Current Research Projects
NTMS (Non-traditional Music Students): The Other 80%. Current personal research focuses on teaching strategies for a population of students I refer to as "non-traditional music students" or NTMS. These students represent the "Other 80%" of grades 7-12 students not being reached by the traditional, performing ensembles in secondary education. From the work of my graduate students and anecdotal data collect from school teachers around the country, I have begun to compile information related to this population, including successful teaching strategies and innovative coursework. In all of these incidents, new music technology tools have provided the catalyst for reaching the creative and music interests of these students. Some of the key points are noted in a handout prepared for the recent Tanglewood II Symposium on Music Education and Technology at the University of Minnesota with key points from my presentation. Be sure to check the Resources page for music technology support tools and documents.Music Technology Publications (all files PDF format unless otherwise noted)
- MusicXML: The New Link Between Sibelius and Finale (Article for the January TI:ME Newsletter, 2008)
- The 2008 CMS National Topic Was Just a Clicker Away (2007)
- Classroom Technology Roundtable Handout (Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Jan 2007)
- iTunes U Coming to a Campus Near U (CMS March Newsletter, Winter 2006)
- Technology Help for the Teachers Who Teach the Teachers (TI:ME Publication, Summer 2005)
- Integrating Music Technology Into the Classroom: Part I (Vol 6.3) and Part II (Vol 6.4) (2005/2006)
- Pioneering New Trails through the Wilderness of Music, Computer, and Communications Technologies (1993)