A case study in two divergent research methodologies in music education. CAUSM Journal 8 (1) (1979): 33-72.
On the development of a theory of musical instruction. Psychology of Music 8 (1980): 25-30.
On excellence in music education. McGill Journal of Education 15 (1) (1980): 94-103.
Selected indexes of the academic and professional preparation of music supervisors in Canada. Journal of Research in Music Education 28 (2) (1980): 92-102. Reprinted in A Cross-Section of Research in Music Education, edited by Stephen H. Barnes, 128-145. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982.
An analysis of selected supervisor tasks in Canada. Alberta Journal of Educational Research 27 (2) (1981): 107-113.
On a choice-based instructional typology in music. Journal of Research in Music Education 29 (1981): 97-102.
School music performance programs and the development of “functional musical literacy”: A theoretical model. College Music Symposium 21 (1981): 82-93.
Engineering change in music education: A model of the political process underlying the Boston school music movement (1829-1838). Journal of Research in Music Education 31 (1983): 67-75.
William Channing Woodbridge’s lecture, “On vocal music as a branch of common education” revisited. Studies in Music (University of Western Australia) 18 (1984): 1-32. Reprinted in Visions of Music Education 14 (June 2009) at http://www-usr.rider.edu/~vrme/.
On the decision-making process in music education. Journal of Educational Thought 19 (3) (1985): 218-237.
On the recruitment process in amateur ensembles. Canadian University Music Review 6 (1985): 293-318.
Aspects of private piano teacher decision-making in London, England. Psychology of Music 14 (2) (1986): 111-129.
Developmental phases in selected British choirs. Canadian University Music Review 7 (1986): 188-225.
Percy Scholes on music appreciation. British Journal of Music Education 4 (2) (1987): 139-156.
Curriculum design in music. College Music Symposium 28 (1988): 94-105.
Towards an enhanced community of scholars in music education. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 1 (1, 2) (1990): 36-42.
Music education in broad perspective. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 2 (3) (1991): 14-21.
On building social theories of music education. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 116 (Spring 1993): 33-50.
Religious music in education. Philosophy of Music Education Review 1 (2) (Fall 1993): 103-114.
Justifying music instruction in American public schools: A historical perspective. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 120 (Spring 1994): 17-31. Reprinted in Arts Education Policy Review 96 (6) (July/August 1995): 31-38.
An analysis of aspects of Type IV music instruction in a teacher-student dyad. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 6 (1) (Spring 1995): 16-31.
Music education as community. The Journal of Aesthetic Education 29 (3) (Fall 1995): 71-84.
The artist and the pedagogy of hope. International Journal of Music Education 27 (1996): 36-50.
On teaching music with care. The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning 7 (2-4) (Trilogy Issue 1996-97): 64-75.
Modeling aspects of Type IV music instructional triads. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 137 (Summer 1998): 43-56.
On cultivating scholarly dispositions in music education. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Special Issue: Papers from the Allen P. Britton Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, March 6, 2000, 22 (2) (April 2001): 201-220.
A dialectical view of theory and practice. Journal of Research in Music Education 49 (4) (Winter 2001): 343-359.
What are the roles of philosophy in music education? Research Studies in Music Education 17 (2001): 19-31.
The aims of music education: A preliminary excursion. Journal of Aesthetic Education 36 (1) (Spring 2002): 31-49.
What philosophy can bring to music education: musicianship as a case in point. British Journal of Music Education 20 (2) (2003): 197-214.
Western classical music and general education. Philosophy of Music Education Review 11 (2) (Fall 2003): 130-140.
Pax Americana and the world of music education. Journal of Aesthetic Education 38 (3) (Fall 2004): 1-18.
Four philosophical models of the relation of theory and practice. Philosophy of Music Education Review 13 (1) (Spring 2005): 21-36.
Reflections on futures for music education. Philosophy of Music Education Review 14 (1) (Spring 2006): 15-22. Reprinted in Exploring Research in Music Education and Music Therapy, edited by Kenneth B. Phillips, 72-79, in chap. 5, 66-80. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. “This-with-that”: A dialectical approach to teaching for musical imagination. Journal of Aesthetic Education 40 (4) (Winter 2006): 1-20.
Myth, song, and music education: The case of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Swann’s The Road Goes Ever On. Journal of Aesthetic Education 40 (3) (Fall 2006): 1-21.
Concerning justice and music education. Music Education Research 9 (2) (Fall 2007): 169-189.
Questions for music education research. Music Education Research 10 (3) (September 2008): 331-346.
Seeing double: a comparative approach to music education. Finnish Journal of Music Education 11 (1-2) (2008): 60-70.
On ‘thick description’ in narrative inquiry in music education. Research Studies in Music Education 31 (1) (2009): 73-85.
A philosophical view of research in music education. Music Education Research 11 (4) (December 2009): 415-424.
Music, myth, and education: The case of “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy. Journal of Aesthetic Education 44 (1) (Spring 2010): 44-57.
How can music education be religious? Philosophy of Music Education Review 19 (2) (Fall 2011: 155-163.
With Iris M. Yob. Deconstructing Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus for music education. Journal of Aesthetic Education 47 (3) (Fall 2013): 36-55.
