CSU Music Education Masters students recognized for their Kodály method work

Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture, but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime. If the child is not filled at least once by the life-giving stream of music during the […]

Endowment Supporting MSOE: A milestone with roots in service

Endowment Supporting MSOE: A milestone with roots in service by Jessica Warner Music Education | Erik Johnson | Jim Vidakovich | MSOE | School of Music Theatre and Dance | Youth Programs in Arts and Education Fund Dr. Erik Johnson, Colorado State University music education professor and the director and creator of the Middle School […]

Bonnie Jacobi selected for music education national panel

Music education professor, Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, has been selected to serve on a national panel for historical research in music education, which will take place at the Normal Symposium for the History of Music Education in Normal, Illinois in May 2023. The event is part of a scholarly research interest group within the National Association […]

CSU Alum Robert Pippin awarded endowed professorship at Northwest Missouri State University

Colorado State University Alum, Robert Pippin, has been awarded an appointment as the Northwest Missouri State University Dennis C. Dau Professor of Instrumental Music for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years. Dr. Pippin is a two-time graduate of Colorado State University, earning a B.M. in Music in 2000 and an M.M. in Music in 2003. […]

2022 Milestone Years of Service for the SMTD

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 Copper Ferreira, Senior Instructor; Music Theory; Ensemble CoordinatorWesley Ferreira ,Associate Professor of Music; Clarinet 15 […]

Music student receives national O.A.K.E. scholarship

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 […]

Music student receives national scholarship toward Kodály certification

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 […]

CSU Music Alum is new executive director of El Sistema Colorado

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 […]