ANDREA ROSE, an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland, holds undergraduate degrees in music and music education from Memorial University and a M. Mus. and Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This past year, she was the recipient of the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching for her work at Memorial University. Dr. Rose teaches primarily in the areas of instrumental and secondary instrumental music education. She directs the MUN Lab Band and Orchestra program and is involved with the Faculty of Education internship program and the university's graduate teaching program. Dr. Rose is a violinist with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia, and she maintains a very active schedule as an adjudicator and clinician throughout Canada. Dr. Rose's current research interests lie in the areas of critical pedagogy, cultural studies and teacher preparation, as well as in the formation of connections between formal music education and traditional forms of music-making. Her work has resulted in a variety of national and international presentations and publications. She is a joint author of the 1994 monograph Toward Building a Reflective and Critical Internship Program (The RCIP Model): Theory and Practice. In 1994, she was a keynote speakerfor the International Society of Music Education (ISME) Conference in Tampa, Florida.
Donald Buell, Memorial University of Newfoundland
DONALD BUELL is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he teaches trumpet, instrumental conducting, and conducts the University's Concert Band. He received the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1993 for his university work and service to the community, and in September 1995 was appointed Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to carry out research for a book entitled Conducting as Communication. He also was invited to Bowling Green State University to participate in a Research Residency in the College of Musical Arts. His work has resulted in publications on effective teaching, student perception, and the nature of learning in ensemble settings. Dr. Buell performs regularly as Principal Trumpet with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and the NSO Sinfonia.
Before moving to Canada, Dr. Buell served as Department Chair and Conductor of Bands for the Williams Bay Community School System and the McFarland Community Schools, both in his native state of Wisconsin. He also taught instrumental music and music theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Milton College. Dr. Buell has adjudicated extensively in the United States and Canada and has maintained an active profile as a clinician in instrumental music, providing more than 100 workshops for teachers and young musicians.
