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Commissioners 2006-08 Print E-mail

 
silviamalbran_220.jpgChair and Latin America
Professor Silvia Malbrán
Faculty of Fine Arts
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
h.: 57#1404
1900 La Plata, Argentina
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Silvia Malbrán is Chair of the Research Commission (ISME), Professor of Ear Training at the University of La Plata and Associate Professor of Aural Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires. Silvia is Director of Master in Psychology of Music at University of La Plata.  She is a member of the Academy of Sciences of New York, member of the International editorial board of the journal Problems in Music Pedagogy (Latvia) and is the National president of the Fundación para la Educación Musical (Argentina). Her research into children’s rhythmic synchrony has been supported by nationally competitive grants from the Argentinean Program for Teachers- Researchers. In this program she is a Representative of the first category. Silvia has published extensively in many journals and monographs of the discipline.


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Professor Christopher Johnson
The University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
Department of Music and Dance
Murphy Hall
1530 Naismith Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-3102
Phone: 785.864.9633
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Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, and the Associate Dean for the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas.  Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy.  Johnson is currently the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education.  He has also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education.  He currently serves as the Chair-Elect MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. 

 


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Professor Hiromichi Mito

Miyagi University of Education
Faculty of Education
149 Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku
Sandai 980-0845
Japan
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margaretbarrett_220.jpg Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Professor Margaret Barrett
University of Tasmania
Faculty of Education
Locked Bag 1307,
Launceston,
Tasmania 7250
Australia
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Margaret Barrett is Professor of Music and Arts Education and Deputy Head of School in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania where she teaches research methodology and music education.  Margaret is the editor of Research Studies in Music Education,a member of the editorial boards of a number of key journals internationally, and is a past national president of the Australian Society for Music Education . Her research into children’s musical thinking as composers and notators, and songmakers has been supported by nationally competitive grants from the Australian Research Council. Margaret has published extensively on this body of research in the major journals and monographs of the discipline.


 

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Professor Graça Mota
Coordenadora da Área de Música
Escola Superior de Educação
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias. 602
4200-465 Porto
Portugal
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Graça Mota (pianist, Master in Music Education, Boston University, USA, PhD in Psychology of Music, University of Keel, UK) is a Senior Lecture at the Music Department of the Escola Superior de Educação in the Polytechnic Institute in Porto. Beyond her teaching duties, she is currently Director of the CIPEM (Research Center in Psychology of Music and Music Education), Coordinator of the Music Education Teacher Training Course, and Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Studies in Music Therapy, the latter in collaboration with the University of Cadiz in Spain. She has published in Portugal, US, UK, Latvia and Brazil. Her main areas of research interest are: musical identities, musical narratives, innovation in curriculum development, evaluation in music education, teacher training, and musical careers. She plays regularly in Piano Duet and chamber music ensembles.

 

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Professor Hellen A. Odwar
Department of Music
Maseno University
Box 333
Maseno, Kenya
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Hellen Atieno Odwar is a senior lecturer in the Department of Creative and performing arts at Maseno University, Kenya where she teaches research methodology, music and music education courses.  Hellen is the honorary president and is one of the editors of African Musicological Journal on-line,is the chair and founder of Kenya association fro musical arts education. Helen's research in music education is wide covering gender issues, traditional musics and classroom learning issues. Hellen has published extensively on these areas of research in journals and also published two books.

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 April 2008 )
 
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