B.S., M.S., Ed.D. (Illinois)
Music Education
Dr. Bowman has been a member of the Brandon University Music faculty since 1981. He has also taught at Mars Hill College in North Carolina (1974-81), and at University of Toronto (1995-97) as Visiting Professor. His primary area of scholarly expertise is philosophy of music and music education.
Being Musical, Educating Musically: Music Education from Pragmatic Perspective. A book being written under contract with Springer (Netherlands).
“The Community in Music” (tentative title). To appear in a volume to be published by Oxford University Press, entitled The MENC Handbook on Policy, Partnerships, and Community, Richard Colwell, ed.
Educating Musically in a Changing World: Multicultural Perspectives on Music Education. A book of essays in Chinese translation, published by Nanjing Normal University Press. Forthcoming.(2007)
“No One True Way: Music Education Without Redemptive Truth.” No One True Way. Forthcoming in Action for Change in Music Education, Thomas Regelski and J. Terry Gates eds.
“The State of Music Education in Manitoba, 2005.” Forthcoming in Music Education in Canada: What is the State of the Art? K. Veblen & C. Beynon, eds. (scheduled for 2008 publication) Manitoba Music Ed (State of Mus Ed in Manitoba). An abstract and review of my chapter appear in From Sea to Sea: Perspectives on Music Education in Canada (K. Veblen & C. Beynon) at http://coalitionformusiced.ca/html/sec4-advocacy/ebook . Also available at this URL is my essay, “Impressions of the UWO Pan-Canadian Symposium” [chapter 37].
“Who is the ‘We’? Rethinking Professionalism in Music Education” Forthcoming in Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education Who is We? Originally an invited presentation: International Conference on Music Education, Equity, and Social Justice. Teachers’ College, Columbia University, New York (October,2006)
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