Kathy Hickey, Program Director

Academic Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Music literacy
• Music learning theory
• Sightsinging/ear training
• Jeno Adam’s role in the music education approach known as the Kodaly Method

Courses Taught at Redlands

• Ear Training and Sight-Singing I-IV
• Administration and Supervision in Music
• Choral Music at the Pre-College Level
• Foundations of Music Education
• Psychology of Music
• Elementary Music Methods
• Fundamentals of Music

Degrees Held

• University of Southern California, Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Education
• California State University, Long Beach, CA, Master of Arts, Piano Performance
• California State University, Los Angeles, CA, Bachelor of Arts, Piano Performance

Previous Teaching Experience

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
• University of Southern California
• UCLA
• Summer music education courses at Azusa Pacific University, CA
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Webster University, MO
•  Arizona State University
• California State University, Fresno

Previous Relevant Work Experience

State and regional presentations:

• Denver, CO
• Chicago, IL
• Columbus, OH
• and numerous others

Major Honors

Significant Presentations 

• National and international presentations on music and music education topics
• Katowice, Poland, International Kodaly Society Symposium: “The Legacy of Jeno Adam” (August 2009)
• Washington, DC, Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Teaching Greek Modes: Process and Literature (March 2009)
• Numerous other presentations

Professional Affiliations

• Music Educators National Conference
• American Choral Director’s Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• American Orff-Schulwerk Association Organization of American Kodaly Educators
• International Kodaly Society