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Don Crowe

Don Crowe

Title

Professor Emeritus of Music

Office Building

The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center

Office

127

Mailing Address

Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center 127
School of Performing Arts-Box 2830
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Crowe came to South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University in 1995. He teaches the Music Department's First Year Seminar and courses in the music industry, Methods and Materials of Instrumental Music Teaching, Technology for Music Educators and Supervision of School Music Programs. He also teaches Applied Trombone and supervises field experience and student teachers in music. Dr. Crowe earned the B.M. in music education from Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina and an M.M. in music theory from Florida State University, Tallahassee. He received the D.M.A. in music education with a minor in wind conducting from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 1994. Dr. Crowe has presented at the national conferences of the Society of Music Instructional Technology and National Association for Music Education, and has served as a judge and clinician in Georgia, Arizona, Missouri, Minnesota and South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã. Dr. Crowe is former president of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Music Educators Association and is also a member of the National Association for Music Education, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Bandmasters, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity and Phi Beta Mu, the national honorary band fraternity.

Academic Interests

  • Music teacher preparation, technology in music education
  • Instrumental - (music ed, low brass)

Academic Responsibilities

  • Music Education
  • Music Industry
  • Music Education Field Experience and Student Teaching
  • Music Industry Internships
  • Trombone
  • Brass Pedagogy
  • First Year Seminar in Music

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • Teacher Education Faculty: Music Department Curriculum and Assessment
  • Music Department Promotion/Tenure
  • Music Conference

Professional Memberships

  • South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Bandmasters
  • National Association for Music Education
  • South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Music Educators Association
  • College Music Society

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

  • Phi Beta Kappa: Phi Kappa Phi

Grants

  • Mark of Academic Excellence Grant for Classroom Technology

Work Experience

  • Assistant professor, director of Instrumental Studies/Band and Orchestra Director, Ball State University
  • Band director, Southwest Baptist University
  • Band director, Woodmont Middle/High School, Gainesville, Georgia
  • Band director, Piedmont Elementary School, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Band director, Ellen Woodside Elementary School, Greenville, South Carolina

Areas of Research

  • Research in music education

Department(s)