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faculty
Ronald Sherwin, PhD
Professor / Chairperson
Music
Department Chair, Choral Music EducationUniversity Chorus, Social Justice ChoirContact
508-910-6949
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College of Visual & Performing Arts 204A
Education
| 2004 | The University of Maine | PhD |
| 2000 | The University of Maine | MM |
| 1995 | Castleton State University | BA |
Teaching
- Music Education
- Assessment
- Conducting
- Music History/Performance Practice
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Investigation of important North American contributions to human civilization, from Jazz and the airplane, to nuclear weapons and Cheese Wiz, to individual rights, the written constitution and the democratic republic. Topics could include Coming Down with the Blues; building the car, or the plane, Hollywood and the Invention of mass cinema; from inalienable rights to human rights; the Long 1960s as Cultural Revolution. May be repeated with change of content.
Open to students, staff, and faculty. Sight-reading not required but minimal experience in group singing desirable.
Open to students, staff, and faculty. Sight-reading not required but minimal experience in group singing desirable.
Intercollegiate and community choral ensemble for students interested in participating in a high-quality vocal ensemble while also engaging in tangible activities positively affecting the community. The ensemble will study, rehearse, and perform music addressing a wide variety of social justice issues as well as highlighting music written or arranged by composers from historically excluded or underrepresented groups.
Intercollegiate and community choral ensemble for students interested in participating in a high-quality vocal ensemble while also engaging in tangible activities positively affecting the community. The ensemble will study, rehearse, and perform music addressing a wide variety of social justice issues as well as highlighting music written or arranged by composers from historically excluded or underrepresented groups.
Open to students, staff, and faculty. Sight-reading not required but minimal experience in group singing desirable.
Open to students, staff, and faculty. Sight-reading not required but minimal experience in group singing desirable.
Intercollegiate and community choral ensemble for students interested in participating in a high-quality vocal ensemble while also engaging in tangible activities positively affecting the community. The ensemble will study, rehearse, and perform music addressing a wide variety of social justice issues as well as highlighting music written or arranged by composers from historically excluded or underrepresented groups.
Intercollegiate and community choral ensemble for students interested in participating in a high-quality vocal ensemble while also engaging in tangible activities positively affecting the community. The ensemble will study, rehearse, and perform music addressing a wide variety of social justice issues as well as highlighting music written or arranged by composers from historically excluded or underrepresented groups.
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline's course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Presents a basic music vocabulary and develops intelligent discrimination in the listener through study and analysis of outstanding works from Gregorian Chant to the present, including music of diverse cultures. Emphasis is also placed on the relationship of the historical development of music to parallel movements in art, drama, philosophical thought, etc.
Presents a basic music vocabulary and develops intelligent discrimination in the listener through study and analysis of outstanding works from Gregorian Chant to the present, including music of diverse cultures. Emphasis is also placed on the relationship of the historical development of music to parallel movements in art, drama, philosophical thought, etc.
Register for this course.
Presents a basic music vocabulary and develops intelligent discrimination in the listener through study and analysis of outstanding works from Gregorian Chant to the present, including music of diverse cultures. Emphasis is also placed on the relationship of the historical development of music to parallel movements in art, drama, philosophical thought, etc.
Register for this course.
Presents a basic music vocabulary and develops intelligent discrimination in the listener through study and analysis of outstanding works from Gregorian Chant to the present, including music of diverse cultures. Emphasis is also placed on the relationship of the historical development of music to parallel movements in art, drama, philosophical thought, etc.
Register for this course.
Research
Research interests
- Assessment
- Civic Engagement
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Ronald Sherwin & Sarah McQuarrie (2017).
Impact of state testing on music classrooms in the United States.
Assessment Practices in Music Education, OUP - Ronald Sherwin & Tobias Monte (2016).
MCAS, PARCC, and the relationship between music instruction and state-mandated comprehensive assessments.
Connecting practice, measurement, and evaluation, GIA, 163-176. - Ronald Sherwin & Sarah McQuarrie (2013).
Assessment in music education: Relationships between classroom practice and professional publication topics.
Research & Issues in Music Education, 11(1)