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Ronald Sherwin

faculty

Ronald Sherwin, PhD

Professor / Chairperson

Music & Theater Arts

Department Chair, Choral Music EducationUniversity Chorus, Social Justice Choir
Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-910-6949

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College of Visual & Performing Arts 204A

Education

2004The University of MainePhD
2000The University of MaineMM
1995Castleton State UniversityBA

Teaching

  • Music Education
  • Assessment
  • Conducting
  • Music History/Performance Practice

Programs

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.

Qualified students audition to play with the Fall River Symphony Orchestra or other orchestra with the consent of the instructor. The course provides opportunity for qualified students to perform standard and contemporary orchestral literature.

Qualified students audition to play with the Fall River Symphony Orchestra or other orchestra with the consent of the instructor. The course provides opportunity for qualified students to perform standard and contemporary orchestral literature.

Performance of madrigals and other works for small chorus from a variety of musical styles. Concurrent participation in MUS 155 is encouraged.

Performance of madrigals and other works for small chorus from a variety of musical styles. Concurrent participation in MUS 155 is encouraged.

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.

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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.

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)