Faculty Research / Creative Projects in Progress:

C. Victor Fung cvfung@arts.usf.edu | (813)974-1145 | homepage • In search of important research questions in music education • Field-generated research agenda in music education • Lift every voice for literacy: A singing and reading approach (collaboration with Margaret Griffin, Melanie Faulkner, and Marie Biggs) • Characteristics of high-performing music teachers (collaboration with Kathy Sanz, Janice Lancaster, and Sue Castleman) • Instructional Manual for “Music in China” (Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell, New York: Oxford University Press) • A case study in teaching Chinese choral music to a youth choir in the United States (collaboration with Lynne Gackle) • Development of a music aptitude test for children in Asia (collaboration with Yoko Ogawa and Tadahiro Murao) • World music preference and multicultural attitude

Lynne Gackle mlgackle@arts.usf.edu | (813)974-1150 • Preparing the community choir, Le Petit Choeur, of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc. to perform in February 2005 at the National American Choral Directors Convention—one of only 100 choirs (internationally) to be selected • In spring 2005, as clinician for the Colorado Music Educators Association, conductor of the Oklahoma Elementary All-State Choir, conductor of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Honor Choir, and conduct the National Middle School Honor Choir in Carnegie Hall • Founder and Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc. a community choral arts organization for young people in the Tampa Bay area.  The organization offers musical training to over 200 young people in the community and is in its 12th season. • Began the Young Voices Festival for treble voices within the state of Florida.  April 2005 marks the 5th year for this event to be held at Morsani Hall at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.  This is a partnership with the School District of Hillsborough County, the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Arts Council of Hillsborough County. • Conductor/clinician of the Oklahoma Arts Summer Arts Institute and headlining clinician for the Illinois Chapter of ACDA this summer

Jack Heller heller@arts.usf.edu | (813)974-3656 • Exploring the effects of courses in the arts for engineering students (co-principal investigator with William Lee, Professor in Engineering), National Science Foundation grant • The ability to categorize interpretations of music and speech phrases • Problem solving in the arts and engineering (co-author with Mernet Larsen and William Lee). • Concerts with the Tampa Bay Symphony (music director)

Janet L. S. Moore moore@ugs.usf.edu | (813)974-4051 • Professional development for music educators—Implementing the standards for music: An Integrated Approach, School District of Hillsborough County, U.S. Department of Education federal grant, 2002-2005 • Philosophical position of GM:TP; SIG for General Music: Teacher Preparation (in review) • An undergraduate elementary music education curriculum for the 21st Century, AOSA Elementary Music Teacher Curriculum Task Force, contributor, 2001-2004

David A.Williams dwilliams@arts.usf.edu | (813)974-2311 | homepage • Musical Meaning: Teenage Participation in Musical Activities In and Out of School. An investigation of the sociology of teenage musical involvment funded by a grant from "Sounds of Learning: The Impact of Music Education." • What are We Doing and How Well are We Doing It? Philosophical paper accepted for publication by Music Educators Journal. • Collaboration Among Music Teachers. A study of the use of collaboration amoung music teachers. • Skills and Behaviors Important to Successful Music Teaching. A survey of music teacher's thoughts regarding what skills and behaviors are most important for music teachers.

Recent Doctoral Dissertations:

Matthew Buckmaster
• Teaching strategies of successful college professors in teaching undergraduate trombone students

Gary Compton
• Cornet and trumpet timbre discrimination and identification: An evaluation and analysis of selected factors in music listening

Wayne Gallups
• Effect of conductor gesture on musician's articulative-interpretive response

Marian Moorhead
• The Suzuki Method:A comparative analysis of the perceptual/cognitive listening devleopment in third grade students trained in Suzuki, traditional, and modified Suzuki music methods

Andrew Sioberg
• The effect of grade level on the ability of 6-12th grade music students to categorize interpretations of short music and speech phrases