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Selected Presentations
and Papers
2006 “Engaging the World at Our Doorsteps: Valuing Place In Liberal Education” collaborative presentation with four other institutions for American Association of Colleges and Universities conference on “Demanding Excellence: Liberal Education in an Era of Globalization, Anti-Intellectualism, and Disinvestment”, Washington, D.C.; principal author and organizer
2005 “Images and Interdisciplinarity: A Campus-Wide Perspective” closing plenary presentation for Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC) “State of the Art Art History: Challenges and Choices in the Digital Classroom” symposium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
“Beyond Words: Liberal Education and New Media” presentation for Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC) “Media, New” symposium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
“Learning in Place” roundtable presentation for American Association of Colleges and Universities conference on “Liberal Education and the New Academy”, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Broken Ground: Portraying Iowa’s Landscape Through the Arts” presentation for convocation series in “The Human Impact on the Global Environment”, Central College, Pella, IA
2003 "Music, Farming,
and the Prairie", presentation for Central College convocation series
on "The Human Impact on the Global Environment", Pella, IA
2002 "Elegy and
Affirmation: Musical Reflections on the Aftermath of September 11",
presentation prior to the premiere of Elegy and Affirmation,
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
"The Integration
of Technology into Learning and Teaching in the Liberal Arts: A Case
Study in a Changing Educational Culture," co-authored with Helen
Scott, Associate Dean, and Jim Swartz, Vice- President for Academic
Affairs and Dean of the College at Grinnell College. Published in Liberal
Education, Spring, 2002
2001 "Rural
Symphony: Translating Rural America Into Song", presentation for
Lieutenant Governor Sally PedersonÕs and Iowa Department of Cultural
Affairs Director Anita WalkerÕs "Discover Iowa" tour, Blanden
Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
"Making a
Difference: Teaching and Learning With Technology," presentation
for Association of American Colleges and Universities, New Orleans
2000 "Rural
Symphony: Musical Reflections of Rural America", presentation at
the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
Keynote address
for TTALA (Teaching With Technology Across the Liberal Arts) Conference
and Faculty Workshop, Grinnell College
Two-day workshop
for twelve faculty at Lawrence University on "The Arts, Multimedia,
and the Internet: Teaching Artistic Creativity in the Digital Age,"
1999 "Prairie,
Pen, and Piano: How the Land is Written and Sung," presentation
with writer Paula Smith, for the Grinnell College Talkabout series
1998 "Seeking
a Place in the Community: Performing Artists," presentation for
the Iowa Arts Council's Iowa Artists Conference in Des Moines
1997 "The
Web of the Arts and Humanities," presentation for Associated Colleges
of the Midwest conference on Information Technology and the Humanities,
Knox College
1996 3-page review
and feature article on Broken Ground in Tractor magazine
of Iowa arts and culture, Vol. IV, #4, Fall, 1996
1995 "Composer-Writer
Collaborations," presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Seventh Annual
Festival at Drake University
1994 "Good Things
for the Few," 1,100-word review of 31st annual Iowa Composers Concert
sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Beethoven Club and Coe College. Published
in Tractor, magazine of Iowa arts and culture, Vol. II, #1, Fall,
1994. Read the Review
4-page feature
article on Eric Hermannson's Soul by Kristin Senty-Brown and
Harvey Hess in vol. I, #2 of Tractor magazine, the magazine of
Iowa arts, Vol. I, #2, Winter, 1994
1993 "Opera Today:
Practical Considerations," presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum
Fifth Annual Festival, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City
"Computer-Assisted
Performance and Composition With Max," presentation for the Iowa Composers
Forum Fifth Annual Festival, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City
"Microtonality
and the Liberal Arts," presentation for the national convention of the
Society of Composers, Inc., Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
1990 "Computer-Assisted
Composition With HMSL, presentation for the Iowa Composers Forum Second
Annual Festival, Coe College, Cedar Rapids
1985 "Japanese
Conceptions of Space and Time in the Music of Takemitsu," presentation
for the national convention of the American Society of University Composers,
Arizona State University, Tempe (Adapted from The Concept
of 'ma' and the Music of Toru Takemitsu)
1984 "Synthetic
Scales, Charles Griffes, and The Kairn of Koridwen," presentation and
defense of PhD dissertation essay at the University of Chicago
Read the Introduction
1982 "The Concept
of 'ma' and the Music of Toru Takemitsu," presentation for the University
of Iowa School of Music
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