Values and philosophizing about music education. Philosophy of Music Education Review 22 (1) (Spring 2014): 5-21.
Face-to-face and distance teaching and learning in internationalized higher education: Lessons from the preparation of professional musicians. Journal of Music, Technology & Education 7 (2) (2014): 187-197.
With Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman. Shifting paradigms in music education research (1953-1978): A theoretical and quantitative re-assessment. Journal of Research in Music Education 63 (3) 2015: 261-280. DOI: 1177/0022429415601690.
Roots and Development of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (1985-2015), Journal of Historical Research in Music Education 39 (1) (April 7, 2017): 25-50.
With Iris M. Yob. Metaphors for a change: A conversation about music education and social change. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 53 (2) (Summer 2019): 19-39. DOI: 10.5406/jaesteduc.53.2.0019.
To Love or Not to Love (Western Classical Music): That is the Question (for Music Educators), Philosophy of Music Education Review 28 (2) (Fall 2020): 128-144. https://doi.org/10.2979/philmusieducrevi.28.2.02.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Values for Music Education. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education no. 226 (Fall 2020): 66-79. https://doi.org/10.5406/bulcouresmusedu.226.0066.
Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Reflections on a Scholar’s Life in Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education 69, no. 3 (2021): 250-257.
Book chapters On resource allocation in school music. Proceedings of the McGill Symposium in School Music Administration and Supervision, 1979, edited by Estelle R. Jorgensen (Montreal: Faculty of Music, McGill University, 1980), 20-41.
Music and international relations. In Culture and International Relations, ed., Jongsuk Chay. (New York: Praeger, 1990), 56-71.
On philosophical method. In Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, ed., Richard Colwell (New York: Schirmer Books, 1992), 91-101. Reprinted in MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies, edited by Richard Colwell (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 176-198.
Women, music, and the church: An historical approach. In Women and the Church: The Feminine Perspective, edited by Lourdes Morales-Gudmunsson (Berrien Springs, Michigan: Andrews University Press, 1995), 35-55.
Justifying music in general education: Belief in search of reason. In Philosophy of Education, 1996, edited by Frank Margonis (Urbana IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 1997), 228-236.
From cloister to corporation: Music education and the changing face of the academy. In TheSociology of Music Education II: Papers from the Music Education Symposium at the University of Oklahoma, edited by Roger A. Rideout and Stephen P. Paul (Amherst, MA: Rideout and Paul, 2000), 19-30.
What does it mean to transform education? In Philosophy of Education, 2000, edited by Lynda Stone (Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 2001), 242-252.
Philosophical issues in curriculum. In The New Handbook of Research in Music Teaching and Learning, edited by Richard Colwell and Carol Richardson (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 48-62.
Thinking about music education in Japan. In Proceedings of Myōko Music Education Seminar [Myōko Seminar Hokokusho]September 9-11, 2005 (n.p.: publisher unknown, 2006), 130-138.
Towards a social theory of musical identities. In Music and Human Beings – Music and Identity, edited by Björe Stålhammar, (Örebro: Universitetsbiblioteket, 2006), 27-44.
A music school faces the future. In Kunskapens konst: Vänbok till Börje Stålhammar, edited by Eva Georgii-Hemming, Skriftserie Forskning, 2001: 1, Musikvetenskap (Örebro, Sweden: Musikhögskolan, Örebro Universitet, 2007), 219-227. Also, in Musikaalisuuden ytimessä/In the Heart of Musicality: Juhlakirja Kai Karmalle/Essays in Honour of Kai Karma, edited by Marjut Laitinen and Marja-Liisa Kainulainen (Helsinki, Finland: Sibelius-Akatemia, 2007), 33-40.
The Seashore-Mursell debate on the psychology of music revisited. In The Nature of Musicality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Don Coffman, Kate Gfeller, David Nelson, and Carlos Rodriguez (Ames: University of Iowa Press, 2007), 62-77. Revised version published in Advances in Social Psychology of Music Education Research, edited by Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2011).
On informalities in music education. In The Oxford Handbook of Music Education Philosophy edited by Wayne D. Bowman and Ana Lucia Frega (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 453-471.
Constructing communities of scholarship in music education. In Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Vol. 2, edited by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012), 637-643. Reprinted in Music and Music Education in People’s Lives, Oxford Handbook of Music Education, vol. 1, edited by Gary E. McPherson and Graham F. Welch (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018), 278-281.
Intersecting social justices and music education. In The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice and Music Education edited by Cathy Benedict, Patrick Schmidt, Gary Spruce, and Paul Woodford (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015), 7-28.
On the role of religion in music education. In Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion: A Critical Inquiry edited by Alexis Kallio, Philip Alperson, and Heidi Westerlund (Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2019), 15-30.
On making music education humane and good: Gathering threads. In Humane Music Education for the Common Good, edited by Iris M. Yob and Estelle R. Jorgensen (Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020), 274-282.
On mediated qualitative scholarship and marginalized voices in music education. In Tawnya D. Smith and Karen S. Hendricks, eds., Narratives and Reflections in Music Education: Listening to Voices Seldom Heard (Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020), 193-206.
