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The OSU Music Department is Deeply Saddened by the Passing of Friend and Associate Tobias Hiller
Dr. Tina Bull Elected President of Oregon Music Educators Association
Dr. Tina Bull, associate professor of music, coordinator of music education and the founder and conductor of Bella Voce, the OSU women's choir, was recently elected president of the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA.) The six year commitment consists of two years as first vice president, two years as president, and two years as past president. Bull has just completed a seven year commitment on the board of directors for the National Society of Music Teacher Education.
OSU Grads: Passionate about Music…Prepared for Teaching…
“Just remember…music is music wherever you go,” Christopher Chapman, director of bands, frequently tells his students. That rings true for OSU music graduates teaching around the state.
“I frequently look back on Dr. Chapman’s class with fondness and find myself chuckling. He would say, ‘…so next year, when you are a choir teacher teaching band, or a band teacher teaching choir…’ and at the time my thought was, ‘yeah, but that won’t ever be me!’ Well, never say never. Here I am, a choir person, and out of the 11 different classes I teach during the week, only one of them is actually choir,” says Brice Cloyd, B.A. 2008, M.A.T. 2009, in his first year as a music and technology teacher at Lorna Byrne Middle School in Cave Junction.
“But honestly, I am surprised at how well prepared I am for this position. Even though I am teaching a lot of classes out of my area of expertise, I feel that I had all the necessary tools to be successful. One thing that truly sets OSU apart is how well it prepares you to build relationships, interact within a community, deal with unexpected situations. The faculty at OSU is not only very knowledgeable about their subject matter, but they present the material in a way that applies to students as individuals and as fellow musicians,” Cloyd said.
