Randy Albright is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. He worked for three years as assistant to Dr. Glenn Gass, the originator of the Rock History program at Indiana University. Albright authored the Music of Jimi Hendrix course at IUPUI, and his essays on rock music are regularly published in NUVO Newsweekly. Albright is also a musician and songwriter: his performance of original composition Shasta Daisy was a highlight of the 1992 Live From Bloomington album.

Since his arrival in 1997, Albright has been pro-active in bringing rock and roll luminaries to the IUPUI campus. Former John Mellencamp bassist Toby Myers and Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox are among the many guest lecturers in Albright's classes. His long-term goals include a book on Jimi Hendrix's early years.

John Alvarado, Lecturer of Guitar, received his Bachelor of Music degree in performance from DePaul University and his Masters of Music degree from Arizona State University in classical guitar, studying with noted guitarist and pedagogue Frank Koonce. He has performed in Master Classes with Stephen Robinson, Eliot Fisk, John Duarte and Javier Garcia Moreno.

Mr. Alvarado has been an active supporter of contemporary music, participating in premiers of works by Sergio Assad, Dusan Bogdanovic, John Bauer and Dave Burdick. His performing interest also focuses on the music of Latin American composers as well as the study of Flamenco music.

Other performances have included concerts at the Indianapolis Artsgarden, the Indianapolis Art Center, the Arizona Mind Jam Music and Arts Festival, and numerous appearances on the radio show, Indy Arts and Entertainment. He has also collaborated with artists in other performing media including spoken word and dance performances.

In addition to performing, John is an active educator. Previously, he taught guitar at Arizona State University, Prescott College, Phoenix College, Mesa Arts Center and Marian College.

Rene holds a Masters degree from the University of North Texas, specializing in voice pedagogy, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Indiana State University where she concentrated in choral music and general music. She taught general music for 11 years for Carmel Clay Schools, first in at Tri-County Opportunity School, the special education co-op, then at Carmel Elementary. During that time she also pursued her first love, voice teaching.

In 1998, she began teaching voice full time. Mrs. Anderson performed in choirs, musicals and operas throughout her schooling. In the community she has performed in the chorus of several operas with the Indianapolis Opera Company, and has been involved in many musical theatre productions at Footlite Musicals, the Edyvean Repertory Theatre, Carmel Community Players, and the Rural Alliance for the Arts in Batesville, IN as performer, music director and/or assistant director. Her favorite leading roles include Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, and Little Mary in Little Mary Sunshine. At this time her favorite role is mother to her two young boys.

IUPUI Courses Taught

• V100 Voice Elective/Secondary
• E241 Music Fundamentals for the Elementary School Teacher
• P110 Beginning Piano Class, Secondary, Non-Music Major

Douglas Babb is an electronic musician, performer, composer and educator. He began his career in 1971 at Indiana University studying under John Eaton, Iannis Xenakis and Robert Moog, inventor of the music synthesizer. His work over the last 35 years includes thousands of performances at schools, museums and civic events; numerous commissions and installations; corporate endorsements, industry recognition, and an adjunct faculty position at IUPUI. Babb is also on the music faculty at Marian College, where he teaches courses on Music Technology, The Beatles and The History of Rock and Roll.

Babb continues his 33 year affiliation as a Master Artist with Young Audiences of Indiana (www.YAINDY.org), a national not for profit arts-in-education organization, by offering live performances, workshops and in-service focused on using Music Technology in schools.

Mr. Babb is also a Master Teaching Artist with VSA of Indiana (www.VSAI.org), producing numerous client based CD projects annually, working with challenged and at-risk populations, and co-presenting an annual "Special Needs in the Music Classroom" course at ISU. He is currently in residence at Damar, providing Music Therapy for Autistic residents. Doug and VSAI offer a weekly “Music Tech” class to urban youth, providing much needed computer training as well as a safe, creative and supportive environment in which to compose and record music.

Douglas, also known as The MIDI Guy, created “M.I.D.I. For Beginners”, a series of workshops designed for musicians, music educators and the technologically challenged. He regularly presents clinics on GarageBand, MIDI, and Music Technology. Recent activities include the expansion of TWANG! Studios, home to a myriad of projects, clinics and community outreach programs offering job training, apprenticeships and mentoring.

Douglas Babb is named among the “100 Most Influential People in the Arts” by IBM and The Getty Foundation. Douglas is also an active voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and is a presenter at Grammy in the Schools for both the New York City and Chicago Chapters.

Mr. Babb (www.TheMoogGuy.com) is the curator for The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music (www.MoogFoundation.org), and a recognized expert on the history of music technology. He is working on numerous complex publishing projects based on his extensive collection of instruments, media and ephemera, including a book of Moog related album covers.