On Values and Life’s Journey through Music: Reflections on the Eriksons’ Life Stages and Music Education, in Karin Hendricks and June Boyce-Tillman (Peter Lang, 2021), 67-80.
With Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman†, Singing Through Grief: An Autobiographic Fragment with Brief Commentary. In Karin S. Hendricks and June Boyce-Tillman, eds., Living Song: Singing, Spirituality, and Wellbeing (Peter Lang, 2021), 262-268.
Short articles in refereed research journals
Songs to teach a nation. Philosophy of Music Education Review 15 (2) (Fall 2007): 150-160.
A response to Susan Laird, “Musical hunger: A philosophical testimonial of miseducation.” Philosophy of Music Education Review 17 (1) (Spring 2009): 75-80. Short articles in refereed professional journals
Technology in the school music program. Fine (Winter 1974): 24-30.
Some Observations on the Methodology of Research in Music Education. Canadian Music Educator 20 (3) (Spring 1979): 45-50.
The academic and professional preparation of school music supervisors in Canada. Canadian Music Educator 20 (4) (1979): 52-56.
The scope and nature of the school music supervisor role in Canada. Canadian Music Educator 21 (2) (1980): 14-21.
The preparation of school music supervisors in Canada. Canadian Music Educator 21 (3) (1980): 10-13.
Philosophy and the music teacher: Challenging the way we think. Music Educators Journal 76 (5) (1990): 17-23.
School music education and change. Music Educators Journal 96 (4) (June 2010): 21-27.
Rethinking gender and music education: A rejoinder to Nelson Rodriguez. Establishing Identity: LGBT Studies and Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 23-26, 2010. Electronic Conference Proceedings, http://bcrme.press.illinois.edu/proceedings/Establishing_Identity/index.html, accessed March 20, 2012.
Another Perspective: The joyous composer. Music Educators Journal 102 (3) (March 2016): 71-74. DOI: 10.1177/0027432115621864.
Why is it important to have a media journal in music education? Media Journal in Music Education 1 (2017). Video. www.mjme.net.
Editorials and Guest Editorials
Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Newsletter 1 (1) (1988): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Newsletter 1 (2) (1989): 1-2. Guest editorial, Introduction, Special issue on Philosophy of Music and Music Education, Journal of Aesthetic Education 25 (3) (1991): 1-4. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 1 (1) (Spring 1993): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 2 (1) (Spring 1994): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 2 (2) (Fall 1994): 57-58. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 3 (1) (Spring 1995): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 3 (2) (Fall 1995): 61-62. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 4 (2) (Fall 1996): 69-70. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 5 (2) (Fall 1997): 61-62. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 6 (2) (Fall 1998): 75-76. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 7 (1) (Spring 1999): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 7 (2) (Fall 1999): 71-72. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 8 (1) (Spring 2000): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 8 (2) (Fall 2000): 57-58. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 9 (1) (Fall 2001): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 10 (1) (Spring 2002): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 10 (2) (Fall 2002): 69-71. Editorial (with Iris M. Yob), Philosophy of Music Education Review 11 (1) (Spring 2003): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 12 (1) (Spring 2004): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 12 (2) (Fall 2004): 99-101. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 13 (2) (Fall 2005): 127-29. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 14 (2) (Fall 2006): 99-101. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 15 (1) (Spring 2007): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 16 (1) (Spring 2008): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 16 (2) (Fall 2008): 121-123. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 17 (2) (Fall 2009): 43-50. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 18 (1) (Spring 2010):1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 18 (2) (Fall 2010): 107-109. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 19 (1) (Spring 2011): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 19 (2) (Fall 2011): 109-111. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 20 (1) (Spring 2012): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 20 (2) (Fall 2012): 95-97. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 21 (1) (Spring 2013): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 21 (2) (Fall 2013): 99-101. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 22 (2) (Fall 2014): 109-112. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 23 (1) (Spring 2015): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 23 (2) (Fall 2015): 113-116. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 24 (1) (Spring 2016): 1-2. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 24 (2) (Fall 2016): 111-112. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 25 (1) (Spring 2017:1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 25 (2) (Fall 2017): 109-111. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 26 (1) (Spring 2018): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 26 (2) (Fall 2018): 215-217. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 27 (1) (Spring 2019): 1-3. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 27 (2) (Fall 2019): 109-111. Editorial, Philosophy of Music Education Review 28 (1) (Spring 2020): 1-3.
Short contributions to published books Foreword, Jane Roland Martin, School was our Life: Remembering Progressive Education (Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2018). Articles in non-refereed publications On music education as a political enterprise. College Music Society Newsletter (May 1992), 1+.
The good, the true, and the beautiful. Focus (Winter 1996): 14-17.
Reflections on a journey in music education. Mountain Lake Reader, (Spring 2009): 43-50, DVD.
PAPERS AND LECTURES:
Invited Papers
Music and international relations. Invited to the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., April 1987. Presented to the Ethnomusicology Students Association, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 1987.
Recent trends in music education. Presented to a convention of music teachers, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA, February 1986.
Women musicking in the church. Presented to the Adventist Women’s Institute Seminar, Redlands, CA, October 27, 1990.
