RESUME Beatriz E. Aguilar, 4032 Wilshire Ln. Janesville, WI 53546 Phone: (608) 531-1747 Cell: (608) 758-4698 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Education
2006 Certified Kodály Music Educator, University of North Texas, Denton 2004 Ph.D. in Music Education, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 1999 Master of Music Education, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 1993 Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, National Autonomous University
of Mexico, Mexico City Professional Experience
2004 – to date Associate Professor, Edgewood College Madison, Wisconsin
MUS 456 General Music Education Methods
Sole Responsibility, average of 3 students per class Created new partnership with elementary music
teachers for the practicum component of the course Early Childhood Music Program
Sole Responsibility, average of 10 students per class Course designed for newborn to 48-month babies,
and as a laboratory for music education and early childhood education majors
In charge of the proposal, design, advertisement, and implementation of the program
MUS 141A Music Structures
Sole Responsibility, average of 20 students per class Course designed for education majors with no music
backgrounds
MUS 479/HI Cultural identity and music Sole Responsibility, 5 students per class Course designed for music majors
MUS 479/HI Mexican and Mexican-American Cultural identity trough art and music
Co-taught with art professor Melanie Herzog, 12 students per class
Course designed for any majors MUS 275A Folk Pedagogy
Sole Responsibility, average of 5 students per class Course designed for music education majors
MUS 141B Music Theory I
Sole Responsibility, average of 5 students per class Course designed for music majors
MUS 191 Computer applications to music
Sole Responsibility, average of 10 students per class Course designed for music majors
MUS 153 Music in Western Civilization
Sole Responsibility, average of 15 students per class Course designed for students with and without music
backgrounds
MUS 101 Piano class for no-music majors
Sole Responsibility, average of 12 students per class Course designed for students with no music
backgrounds
MUS 103 Piano class for music majors
Sole Responsibility, average of 25 students per class Course designed for music majors
Designed the Piano Proficiency exam for music majors
MUS 202, 301, & 401 Individual Piano Lessons Sole Responsibility
Summer 2005 – to date Research advisor, National Autonomous University of Mexico Major advisor of master theses and Ph.D. dissertations
1999 – 2002, 2004 Teaching Fellowship, University of North Texas
MUED 1130: Foundations in Music Education for Elementary Educators
Sole Responsibility, average of 25 students per class Course designed for students with no music
backgrounds
MUED 1140: Foundations in Music Education for Elementary Educators
Sole Responsibility, average of 25 students per class Course designed for students with music backgrounds 2001 – 2002 Teacher Trainer/Lecturer, Mi Escuelita, Dallas, Texas
Course founded by a grant
Foundations of Music Education for Early Childhood Educators
Designed for Hispanic teachers at economically challenged preschools
2000 – 2003 Music Instructor, University of North Texas Community Services
Multicultural music experiences for an outreach after-school program
1996-1997 Piano Instructor, National Autonomous University of Mexico Sole responsibility,
Individualized and group piano instruction for music education majors
1995-1996 Music Instructor, Instituto de Humanidades y Ciencias Middle School, México City
Sole responsibility General music teacher
1988-1991 Early Childhood Music Instructor, Kindergarten “Alfa,” Mexico City Early childhood music teacher
1989-1997 Private Piano Instructor, México City
Individualized Piano Instruction Publications
Aguilar, B. (In Process). El patio de mi casa: Hispanic children songs and games with pedagogical recommendations for the elementary music educator. Electronic Book.
Aguilar, B., Holmes, A. V., Göktürk, D., & Chen, J. (). Assessment “Over the ocean” – Outside the United States. In Brophy, T. S. (Ed.). The practice of assessment in music
education: Frameworks, models, and designs. Gicago, IL: GIA Publications.
Overture Center for the Arts. (2007). Spotlight on learning: Educator’s resource guide, Sones de Mexico. [Contributions], 6 – 11.
Devroop, K. & Aguilar, B. (2006). The occupational aspirations and expectations of music education majors in Mexico. Research and Issues in Music Education 4(1),
http://www.stthomas.edu/rimeonline/index.htm.
Aguilar, B. (2004). The effect of individual versus collective creative problem solving experiences on fourth- and fifth-grade students’ compositional products. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas, Texas.
Aguilar, B., Ramsey, D., & Lumsden, B. (2003). The Aztec Empire and the Spanish missions: Early music
education in North America. The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education 24(1), 62-82.
Aguilar, B. (2000). Music, race and mind. Southwestern Musician, 69(4), 46-49. Texas: TMEA Scholarly Presentations
2010 Discipline management in the early childhood music education classroom. Panel discussion presented at the Wisconsin State Music Conference, Madison, WI.
2010 Mexican and Mexican-American music and culture: the development of ethnic identities. Workshop/master’s level course at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, Madison, WI.
2009 Assessment “Over the ocean” – Outside the United States. Proceedings of the 2009 Florida Symposium on Assessment in Music Education.
2009 Hispanic Songs from a Kodály Perspective. Workshop scheduled to be presented at the Greater Milwaukee Orff Dimensions Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
2008 A song in their hearts: Music for young kids. Workshop at the UW Whitewater Early Childhood Education Conference, Whitewater, WI.
