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Dean Robert Cutietta featured on podcast ahead of Eastman Leadership Conference
This June, Robert Cutietta, Dean of the USC Thornton School of Music, will serve as faculty at the 4-day Eastman Leadership Conference at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Together with Martin Messinger, Dean of the Eastman School of Music, and Toni-Marie Montgomery, Dean of the Bienen School of Music at… Continue reading Dean Robert Cutietta featured on podcast ahead of Eastman Leadership Conference
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Elizabeth Palmer leads professional development session for band directors
Elizabeth Palmer, a DMA candidate in the USC Thornton Music Teaching & Learning program, led the professional development session for the 25th Anniversary of Susquehanna University’s High School Honors Band. The session, entitled “Music Teaching and Learning: Growing Through Our Philosophies,” was attended by band directors, alumni, and university students. Palmer is also founder and… Continue reading Elizabeth Palmer leads professional development session for band directors
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Beatriz Ilari edits new book about international music education
Beatriz Ilari, a member of the USC Thornton Music Teaching & Learning faculty, has edited a book with Susan Young entitled Children’s Home Musical Experiences Across the World. The book explores home-based musical activities that impact the lives of children in a dozen countries, examining how these diverse musical experiences affect childhood development from a… Continue reading Beatriz Ilari edits new book about international music education
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Music education and choral alumni win professional awards
Several USC Thornton alumni have won significant awards in recent months. Dr. Lorna Zemke (MM ’68, DMA ’73, music education), formerly the Director of Graduate Music at Silver Lake College in Wisconsin, was awarded the International Katalin Forrai Award by the International Kodaly Society (IKS) for her contributions to Early Childhood Music Education. Fellow Music… Continue reading Music education and choral alumni win professional awards
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Doctoral student Eun Cho publishes two music education articles
USC Thornton Music Education doctoral candidate Eun Cho has had two articles published in music education journals. “What do mothers say? Korean mothers’ perceptions of children’s participation in extra-curricular musical activities” was published in Music Education Research, while The Korean Journal of Research in Music Education, published “Music education and intelligence: A literature review.” Cho… Continue reading Doctoral student Eun Cho publishes two music education articles
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Beatriz Ilari
Beatriz Ilari (she/her) is a Professor of Music Teaching & Learning at the USC Thornton School of Music, where she teaches graduate courses in music psychology, the sociology of music, cultural diversity in music teaching and learning and research methods. She has conducted extensive research with babies, preschoolers and school-aged children from the U.S., Brazil,… Continue reading Beatriz Ilari
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Peter Webster honored by National Association for Music Education
Peter Webster, Vice Dean of the Division of Scholarly and Professional Studies and Scholar-in-Residence of Music Education, was recently named the 2014 National Association for Music Education Senior Researcher for the Society for Research in Music Education. The award, which recognizes significant scholarship in music education, honors Webster’s lifelong contributions to the field through his… Continue reading Peter Webster honored by National Association for Music Education
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Robert Cutietta
Robert Cutietta stepped down as dean of the USC Thornton School of Music and the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the end of the 2022 academic year. He will remain in the school as a faculty member. He was dean of USC Thornton for 20 years, during which time he oversaw significant expansions in… Continue reading Robert Cutietta