Contact

Douglas Babb
1411 E. 77th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240
317-506-0669
http://www.DouglasBabb.com

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• M110 Music and Computers

David Baranyk, School of Music lecturer, teaches guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro. He attended Oakland University where he studied guitar with Dr. Robert Facko. He also attended Indiana University where he studied guitar with Richard Creveling, completing undergraduate studies with Brett Terrell at Butler University. In addition, David studied percussion with Paul Berns, principal percussionist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. John Hill at Butler University. David completed a Master of Science in Music Technology at IUPUI.

Mr. Baranyk has performed in musical theatre orchestras and bands for the productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, West Side Story, Three Penny Opera and others. He has hosted and performed in master classes and workshops given by Sergio and Odair Assad, Paul O'Dette, Don Ross, Bobby Broom, Frank Vignola, Stanley Jordan and Jim Hall.

David currently plays in groups performing jazz and folk music, including Celtic and Blue Grass. In addition to his work at IUPUI, David is on the music faculties of Wabash College and the Center for the Performing and Visual Arts Indianapolis Public School Magnet Program at Broad Ripple High School.

Sean Bowman, Trumpet, is originally from the Maryland/Washington, D.C. area and has been studying and teaching trumpet for over 15 years. Graduating from the University of Maryland in 2004 with a Bachelor's degree in music performance, Sean has studied and performed with many of the premier classical trumpet players on the east coast. He has also played as a freelance trumpet player around the Washington, D.C. area in orchestral and chamber music settings with the NSO, the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the American Youth Philharmonic. Sean is currently pursuing his Masters degree from IUPUI in music technology.

Beth Brooks teaches two online sections and one in-class traditional session of E241, Introduction to Music Fundaments. She has also taught piano class at IUPUI. She holds a Master of Science in Music Technology degree from IUPUI and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from IU Bloomington. She has completed all three levels of certification for the Organization of American Kodaly Educators at IU Bloomington. She is actively involved in the Indiana Kodaly Educators, OAKE, and the International Kodaly Society. Beth taught band and strings in the Indianapolis Public Schools until moving to a vocal/general position in 1991. She has been at the same IPS School, Eleanor Skillen Elementary #34, since that time.

Beth is a recipient of the Metropolitan Opera Guild's grant for Creating Original Opera, in which she collaboratively produced an opera with her students and another teacher for four years in a row. She is also the recipient of the Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship for study at the Edinburgh Arts Festival in Scotland and the Indiana Department of Education Chinese Cultural Fellowship for study in China and Hong Kong. She has also been a presenter at the Midwest Society for Ethnomusicology conference at Western Kentucky University and has twice served as clinician for the Start the Music early childhood education conference at IUPUI.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• E241 Introduction to Music Fundamentals

Dr. William Budai, piano, teaches piano and music education classes at IUPUI and serves as the director of the IUPUI Music Academy, a community music school under the auspices of the IUPUI School of Music program. He received his BME in piano and saxophone from Central Michigan University, a MM in piano performance and pedagogy from Bowling Green State University, and recently completed his PhD in piano pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his duties as the director of the IUPUI Music Academy, Mr. Budai also teaches both piano and saxophone lessons to Academy students as well as several university classes for Indiana University school of music at IUPUI. His summers are spent at Interlochen Arts Camp, where he teaches group piano lessons.

Mary Ellen Burgomaster, a native of California, has taught as an adjunct lecturer at the IU School of Music at IUPUI since 1992. She has lectured widely in the community on Women in Music and has featured women composers in her solo and chamber music recitals. She has brought women performers of all genres to her classes and included women in the Young Artist Series—a School of Music Workshop/Concert series for IUPUI students and the community. In expanding her research on women composers and performers, Ms. Burgomaster has traveled to Austria, England, France, Germany, and Italy.

Ms. Burgomaster is professionally active as an organist and choirmaster at First Congregational Church in Indianapolis. She has also held teaching positions in the Broad Ripple Magnet School of Performing Arts, as well as teaching positions in New York and California.

Ms. Burgomaster holds a Master of Music from the University of Southern California and teaching certification credentials from Indiana, New York, and California. As a DAAD scholar, she studied organ for two years in Munich with noted Bach interpreter, Karl Richter and sang with the Munich Bach Choir.

As a volunteer, Ms. Burgomaster is a Co-Director of the PipeWorks Education Project—bringing curriculum and a pipe organ into elementary schools—for the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. In addition to her involvement with teacher education and classroom participation for this project, she has presented workshops at universities and regional and national conventions describing PipeWorks.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• Z320 Women Musicians
• M110 Women Musicians
• M174 Music for the Listener
• P110 Beginning Piano

B.A. (Music Education) Glenville State College, Glenville , WV ; M.M. (Music Therapy), Illinois State University ; PhD (Music Education & Music Therapy), University of Kansas.