2008 Hispanic Songs and games in the classroom. Workshop presented at the WSMA, Waunakee, WI.
2008 Investigación cualitativa en el área de la educación musical [Qualitative research in music education]. Workshop at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
2008 Hispanic Children Songs from a Kodaly Perspective. Workshop/master’s level course at Edgewood College, Madison, WI.
2008 Combining the Kodály Methodology with Hispanic Folk Songs.
Workshop/master’s level course at Edgewood College, organized and presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, Madison, WI.
2008 Traditional Mexican songs and rhymes for the elementary music classroom. Workshop at the Wisconsin State CMENC mini-conference, UW-Eau Claire, WI.
2007 Mexican art and music. Workshop at the Overture Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI. 2007 Kodály de colores: Traditional Mexican songs and cultural identity. Workshop
at the Wisconsin State Music Conference, Madison, WI.
2007 A song in their hearts: Music for young kids. Workshop at the Wisconsin State Music Conference, Madison, WI.
2007 La evaluación del comportamiento musical [Assessment of musical behavior]. Workshop at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
2007 Investigación cuantitativa en el área de la educación musical [Quantitative research in music education]. Workshop at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
2007 Metodología Kodály en México [Kodály methodology in Mexico]. Lecture at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
2005 The Musical Conquest of America: Who Won This War? Paper presented during the Edgewood College Faculty Colloquium series, Fall 2005.
2004 The effect of individual versus collective creative problem solving experiences on fourth- and fifth-grade students’ compositional products.
Poster session presented at the Wisconsin Music Education Association Convention, Madison, Wisconsin.
2001 Empirical Research in music Education. Workshop at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
2001 The development of critical thinking though music education. Lecture at the National Institute for the Fine Arts, Mexico City.
2000 Research in Music Education. Workshop at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
1999 Music Education in Early childhood. Workshop, National Institute for the Fine Arts, Mexico City.
1999 Piano Accompaniment for the Music Educator. Workshop, National Institute for the Fine Arts, Mexico City.
Committee Work
2007 – to date Association of Latino(a) Students at Edgewood College, Advisor 2008 – 2011 Undergraduate Curriculum Council, Edgewood College
2008-2009 Search committee, Choral music educator, Edgewood College, Chair
2008 Search Committee, Director of the Center for Multicultural Education, Edgewood College
2007 – 2008 Search Committee, Arts Department at Edgewood College
2006 Search Committee, Director of the Center for Global education, Edgewood College
Fall 2006 – 2008 Diversity Committee Fall 2005 – 2008 Admissions Committee Fall 2004 – to date Study Abroad Committee Recent Community Service
2007 – to date Organized and currently advising the first Latino(a) student organization at Edgewood College
2006 – 2009 Early Childhood Music Program, Rock Prairie Montessori School, Janesville, WI
2007 Overture center for the Arts, Sones de Mexico Committee, Madison, WI
February 24th, 2006: Keynote Speaker for the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Latino
Youth College and
Career Fair
2005 – to date Wisconsin Council for International Education
2006 – 2008 Elementary Design Team, Madison Metropolitan School District 2006 – 2010 Accompanist for the Hispanic Choir of the Madison Diocese Professional Memberships
Music Education National Conference; Wisconsin Music Education Association;
International Society of Music Education; Organization of American Kodály Educators; International Kodály Society; Wisconsin Council for International Education.
Professional Performance Activities
Fall 2008 Pianist in a four-hand concert with the Edgewood College Chamber Orchestra, Madison, WI.
2006 – to date Pianist for the Accompanist for the Hispanic Choir of the Madison Diocese
Spring 2007 Pianist in a four-hand recital with pianist Ramona Allen, Madison, WI 2000/2001 Accompanist for the Flower Mound High school Choir.
1997 Pianist at the Musical Comedy “Los Musicales” (Forbidden Broadway), Mexico City
1993 Piano recitals for the Mexican Cost Festival, Matamoros, Laredo, and Reynosa, México
1995-1996-1997 Piano and Voice recital during the “Silvestre Revueltas” Festival, Durango, México
1995 Piano and Voice recitals for the Government Taxes Agency, Mexico City 1989 Soloist with Percussion Ensemble at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado
de México’s Festival, Toluca, México
1988 Soloist with the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México’s Chamber Orchestra, Toluca, México
1988-1989 Pianist of the “Coyulli” duet with a percussionist, performing for the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and for the Mexico City Department, Mexico City List of References Dr. Julie Dunbar Associate Professor Edgewood College Music Department
1000 Edgewood College Drive Madison, WI 53711-3442 Phone: (608) 663 3400
E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Blake Walter
Associate Professor and chair of the music department Edgewood College
Music Department
1000 Edgewood College Drive Madison, WI 53711-3442 Phone: (608) 663 2394
Dr. Debbie Rohwer
Professor/Chair of Music Education University of North Texas
P.O. Box 311367 Denton, TX 76203-1367 Phone: (940) 369 - 7538 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Warren Henry Professor/Associate Dean University of North Texas P.O. Box 311367
Denton, TX 76203-1367 Phone: (940) 369 - 7540
E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Darhyl Ramsey
Professor of Music Education University of North Texas P.O. Box 311367
Denton, TX 76203-1367 Phone: (940) 565 - 3749
