GRADUATE FACULTY

MUSIC EDUCATION

 

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Melissa McCabe
Alicia Mueller - is Associate Professor of Music at Towson University specializing in Early Childhood/Elementary vocal-general music education and Orff Techniques. Before coming to Towson she was Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Education Division at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Dr. Mueller is a graduate of Tennessee Tech University, University of Illinois and Arizona State University. She has extensive public school teaching experience in Northern Virginia and Arizona. She currently serves as the Maryland Music Educators Association Collegiate Chapter Advisor. Teaching areas: Elementary/Early childhood vocal/general music, Orff Techniques, Movement and music, Multiculturalism integration/collaboration, Student Teacher Supervision/Observation; Graduate MUED 635: Theory, Pedagogy, Curriculum Development in Dalcroze, Orff and Kodaly.
 
Dana Rothlisberger Director of Bands and conductor of the Symphonic and Marching Bands. Served as Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Arizona. Bands under his direction have received high acclaim and superior ratings in numerous festivals and have performed at state and divisional conventions. His professional memberships include the Maryland Band Directors Association, Maryland Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the National Band Association, (he is currently Maryland State Chairman for NBA). He just finished a term as Northeast District Governor for Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from East Texas State University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Maryland. He is in demand as an adjudicator and clinician. His biography is included in the 1989-90 volume of Who's Who in American Education and the 48th edition (1993) of Who's Who in America. He received a Faculty Excellence Award from Towson University in 1997. Teaching area: Research Methods in Music Education, MUED 695.

Part Time
 
Alicia Barksdale - adjunct professor of music specializing in Adaptive Strategies for Today's Classroom: Introduction to Music Therapy. Ms. Barksdale is a Certified Music Therapist teaching at the Kennedy-Krieger Institute in Baltimore.
 
Mark Craig
 
Keith Derrickson
 
Bernard Hynson
 
Sherrie Norwitz

Summer
Martha Crowell - adjunct professor of music specializing in Dalcroze-Orff and Kodaly for the Classroom Level II. 
 
Paul Dembowski
 
Louis Persic
 
Jeanne Ruviella-Knorr Is emeritus professor of Music Education at Towson Universiuty and a Ph.D. candidate, University of Maryland. She holds an M.M. from the University of Southern California, a Dalcroze, Orff, and Kodaly Certificate from The Manhattan School of Music and a Dalcroze Certificate from The Longy School of Music. Teaching areas: Dalcroze-Orff-Kodaly for the Classroom I, MUED 630 (summer only), Theory, Pedagogy and Curriculum Development in Dalcroze, Orff and Kodaly, MUED 635 (summer only).

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