Ann Clements

Biography

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Ann C. Clements, PhD is an assistant professor of music education in the Pennsylvania State University School of Music. An active researcher and clinician, Clements has directed ensembles and given presentations throughout the United States and in New Zealand, Japan, Australia, and Canada. She has published in the journals: Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), Journal of Research in the New Zealand Performing Arts, General Music Today, The Mountain Lake Reader, and the International Society for Music Education (ISME) Pacific Region Proceedings.

She is an author of the text Alternative Approaches in Music Education: Case Studies from the Field (Rowman and Littlefield) and co-author of the text Field Guide to Student Teaching in Music (Routledge Press). She is a contributing author to the textbook series Making Music, published by Scott Foresman/Silver Burdett, The Choral Cookbook, published by Meredith Music, a Hal Leonard publication, and a chapter editor for Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education, Rowman and Littlefield.

Her primary areas of interest include secondary general music, popular musics in the curriculum, music participation, and ethnomusicology, particularly within the Pacific Rim and Polynesia. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education (MENC), the Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference (PMEA), the College Music Society (CMS), and the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM). She is the current chairman of the Education Section of the international Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM).

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