Musical multiculturalism revisited: Attic vases, Elgin marbles, and musical artifacts. Invited paper presented to the Music Educators National Conference, Kansas City, KS, April 20, 1996.
Reflections on the academic glass ceiling. Presented to the Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, LA, March 28, 1999.
The aims of music education: An exploratory excursion. Presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 19, 1999; Philosophy Special Research Interest Group of the Music Educators National Conference, Washington, DC, March 11, 2000.
Can a piece of music be moral? Invited lecture presented to The 2002 McElmurry Ethics and Society Lectureship, “Music and Morality: From Classical to Rap,” Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, March 30, 2002.
Reflections on Transforming Music Education. Presented to the Philosophy Special Research Interest Group, MENC–The National Association for Music Education, Nashville, TN, April 13, 2002.
Musicianship as an end of music education. Keynote lecture presented to the Michigan Music Educators Association, Grand Rapids, MI, October 15, 2002.
Pax Americana and the world of music education. Invited lecture, Örebro University, Sweden, May 14, 2003.
Western classical music and general education. Presented to the College Music Society, Miami FL, October 3, 2003; the Arts Bites Seminar, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, October 1, 2003.
Mapping the intersection of musicology and music education. Invited presentation to the Australian Musicological Society Workshop, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, October 3, 2003.
“This-with-that”: a dialectical approach to teaching for musical imagination. Keynote lecture presented to the Nordic Musicological Congress, Helsinki, Finland, August 13, 2004.
Towards a social theory of musical identities. Keynote lecture presented to the International Seminar on the occasion of the opening of the new Örebro School of Music building, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, October 4-6, 2004.
Reflections on futures for music education philosophy. Chair’s address presented to the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, University of Hamburg, Germany, May 21, 2005.
Thinking about music education in Japan. Keynote address to the Myōko Music Education Seminar 2005, September 9, 2005; panel presentations, Current trends in music education outside Japan; A new perspective on practice and research in music education. Myōko, Japan, September 10, 2005.
Seeing double: a comparative approach to music education. Keynote address to the International Symposium, Music and Philosophy: Emotion and Reason, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, June 5-7, 2006.
Concerning justice in music education. Paper presented to “International Conference on Music Education, Equity, and Social Justice,” Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 6-8. 2006.
Beginnings in music education. Keynote address (in absentia) to the EEMAPE, Greek Primary Music Teachers Association, Athens, Greece, April 19-22, 2007.
Reflections on a journey in music education. Keynote address to the Mountain Lake Symposium, Mountain Lake, VA, May 20-23, 2007.
A response to Susan Laird, “Musical hunger: A philosophical testimonial of miseducation.” Invited response to the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, June 6-9, 2007.
School music education and change in the American heartland. Keynote address to the Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Madison, WI, October 25, 2007.
The revolutionary, transgression, and music education. Invited address to Musica ficta/Lived Realities: A Conference on Exclusions and Engagements in Music, Education and the Arts, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 24-27, 2008.
On thick description and narrative inquiry in music education. Keynote address to Narrative Soundings: Second International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education (NIME2), School of Music, Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 7-9, 2008.
Rethinking gender and music education: a rejoinder to Nelson Rodriguez. Invited address to Establishing Identity: LGBT Studies and Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 23-26, 2010.
The seashore, energy, and the spirit of music education. Invited address to the 1st International Conference on Spirituality and Music Education (SAME), Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, UK, June 18-20, 2010.
Values and philosophizing about music education. Keynote lecture to the Ninth International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education, International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, NY, June 6-9, 2013.
On the role of religion in music education. Keynote lecture to the International Conference on Critical Perspectives on Music, Education, and Religion, Sibelius Academy Faculty of Music, University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland, August 20-22, 2014.
A short history of ISPME. Invited lecture to the 10th Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, June 3-6, 2015.
To love or not to love (Western Classical Music): That is the question (for music educators). Keynote lecture to the Classical Music and Music Education International Conference, Free University of Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone, Italy, October 11-12, 2018.
Challenges in music education. Keynote lecture to the International Conference CIPEM (Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical), 2019, Porto, Portugal, September 19-21, 2019. Refereed Papers
On research in music education. Presented to the Canadian Music Research Council, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 1977.
School music supervision in Canada. Presented to the International Society for Music Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, August 1978.
The instrument of a questionnaire survey of school music supervision. Presented to the Canadian Music Research Council, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, August 1978.
School music performance programs and the development of “functional musical literacy”: A theoretical model. Presented to the Canadian Association of University Schools of Music, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 1979.
On resource allocation in school music. Presented to the McGill Symposium in School Music Administration and Supervision, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 1979.
On a choice-based instructional typology in music education. Presented to the Canadian Music Research Council, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 1981.
William Channing Woodbridge: A productivist philosopher of music education. Presented to the Music Educators Research Council, San Antonio, TX, February 1982.
Engineering change in music education: A model of the political process underlying the Boston School Music Movement (1829-1838). Presented to the Canadian University Music Society, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 1982.
Developmental phases in amateur ensembles: Theory, evidence and implications. Presented to the Canadian Music Educators Association, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 1985.
Percy Scholes on music appreciation: Another view. Presented to the Canadian University Music Society, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 1986.
