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.

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 received his Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance from DePaul University and his Master of Music in Performance from Arizona State University. He has performed in Master Class with Stephen Robinson, Eliot Fisk, John Duarte, and Javier Garcia Moreno. A strong advocate for the guitar as a concert instrument, Alvarado is a founding member of the Indiana Society for the Classical Guitar.

Alvarado has been an active supporter of contemporary music, participating in the Chicago Young Composers Festival, Northwestern University New Music Festival, DePaul’s New Music program as well as co-founding New Media Productions, a Non-Profit organization designed to support, create, and provide a venue for modern performance art. He has also performed in premiers of works by Sergio Assad, Dusan Bogdanovic, John Bauer, and Dave Burdick.

Alvarado’s performance expands beyond the traditional classical repertoire and includes a focus on the contemporary music of Latin American composers as well as the study of flamenco music. He has studied flamenco guitar with Diego Alonso Aste and is a founding member of the flamenco music and dance ensemble Flamenco de Indianapolis.

He is a regular performer in Indianapolis, having played at venues such as the Indiana History Center, Indianapolis Art Center, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis Artsgarden, IUPUI, and Butler University as well as numerous performances on the radio show, Indy Arts and Entertainment. In 2008 he was awarded the Innovative Artist award from Indiana University for his work.

In addition to performing, Mr. Alvarado is an active educator. He has taught for Arizona State University, Prescott College, Phoenix College, Mesa Arts Center, and Marian College. He is currently Trustee Lecturer of Guitar for the IUPUI Department of Music and Arts Technology.

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, Xenakis and Robert Moog, inventor of the music synthesizer. His work over the last 38 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, where he teaches courses on “Music Technology” and “The Beatles”. Babb also teaches “The History of Rock and Roll” and “The Beatles” at Marian College.

Babb was a Master Artist with Young Audiences for over 30 years and is a Master Teaching Artist with VSAI where he works with challenged and at-risk populations. He is currently in residence at Damar, providing music activities for Autistic residents. Douglas and VSAI offer a weekly “Music Tech” class to urban youth and the visually impaired, 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.

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

Babb’s music commissions at IUPUI include the grand opening of the Informatics Building and the Ball Gardens Renovations, and he has performed for The I.U. Foundation. Douglas was named the Official Musician and Ambassador of the Arts for The Pan American Games.

Mr. Babb was the first curator for The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music and is a recognized expert on the history of electronic 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
317-506-0669

David Baranyk, Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI 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 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.

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.

E. J. Choe, Assistant Professor of Music, is the Director of the IUPUI Music Academy. She also teaches applied piano, keyboard class, and music appreciation at IUPUI. A native of Seoul, Korea, she made a televised debut as a guest pianist for the Korean Broadcasting System Network at age six. She continues to return to Korea to give concerts and master classes at Yeonsei University, Kangwon University, Chun Nam University, and Honam University. While growing up in Colorado, she was a prizewinner in numerous competitions including CSMTA, MTNA, and Fort Collins International Competition. She has appeared as guest soloist with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, and Arvada Symphony Orchestra. Her studies include a B.M. and M.M. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Doctoral of Music in Piano, Music Literature and Pedagogy from Indiana University at Bloomington. She studied piano with Michele Block, Larry Graham, Doris Lehnert, and Robert Spillman. While studying at Indiana University, she collaborated with such artists as world-class opera singers Martina Arroyo, James King, Giorgio Tozzi, Roy Samuelsen, and Virginia Zeani.

In addition to her career as a pianist, vocal coaching led her to serve as an opera coach/music director at the Aspen Music Festival Opera Center; Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy; Indiana University Opera Center; and DePauw University. She also collaborated and lectured/performed at the Music Teachers National Association national conference in 2003.

Ed Cooning IV is the Technology Coordinator for the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI. 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 Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI. 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

An artist who presents a “riveting performance” (Sequenza 21), Scott Deal’s appearances include venues, festivals and conferences in North America and Europe. He has premiered dozens of solo, chamber and mixed media works, and can be heard on the Albany, Centaur, Cold Blue and SCI labels. His recent recording of the music of John Luther Adams has been described as “a soaring, shimmering exploration of texture and tone...an album of resplendent mood and incredible scale” (Musicworks). Continually inspired by new and emerging artistic technologies, Deal is the founder of the Telematic Collective, an Internet performance group comprised of artists and computer specialists. In this capacity he has performed at Supercomputing Global, SIGGRAPH, Chicago Calling, Ingenuity Festival, Internet2 and with groups that include ART GRID, Another Language, Digital Worlds Institute and the Helsinki Computer Orchestra.

