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  Kristin Turner Assistant Professor of Music View e-mail address | Log in to view e-mail w/your BSU Username MU 411B (765) 282-5493 Fax: 285-5401 School of Music Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 Add Contact Info to Outlook Biography Dr. Kristin Turner joined the music education faculty at Ball State University School of Music in the fall of 2001. Dr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education (music) from Western Washington University, a Master of Music (music education) from the University of Oregon, and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. While at Ohio State, she served as graduate assistant to Dr. Robert Gillespie and received the Joseph A. Leeder Award. At BSU she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education and supervises student teachers. She is primarily responsible for string/orchestra education at Ball State. She also serves as director to the Ball State University/Muncie Center for the Arts String Project and advises the East Central Indiana Youth Orchestra and the BSU student ASTA with NSOA chapter. Outside of Ball State University, she is President of the Indiana chapter of ASTA with NSOA and the chairman of the 2006 National ASTA with NSOA Conference. Dr. Turner has presented sessions at IMEA, OMEA, the Northwest and Eastern Divisions of MENC, ASTA with NSOA, College Music Society, and the Midwest String Teacher Workshop. She served as a guest conductor for the All-Region Orchestra Festival in Fishers, Indiana, and the Evergreen Music Festival in Olympia, Washington. She has frequently served as a consultant or clinician with school districts in Indiana and other states. Dr. Turner’s research interests include new teacher induction and mentoring, orchestral literature for school use, string teacher training methods, and pedagogical issues in string teaching. Her publications include articles in the American String Teacher, Voice of the Washington Music Educator, The Indiana Musicator, and contributions to Applying Research to Teaching and Playing Stringed Instruments and both volumes of Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra published by GIA. |
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