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2016 Doctor of Musical Arts, Music Education
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
Dissertation: Composing in Groups: Creative Processes of Third and Fifth Grade Students
Committee: Dr. Beatriz Ilari, Chair; Dr. Peter Webster, Dr. Dennis Hocevar
Concentrations: Choral Music & Conducting, Music Theory & Composition, Statistics, Collegiate Teaching
California Music Education Association
2013 – 2018 Southwestern Section, President & Immediate Past President
2016 – current State Council, Creativity and Composition Representative
2004 Master of Music, Music Education
University of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music
Thesis: Leadership in Curricular Change: A National Survey of Music Education Faculty Perceptions Regarding Music Composition in Music Teacher Education Programs
Committee: Dr. Ruth Brittin, Chair; Dr. David Wolfe, Dr. Thomas Nelson, Dr. Virgil Kitchen, Dr. Denis Meerdink
Graduate Assistant to Dr. Ruth Brittin, Chair; Responsibilities included music teacher credentialing field work, research, choral and instrumental festivals
Concentration: Instrumental
2004 Master of Education, Curriculum & Instruction
University of the Pacific, Benerd School of Education
Thesis: Architecture of Leadership: Models, Trends, and Implications in Developmental Context of Higher Education Change
Committee Chair: Dr. Marilyn Draheim
Graduate/Research Assistant to School of Education Dean, Dr. John Nagle;
Research Assistant to NCATE Director, Dr. Sharon Brockman
1994 Bachelor of Music, Composition
University of Oregon, School of Music, June 1994
Assistant to Dean (1992-94)
Assistant to Undergraduate Secretary (1991-1993)
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Papers and Book Chapters Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals & Texts
Crawford, L., Cho, E., Ilari, B. (August, 2017). Chapter 5: Singing and elders: A theoretical framework of interrelated factors through life experience learning. AIRS.
Crawford, L., Cho, E., Ilari, B. (August, 2017). Chapter 31: Cross-cultural singing experiences of elders: A qualitative study of aging populations' musical memory and exposure to formal music training with implications for educators. AIRS.
Crawford, L. (2016). Composing in groups: Creative processes of third and fifth grade students. (Doctoral dissertation). University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Ilari, B., Chen-Hafteck, L., & Crawford, L. (2013). Singing and cultural understanding: A music education perspective. International Journal of Music Education, 31(2), 202-216.
Published Articles in California Music Education Association Magazine
Crawford, L. (June, 2017). Casting a Wider Net – Defining a movement. CMEA Magazine.
Crawford, L. (June, 2017). Interviews with California high school music educators: Teaching music composition. CMEA Magazine.
Crawford, L. (April, 2017). A report from our CMEA creating and composition State Rep. CMEA Magazine.
Crawford, L. (2014). Counting out loud: Happy Second Birthday CMEA Southwestern Section. CMEA Magazine, 69(4).
Crawford, L., & De La O, A. (2015). CMEA state solo and ensemble festival in Southern California. CMEA Magazine, 68(4).
Crawford, L. (2014). The "real" magic. CMEA Magazine, 67(4).
Crawford, L. (2014). REVERBeration is powerful in the new CMEA. CMEA Magazine, 67(3), 36.
Papers in Progress
Crawford, L. (n.d.). Providing opportunities to compose in K-12 music classrooms: A Shasta Native American group composing project. (in progress)
Crawford, L. (May, 2017). Composing music with university students in music education: Young Composers Ensemble and Music Tech Café.
Crawford, L. (n.d.). Children's voices: Perceptions of self and group in singing in an elementary general music program. (in progress)\
Crawford, L. & Karakelle, S. (n.d.). A case study of music teacher education in Turkey and the United States: A comparative perspective. (in progress)
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Conference Papers, Posters, & Sessions
Crawford, L. (2017). Composing for K-12 music teachers. Workshop presented at Composition Workshop, Azusa Pacific University, August 7 – 11, 2017.
Crawford, L. (2017). Writing music for favorite stories: Themes, underscoring, and songs. Session presented at NAfME Western Division/CMEA conference, Casting a Wider Net, April 29, 2017.
Crawford, L. (2017, February). Group composing in music teaching and learning: Observing creative process during collaboration. Paper presented at 2017 Desert Skies Symposium on Music Education Research, School of Music, Arizona State University, February 23-25, 2017.
Crawford, L. (2017, February). Music teachers who compose: Considering activity theory, creativity, and collaboration. Professional development session presented at the meeting of California All-State Music Education Conference, San Jose, CA, February 16-19, 2017.
