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West Suburban Chapter Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at Trinity Episcopal Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Trinity Episcopal Church is located on the corner of West and Wesley Streets in downtown Wheaton. The monthly business meeting is held at 9:30 a.m. with refreshments provided. Each month’s presentation begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. |
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Thursday February 2, 2012 Business 9:30 a.m. Program 10:00 a.m. |
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This month’s meeting |
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Dr. Beth A. Bauer received her Doctorate of Music Education degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Her dissertation is titled “What is an appropriate approach to piano instruction for students with Down Syndrome?” Additional degree work includes a Master of Music from Northern Illinois University where she studied with Bill Koehler, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music where she was a student of Daniel P. Horn. Additional pedagogy instruction occurred with Karin Edwards, Larry Rast, and Karen Taylor. Currently, she is the academic advisor and instructor for the pedagogy degree program at the Wheaton College Conservatory where she also teaches Music to Special Learners and oversees pedagogy student teachers and music internships. In addition to her faculty work, Dr. Bauer is the creator of Beethoven’s Buddies, a music program for children with developmental delays at the Community School of the Arts, Wheaton College and teaches precollege piano to beginning to advanced students in the Community School of the Arts.
Prior to her work at Wheaton College, Dr. Bauer was a visiting guest instructor in music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She also was the assistant to the director and instructor in the Young Pianists Program at Indiana University. Additional positions included the Education Director at the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Program Director at the Suzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians in Chicago.
Her work with students with special needs has been featured in The Chicago Tribune, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, the Indiana University Alumni Magazine, The Daily Herald, Clavier Companion, and the Wheaton College Alumni Magazine. Dr. Bauer is a sought after clinician and speaker to professional teacher’s organizations and parent groups. She has been teaching piano for 20-years and working with students with special needs for 13-years. Dr. Bauer recently received the National Certification for the Music Teachers National Association. She can be reached at beth.a.bauer@wheaton.edu. |
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Beth Bauer Dominant Learning Style Characteristics – Working with People Different Than You |