Prior to joining the faculty at IUPUI in 2004, Dr. Burns completed a postdoctoral research fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Her research training focused on alleviating symptoms distress and improving the quality of life of cancer patients in active treatment. She maintains an active research program exploring the various benefits of music therapy for cancer patients. She has presented nationally and internationally on these topics.

Dr. Burns is an active member of the American Music Therapy Association and has recently co-authored a text entitled Music Therapy Reimbursement: Best Practices and Procedures. She is also an active reviewer for Music Therapy Perspectives and the Indiana University Cancer Center Scientific Review Committee.

Ed Cooning IV is the Technology Coordinator for the IUPUI School of Music. He holds a Master of Science in Music Technology from IUPUI and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Northern Kentucky University. As a trumpet player, Ed has performed with Star of Indiana Drum & Bugle Corps, Brass Theater with special guest The Canadian Brass, and the broadway show, blast! in Orlando, Los Angeles, and New York City. He is also the founder of IV music.

Mr. Copeland has had extensive teaching experience with various instrumental music programs at all age levels. He is a well-known educator, consultant, and adjudicator in the music education field. He has taught in the West Washington, Winamac, Martinsville, Plainfield, and currently the Perry Township school systems. Mr. Copeland is an adjunct professor for the School of Music. He is in his 9th season as the director of the IUPUI Jaguar Pep Band for the Men's and Women's basketball teams. The Jaguar Pep Band is an active performing group with local, regional, and national exposure.

Mr. Copeland received his Bachelor of Music Education from the School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington. He recently received his Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Indianapolis.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• X040 IUPUI Pep Band

Professor Scott Deal is a member of the IUPUI School of Music faculty and Director of the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center (www.tavelcenter.org) of the IUPUI School of Music. He is well-known as an active performer of new and contemporary music with appearances including venues in Atlanta, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, and Washington DC. Known to deliver a “riveting performance,” he has also appeared at the Sub Tropics New Music Festival and May in Miami. He has performed for the College Music Society, Society of Electro-Acoustic Musicians and the Percussive Arts Society. Continually inspired by new and emerging artistic technologies, he is a founding member of ART GRID, an Internet2 telematic performing collective comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of artists and computer specialists. In this capacity he has performed at Supercomputing Global, SIGGRAPH, Chicago Calling, Ingenuity Festival and with groups that include Another Language, Digital Worlds Institute and the Helsinki Computer Orchestra.

Dr. Deal was a professor of music at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1995 to 2007, where he directed the percussion and music technology activities. Professor Deal is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice and continues as a Research Affiliate for the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was previously the Timpanist/Principal Percussionist of the Miami Symphony, and on the faculty of the New World School of the Arts, where in 1994 he was voted teacher of the year. He has served as Principal Percussionist of the Fairbanks Symphony, Timpanist of the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, on the artist faculty for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.

He has recorded works on Albany, Centaur, Cold Blue and SCI labels. Dr. Deal is in demand as a writer, lecturer and clinician on music technology and percussion topics; having recently completed a series of articles and video demonstrations on the topic of percussion technology for the 3rd edition of Teaching Percussion by Gary Cook.

He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami, a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cameron University. His teachers include Ney Rosauro, Fred Wickstrom, Bill Youhass, and James Lambert. As a student, he was winner or finalist in several prestigious competitions, including the Music Teacher's National Association Collegiate Artist Competition, the Cincinnati Conservatory Concerto Competition, the Percussive Arts Society International Solo Marimba Competition and the Louise McMahon International Competition.

Dr. Deal is a Yamaha Artist, a Black Swamp Percussion Artist, and he endorses Sabian cymbals and Pro-Mark drum sticks.

Dr. Michael Drews, Lecturer in Music Theory at Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), is a composer of both acoustic and electronic music. He maintains a strong interest in orchestral writing: the Cleveland Chamber Symphony has performed six of his pieces for full orchestra (1995-1998) and his most recent orchestral work, Undercurrents, was performed at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (2003) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2002). His work, Broken Symmetry for oboe, piano, and electronic music was commissioned as part of the 2003 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Award. Drews holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (D.M.A.), Cleveland State University (M.MUS.), and Kent State University (B.A.). His current research explores the use of virtual environments and interactive online interfaces to expand traditional ideas of musical performance and composition.

Courses taught at IUPUI

• Z111 Introduction to Music Theory
• Z211 Music Theory II
• Z311 Music Theory III
• Z320 Music Theory IV
• M110 Sight Singing / Ear Training I, II, and III

Tina Everts is the Administrative Support Specialist for the IUPUI School of Music. She has been working for the School of Music and the Music Academy since February 2000. Tina received an Associates Degree in Administration from Indiana Business College in May 2000.

