Degrees: 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
Office: Music, Watchorn Hall #204
Phone: 909/748-8685 Campus Ext. 8685
E-mail: kathy_hickey@redlands.edu
Areas of Expertise
Music Literacy
Sightsinging/Ear Training
Elementary Music Education
Choral Music Education
Kodály/Jeno Ádám's Music Education Approach
Professional Background
Katherine Hickey is an experienced music educator specializing in early childhood and elementary music education, children's choral music, musicianship training, and Kodály pedagogy. Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in piano performance were completed at California State Universities at Los Angeles and Long Beach, and included a year of intense music study at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education from the University of Southern California with honors as Outstanding Music Education Graduate.
Dr. Hickey is past president and current treasurer of the national Organization of American Kodály Educators.
A frequent presenter at local, state and national conferences, her presentations include sessions and seminars on nurturing the young singer, vocal development and repertoire for the young singer, vocal abuse, singing games leading to musical literacy, art music listening in the classroom, Jeno Ádám, and Kodály certification courses.
Courses Offered at Redlands
Choral Music at the Pre-College Level
Foundations of Music Education
Psychology of Music
Elementary Music Methods
Pedagogy
Musicianship Skills I, II
Music for the Classroom Teacher
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; Palomar College
Professional Experience
State and regional presentations in Denver, Illinois, Ohio, Atlanta, and numerous other locations. International presentations in China, Poland, Hungary.
Awards and Honors
President - Organization of American Kodaly Educators
Presentations
National and international presentations on music, music education topics
August 2013: Kecskemet, Hungary, International Kodaly Society Symposium; "The Contributions of Jeno Ádám in the Kodály Approach;
Sept. 2010: Redlands, CA, AOSA, "Dancing Down The Alley To Music Literacy"
August, 2009: Katowice, Poland; International Kodaly Society Symposium; "The Legacy of Jenö Ádám"
March, 2009: Washington, DC; Organization of American Kodaly Educators; Teaching Greek Modes: Process and Literature
2005: Beijing, China; International Symposium; Discovery Learning in the Kodály Approach
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
Katherine Hickey is a Faculty Sponsor for the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference.
Jeno Ádám Research
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