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Ralph Lorenz
Kent State University
United States
Ralph Lorenz is Associate Dean in the College of the Arts and an associate professor of music theory in the School of Music at Kent State University. He received BMus and MA degrees in composition from California State University Long Beach, where he also studied choral conducting under Frank Pooler. He holds a PhD in music theory from Indiana University. Ralph was awarded the University Dissertation Fellowship in Music Theory at Indiana University, where his dissertation was entitled "Pedagogical Implications of musica practica in Sixteenth-Century Wittenberg." Ralph is a former editor of the Indiana Theory Review and has published articles and reviews in the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Theoria, Indiana Theory Review, and 20th Century Music. He has presented papers at national and international conferences such as the annual meetings of the Society for Music Theory, The College Music Society, the German Studies Association, and the International Congress on Medieval Studies. His main research interests include theory and practice in sixteenth- and twentieth-century music, film music, theory pedagogy, and the health benefits of music. Appointed to the faculty at Kent State University in 1997, Ralph previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and in visiting appointments at Indiana University and the University of Louisville. He is also active as a church musician, conducting vocal and handbell choirs. Ralph is a long-time student of Chinese martial arts and is particularly interested in the healing aspects of the systems found in kung fu, Taijiquan, and Chi Kung.
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