The performer’s musical education and the new age. Presented to the International Society for Music Education, Canberra Advanced College of Education, Canberra, Australia, July 1988. Presented to the Colloquium on the Philosophy of Music Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 1988.
In search of music education. Presented to the College Music Society, Chicago, IL, October 1991.
On music and religious experience. Presented to the American Academy of Religion, Kansas City, MO, November 23, 1991.
An analysis of aspects of Type IV musical instruction in a teacher-student dyad. Presented to the Symposium on Social Psychology of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 1993.
Modeling aspects of Type IV music instructional triads. Presented to the Qualitative Methodologies in Music Education Research Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 21, 1994.
Music education as community. Presented to the Second International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 15, 1994; presented at the University of Reading, England, March 8, 1994.
Justifying music in general education: Belief in search of reason. Presented to the Philosophy of Education Society, Houston, TX, March 30, 1996.
Reflections on a dialectical approach to the philosophy of music education. Presented to the Philosophy of Music Education International Symposium III, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, May 28-31, 1997. Also presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 25, 1996.
The Seashore-Mursell debate on the psychology of music revisited. Presented to the Seashore Symposium: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Musicality, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, October 16-18, 1997.
With Iris M. Yob. Dialogue on Dialectic: Perspectives from musical and religious education. Presented to the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, May 25, 1998.
From cloister to corporation: Music education and the changing face of the academy. Presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 2, 1999. Also presented to Symposium II: The Sociology of Music Education II Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Applications, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, April 9, 1999.
Feminism and music education research: An agenda for the new millennium. Presented to the Gender Research in Music Education Special Research Interest Group of the Music Educators National Conference, Washington DC, March 9, 2000.
On cultivating scholarly dispositions in music education history. The Historian’s Perspective: Symposium in Tribute to Allen P. Britton, University of Maryland at College Park, MD, March 6, 2000. Also presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 3, 2000.
What does it mean to transform education? Presented to the Philosophy of Education Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 2000.
With Iris Yob. Theory into practice and practice into theory: a philosophical conversation. Presented to the Research in Music Education II conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, April 2001.
Four philosophical models of theory and practice. Presented to the Philosophy of Music Education International Symposium V, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, June 4, 2003.
Music, myth, and education: the case of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Presented to Reasons of the Heart: Myth, Meaning, and Education, an international conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 9-12, 2004.
Questions for music education research. Keynote address to the Fifth International Research in Music Education Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, April 10-14, 2007.
A philosophical view of research in music education. Paper presented (in absentia) to the Society for Research in Music Education Symposium I, Lawrence, KS, July 5-7, 2007.
How can music education be religious? Presented to the International Society for Music Education, Bologna, Italy, July 2008.
With Iris Yob. Deconstructing Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus for music education. Presented to the 8th International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME) Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2010.
Envisioning erasure and music education. Presented to the Race, Erasure, and Equity in Music Education, joint conference of the CIC: Music Education and the International Consortium for Research on Equity in Music Education (CRÈME), University of Wisconsin−Madison, WI, October 20-24, 2010.
The pilgrim, quest, and music education. Presented to the Seventh International Research in Music Education Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, April 12-16, 2011.
Justice, equality, fairness, and inclusivity: Four educational values and their implications for social change. Roundtable presentation to the Walden University Research Symposium, Summer 2012, Minneapolis, MN, August 24, 2012.
Face-to-face and distance teaching and learning in internationalized higher education: lessons from the preparation of professional musicians. Presented to the 4th International Conference on Teaching and Learning, ICTL 2013, Grand FourWings Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, November 13-15, 2013.
With Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman. Shifting paradigms in music education research (1953-1978): a philosophical and quantitative re-assessment. Presented to the History of Music Education Research Symposium, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, May 26-28, 2014.
Experiencing distance education in a for-profit international higher education network: Lessons learned for East-West collaboration in music education. Presented to the International Conference on Music Education, Xiamen University, China November 2-5, 2016.
With Iris M. Yob. Metaphors for a change. Presented to International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education, Volos, Greece, June 7-10, 2017.
On mediated scholarship in music education. Presented to the 6th International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Boston University, Boston, MA, May 24-26, 2018.
On values and life’s journey through music: Reflections on Eriksons’ life stages and music education. Presented to the International Society for Music Education, ISME 2018, 33rd world conference of International Society for Music Education, Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15-20, 2018.
Panel Presentations Is there a feminist aesthetic of music? Presented with Enid Zimmerman in the Women’s Studies Dialogue Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 7, 1989.
Traditional modes of musical instruction. Presented to the CIC Music Education Conference, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, October 1991.
Chair: panel discussion, “Educating Musical Values in Our Multicultural Society,” Music Educators National Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 1992.
Chair: panel discussion, “Reflections on Musical Values,” Music Educators National Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 1994.
Breaking out of the little boxes: A response to Bowman, Campbell, and Humphreys. Presented to the Philosophy Special Research Interest Group, Music Educators National Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 16, 1998.
What is creativity? Invited panel presentation to the Study of Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, January 28, 2004.
Thinking figuratively: A response to Virginia Richardson. Paper presented to the Intersections: Music, Performance, Research, CIC Annual Conference on Music Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 19, 2005.
