GARY S. GRANT
work phone: 814-732-2555 email: [email protected] webpage: http://garygrant.weebly.com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1993 Ph. D. in Music Education, University of Missouri – Columbia
Dissertation: An Evaluation by Missouri High School Band Directors of Criteria for Selecting Concert
Band Music 1990 Master of Music (conducting), University of Missouri – Columbia
1985 Bachelor of Science in Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching
2014 - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Music Education Professor
2002 - 2014 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Professor
Chair, Music Department
Director of Bands
1993 – 2002 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Director of Bands
1989 – 1993 University of Missouri – Columbia
Assistant Director of Bands
1987 – 1989 Bradley – Bourbonnais Community High School, Bradley, Illinois
Director of Bands
1985 – 1987 Watseka Community High School, Watseka, Illinois
Director of Bands
General Administration
Successful Grant Applications
Professional Development Grant
University Research Grant
Edinboro University Committee Appointments
Dean of Education Search Committee
New Music Building
Campus Management Task Force
First Year Experience Committee
Honorary Doctorate Committee
Middle States
Commencement / Convocation Committee
Provost Special Departmental Recruiting Award Committee
Senate Institutional Advancement Committee
Academic Computing, Advisory Council
Liberal Arts Day Committee
Edinboro Music Department Committee Service
Website
Open House
Recruiting
NASM
Curriculum, Co-Chair
Music Department Advancement
Friends of Music
Academic Standards
Departmental Sabbatical Leave
Ensembles
Auditions
Chair
Host, PMEA District 2 Honor Band
PMEA, Chair, Curriculum and Instruction for Higher Education
Co-Founder and Administrator, EUP Reunion of Musicians Weekend
Host, PMEA All-State Wind Ensemble
Acting Director, Cultural Affairs (spring, 2001)
Founder, EUP Jazz Clinic
Founder, EUP Concert Band Clinic
Founder, EUP Mini – Band Camp
Host, PMEA District Jazz Festival
Host, PMEA In-service Workshops
Supervisor, Student Teachers
Supervisor, Sophomore and Junior Field Experience
Advisor, Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Member, Washington Township Planning Commission
YMCA Volunteer Youth Tennis Instructor
Volunteer Landscaper, Our Lady of the Lake Church
YMCA Advisory Board
YBA Basketball Coach
YMCA Swimming Team Booster Co-President
YMCA Membership Committee
YMCA Soccer Coach
Coach, Edinboro Youth Football
Music Committee, Our Lady of the Lake Church
Coordinator, Special Programs, Our Lady of the Lake Church Family Program
Raffle Coordinator, Our Lady of the Lady Picnic Committee
SPECIAL FUNDING REQUESTS
Personal
EUP Faculty Development Grant
EUP Senate Research Grant
Departmental
Secured funding for pianos in Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center
Assisted with securing funding for Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center
Secured $19,000.00 for music department ensembles
Assisted in securing Governor’s Scholarship for Music Student
Assisted in hiring Pipe Instructor
Obtained over $13,000.00 in funding for Pipes and Drums
HONORS AND AWARDS
Orpheus Award, Phi Mu Alpha National Honor (2009)
Edinboro University Advisor of the Year (2005)
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004)
Edinboro University Faculty of the Year Finalist (2003)
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2000 and 1996)
Marching Band Performance at Buffalo Bills NFL Game (1995)
52 Edinboro Band students perform in Pennsylvania Inter-Collegiate Band
Edinboro Student Chapter of MENC honored each year for growth
Band ensembles invited to perform at special off-campus festivals
Guest Conductor/Clinician/Adjudicator/Presenter
Edinboro University Technology Buffet
PMEA Music Performance Adjudication – Corry, Pa
PMEA Music Performance Adjudication – Westminster College
The Northeast Ohio Honor Band
District 3 Jazz Band Festival
Unifest – University of Saskatchewan
PMEA District 1 Junior District Band
Gorham Pageant of Bands, Canandaigua, New York
EUP Jazz Ensemble Performance at “Kids Have Their Say” – Erie, Pa