James Fronczek was born in upstate New York where he received an Associate of Arts Degree from Auburn College. He then received his Bachelors’ Degree in Music Education and Masters' Degree in Music History and Composition from Butler University. He taught middle school students at St. Thomas Aquinas School following graduation, then joined the staff of Eastbrook Elementary School, MSD Pike Township in 1971, for twelve years before becoming the Head Choral Director at Pike High School in Indianapolis. He taught at Pike High School for 21 years and developed it from a very small department of about 70 students, to over 350 choral students in ten choirs. His choirs were active in all types of music, having won the State Championship Award in Concert music as well as winning many Show Choir competitions. After 33 years of teaching, he took early retirement in 2004 to pursue other career opportunities, but remains active in choral music as a clinician and adjudicator around the Midwest.

He was the founder and director of the Greater Indianapolis Choral Company, and had served as Minister of Music for several churches in the Indianapolis area. He has also been very active in musical theatre, having directed over 30 musicals. During his teaching career he was selected Pike Townhip’s candidate for Indiana Teacher of the Year and was also awarded the Indiana Department of Education”s Bellringer Award in 2004 by Dr. Suellen Reed. He has served on the executive boards of the Indiana Choral Directors Association and American Choral Directors Association. He and his wife Sarah, have two adult sons, Ben and Adam.

Joan Gerzon is well known as a soloist, chamber musician, piano duettist, and as an opera and vocal accompanist. she has been the Indianapolis Philharmonic Orchestra pianist for the past 26 years and has performed throughout the state as a Young Audience Artist. Among her performance sites were regular recitals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and at the Deer Creek Music Center with The Moody Blues. Mrs. Gerzon received a BM from Butler University, a BM from Jordan Conservatory and an MM from Indiana University in Bloomington. She has regularly participated in the Menahem Pressler Master Class for piano and chamber music. She teaches at the I.U. School of Music at IUPUI and the Performing Arts Magnet at Broad Ripple H.S. and Shortridge Middle School. She also maintains her private studio. She is a past State President of the Indiana Music Teachers Assn. and a Nationally Certified Teacher of the National Music Teachers Assn. In the past few years several of her students have won prestigious awards and substantial scholarships. Many are currently enrolled in conservatories and schools of music; others have advanced to music careers of their own.

Yvonne is the Senior Administrative Secretary for the IU School of Music at IUPUI and the IUPUI Music Academy. She received an Associate of Arts in General Studies from Indiana University in December 2003 and is currently working on her Bachelor’s in General Studies with a concentration in the Humanities.

Martin Hodapp Martin is the Secretary-Treasurer of Indianapolis Musicians Local 3, AFM, and is deeply involved with the area professional music community. He was a professional tubist for over thirty-five years, performing both jazz and classical music. He is an authority on early jazz, and his Traditional Jazz Band presented clinics and concerts throughout the United States for over twenty years. He has also performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and with many other orchestras, brass ensembles, and concert bands.

Martin did his undergraduate studies at Butler University, and earned a Masters in Jazz Studies, with a tuba performance Minor, from Indiana University. He has studied tuba with Arnold Jacobs, Harvey Phillips, and Daniel Corrigan.

Martin has completed course work in a Doctoral program in Music Education, with a Concentration in Ethnomusicology, at IU. Recently he completed Level III in Musicians’ Wellness, with Psychologist Dr. Louise Montello, from New York University, and has participated in Performance Wellness workshops in New York City and Louisville, KY.

Martin teaches the following courses at IUPUI: The History of Jazz; Understanding Jazz; The Music of Louis Armstrong; and Music for the Listener. He has also taught Music of World Cultures at Marian College for over ten years.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• M110 Understanding the Orchestra
• M110 Understanding Jazz
• M110 Music of Louis Armstrong
• M174 Music for the Listener
• Z393 History of Jazz

Alice Hopkins is an accomplished musician who performs weekly at her church, Jones Tabernacle AME Zion as an organist/pianist and choir director for the Youth/Young Adult Choir. Alice has accompanied many soloists to include Barry Dale and Rosemarie Bigbee, who she has accompanied for more than 25 years. Alice is currently the Chair of Liberal Arts at Martin University, and she teaches the academic music classes such as Music Appreciation, History of Jazz, and History of Black American Music. She is also the primary keyboard instructor and Music Theory at Martin University. Alice is a private tutor for approximately 10 keyboard students (both piano and organ) and many of her students have excelled in gospel music and are sought after in Indiana. Alice performs in other venues such as: a keyboardist with Gregg Bacon, a member of the Majestics vocal group, a member of the instrumental group, APJ Productions, and as a composer has two published pieces, “God Held Back the Waters”, 1993—Standard Publishing, and “Jesus Gang”.1996-Tyscot Records. Alice also serves as a local preacher for the AME Zion Church.

Alice received her BA in Music from Martin University in 2000, her MSMT from Indiana University in 2002, and her studies for an MA in Ministry were completed in July 2007.

