The College of Liberal Arts announced the 2021 college award winners where staff and faculty are recognized for their contributions to their units, the College, the university, and to their colleagues and their profession/discipline. Dr. Blythe LaGasse and Dr. Erik Johnson were recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2021. Ann Gill Faculty […]
Laura Walters (Marshall), a CSU alum of the M.M. Music Education with Licensure program, was selected as the 2021 Teacher of the Year for Niwot High School. Laura shared the news saying, “I am so incredibly humbled and blessed to to have even been nominated, let alone have won! This year has been completely bizarre, […]
Every year, Colorado State University celebrates employees achieving a decade of service of more. Congratulations to all who have reached a Milestone year of service this academic year, and thank you for your commitment to Colorado State University. 10 years Dawn Grapes, Associate Professor of Music; Music History Bonnie Jacobi, Associate Professor of Music; Music […]
For the second time in a month, a CSU Music master’s student has been selected to receive a prestigious national scholarship from the Organization of American Kodály Educators (O.A.K.E.). Brooke May, M.M. Music Education Specialization, Kodály Option, has been awarded O.A.K.E.’s Jenö Ádám Scholarship, which will subsidize her Level 2 Kodály training this summer. Ms. May teaches music at Lakeview […]
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance music student, Laura Alleman, M.M. Music Education Specialization, Kodály Option, has been selected to receive the prestigious Denise Bacon Scholarship Award from the Organization of American Kodály Educators (O.A.K.E.). According to the O.A.K.E. website, the award provides partial funding for further study at OAKE-endorsed Kodály certification programs in the United […]
The Colorado Music Educators Association clinic conference will take place online for 2021. Information about registering for the annual conference is available at cmeaonline.org. CSU music education graduate student Christina Herman has been selected to present a session titled: Student Perceptions of Online Peer Learning in Preservice Music Teacher Education: Motivation, Social-Emotional Learning, and Classroom Climate […]
Associate Professor of Music Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, is giving a series of online presentations at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in late Jan., 2021. The sessions are designed specifically for current music teachers and students. January 28, 2021 – “Connecting the Ear, Mind & Body! Building Musicians and Music-Lovers through Dalcroze Eurhythmics” (for HSU students) […]
Within the context of strict adherence to School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (SMTD) and CSU COVID-19 policies, SMTD has persevered. Rather than abandon a semester of group music-making, the choral area has modified its approach to rehearsals by moving outdoors and providing a much-needed creative outlet for skill development. University Chorus director, Dr. Seth […]
Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, associate professor music, Music Education, has been appointed as Chair-Elect (2020-2022) for the National Association of Music Education’s (NAfME) Special Research Interest Group on Gender and Sexuality. This appointment will evolve into the role of Chair of NAfME’s Gender and Sexuality SRIG during 2022-2024, during which time she will lead the United States […]
In an email from El Sistema Colorado Board Chair Marita Dominguez Braswell, it was announced that CSU music education alum Whitney Stuberg (B.M., 2013) assumed the full-time role of executive director of El Sistema Colorado starting June 8, 2020. “As you may be aware, Whitney has grown quickly in her role as Development & Operations […]
