Faculty Application for Graduate School of Education ProgramsJ.D. Parr
Professor of Music, Director of Jazz Ensemble
B.M. Washburn University, M.M. Michigan State University, Ph.D. University of Kansas
Expertise: jazz ensemble, music education, woodwinds, music theory
Office: Owens 202
785.594.4507
Academic & Other Musical Interests
- Principal clarinetist in the Topeka Symphony Orchestra
- Principal in the Lawrence City Band
- Frequent soloist, clinician and adjudicator for regional high schools
- Baker University Undergraduate Teacher Education Committee and Faculty Development and Enrichment Committee
- Faculty member of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan in the summer
Courses Taught
- MU 218 Applied Lessons: Woodwind
- MU 223F Woodwind Ensembles
- MU 233 Jazz Ensemble
- MU 263 Chromatic Harmony
- MU 264 20th Century Compositional Techniques
- MU 284 Methods of Teaching Woodwinds
- MU 362 Instrumental Arranging
- MU 418 Applied Lessons: Woodwinds