Songs to teach a nation. Paper presented to the Philosophy SRIG, MENC–The National Association for Music Education, Salt Lake City, UT, April 21, 2006. Panel entitled, Philosophy, Music, and World Engagement.
Response to Judith Becker. Paper presented to the CIC Music Education Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 18-20, 2006.
Realities of music teaching. Panel presentation to the MENC–National Association for Music Education meeting, Milwaukee, WI, April 11, 2008.
Dame Ethel and “The Machine,” in “Women as composers.” Presented to the Buccaneer with a Baton: Dame Ethel Smyth, Composer, Author, Activist (1858-1944), A symposium held at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, November 1, 2008.
Pictures of the music teacher as artist and apprentice. Presentation to the MENC-National Association for Music Education meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 25-27, 2010. Panel entitled: The Music Teacher as Artist.
Philosophy and the Journal of Research in Music Education. Presented to the Philosophy Special Research Interest Group, MENC—The National Association for Music Education, Anaheim CA, March 25-27, 2010. Panel entitled Review and Critique: Philosophical and Ethical Challenges for Music Education Scholarship.
A collective remembrance of symposia past: an informal conversation. Invited presentation to the 8th International Symposium on the Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME), Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2010.
Panelist, “Indiana University Women’s Contribution to Scholarship.” Presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, September 26, 2012.
On mentoring in music education. The XII Symposium for the Philosophy of Music Education, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, June 5-8, 2019.
Invited University Lectures Doing philosophy in music education. Presented at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, April 5, 1990.
The artist and the pedagogy of hope. Invited lecture presented at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, April 28, 1995. Also presented to the Indiana Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research in Music Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 9, 1995.
The good, the true, and the beautiful. Commencement address at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, June 4, 1995.
A music school faces the future. Presented to the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1996. From In Search of Music Education to Transforming Music Education–a work in progress. Presented to the School of Music, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, February 23, 1998.
Towards transforming music education. Presented to the School of Music, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, February 24, 1998; Faculty of Music, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 25, 1998; and Faculty of Music, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, June 1, 1998.
Reflections on transforming music education. Presented to the Joint Seminar on Music Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 23, 1998.
How to do “thick” description in qualitative research; Developing imagination through the arts; Transforming education. Invited lectures presented to the Summer Session, Walden University, Bloomington, IN, July 2002.
Seeing music education through metaphors and models. Invited lecture to graduate music education students, Columbia University, New York, NY, July 20, 2005. In praise of the teaching and learning of singing. Invited address, School of Music, Belmont University, Nashville TN, March 31, 2008.
Building community in/through music research and performance. Invited seminar at the University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia, March 15, 2010.
The web, connectivity, and music education. Invited address to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, September 24, 2010, and Invited lecture to the Music Education Department, as part of the Invited Scholar Series, November 12-14, 2010, University of Colorado—Boulder, Boulder, CO, November 16, 2010.
Thinking about school music in Brazil. Invited address to the III Week of Music Education, ENESP, State University of São Paulo, Brazil, September 21, 2011.
A conversation about theory and practice in music education, Invited presentation to the doctoral students in music education, Boston University, July 26, 2012.
Joy, happiness, pleasure, celebration: a quartet of values for music education. Invited address to the Department of Music Education, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, May 13-17, 2013.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: American values for music education, Invited presentation to doctoral students in music education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, March 23, 2017, and University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 4, 2017.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: Values for music education. Jean Sinor Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, February 3, 2020. Papers Presented at Indiana University
The socialization process in music: An alternative view of music education. Presented at the School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 1986.
In search of music education, On spheres of musical validity, and A dialectical approach to music education. A trilogy of lectures presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium Series, September 7, October 5, November 2, 1994, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
What does it mean to transform music education? Presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 31, 1997.
Types of religious and musical experience and their impact on music and liturgy. Invited lecture presented to the Music and Liturgy Graduate Class, Indiana University/Trinity Episcopal Church, Bloomington, IN, April 8, 2002.
Myth, song, and music education: the case of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Swann’s The Road Goes Ever On. Presented to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 19, 2004.
The factory-production pictures of music education. Presentation to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Music Education Department, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN, October 24, 2008.
“How to be happy in academe” revisited. Invited presentation to graduate students at Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington, IN, January 30, 2009.
The web, connectivity, and music education. Presentation to the Music Education Research Colloquium, Music Education Department, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN, September 24, 2010.
With Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman. Shifting paradigms in music education research (1953-1978): a philosophical and quantitative re-assessment. Presentation to the Music Education Research Colloquium. Music Education Department, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN, January 25, 2013.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Values for Music Education. Jean Sinor Lecture, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, February 3, 2020.
TEACHING
Doctoral dissertations and documents advised at Indiana University
Mary Josephine Reichling, “Images of imagination: A philosophical study of imagination in music with application to music education,” D.M.E. Dissertation, May 1991. (Dean’s Prize and Dissertation of the Year award from the Council for Research in Music Education).
N. Carlotta Parr, “Towards a philosophy of music teacher education: Applications of the ideas of Jerome Bruner, Maxine Greene, and Vernon A. Howard,” D.M.E. Dissertation, August 1996.
