co-ordinator for the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. |
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Richard WellsConnecticut's Common Arts Assessment Initiative: Helping Teachers Improve Music Learning in a Data-Driven School Environment Presenting with: Scott Shuler Richard Wells recently retired from his position as the Director of Music and Performing Arts for the Simsbury Public Schools. He is currently the Music Chair for the Connecticut Common Music Assessment Initiative, providing guidance to a diverse group of teachers from Connecticut's schools who are developing statewide assessments at the 2nd, 5th, 8th and 12th grade level based on the Three Artistic Processes. Richard has served as Chair of the Connecticut Arts Administrator's Association, and the National Council of Supervisors of Music Education. He is a member of the New England Arts Assessment Network, and has served on the editorial board of the MEJ. Richard has been involved in a number of local, state, national curriculum and assessment projects. These have included be a contributor to the SCASS/Arts Education Consortium, and chairing Connecticut’s Cross District Music Assessment Benchmarking Project. The results of the later are posted on CTCurriculum.org.
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