Tom is an Assistant Director at the Center for Teaching and Learning. He manages the Instructional Technology team, develops and implements programming initiatives and works with faculty on thoughtfully incorporating instructional technology into course development. His interest areas include online course design, music technology, podcasting, digital video and audio, web conferencing and social networking technology.

He earned a M.S. in Music Technology and a certificate in Project Management from Indiana University at IUPUI and studied Marketing and Music at Texas Tech University. In addition to his duties at the Center for Teaching and Learning, he developed and teaches online and blended courses on podcasting and bass guitar through the IU School of Music at IUPUI. He also performs as a free-lance bassist around the Indianapolis area.

Mark Koenig teaches M110, Music and Computers, E241, Introduction to Music Fundamentals, and B120, Trumpet/Elective. Mark received a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Indianapolis, a Master of Music in Education and in Performance (trumpet) from Georgia State University, and has completed course work toward a Doctorate of Music Education from Indiana University. He currently teaches elementary music in the Center Grove School Corporation, and has taught at IUPUI since 1991.

As a trumpet player, Mark has been active in the Indianapolis area, performing with the Columbus Brass Quintet, the Indianapolis Brass Choir, the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra, and the Indiana National Guard Band, where he directs the jazz band. He served 6 years in army bands, including three years with the US Army FORSCOM band, and has toured with the Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band.

As a teacher, Mark has developed a number of strategies and lesson ideas incorporating technology in the general music classroom. He has given workshops through the Indiana Department of Education, been active in the Indiana Music Educators Association, and was chosen as one of four educators from Indiana to help develop a music component for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• M110 Music and Computers
• B120 Trumpet/Elective
• E241 Introduction to Music Fundamentals

Roberta Lindsey, Assistant Professor and Advisor for the Music Minor and Music Concentration Program at Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), currently teaches four separate classes-two are internet distance music classes: M174 Music for the Listener and Z320 History of American Popular Music; she developed and maintains both. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1996 focusing on Aaron Copland's first orchestral work, Grohg, A Ballet in One-Act. Dr. Lindsey has numerous publications, including three essays in the Reader's Guide to Music: History, Theory, and Criticism. She is also a recognized presenter in the field of Online Music Education, Technology and Music, and Music History and Literature.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• M174 Music for the Listener
• Z100 Live Musical Performance
• Z320 History of American Popular Music

David B. Mannell, tenor, enjoys a demanding singing career spanning opera, musical theatre, oratorio, academic and church work. A native of Topeka, Kansas, he received his Music Education degree from Emporia State University and Masters from Indiana University. He was Director of Music for seven years for a public school district in Kansas where he taught Kindergarten through 12th grade music. He has worked with, John Wustman, Robert Shaw, John Moriarty and others.

David has performed in regional opera houses and as a guest soloist with regional orchestras in the United States. Leading roles include, Alfredo in La Traviata, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Martin in The Tender Land, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Nemerino in The Elixir of Love, Candide in Candide and many others. His singing career has taken him through out the Midwest, Nation and Europe. He traveled to Italy where he studied with Arrigo Pola, Luciano Parvarotti’s former voice teacher, and sang in Rome for two summers.

Mannell stage directs for the educational program for the Indianapolis Opera Company, and is also on the music faculty of Indiana State University. He has a very active private voice studio of which many of his students have received high awards regionally and locally, an have been accepted to many outstanding University’s. He is a section leader for the adult choir at Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis as well as a member of both the State and National NATS and Indianapolis Matinee Musicale. He has recorded three sacred CD’s, “Songs of Praise”, “Songs of the Season” and “Songs of Inspiration” and will be releasing his fourth, “Songs of Broadway” in mid December.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• E241 Introduction to Music Fundamentals
• V100 Voice Elective
• 0X71 University Choir

Clara Marshall-McClure is currently the Business Manager of the School of Music Program at IUPUI and part-time lecturer. Currently Clara teaches the American Musical Theatre and Contemporary Broadway Musical classes at IUPUI. She is also a pianist, accompanist, acting coach, and theater director.

Clara received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech/Theater/ Communications from IUPUI. She completed her Master of Arts in Communicative Arts at Purdue University and did additional work at New School and New York University both in New York City. She also earned a Business Administration Certificate from the Indiana Business College, Indianapolis.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

Debra Mullins has been a vocalist and entertainer with over thirty years of experience on the stage, in radio, and in the studio. Debra has performed from the southeast coast, to Detroit, Chicago and many other areas. Her work in Indianapolis ranges from the music festival circuit and local clubs, to theatre. She has been musical director for productions for the Phoenix Theatre, Theatre On the Square, and the Walker Theatre, including sound tracks created using computer technology. She is leader of the R&B band, Deb Mullins Band, and jazz trio, Deb Mullins Trio. Debra has produced her first CD project of original songs, “Killed In Cold Love” , with the Deb Mullins Band in 2001 and is working on her next CD, “Steppin’ Time”. She is completing her Master of Science Degree in Music Technology from the Indiana University School of Music and continues to develop her interest in multimedia and web development. Currently, she teaches Beginning Piano at Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis. She also teaches saxophone and clarinet for IUPUI Music Academy.

