Office: Home: 197 Jenson-Noble Amy Lynne Engelsdorfer 804 Day St. Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 700 College Dr. (563) 387-6188 Decorah, IA 52101 amyengelsdorfer@yahoo.com (563) 387-1399 EDUCATION Ph.D., Music Theory Indiana University August, 2010 Dissertation Title: Analytical and compositional Techniques in Representative Theoretical Writings by Augustus Frederic Kollmann and Johann Bernhard Logier Dissertation Chair: Dr. Frank Samarotto Minor Fields: Music History and Literature, Music Information Technology M.A., Music Theory University of Kentucky 2001 Thesis Title: An Explication and Analysis of the Suite for Wind Quintet by Ruth Crawford Seeger Advisor: Dr. Charles Lord M.M., Flute Performance University of Kentucky 2001 B.M.E. ( with high distinction ), Music Education University of Kentucky 2001 COLLEGE TEACHING POSITIONS Luther College Decorah, IA 2007-present Assistant Professor of Music Theory Courses Taught: Written Theory I IV (including form and analysis) Honors Written Theory I, Honors Written Theory II Ear Training I, Ear Training II
Honors Ear Training I, Honors Ear Training II Special Topics: Music Theory and Pop/Rock Music (spring 2008), Music and Gender (spring 2012) DePauw University Greencastle, IN 2004-2007 Visiting Professor of Music Theory Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Music Theory (for non-music majors) Musicianship I, Musicianship II Theory and Musicianship I, Theory and Musicianship II Theory I, Theory II Indiana University Bloomington, IN 2001-2004 Positions and Courses Taught: Associate Instructor, T152 Honors (written theory) (spring semester 2004): lead two honors sections of written theory Supervising Associate Instructor, T151 (written theory) (fall semester 2003): supervisory AI in charge of 10 other AIs; compile and tabulate grades; write exams for the course; teach two large lecture sections in absence of Professor Dr. Gary Potter; create and assemble course packet; write lesson plans for AIs Coordinator, T231 (aural skills) (2001-2003): Lead lecture section of second aural sequence; supervise 5 AIs teaching drill sections; write exams for the course; write lesson plans for AIs; create and assemble course packet; work with coordinators of other three aural skills courses to ensure continuity of materials Independent tutor in music theory (2001-2004) University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 1998-2001 Teaching Assistant in Music Theory Courses Taught: Aural Training I Written Theory I Aural Training II Aural Training IV
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE Owensboro Catholic Consolidated Schools (1996-1998), elementary general music McLean County Public Schools (1993-1996), elementary general music and high school band Private teacher of flute, voice, and piano (1987-present) International: PAPERS Trees of Sound and Color: Ruth Crawford and the Five Songs to Poems of Carl Sandburg, Women and the Nineteenth-Century Lied (9 December 2011, Irish National University, Maynooth) Open and Affirming: Music and Inclusiveness in the United Church of Christ, Congregational Singing: Global and Local Perspectives (3 September 2011, Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire) Dance as Musical Text: Winterguard and Elton John s Candle in the Wind, Third Annual Hawaii International Conference in the Arts and Humanities (January 2005) The Poetic Structure of Music: Ruth Crawford Seeger, Verse Form, and the Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe, University of Western Ontario Graduate Symposium in Music (6 June 2004). TAGS Day for Postgraduates in Music, Society for Music Analysis (8 May 2004, Oxford University, England). McGill University Graduate Student Symposium (13 March 2004). University of Toronto Graduate Student Music Symposium (28 February 2004) Regional: Chiroplasts and Musik-Wissenschaft: Johann Bernhard Logier s Writings in Early Nineteenth- Century England, North American British Music Studies Association Biennial Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (28 July 2012)
Dance as Musical Text: Winterguard and Elton John s Candle in the Wind, Ethnoise!, University of Chicago (21 May 2004) The Poetic Structure of Music: Ruth Crawford Seeger, Verse Form, and the Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe, Indiana University Music Theory Colloquium Series (12 November 2003) Rondo Form in the Third Movement of Ruth Crawford Seeger s Suite for Wind Quintet (1952), Ruth Crawford in Chicago (November 2001, Elmhurst College) Papers Accepted: The Handel of Sweden : Arranging the Twelve Flute Sonatas of Johan Helmich Roman, lecture-recital for the joint meeting of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music and the Haydn Society of North America (April 2012)
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Indiana University School of Music, travel grant for presentation in Chicago (November 2001) Indiana University Chancellor s Fellowship (2001-2005) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Walden School Teacher Training Intensive Workshop 2007, 2009, 2010 Levels I and II President, Indiana University Graduate Theory Association 2003-2005 IU Research Symposium in Music Theory 2004 Coordinator of Events Session Chair, Keynote Speaker Program Committee Chair Indiana Theory Review 2001-2005 Reviews Editor, 2004-2005 Review Committee, 2001-2004 Editorial Committee, 2001-2004 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS College Music Society (1998-present) Indiana University Graduate Theory Association (2001-2005) Kentucky Music Educators Association (1993-1998) Music Educators National Conference (1989-1998) Society for American Music (2000-present) Society for Music Theory (1999-present) UNIVERSITY SERVICE Student Advisor, Luther College (2008-present) Music Theory Curriculum Committee, Luther College (2007-present) Guest Presenters Advisory Committee, DePauw University [1 year, chair] Music Theory Curriculum Revision Task Force, DePauw University [1 year] Graduate Student Representative to the Indiana University School of Music Council [1 year] Graduate student Representative, Administrative Review Committee for Director of Graduate Studies, Indiana University [1 year]
Graduate Theory Representative to the Indiana University Music Student Representative Committee [2 years] COMMUNITY SERVICE Leader, Disciple Intensive Bible Study, Congregational UCC, Decorah (2010-2011) At-large member, Church Council, Congregational UCC, Decorah (2008-present) Deacon, Congregational UCC, Decorah (2008-present) Walker, Northeast Iowa Crop Walk (2009, 2010) Music Committee, Bloomington First United Church (2003-2007) Volunteer, Bloomington Shalom Center (2002-2007) Volunteer, Bloomington Community Kitchen (2005) Coordinator for First United Church and Walker, Bloomington Crop Walk (2005, 2006) Benefit flute recital for Street Relief (Evansville, IN homelessness awareness), 1995 Benefit flute recital for Michelle Ayer (medical expenses), 1994