Dr. Deal is a Professor of Music and Director of the Donald Tavel Arts Technology Research Center. He is a Research Affiliate for the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he was a Professor of Music from 1995-2007. He also serves as artist-faculty on the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at the New England Conservatory.

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. As a student, he was past 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. Scott Deal serves regularly as a writer, lecturer and clinician. He is a Yamaha Artist, a Black Swamp Percussion Artist, and endorses Sabian Cymbals.

Michael Drews is a composer of contemporary acoustic and electronic music and is Assistant Professor of Music at Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI). His music explores unconventional narrative strategies and the use of interactive music technology to expand traditional ideas of musical performance and creativity. Drews’ compositions have been performed in Europe, South America, and throughout the United States. Broken Symmetry for oboe, piano, and electronic music was commissioned as part of the 2003 ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Award, and his recent works, Transcendence I and II, were commissioned as part of a music therapy study of guided-breathing practices (2008). 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.).

Courses taught at IUPUI

• Z111 Introduction to Music Theory
• Z211 Music Theory II
• Z311 Music Theory III
• Z320 Music Theory IV
• Z317: Computer Music Composition I
• Z318: Computer Music Composition II
• M110 Sight Singing / Ear Training I, II, and III

Tina Everts is the Administrative Support Specialist for the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI. She has been working for the department 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 Department of Music and Arts Technology 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 Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI and serves as Assistant Director for 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 IUPUI Center for Teaching and Learning where 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 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 Music and Arts Technology Department at IUPUI. Tom also performs as a bassist around the Indianapolis area and lives with his wife and two children in Fishers, Indiana.

Michele King is the Events Coordinator for the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI. She has been working for the department 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.

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.

His singing career has taken him throughout the Midwest, Nation and Europe where he has performed as guest soloist with regional opera house and orchestras. He has traveled to Italy where he studied with Arrigo Pola, Luciano Parvarotti’s former voice teacher.

Mannell stage directs for the educational program for the Indianapolis Opera Company, as well as being on the music faculty at Indiana State University. He has a very active private voice studio of which many of his students have received high awards regionally and locally, and have been accepted to many outstanding University’s. He is a tenor section leader for the adult choir and is the Director of the Hand Bell Choir at Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indiana NATS chapter where he is the State Treasurer, and member of the National NATS and Indianapolis Matinee Musicale. He has recorded four CD’s, “Songs of Praise”, “Songs of the Season” “Songs of Inspiration” and “Songs of Broadway”.

Clara Marshall-McClure is currently the Business Manager of the Department of Music and Arts Technology 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

Chuiyuan Meng, Lecturer at the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI, is a concert pianist, software engineer, and web designer. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the College of Music at Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, and his Master of Science in Music Technology degree from the Indiana University School of Music Program at IUPUI.

As a musician, Mr. Meng won several awards in various piano competitions including the No.2 and No.5 Beijing Hope Cup Piano Competition. He has performed many concerts and recitals in China and the United States.

In addition to his musical foundation, Meng has also developed professional skills in areas of software programming, multimedia and graphic design. For the last ten years, he has been experimenting with new techniques of programming the Internet, while developing Internet software utilizing Web 2.0 and relevant Rich Internet Application technologies. He has developed a powerful set of software tools that enhance experiences for musicians and higher education students and faculty. His first major software publication, Pagico, is available on the Internet.

Mr. Meng also works as a music technology specialist for Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center.

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 Program 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.

Professor Jordan Munson is a Lecturer in Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI, as well as an associate of the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center. He is a musician, composer, and multimedia artist whose work explores the boundaries of music's relationship to modern technology. His works for multimedia and percussion have been premiered at institutions such as the University of Kentucky, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). As a video artist, he has shown work at Big Car Gallery (Indianapolis) and the electro-acoustic music conference SEAMUS.