Kevin J. Kjos, “Reflections on the teaching of William Adam,” D.M. Document, December 1997.
Masafumi Ogawa, “Early nineteenth-century American influences on the beginning of Japanese public school music education: An analysis and comparison of selected music textbooks published in Japan and the United States,” D.M.E. Dissertation, April, 2000.
Christine Anne Brown, “A humane approach to private piano instruction: An analysis and application of the ideas of Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Jerome Bruner,” D.M.E. Dissertation, May 2000.
Thomas G. Alm, “Cogent sequence: The moment in organ pedagogy,” D.M. Document, May 2000.
Betty Woodland, “A performer’s study of the Deuxième sonate pour orgue by Raymond Daveluy,” D.M. Document, April 2001.
Lois M. Sabo-Skelton, “Sol Babitz, the early music laboratory and string pedagogy, with annotated catalogues,” D.M.E. Dissertation, February 2003.
Pamela Stover, “Teacher preparation, methods and materials for music education in rural and one-room schools in selected areas of the Midwest (1890-1950),” Ph.D. Dissertation, May 2003.
Elizabeth Anne Bauer, “What is an appropriate approach to piano instruction for students with Down Syndrome?” D.M.E. Dissertation, May 2003.
Maya Frieman Hoover, “A catalog of and introductory essay to selected twentieth-century Latin American art songs: A guide to locating and selecting Latin American repertoire for vocal study and performance,” D.M. Document, May 2003.
Jason Edwards, “Schools of oboe playing: formation, transmission, and evolution,” D.M. Document, May 2004.
Mary Thomason-Smith, “Recent hymns of the Christian church: A reflective essay,” D.M. Document, September 2004.
Jose Antonio Lopez, “Pedagogical principles for the college classical guitar teacher,” D.M. Document, September 2004.
Nicole Riner, “The girls in the band: Women’s perspectives on gender stereotyping in the music classroom,” D.M. Document, September 2004.
Svet A. Atanasov, “A description of selected aspects of three approaches to college-level bassoon instruction,” D.M. Document, Fall, 2004.
Keri Eileen McCarthy, “A study of Howard Gardner’s theories of multiple intelligences and their applications in the collegiate oboe studio,” D.M. Document, December 2004.
Krista Dyonis Riggs, “Foundations for flow: A philosophical model for studio instruction to develop the intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual faculties of each student on the journey to self-actualization and optimal experience,” D.M. Document, May 2004.
John T. Lowe, Jr., “Winner takes all? A reflective study of the relationship of modern North American organ competitions and the careers of young organists,” D.M. Document, May 2005.
J. B. Dyas, “A description, comparison, and interpretation of two exemplary performing arts high school jazz programs,” Ph.D. Dissertation, December 2006.
Ronald R. Preloger, “Reflections on Lutheran parochial music education in the United States,” D.M. Document, May 2007.
John Seybert, “A history of the National Association of Band Directors’ Coordinating Council, 1960-1970,” Ph.D. Dissertation, December 2009.
Michael Hackett, “Self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and motivation in brass instruction at the collegiate level,” D.M. Document, May 2010.
Gregory Hooker, “Reflections on musical and theological education in Episcopal seminaries,” D.M. Document, May 2010.
Matthew Fagg-Latta, “Teaching undergraduate voice: a repertoire method for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass.” D.M. Document, May 2012.
Anne M. Sinclair, “Acoustic and perceptual analyses of the voices of classroom music teachers,” D.M.E. Dissertation, October 2010.
Carla Aguilar, “The development and application of a conceptual model for the analysis of policy recommendations for music education in the United States,” Ph.D. dissertation, April 2011.
J. Michael Kearns, “Thinking about jazz education in Canada: A comparative case study of collegiate educators regarding pedagogy, administration, and the future of jazz education,” D.M.E. Dissertation, April 2011.
Khin Yee Lo, “An intercultural study of selected aspects of string educators’ beliefs and practices in the United States and the United Kingdom,” D.M.E. Dissertation, May 2013.
Leonard Tan, “Towards a transcultural philosophy of instrumental music education,” Ph.D. Dissertation, December 2012. (Dean’s Prize.)
Co-director, with James Campbell
Bonnie H. Campbell, “An exploratory study of the functioning of selected masticatory muscles during clarinet playing as observed through electromyography,” DM Document, April, 1999.
Doctoral dissertations advised at Walden University:
Theresa Hurley, “International-mindedness in an international school in Cairo, Egypt,” Ph.D Dissertation, 2006.
Jennifer King Pullman, “Inner city students’ perceptions about art education: Its role, value, and significance in their lives,” Ph.D. Dissertation, 2007.
Jacqueline Betty Henson-Dacey, “High school visual art students’ perceptions of creativity,” Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015.
External examiner for Ph.D. dissertations (incomplete list):
Academic Opponent for the defense of doctoral dissertations by Heidi Westerlund (Bridging Experience, Action, and Culture in Music Education) and Marja Heimonen (Music Education and Law: Regulation as an Instrument), Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, December 13-14, 2002; Lotta Ilomäki Centro de Investigação em Psicologia da Música e Educação Musical), (In Search of Musicianship: A Practitioner-Research Project on Pianists’ Aural-Skills Education), Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, June 3, 2011.
