ABOUT SYMPOSIUM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Tim Cain,PhD, Professor in Education

Faculty of Education, Edge Hill University, UK

email: tim.cain@edgehill.ac.uk

Tim Cain became a teacher-educator in music after working for 19 years as a secondary school music teacher. Following a career in four Secondary schools Tim taught on teacher education in several universities including Kingston University, Bath Spa University and the University of Southampton, before moving to Edge Hill University in 2011 as Professor in Education. Now he direct the research centre for Schools, Colleges and Teacher Education (SCaTE) and teaches research methods on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

His PhD was a study of mentoring, under the supervision of Professor Helen Simons, who pioneered the use of case study in educational research. As a result of his work in this field, he became a member of a European Union - funded project in mentoring (https://www.mint-mentor.net). His interests have shifted more recently to a concern with how teachers, particularly in schools, use research findings and collaborative research methods to develop their practice. His work in this area has appeared in Croatian, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, and Slovene publications and he has given Keynote Addresses to international conferences in Belgium and Croatia. His current project is 'How teachers understand and use, educational research'.

He has research interests in mentoring, action research, music education and teacher education. He has written textbooks and other educational materials and has published a number of academic articles. The latest book publication is Teaching Music Differently: Case Studies of Inspiring Pedagogies, edited together with Joanna Cursley (London: Routledge, 2017). Teaching Music Differently explores what music teachers do and why. It offers insightful analysis of eight in-depth studies of teachers in a range of settings - the early years, a special school, primary and secondary schools, a college, a prison, a conservatoire and a community choir - and demonstrates that pedagogy is not simply the delivery of a curriculum or an enactment of a teaching plan. Rather, a teacher's pedagogy is complex, nuanced and influenced by a multitude of factors.

Tim is a member of several research organisations including the British Educational Research Association. He has been a PhD supervisor since 2006 and has acted as external examiner for PhD students in five universities. He is on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Music Education and the International Journal of Music Education.

GUEST SPEAKER

Prof. Christine C. Bass, Assistant Professor - Choral Music and Music Education

Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

email: tuf38715@temple.edu

Christine is the Director of Temple University Women's Chorus where she also an Assistant Professor of Music Education. Prior to Temple, Christine taught at Cherry Hill West high school for 22 years where her program grew from 60 to over 320 students in seven choirs. Her choirs have performed at multiple ACDA National Conventions, MENC and ACDA All Eastern Conventions, and with Alan Gilbert, Julius Rudel, Rossen Milanov, Philadelphia's Singing City, Sister Cities Girlchoir and the Newark Boy's Choir. Her men's a cappella group, Men of Note, won three consecutive National Championships for Best of High School A Cappella. Christine earned her degrees from Westminster Choir College, studied conducting under Robert Simpson, Elaine Brown, Andrew Megill and Joseph Flummerfelt and was a member of the Westminster Choir. She received their Alumni Merit Award and Alumni Ambassador Award. Christine was New Jersey MENC Master Music Teacher and received the Governor's Award in Arts Education. Christine has conducted numerous All State and Honors Choirs including the 2009 ACDA All National High School Honors Choir. She is a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician presenting workshops across the country. Her educational products are published by Hal Leonard, DVDs; Vocal Transformation ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7h33W5_Drs ) and Where The Boys Are ( https://christinebass.com/where-the-boys-are/ ) and her new book "Front-Loading Your Repertoire: Constructing for Success" ( https://www.youtube.com/user/thepopasduck ) was released this past year. For more info please visit: www.christinebass.com .