As a performer, Munson has expanded his performance repertoire to include experimental electronic work and has performed alongside artists such as Matmos and the Rempis Percussion Quartet. Often performing solo, mostly in the form of composed improvisation, he focuses on live experimental percussion and electronics. His research includes the development of new multimedia projects for Internet2 and the use of wireless devices in computer music performance.

Munson holds degrees from Indiana University in Indianapolis (M.S.M.T.) and the University of Kentucky (B.M.).

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 Program. 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 is a recognized leader in the field of computer-based education and music technology. Peters holds an MS and EdD from the University of Illinois (UIUC) and was the first to receive a doctoral degree from UIUC that specialized in computer-based music instruction. Peters was a founding member and past President of the National Consortium for Compute-based Instruction Systems (NCCBMI) later named the Association for the Development of Computer-Based Instruction (ADCIS).

Dr. Peters served as professor and head of music education at the University of Illinois for 17 years. As an administrator at UIUC, he served as Assistant Dean for seven years, then Associate Dean for three years of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. During his tenure at Illinois, Peters was an author and software designer for the prestigious Computer-Based Education Systems named, PLATO. He also was Director of the Plato Music Project research project.

In 1981, he co-founded and served as President of Electronic Courseware Systems, Incorporated, a music software publishing company. He is the author of numerous articles, sixty music software programs and a book on computer-based music performance assessment detailing his funded research by the National Endowment of the Arts and the United States Department of Education. He also co-author of two books related to music learning and computer instruction.

After 25 years at the University of Illinois, Peters joined the IUPUI music faculty as head of graduate studies in 1993. In 1994, he developed the Master of Science in Music Technology, the first graduate degree in music technology. He became Director of the IUPUI School of Music in 2001 and expanded the scope of music courses and curricula, concerts and recitals, and degree offerings in music. He recently was appointed as Head of Graduate Studies in Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI.

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, Chair, and Advisory Board Chair of the Department of Music and Arts Technology 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 over the state`s interactive television network. He has contributed to adapting the Master of Science in Music Technology as a live, videostreamed degree program with worldwide student enrollments. He has also designed the Bachelor of Science in Music Technology degree program, that integrates music technology throughout the curriculum. Prior academic appointments included New York University and the University of Queensland (Australia). His career interests have included distance learning, string education, double bass and piano performance, and music technology.

Dr. Rees holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a performance certificate in double bass from the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam).

Erik Scull joined the music faculty as Adjunct Faculty in 2005. A graduate of the MSMT program at the IU School of Music Program 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 holds degrees in flute performance from the University of Indianapolis (BA, Summa Cum Laude, 1996), and Butler University (MM, 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 experiences 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 Karen Moratz of the ISO, Anne Reynolds, and Nadine Asin at the Aspen Music Festival. She currently teaches flute, flute choir, and Introduction to Music at both the University of Indianapolis and at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. At IUPUI, she also teaches a chamber music class and frequently performs on faculty recitals in Indianapolis. Ms. Sowers has earned multiple awards for her teaching. In 2005, she was awarded the IUPUI Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in teaching; in 2006, she was the recipient of the Favorite Professor Award from the IUPUI Athletic Association, and 2008 she won the Innovative Artist Award from that institution.

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 Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI 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.

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.

Dr. John Vander Gheynst is Assistant Professor and is the Director of Jazz Studies at IUPUI. John is a performer, composer and conductor of both classical and jazz music. As a performer, John has played with a wide variety of artists including Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Delfeayo Marsailis, The Temptations, Mary Wilson, My Brother’s Keeper, The Creative Opportunity Orchestra and numerous symphony orchestras. As a composer, John has been commissioned to compose a wide variety of music for groups ranging from high school jazz ensemble to professional wind ensemble. His Day Suite, originally written for the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra, won the Downbeat award for best extended work for jazz ensemble.

At IUPUI, Dr. Vander Gheynst teaches jazz history, music business, jazz improvisation and jazz composition/arranging. He also directs the jazz ensembles.

Richard L. Walker is Director of Percussion Studies at the Department of Music and Arts Technology 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 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 24 years of experience as an elementary music teacher and 2 years as a middle school vocal music teacher. She has levels 1,2 and 3 of Kodaly and Orff 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.

Diane maintains a private piano studio and is the president of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs. She is the chairman for the Indianapolis South Junior Festival held at U of I each March.

Adjunct faculty member at Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI. 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.