External examiner for Ph.D. dissertations in Canada and South Africa. The most recent was a dissertation by Paul Louth, “Music, metaphor, and ideology: Toward a critical theory of forms in music education,” University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, April 2008.
External examiner for Ph.D. dissertation in the United Kingdom. The most recent was a dissertation by Hermione Ruck Keene, “Taking part and playing parts: Musical identities, roles, participation, and inclusion at Dartington International Summer School,” Institute of Education, University College London, May 2018.
Master’s theses advised at Indiana University:
Bradley Edward Klump, “Approaching the music of our time: An exploratory philosophical study of two aesthetics with application to music education,” M.M.E Thesis, May 1994.
James W. B. Clemens, “An historical study of the philosophies of Indiana University School of Music administrators from 1910 to 1973,” M.M.E. Thesis, May 1994.
Jeana S. Richmond, “An exploratory essay on the status and contributions of women in music education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,” M.M.E. Thesis, August 2004.
Tura Elizabeth Hayes, “Room for all: A reflective analysis of the role of women in music education,” M.M.E. Thesis, December 2000.
Melanie A. Coleman, “An exploratory study of the beliefs of two veteran instrumental music teachers,” M.M.E. Thesis, May 2001.
Master’s theses advised at McGill University:
Marcie-Ann Gilsig, “Elam Ives, Jr. (1802-1864): Musician-Educator,” M.A. Thesis, 1985.
Stephanie E. Williams, “On folk music as the basis of a Jamaican primary school music program,” M.A. Thesis, March 1985.
Cynthia Hawkins, “Aspects of the musical education of choristers in Church of England Choir Schools,” M.A. Thesis, 1985.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
At Indiana University:
Coordinator of Graduate Studies: Music Education Department, 1997-1999; Coordinate distance learning, departmental web site, and mentoring program in music education, 2001-02.
Chair: Music Education Department, 1991-1994.
Organized and co-chaired with Charles P. Schmidt, The Indiana Symposium on InterdisciplinaryResearch in Music Education, April 7-9, 1995; the research paper reading session, CIC Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 18-20, 1995.
Organized and chaired The Philosopher/Teacher in Music: The Indiana Symposium on Research and Teaching in the Philosophy of Music, July 8-12, 1990.
Membership on university committees: School of Music Council, academic policy, artistic advisory, tenure and promotion (chair), academic fairness, summer scheduling, lecture, library advisory, budgetary advisory, review of graduate director committees; Bloomington Faculty Council and its educational policies, affirmative action, faculty affairs, and budgetary advisory committees; Faculty Board of Review; Women’s Studies Grants Committee; Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards Committee; Bloomington Campus Promotion Committee (2000-03); Teaching and Learning Systems Steering Committee (2002-03); Patten Lecture Committee (2001-04, Chair, 2003-04); Graduate Council (2003-06); Indiana University Press Advisory Board (2003-05). At McGill University:
Membership on university committees: Academic Policy Committee (1978-81); numerous Faculty of Music committees including Chairmen’s Committee, Faculty of Music Council, Committee on Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Music, Admissions and Student Progress Committee, Scholarships Committee, Department of Theory Council, Department of Performance Council, Library Advisory Committee.
As Chair of the School Music Department (1977-82): organized the McGill Symposium in School Music Administration and Supervision, November 8-11, 1979; established the School Music Research Laboratory, 1979; consolidated part-time staff positions into full-time tenure-track positions and upgraded staff quality in the School Music Department, 1977-79; redesigned and implemented a B.Mus. (School Music) degree, 1977-78; designed and implemented a B.Mus. (Honors) and M.A. degree in School Music, 1977-78; and assisted in the design of a Ph.D. in Music degree, 1978-80.
At Notre Dame University of Nelson:
Coordinated the student practice teaching program, School of Education, 1976-77.
SELECTED HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Senior Research Award, National Association for Music Education, 2020.
Bernard L. Turner award (for faculty research committee members of the doctoral student winner of the outstanding Ph.D. dissertation, 2017 across all academic fields, Walden University, USA), 2017
McElmurry Ethics and Society Lecturer, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA, March 30, 2002.
Elected as Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society, 2000.
D.Mus. (honoris causa) Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA, 1995.
Awarded tenure, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 1987.
Awarded tenure, McGill University, 1982.
Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship (stipend and fee remission for two years required residence in the doctoral program), 1974-76. Fellowship, School of Graduate Studies, Andrews University (part fee-remission), 1969-70.
A. J. Day Memorial Prize in Economics, at graduation (awarded for the best honors thesis in economics), 1967 and Teachers’ College Prize (awarded for the most outstanding overall performance in the Diploma of Education, Newcastle Teachers’ College), University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia, 1967.
Teachers’ College Scholarship (full fee remission and stipend for undergraduate and post-graduate diploma study awarded by the New South Wales Department of Education), 1962-67.
EDUCATION
B.A. Hons., Dip. Ed., University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (1967, 1968); A.Mus A. (Piano Performance), Australian Music Examinations Board (1968); M.Mus., Andrews University, Michigan (1970); Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada (1976).