Colleen Conway, horn

Colleen Conway - conwaycm@umich.edu - is the horn instructor at Adrian College and fourth horn in the Adrian Symphony Orchestra. She holds bachelors and masters degrees in horn performance and music education from the Eastman School of Music and a doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Conway has made recordings with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic, and the Penfield, NY Symphony and she has served as the principal horn of the Heidleburg Germany summer festival orchestra. Several of Dr. Conway's former students now perform professionally on the horn in such prestigious ensembles as the United States Marine Band.

Dr. Conway is also Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music Education at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her scholarly interests include instrumental music education, pre-service music teacher education, qualitative research, professional development for the in-service music teacher, and the mentoring and induction of beginning music teachers. She has presented at national and international conferences (including MENC, The Midwest Clinic, AERA, and ISME) and has published over 60 articles on these topics in all of the major music education journals (including the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education). She is currently on the editorial boards of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Education Research International, Advances in Music Education Research. Dr. Conway serves as chair of the Music Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.

Books in print include: Great Beginning for Music Teachers: A Guide to Mentoring and Induction released in October 2003 by MENC: Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher by Colleen M. Conway and Thomas M. Hodgman released by GIA Publications in 2006; Teaching Music in Higher Education by Colleen M. Conway and Thomas M. Hodgman released by Oxford University Press in 2009 and Handbook for the Music Mentor by Colleen M. Conway, Michael V. Smith and Thomas M Hodgman to released by GIA Publications in 2010.

Studio Policies

A complete list of departmental policies may be found in the Music Department Handbook.

Students in Applied Horn will study and perform lip slurs, scales, technical etudes, lyrical studies, and solo literature as a means to improving horn tone quality, accuracy, facility, aural skills, and general musicianship. Through the preparation and public performance of traditional horn repertoire students will learn to think critically, develop critical habits of mind, raise thoughtful questions and identify musical problems and solutions. The personal practice necessary for success in applied horn study will support learning through a lifetime and engaging creativity.

• My applied horn students are required to rehearse with an accompanist (provide by the department) once a week for 30 minutes.
• My applied horn students should be practicing with SMART MUSIC accompaniment at least twice per week
• Music majors should be practicing for 90 minutes at least five days a week. Minors should be practicing 45 minutes at least five days a week.
• All music majors must attend Studio Class on Thursdays. All music majors must perform at least twice per semester in studio class.

Attendance

If you are ill or must miss a lesson, you MUST notify me at least 24 hours in advance either in person, by phone, or by e-mail. Notifying me in advance allows you the opportunity to have a make-up lesson. Less than a 24-hour notice results in a forfeiture of your lesson for that week.

See the Student Handbook for policies regarding coaching, juries and concert attendance.

 

 

Recommended Student Repertoire

ETUDES

• Kopprasch Books 1 and 2
• Conconne
• Pottag – Preparatory Melodies
• Gallay
• Kling
• Maxime Alphonse Books 1, 2 and 3
• Rochut – Trombone Etudes

SOLO REPERTOIRE

• Beethoven – Sonata Op. 17
• Cherubini - Sonata
• Danzi - Concerto
• Dukas – Villanelle
• Gliere – Concerto
• Bernard Heiden - Sonata
• Hindemith Sonata and Concerto
• Franz Joseph Haydn – Concerti No. 1 and 2
• Michael Haydn - Concerto
• Mozart – Four Horn Concerti and Concert Rondo
• Schumann – Adagio and Allegro
• Saint Seans – Morceau do Concert
• Franz Strauss – Concerto Op. 8
• Franz Strauss – Nocturno
• Franz Strauss – Theme and Variations
• Richard Strauss – Concerti No. 1 and 2
• Alec Wilder - Sonatas
• Selected Orchestral and Chamber Music Excerpts