Martha Murphy received her Bachelors of Science in Music Education at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota, where she was concertmaster of the University Symphony, and studied orchestral and choral conducting under renowned conductor Hermann Herz. She earned her Masters in Music Technology from Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. Her thesis research investigated the conceptual understanding of intonation among fourth and fifth grade beginning violinists.

Ms. Murphy is an award-winning educator, orchestra conductor and professional performer. She has been honored as a Fulbright Teacher and has received the 7th US Congressional District Award for Excellence in Education, the Illinois Math and Science Academy “Best Teacher” award, numerous Who’s Who in American Teaching Nominations, Illinois Golden Apple Finalist Award and many other honors. As a Fulbright Teacher, she traveled to Japan to study the educational system in Tokyo and Okinawa. Most recently, she was named “Favorite Professor” at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. As a graduate assistant in the Music Technology Program, Ms Murphy was named “Outstanding Graduate” of the IUPUI School of Music. She was a featured speaker at the IUPUI graduation ceremony in May 2007 via the pre-ceremony video presentation before an audience of 20,000.

Ms. Murphy has recently been appointed as the Director of Orchestras at Pike Township High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a member of the faculty of the Music Department at IUPUI. As the former Orchestra Director and Department Chair at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Illinois, her highly acclaimed orchestras appeared in such varied venues as the White House and the Sony music video “I Believe I Can Fly.”

Kathy Myers, voice, received both a BM degree in vocal performance and a BME degree from Indiana State University. She has also completed a MM degree at Butler University in vocal performance. She has taught private voice lessons for the past fifteen years, instructing men, women and children ages 10 to 70. Her performance experience includes both solo and choral work in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, with such groups as the Indianapolis Arts Chorale, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Chorus, and Louisville Bach Society and many churches in both cities.

G. David Peters, Professor and Director of the Indiana University School of Music at IUPUI, is a recognized leader in the field of computer-based training. Peters holds an MS and an EdD from the University of Illinois and was the first to receive a degree from Illinois which concentrated on computer-based music instruction. Peters was a founding member and past President of the National Consortium for Development of Computer Instruction Systems (ADCIS) and served as author and software designer for the prestigious PLATO system at the University of Illinois. In 1981, he co-founded Electronic Courseware Systems, Inc. which develops and publishes educational and multimedia software. He has published numerous articles and has co-authored two books related to music learning and computer instruction and authored a book on computer-based arts assessment research.

Byron Plexico, Adjunct Faculty member of the IUPUI School of Music, earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Viola Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1980. As a student, he was selected as one of nineteen students worldwide to study chamber music with the New Hungarian and the American String Quartets at the Taos School of Music in New Mexico. Additional chamber music studies were completed with the LaSalle String Quartet. Byron completed the Master of Music Degree in Violin Performance at Butler University in 1991, studying with Laurence Shapiro.

Mr. Plexico has worked as a professional violinist, serving as principal violinist for the Western Piedmont Symphony, Chamber Orchestra, and String Quartet. Byron has worked in Indianapolis as a professional violinist and violist since 1988. He served as concertmaster of the Butler Symphony Orchestra and Baroque Ensemble under the direction of Jackson Wiley. He currently serves as concertmaster of the Anderson (IN) Symphony, Principal Viola of the Muncie (IN) Symphony, and is a violinist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.

Solo appearances with orchestra include the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, The Western Piedmont, Salisbury, Anderson, and Carmel Symphonies, and the Butler Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Plexico performed with bassist Rauf Erdahl at the 2001 Odyssey International Society of Bassists Convention and with bassist Garry Wasserman at the 2006 Convention. At the invitation of the Taiwanese-American Federation of Indianapolis, he performed for the Taiwanese athletes competing in the World Police and Fire Games in Indianapolis.

Other guest appearances include performances on the Suzuki and Friends Chamber Music Series which presented the complete cycle of the Mozart Viola Quintets on a series of concerts presented at and sponsored by the Indianapolis Arts Center.

Born and raised in Indiana, Mike Redmond has been a writer more than 30 years. His Indianapolis Star newspaper column was twice recognized for excellence by the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, and in 2001 was named Best General Column among large newspapers in the Hoosier Daily Press Association.

Prior to joining the Star, Redmond was an award-winning pop music critic for The Indianapolis News.

