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Caroline Jetton

Music Education

 GCPA 1103 | (765) 658 - 4503

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Caroline Jetton serves as Associate Dean of Academics and Advising for the School of Music, Director of Music Teacher Education, and Professor of Music. Her teaching responsibilities are in the area of music education and have included elementary and secondary general music, early childhood, diverse needs, foundations of music education, and student teaching supervision.

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Abby Means

Music Education

 GCPA 0105 | (765) 658 - 6734

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Abby Means serves as Assistant Professor of Music, teaching courses in general music (early childhood, elementary, and secondary), Foundations of Music Education, Senior Seminar in Music Education, Music Education Lab, and Thinking, Listening, and Creating with Music. Dr. Means will also serve as university student teacher supervisor.

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Zack Clark

Music Education

 GCPA 1110 | (765) 658 - 6757

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Zack Clark is a PhD student in music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He previously earned degrees in music education from California State University, Bakersfield (B.A.) and San Jose State University (M.A.) and is certified in Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Pedagogy.

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Eliza Brown

Music Theory, Composition

 GCPA 1107 | (765) 658 - 1021

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William Pearson

Music Theory, Composition

 GCPA 1108 | (765) 658 - 1059

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William Pearson is a composer and organist. His work includes several film scores for Aeon.co, combining live improvisation with digital processing. His acoustic compositions, derived from hand-made graphic scores, have been performed by world-class ensembles. In addition to his teaching at DePauw, he is the advisor for the Student Contemporary Ensemble and the 'Art Walk' interdisciplinary arts festival.

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Mica Redden

Horn

 GCPA 0119 | (765) 658 - 4384

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Horn player and composer, Mica Redden (they/them), earned their Bachelor of Music degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. They went on to receive their Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where they also pursued their Doctor of Music degree. Mica maintains a busy studio and freelancing career in Indianapolis.

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Scott Spiegelberg

Music Theory

 GCPA 1106 | (765) 658 - 4359

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Scott Spiegelberg is interested in the perception of timbre, theory pedagogy, improvisation, and popular music analysis. He is researching how much average listeners are aware of timbre, what timbral sources they can identify, and how much information about timbral sources and qualities affect music enjoyment.

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Elissa Harbert

Musicology

 GCPA 1104 | (765) 658 - 4396

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Elissa Harbert is an award-winning musicologist specializing in musical theater, with broad expertise in music of the U.S. and Europe. Her research focuses on Broadway musicals as they intersect with gender, race and ethnicity, cultural memory, and historical representation. She teaches a wide variety of musicology courses and is affiliated faculty with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

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Matthew Balensuela

Musicology

 GCPA 1105 | (765) 658 - 4398

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C. Matthew Balensuela is a musicologist who teaches a variety of classes for both music majors and non-majors. His research interests have included early music theory, pedagogy, and popular music.

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Veronica Pejril

Coordinator, Music Instructional Technology

GCPA 1148 | (765) 658 - 4389 

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Veronica Pejril composes new and experimental music and teaches methods in contemporary music making with digital tools. An alumna of the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois and the Computer Music Center at Princeton, she studied composition with Paul Lansky, Steven Mackey and Milton Babbitt.

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