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Jane Palmquist

Associate Professor
Music, Conservatory of

Location: 424 Whitehead Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000x2895
Fax: 718.951.4502
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Jane Palmquist joined the faculty of the Conservatory of Music in 1998. She founded and directed the Brooklyn College String Project (1999-2005), founded and directed the college's music education programs (1998-2005; 2010) and taught a range of graduate and undergraduate music education and research courses until becoming a member of the Core faculty in 2007. Palmquist regularly presents results of her research at national conferences. Her innovative teaching methods are noted by students and colleagues. Her most recent work includes a book on teaching strings in the 21st century and an open educational resource of materials for teaching music in general music.

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin - 1987 (Music Education)

M.M., University of Texas at Austin - 1983 (Music Education)

B.M.E., Northern State University - 1979 (Music Education)

Areas of Expertise:

Palmquist is a specialist in string teacher education (teaching musicians how to teach orchestral stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello and string bass), and a specialist in teaching music in general studies (music appreciation, elements and principles of music).

Books and Publications

Palmquist, J.E. and Gail Barnes (2015). Participation in the School Orchestra and String Teachers Facebook v2 group: An online community of practice. International Journal of Community Music, vol. 8, no. 1. 93-103. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015

Palmquist, J.E. (2014). ASTA Research poster sessions 2006-2014, String Research Journal.vol 5, 29-28. Invited forum article. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

"Music and Academic Achievement: Review of the Research Literature." Applying Research to Teaching and Playing Stringed Instruments. Ed. Gail V. Barnes. 49-60.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2003

Creative Work

Publication of online Open Educational Resource (OER), entitled "FORUMS: Free and Open Resources for Undergraduate Music Studies." url: FORUMS,brooklyn.cuny.edu 2015

Current scholarship and writing includes: teaching music in general studies; status and description of string teacher education in the United States (in progress). 2011

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

Grants from the New York City Council, the American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association, the Workforce Development Initiative, and the D'Addario Foundation. 1999-present. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Institutional Affiliations of ASTA Research Poster Session Presenters (2006-2014). Juried research poster session presentation at the American String Teachers Association annual conference, March 20, 2015. Salt Lake City, UT. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

"Onward through the Fog: The Collegiate Roundtable's first decade" (conference session presented at the American String Teachers Association annual conference in Atlanta, GA (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Descriptive study of the Collegiate Roundtable (research poster session) presented at the American String Teachers Association annual conference in Atlanta, GA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Research regularly presented at national conferences of MENC and ASTA. Articles published in the Music Educators Journal, American String Teacher, NSOA Bulletin and Journal of Research in Music Education. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

"Music Education and Performance Faculty: We are all musicians and teachers." Presentation at the Instrumental Music Teacher Education Retreat, Deer Creek, OH. May 20, 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Professional Leadership

Chair, Collegiate Roundtable Committee, American String Teachers Association, 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010

Chair, Research Committee, Collegiate Roundtable of American String Teachers Association, 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010

Founder and director, Brooklyn College String Project, 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Director, National String Project Consortium. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

Pedagogical Achievements

Dalcroze teacher certification: Dalcroze Training Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; International Dalcroze Congress, Geneva. 2002

Suzuki violin teacher training: American Suzuki Institute, Stevens Point, Wis.; Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kan.; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Ill.; Talent Education Institute, Matsumoto, Japan. 1997

Other Professional Activities

Participant in Lehman College Center for Teaching and Learning "How Learning Works." (June, 2015) 2015

Attended and participated in meetings of the New York State School of Music Association (NYSSMA). Rochester, N.Y. December 2011 2011

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