EUP Jazz Ensemble Performance at Conneaut Lake Middle School
International Women’s Brass Conference (EUP)
General McLane High School (Edinboro, Pa)
North East Middle School (North East, Pa)
Edinboro Faculty Chamber Players “Green Eggs and Ham”
EUP Jazz Ensemble Performance at Frank Pogue Scholarship Luncheon
Finger Lakes Region Pageant of Bands (New York)
IU9 Band Festival (St. Mary’s, Pa)
PMEA District Band (Erie, Pa)
Venago County Band (Franklin, Pa)
Duke Ellington Tribute Concert (Erie, Pa)
PMEA Band Festival (Bradford, Pa)
Palm Springs Band Festival (Palm Springs, Ca)
PMEA District Jazz Band (Oil City, Pa)
PMEA District Jazz Band (Edinboro, Pa)
Mercer County Band Festival (Pa)
Edinboro Faculty Ensemble
General McLane High School Concert Band (Edinboro, Pa)
Union City High School Band (Union City, Pa)
Batavia Jazz Consortium (Dundee, Il)
Classic international Music Festival (Quebec City, Canada)
Classic International Music Festival (Toronto, Canada)
Classic International Music Festival (Niagara Falls, Canada)
Classic International Music Festival (Burlington, Vt)
Classic International Music Festival (Montreal, Canada)
Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Edinboro, Pa)
Junior District Band (Edinboro, Pa)
Divisional Band Week (Winnipeg, Canada)
PMEA Band Festival (Kiski Area H.S., Pa)
PMEA Band Festival (General McLane H.S., Pa)
Concert Band of Northwest Pennsylvania (Edinboro, Pa)
MU Concert Band Festival (Columbia, Mo)
EUP Musical: Anything Goes (Edinboro, Pa)
EUP Musical: A Little Night Music (Edinboro, Pa)
Calgary Public Schools (Calgary, Canada)
Cambridge Springs High School (Cambridge Springs, Pa)
North East Middle School (North East, Pa)
General McLane High School (Edinboro, Pa)
District Band (Moberly, Mo)
Trumpet Performer
Penn State Erie – The Behrend College
Edinboro Faculty – World Cultures Week
EUP Student Senior Recital
Allegheny Brass (Meadville, Pa)
St. Jude’s Catholic Church (Erie, Pa)
Concert Band of Northwest Pennsylvania (Edinboro, Pa)
EUP University Singers (Edinboro, Pa)
Adult Band Camp (Edinboro, Pa)
MU Honors Choir (Columbia, Mo)
Wedding (Greenville, SC)
Wedding (Evanston, Il)
EUP Christmas Concert (Edinboro, Pa)
Adjudication
Pennsylvania State High School Adjudication Festival
Missouri State High School Adjudication Festival
Illinois State High School Adjudication Festival
University of Illinois Jazz Festival
University of Missouri Jazz Festival
Southeast Missouri State Jazz Festival
The Berry – Illinois Marching Band Invitational
EUP Music Department Sponsored Young Musicians Solo Competition
PUBLICATION RECORD
Article published in the “National Federation Interscholastic Music Association Journal”
Winter 1994
Article published in the “Missouri School Music Magazine”
Spring 1992
Article published in “CMENC/MMEA Newsletter”
Fall 1992
RESEARCH
An Evaluation by Pennsylvania High School Band Directors of Criteria for Selecting Concert Band Music
Presentations, PMEA State Convention 1996, EUP Academic Festival 1996
An Evaluation by Missouri High School Band Directors of Criteria for Selecting Concert Band Music
Doctoral Dissertation, 1993
The Effect of Program Notes on the Attitudes Toward Music of University Band Students
Presentation, MMEA State Convention, 1991
FORMER TEACHERS
Arranging
Dr. John Cheetham 1989 - 93
Dr. W. Thomas McKenney 1989 - 93
Conducting
Dr. Dale Lonis 1989 – 93
Mr. Edward Dolbasion 1989 – 91
Mr. Greg Fuller 1989 – 91
Dr. Daniel Kohut 1981 – 85
Dr. Thomas Wisnewski 1981 – 85
Mr. Don Casey 1981
Music Education
Dr. Martin Burgee 1989 - 93
Dr. Wendy Sims 1989 - 93
Mary Hoffman 1981 - 85
Dr. Robert Thomas 1981 - 85
Trumpet
Dr. Alexander Pickard 1989
Mr. Mike Tunnell 1985
Mr. Ray Sasaki 1985
Mr. Greg Clemeans 1981 – 84
Mr. David Hickman 1981
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Music Educators National Conference
Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference
Pennsylvania College Band Directors Association
Kappa Kappa Psi Professional Band Fraternity
Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society
Sigma Iota Honorary “Friend of the Arts”
Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity
Phi Beta Mu Honorary Band Fraternity