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Anne C. Witt is Adjunct Professor of Music Education at the University of Alabama School of Music where she teaches in the string pedagogy area and an introductory course for music education majors. She taught middle school and high school orchestra and strings for fourteen years in Austin, and was Director of the University of Texas String Project for two years.
She taught strings and
music education at the University of Texas at Arlington for eight years.
Dr. Witt has presented clinics for orchestra and band direc- tors in many states and at national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference, the American String Teachers Association and at the Midwest Clinic. Her presentations include "student tested" teaching strate- gies on such topics as creative classroom management, communication, and motivation, as well as teaching rhythm and intonation to string players.
She has served as guest conductor for many All-Region orchestras in Texas, and at festival orchestras and All-State
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The University of Alabama School of Music Welcomes New Music Education Faculty
orchestras. Dr. Witt is co-author of Teaching Stringed Instruments: A Course of Study, published by MENC. She is author of A Rhythm a Week, published by Warner Bros. Publications, used by school classes and private students nationwide and internationally.
for the new series Orchestra Expressions, also published by Warner Bros. Publications.
Dr. Witt has served as President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association and President of the American String Teachers Association.
She earned the Bachelor's degree
from the University of Alabama, and M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a professional cellist in the Austin Symphony for twenty years.
During the 2004-05 year, she organized a community ini- tiative to begin a string program in the Tuscaloosa City Schools. The program began in August in all three middle schools with Melissa Hickok (UA grad) as the first teacher. The program will grow each year, until it reaches all stu- dents in middle and high schools.
She is Consulting Editor
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