AMEA 2015 Clinicians


William Dehning was Chairman of Choral and Sacred Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music from 1992- 2007, where he conducted the USC Chamber Choir and taught choral conducting in a department of 20 resident graduate students, and prepared choruses for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For twenty years prior to his appointment to USC, Dehning was Director of Choirs at the University of the Pacific, where he was recipient of the university's Distinguished Professor Award and its Commencement speaker in 1991. He has lectured at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik and appears on occasion as a guest conductor and clinician both in the U.S. and abroad. He has worked numerous times with professional choruses in Korea, including the National Chorus. He appeared at divisional and national conventions of ACDA six times in the 1990's, and has won seven prizes in international competitions, including Grand Prizes in Tours, France, and Varna, Bulgaria. He is the author of Chorus Confidential, and A Matter of Choice: Interpreting Choral Music. The Thornton School honored him with the first annual Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, and awarded him the Ramo Award, the school’s highest honor, upon his retirement.


Melinda S. Doyle is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montevallo where she conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and University Chorus and also teaches undergraduate conducting and choral methods. In 2010, Dr. Doyle was Instructor of Choral Music at Louisiana State University where she conducted Schola Cantorum and taught undergraduate choral literature and conducting. In addition, she served as the Director of Music and Worship at the University United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. Dr. Doyle received the Bachelor of Vocal Performance (1995), Master of Music (Vocal Performance, 1997) and Graduate Certificate in Advanced Music (Choral Conducting, 2003) from the University of South Florida, and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Frequently in demand as a clinician and adjudicator, she has conducted choirs both at the junior high, high school and collegiate level. Currently, Dr. Doyle serves as the R & S Chair for College and University Choirs for Alabama ACDA. She has also served as R & S Chair for High Repertoire for the Florida ACDA and remains an active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Florida ACDA, Alabama Music Educators Association, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), and Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA).


Robert Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Elizabeth Shatto Massey Distinguished Fellow in Teacher Education, and Director of the Center for Music Learning. He is also directs the psychology of learning program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. The most recent recipient of MTNA's Frances Clarke Keyboard Pedagogy Award, Dr. Duke has directed national research efforts under the sponsorship of such organizations as the National Piano Foundation and the International Suzuki Institute. His research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, including motor skill learning, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. His most recent work explores procedural memory consolidation and the cognitive processes engaged during musical improvisation. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, he has worked closely with children at-risk, both in the public schools and through the juvenile justice system. He is the author of Scribe 4 behavior analysis software, and his most recent books are Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction and The Habits of Musicianship, which he co-authored with Jim Byo of Louisiana State University. He is a co-host of the NPR radio program Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT in Austin.


John Feierabend is considered one of the leading authorities on music and movement development. A Professor of Music and the Director of the Music Education Division at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford he is a past President of the Organization of American Kodály Educators as well as a NAfME Lowell Mason Fellow. Dr. Feierabend continues to be committed to collecting, preserving and teaching the diverse folk music of our country and using that folk music as a bridge to help children understand and enjoy classical music. Dr. Feierabend’s research has resulted in two music curricula; First Steps in Music, a music and movement program for infants through early elementary aged children and Conversational Solfege, a music literacy method for use in general music classes. Dr. Feierabend’s teaching has provided thousands of teachers and their students with the skills necessary to build community through music by evoking enthusiastic participation of all people. To that end his approach strives for all people to become tuneful, beatful and artful through research based and developmentally appropriate pedagogies that use quality literature. In the summer of 2012 a group of dedicated and like-minded teachers led by Dr. Sandra Doneski honored Dr. Feierabend’s 30 years of work with the formation of the Feierabend Association of Music Education. For more information go to: www.feierabendmusic.org and www.giamusic.com/feierabend.


Dr. Michael and Jill Gallina have achieved national prominence as award winning composers of musical plays and choral music for youth in elementary, middle, junior, and senior high schools. Their clever creations in story and song have consistently won awards from the Parents Choice Foundation, American Library Service and ASCAP. Their music has been featured and performed on the Disney Channel, The World's largest Concert, PBS, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Sing for the Cure, The New York Philharmonic, The Boston Pops, and in a documentary on children's rights for the United Nations. In addition, the Gallinas are recipients of the Stanley Austin Alumni Award from the College of New Jersey for their many accomplishments in the field of composition. Both Michael and Jill received B.A. degrees in music from the College of New Jersey. Jill was an elementary school music teacher before becoming a full time composer. Michael completed a Masters degree in music from the College of New Jersey as well as a Doctorate in Administration and Supervision from Rutgers University. In addition to his writing collaborations with Jill, he is the former elementary principal of the Angelo L.Tomaso School in Warren, New Jersey and author of the books "Making the Scene," and “Setting the Stage for Success.” Both are illustrated "how to" books for building sets, props and scenery, etc., for musical productions. Michael and Jill also collaborated on the book “Puttin’ on the Kidz.” More information regarding the Gallinas and their music can be obtained by contacting them at michaelandjillgallina@gmail.com or www.halleonard.com


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