Faculty
Joy Anderson is Assistant Director of the acclaimed Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir. She holds a Master of Music from James Madison University and Kodály certification from Capital University. Her level III instruction through Capital was at the Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute in Kecskemet, Hungary. Mrs. Anderson has presented widely, including at the national conference
of the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and her writing has appeared in the OAKE Envoy. A 22-year veteran music educator, Mrs. Anderson has worked with children from infancy through high school in public and private schools and choirs.
David Gadberry is an assistant professor of music education at Central Michigan University. He is scheduled to finish his Ph.D. in Music Education with a minor in music therapy during the spring of 2011, and he served as a graduate teaching assistant in music education during his studies at the University of Kansas. Previously he was a music specialist in Plano ISD and taught grades K-5. He is certified in both Kodály and Orff, and his research interests include folk music research, inclusion of students with special needs in music classrooms, and behavior management in music education. Mr. Gadberry is currently the secretary of the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and he regularly presents workshops at the national, regional, and local levels for Kodály, Orff, and Music Therapy Associations. He teaches folk music and pedagogy courses for both the Kodály Institute of North Texas and the James Madison University Summer Kodály Institute.
Alice Hammel a leader in the field of students with special needs and music, currently teaches for James Madison and Christopher Newport Universities, and the St. Andrew's School. She also has a large independent flute studio in Richmond. Her graduate degrees are from Florida State University and Shenandoah University. In addition, she earned her Kodály Certification through James Madison University and has been a faculty member in three Kodály Levels Programs. She has presented her research at more than 50 state and national conferences and has published more than 20 articles in professional journals. Dr. Hammel is a contributing author to several resources available through MENC and Connect for Education. Her latest resource, co-authored with Dr. Ryan Hourigan, is available through Oxford University Press (Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach). Dr. Hammel serves in many concurrent state and national professional leadership positions and is a multiple award recipient honoring her commitment to music education and music teacher education.
Susan Harvey is Assistant Professor of Music at Midwestern State University where she teaches music education courses, instructs the high brass studio, and has co-directed the Oratorio Choir. Prior to teaching at MSU she taught instrumental and choral music for twenty years in public schools. Dr. Harvey has presented sessions at state and national music education conferences, educator in-services, and university methods classes. Topics for presentations include the use of Kodaly methods in the instrumental classroom and practice strategies for instrumentalists. Dr. Harvey is an active clinician, guest conductor, judge, and freelance trumpet performer.
Julia Shaw Julia Shaw is pursuing her PhD in music education at Northwestern University. She holds a Master of Music in choral conducting from Butler University and a Bachelor of Music Education from Indiana University. She has worked in diverse public school settings and extensively with children’s choirs, having served as conductor for both the Chicago Children’s Choir and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. As the choir director at Zionsville West Middle School, she was honored as Teacher of the Year in 2007. Her choirs have performed at the Indiana Music Educators Association State Convention and on subscription concerts with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. She has served as guest clinician for IMEA’s Non-Competitive and Circle the State With Song festivals, and has taught child voice development at the University of St. Thomas.