Crawford, L. (2016). Composing in K-16 music education – What’s the catch? Professional development session presented at the meeting of California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Southwestern Section Annual Conference, October 1, 2016, Azusa Pacific University.
Crawford, L. (2016). Composing in groups: Creative thinking processes of third and fifth grade students. (Poster presented at National Association for Music Education Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2016)
Crawford, L. (2016). Composing in groups: Creative thinking processes. (Professional development session, California All- State Music Education Conference, San Jose, CA)
Crawford, L. & Amaya, J. (2015). Technology in the music classroom and the NAMM show demysitified: NAMM 2015. (The Technology Institute for Music Education (TI:ME) at NAMM confernece)
Crawford, L. (2014). Children's voices: Perceptions of self and group in singing in an elementary general music program. Poster presented at National Assocation for Music Education, St. Louis, MO, April 10-12, 2014.
Crawford, L. & Helfter, S. (2014). Higher education's growing trend in music education: Community music degrees. Paper presented at National Assocation for Music Education, St. Louis, MO, April 10-12, 2014.
Crawford, L. (2014). Collaboration: Meeting Group Work Challenges in Composing in K-12 Music Education – In the Key of Creativity. Professional development session presented at the meeting of California Music Educators Association (CMEA/CASMEC), Fresno, CA.
Crawford, L. (2013). Report on three studies to the 5th Annual Meeting of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Development, Education and Wellbeing Conference (AIRS), Toronto, Canada. (PowerPoint available).]
Cho, E. & Crawford, L. (2013). Seniors' autobiographical memory of musical experiences: Insights and new questions from an interview study. Poster presented at the meeting of Society of Musical Perception and Cognition, Toronto, Canada.
Crawford, L., Cho, E. & Ilari, B. (2013). A musical portrait of singing and identity: Elderly Angelinos' experiences and impressions of singing in youth and as seniors. Poster presented at the meeting of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Development, Education and Wellbeing Conference (AIRS), Toronto, Canada.
Crawford, L., Cho, E. & Ilari, B. (2013). Songs of their lives: Similarities in cross-cultural interviews with elders about singing and the songs they have sung. Poster presented at the meeting of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Development, Education and Wellbeing Conference (AIRS), Toronto, Canada.
Crawford, L. (2013). Providing opportunities to compose in the K-12 classroom: What teachers already know and can do. Professional development session presented at the meeting of California Music Educators Association (CMEA), February 2013, Fresno, CA.
Helfter, S. & Crawford, L. (2013). Community music degrees in higher education. Poster session presented at the meeting of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Portland, OR.
Crawford, L. (2012). Children's voices on singing in an elementary choral music program: Preliminary results of a three-year survey. Poster session presented at the meeting of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing: Development, Education and Wellbeing Conference (AIRS), SSHRC-Major Collaborative Research Initiative-MCRI, Fourth Annual Meeting & International Conference, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Crawford, L. (2012). Teacher evaluation in music education - Strengthening music teaching, learning, and purpose within the school community: Results of a pilot survey. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Crawford, L. (2012). Music in the survival of a Hodgkin's Lymphoma patient. In S. E. Woodward, Cradling & empowering the human spirit: Narratives on the transformative power of music in a time of crisis. Symposia conducted at the meeting of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Crawford, L. (2006). Many hats: Grant writing and fundraising for music education. Professional development session presented at the meeting of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Sacramento, CA.
Crawford, L. (2004). Leadership in curricular change: A national survey of music education faculty perceptions regarding music composition in music teacher education programs. Poster session presented at the meeting of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Sacramento, CA.
Crawford, L. (2003). CATCH: Petition and Curriculum for Crenshaw Arts Tech Charter High. LAUSD Charter School launched in 2004. (Raised $450,000 for seed grant)
Crawford, L. (2003). So! You didn’t know you were a composition teacher: A philosophy for meeting content standard 4 - composition and arranging in the K-12 classroom. Professional development session presented at the meeting of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Los Angeles, CA.
Crawford, L. (2002a, b, c, d). Four studies for the UOP-Benard School of Education: Parallel Report 2002-04: Assessing freshmen/transfer recruitment in the Benerd School of Education.; A two-year study of applicants who confirmed or declined acceptance in 2002-03/2003-04; University Inquiries-Enrollment and matriculation trends: A survey of deans; A survey of applicants who matriculated, applicants who declined acceptance for Fall 2002.
Crawford, L. (2002). The State of California’s lottery funding and its impact on K-12 music education programs: Overview of 1999-00 district budgets and comparison between large school district vs. small (Lincoln Unified School District, Stockton, CA and Los Angeles Unified School District). Poster session presented at the meeting of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Sacramento, CA.
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