Redmond, who left daily newspapers in 2003 and now writes a column syndicated to Indiana newspapers, columns for Indianapolis Monthly, Indianapolis Woman and Indianapolis Pet Quarterly magazines, and a column posted weekly on his website, www.mikeredmondonline.com. He is a busy public speaker, with clients as diverse as Roche Diagnostics, the Indiana Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and Marriott Hotels, as well as church groups, Chambers of Commerce and his mother’s home extension club. He also teaches journalism at Butler University.

He is also an accomplished musician -- a veteran of several not-very-successful rock and roll bands who plays (or makes noise on, depending on your point of view) guitar, Dobro, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, ukulele and trombone (although, being a gentleman, he tends to leave the trombone in the case these days).

Dr. Fred J. Rees is Professor of Music and Head of Graduate Studies at the Indiana University School of Music at IUPUI. He came to Indianapolis in 1999 from the University of Northern Iowa, where he developed the first graduate music education degree program in the country to be broadcast at a distance using the state`s interactive television network. Prior academic appointments included New York University and the University of Queensland ( Brisbane, Australia). His career interests have included distance learning,string education, double bass and piano performance, and music technology. Currently, he is overseeing the administration of the Indiana University School of Music`s Master of Science in Music Technology program which is in its fourth year of being offered entirely over the Internet. Dr. Rees holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Music and performance certificate in double bass from the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam).

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• E400 Undergraduate Readings in Music Education
• E536 Music Technology Techniques
• E536 Graduate Music Technology Seminar
• N516 Advanced Interactive Design Applications in the Arts
• N515 Multimedia Design Applications
• N518 Arts Technology Major Projects
• Z315 Music for Film

Erik Scull joined the School of Music as Adjunct Faculty in 2005. A graduate of the MSMT program at the IU School of Music at IUPUI, Erik also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Piano Concentration) from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Building on his musical foundation, Erik has developed skills in the areas of multimedia production and web programming, and currently serves as Multimedia and Digital Technology Specialist with IU Digital Media Services, a division of UITS.

Erik maintains a consistent performing and recording schedule as a guitarist and keyboardist in the Indianapolis area. A full time member of the Dane Clark Band, Erik has also appeared with Donovan, John Mellencamp, Carl Storie, and many others.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• N519 Digital Sound Design for Multimedia I
• N520 Digital Sound Design for Multimedia II

Jodi Sowers is a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Indianapolis and completed the Master of Music degree in flute performance at Butler University in 1998. Winner of the Frank and Madge Gerke Performance award from Mu Phi Epsilon, she was featured at the Mu Phi Epsilon International Convention at Depauw University in 1996. She has also performed as soloist at the Alpha Chi National Convention in Atlanta. Other musical opportunities have included performing with Raymond Leppard and members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at the DeHaan Center in Mozart's D Major Concerto as well as Bach's Brandenburg Concert no. 4 in the fall of 2006. Ms. Sowers has studied flute with Anne Reynolds, Karen Moratz of the ISO, and Nadine Asin at the Aspen Festival. She currently teaches flute and Introduction to Music at both IUPUI and the University of Indianapolis. In addition, she teaches a flute repertoire class at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and performs on numerous faculty recitals. In 2005, Ms. Sowers was awarded the faculty teaching award for excellence in teaching from the Indiana University School of Music at Indianapolis. In 2006, she was the recipient of the Favorite Professor Award from the IUPUI Athletic Association.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• M110 Flute Repertoire Class
• M174 Music for the Listener
• W110 Flute/Piccolo Elective

Jennifer Seaver Stokes is a collaborative pianist and music educator in the greater Indianapolis area. She began her musical studies in Cleveland, Ohio and received instruction at the Cleveland Institute of Music in piano and clarinet through the College Preparatory Department. She went on to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music with piano being her primary performance instrument. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Her teachers include Gui Mombaert, Robert Weirich and Enrica Cavallo-Gulli. She currently teaches private piano at her home and through the Music Academy at IUPUI. She is an Adjunct Faculty member of the IUPUI School of Music where she has taught a variety of classes and is currently teaching both live and online courses. Ms. Seaver Stokes is the pianist for the University Choir at IUPUI, Kokomo Symphony and Orkestra Projekt. She regularly assists instrumentalists and vocalists with competitions, recitals and musical productions. She is the Music Director/Organist at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Indianapolis’ north side.

Michele Thompson is the Events Coordinator for the IUPUI School of Music. She has been working for the School of Music since December 2003. Michele received a Bachelors Degree in General Studies with a concentration of Elementary Education from Ball State University in May of 1992. She has one daughter and loves to play drums.

