Faculty
Wesley Ball
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Professor of Music Dr. Wesley Ball joined the WestConn faculty in Fall 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Shenandoah University-Conservatory, a Masters in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, along with a Masters and Doctorate in Music Education from Case Western Reserve University. He has taught public school music in Virginia and Ohio, and served as music specialist for the Purdue University Child Development Center. As Region Representative, he served on the National Board of Trustees of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, 1998-2001. Orff training includes Level III at the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory. Dr. Ball presented at the 1992 and 2000 National Orff Conferences, with subsequent workshop presentations in Washington, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, New York, West Virginia, and Michigan. Currently, he is publishing a series of listening lessons for John Jacobson’s Music Express for the 2005-2006 academic year, and is the author of two books: Music Moves Me, Vol. 1: Active Listening Lessons for the Elementary Classroom c. 2002, and Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Teaching Strategies for the Classroom c. 2005 (Hal Leonard Corporation). http://www.halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=9970594&location=Choral&catcode=3&refer=new&order=13&filter=2w Contact: ballw@wcsu.edu |
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