Clint RandlesUniversity of South Florida
Associate Professor of Music Education Topic: Progressive music education, Creativity Clint Randles is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida School of Music and recipient of the 2015 Michael L. Mark Music Research Award for outstanding research by an early career scholar/researcher, issued by the University of Michigan.
Randles teaches “Progressive Music Education Methods” and “Creative Performance Chamber Ensemble” at the undergraduate level, and “Philosophical and Historical Perspectives in Music Education” and “Creative Thinking in Music Teaching and Learning” at the graduate level. He also teaches classes for students with special needs in a community music outreach sponsored by VSA, the international organization for students with disabilities and the arts. He currently serves as Chair of the Creativity Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education. His research interests include the intersection of motivation theory and creativity, and exploration of the construct “creative identity.” Randles has presented papers at state, national, and international conferences in the US, Canada, Egypt, Finland, China, and England. He has articles published in the Michigan Music Educator, Music Education Research International, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, Research Studies in Music Education, the Journal of Aesthetic Education, Arts Education Policy Review, the British Journal of Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music, Technology, and Education, the International Journal of Community Music, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Music Educator’s Journal, and Music Education Research. Contributions to the Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, and the Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (1st and 2nd editions), both published by Springer; a book chapter on teaching guitar in Engaging Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music (Rowman & Littlefield); a book chapter on the meaning-making practices of students with special needs who play in iPad jam bands for the book Music and Media-Infused Lives: Music Education in a Digital Age (Canadian Music Educator’s Association); a co-edited book titled Musicianship: Composing in Band and Orchestra (GIA Publications); and an edited book on music education in the 21st Century titled Music Education: Navigating the Future (Routledge) are some recent academic accomplishments. Randles has formed two book series, Musicianship through GIA Publishing (Chicago) and Routledge Studies in Music Education with Routledge (New York) to assist the music profession in realizing expanded curricular possibilities on a large scale. Prior to his appointment at USF, Dr. Randles taught general music and band in the public schools of Michigan for nine years. He has written arrangements and original compositions that have been performed by both marching bands and children’s choruses. He currently enjoys performing with the USF iPad Quintet, Touch, playing keyboard in a Tampa Bay area praise band, and performing and writing original music with his rock n’ roll band, Nameless Johnny. A Michigan native, Randles received his bachelor of music education degree from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, and both his Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education degrees from Michigan State University. *from clintrandles.com |
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Video from Clint Randles' visit - July 13, 2017
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