Jose Valencia, violin, is the founding music director and artistic advisor for the newly created Orkestra Projekt of Indianapolis , IN. He is also current Music Director of the Athenaeum Orchestra of Indianapolis and Assistant Conductor of the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra in Marion , Indiana . He coached the Indianapolis Opera chorus and leads in its first Russian language production of Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin . Mr. Valencia has also conducted ASTA All- Region Festival orchestras in Indiana and Kentucky . In 2000, José competed in the 2000 Fourth International Karelia-Sochi Conducting Master class/Competition held in Russia , adjudicated by Oleg Proskurnya, Konstantin Saltikov, Oleg Soldatov, and Andrei Danilov, all students of the great Russian maestro Ilya Musin of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Mr. Valencia was announced the winner from the eight international competition finalists and returned to the Sochi Philharmonic Symphony as Principal Guest Conductor for four concerts in the 2001 - 2002 season. He has earned two Masters Degrees in Music at Butler University , one in violin performance and the other in orchestral conducting. His conducting studies have also included such experiences as:

• the American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Workshop where he conducted the San Francisco Youth Symphony and was evaluated by David Loebel, Raymond Harvey, Alisdair Neal, Apo Hsu, and Gustav Meier.
• the Conductor's Institute at Hartt School of Music, with conductors Harold Farberman and Jeffrey Schindler.
• and the Conductor's Retreat at Medomak with Kenneth Kiesler, Gunther Schuller, David Epstein, and Loren Hollander.

An active performing and teaching violinist, José is also concertmaster of the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra, associate concertmaster of the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra and plays frequently with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He maintains an active violin and viola studio with students from IUPUI, Indianapolis Public Schools , Lawrence Township , and Zionsville.

Richard L. Walker is Director of Percussion Studies at the IU School of Music at IUPUI. Mr. Walker is Director of the IUPUI Percussion Ensemble, Urban Drum Ensembles, Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Steel Pan Ensemble and teaches the History of Black Music. Currently, he servers a substitute percussionists for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Before joining the IUPUI School of Music faculty in 2005, he was coordinator of music business and percussion studies at Winston-Salem State University. Mr. Walker received his Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from Northern Kentucky University and a Master of Music in percussion performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Walker has performed with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, the Arkansas Symphony, the Sinfonia Da Camera chamber orchestra, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, the Conway (AR) Civic Orchestra, and the Pine Bluff (AR) Symphony. He is in demand as a percussion soloist and percussion clinician. As a performer, Mr. Walker traveled Japan with a percussion ensemble that featured world acclaimed marimbist Kieko Abe.

Richard Walker has served as Assistant Band Director for the University of Texas-Austin Longhorn Band, Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Central Arkansas and Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Percussion Studies at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Mr. Walker was Educational Marketing Manager for the Avedis Zildjian Company for North America. He currently continues his association with music business as an educational artist-endorser and clinician for the Avedis Zildian Company and for Mike Balter Mallet Company.

Mr. Walker has an extensive background in music technology and computer software development. He is the author of an interactive CD-ROM designed to teach percussion.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• E536 Graduate Urban Percussion Experience
• M110 Urban Drum Ensemble I
• M110 Urban Drum Ensemble II
• M394 Black Music in America
• U320 Advanced Urban Drum I
• U320 Advanced Urban Drum II
• Z320 Steel Pan Techniques

Carol Peers Whitsitt, an adjunct faculty member at IUPUI teaches music theory and Horn. She received her BME and MS degrees from the University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign. She also holds an Education Administration Certificate from the University of Illinois.

Prior to joining the IUPUI faculty, Ms. Whitsitt taught instrumental music in Illinois for 18 years. She has been very active in the Illinois Music Educators' Association, Illinois Grade School Music Association and as a supervising teacher for music education student teachers.

Courses

Diane Witte has a BA from Marian College and a Master of Music Education from Butler University. Her major focus was piano and voice. She has 21 years of experience as an elementary music teacher and 1 year as a middle school music teacher. She has levels 1,2 and 3 of Kodaly certification and levels 1 and 2 of Orff Schulwerk certification. She began her training in Comprehensive Musicianship with Dr. Robert Pace in 1979 and became a consultant for the International Piano Foundation in 2000. She meets every 2 years with Dr. Pace to keep current with piano teaching techniques.

Courses Taught at IUPUI

• P110 Beginning Piano Class I

Adjunct faculty member at Indiana University School of Music at Indianapolis. Mrs. Short is a native of Seoul, Korea and has been performing and teaching private piano professionally in the United States since 1987. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the Indiana Music Teachers Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Society. She earned her MM at Butler University in Indianapolis and her BM as a 4 year full scholarship recipient of the Young artist Award at Ball State University of Muncie, IN. Prior to her collegiate training in the United States, Mrs. Short's many accolades include training at the Soon-Hwa Conservatory in Seoul, Korea as the first prize winner of the National Teenager Piano Competition. Mrs. Short continues to teach Beginning Piano P110, Intro to Music Theory Z111, and serve as Music Director for Love For Christ Ministries.