Beverly Howard, D.M.A.

Beverly Howard, D.M.A.Professor of Music

Phone Number:

(951) 343-4252

Email Address:

bhoward@calbaptist.edu

Office Location:

JoAnn Hawkins Music Building, Room 223

Education/Degrees Earned:

D.M.A.

Organ, Theory

University of North Texas

M.M.

Organ, Theory

University of Oklahoma

B.M.

Organ, Theory

University of Oklahoma

Additional Education:

  • Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration;
    Bryn Mawr College
  • Graduate Work in Higher Education Administration: Institutional Planning;
    Claremont Graduate School
  • Summer Institute for Music Technology College Music Society;
    Illinois State University
  • Interactive Multimedia Studies;
    University of California-Irvine
  • Visiting Scholar;
    Claremont School of Theology
  • Liturgical Studies;
    Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California

Classes Taught:

  • Music Theory I (A and B), II, III, IV
  • Private Organ
  • Service Playing
  • Experiences in Music Technology
  • Congregational Singing Practices
  • Arts in Worship
  • Form and Analysis
  • Musicianship Labs

Academic Areas:

  • Developing multimedia courseware for music theory
  • Theory pedagogy
  • Hymnology
  • 20th-century organ/trumpet literature

Teaching Experience:

  • Teaching Fellow in Organ;
    University of North Texas, Denton, TX
  • Instructor of Music - Studio Piano and Music Theory;
    Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO
  • Graduate Associate, Class and Studio Piano;
    University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Research, Presentations, and Publications:

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

Editor, The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song

Member, Format and Organization Committee, Celebrating Grace: A Hymnal for Baptist Worship

PRESENTATIONS:

“Finish Line.” Premiere of work for trumpet/organ and multimedia. International Trumpet Guild Conference. 2003.

“Strategies for Teaching Hymnology in a Multimedia Culture.” HSUSC Annual Meeting. 2000.

Electronic Poster Presentation: Error Detection Assistant." ATMI. 1999.

“Electronic Poster Presentation: Voice-Leading Guide.” Institute of Music Research UTSA. 1999.

“Strategies for Teaching Music Theory in a Multimedia Culture.” CMS: Southern Pacific Chapter. 1998.

“Faculty Portfolios: A New Way to Document Excellence in Teaching.” Panelist ICCUFA. 1994.

“Constructing Integrated Syllabi: Creating a Place at the Table.” Eastern University. 1994.

Teaching in the Mother Tongue: Effective Images for Leading and Learning.”   Eastern University. 1993.

“Music for Baroque Trumpet and Organ: More than Voluntaries.” Redlands Organ Festival. 1993

“20th-Century Music for Trumpet and Organ.” Redlands Organ Festival. 1993

“Women of Note: A Lecture Recital of Vocal Music.” CMS: Pacific Southern Chapter. 1991.

“Music for Baroque Trumpet and Organ: More than Voluntaries.” CMS: Pacific Southern Chapter. 1991.

“20th-Century Music for Trumpet and Organ by American Composers.” CMS Annual Meeting. 1988.

“Ceremony.” Premiere of work for trumpet and organ. International Trumpet Guild Conference. 1987.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

“Dancing with the Tribes: Strategies for Teaching Hymnology in a Multimedia Culture.” The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 52.3 (2001): 6-10.

“Hymn Performance: ‘Cuando el Pobre.’ ” The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 52.1 (2001): 48-49.

“Hymn Performance: ‘O Sacred Head Now wounded.’ ” The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 52.2 (2001): 47-48.

“Hymn Performance: An Advent Hymn: ‘To a Maid Engaged to Joseph.’ ”The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 52.4 (2001): 44-45.

“Research Report: P. Boyd Smith Hymnology Collection at California Baptist University.”  The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 50.3 (1999): 42.

“Church   Music Curriculum and the Final Frontier.”  Journal of the Proceedings of the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference. (1997).

“Women of Hymnody: Voices of Faith.Daughters of Sarah. 21:4 (1995): 44-46.

“The Trumpet and Organ Works of Daniel Pinkham: An Organist’s Perspective.” International Trumpet Guild Journal, 18.3 (1994): 35-41.

“Of Barometers, Rocking Chairs, Boxing Rings and Mulligan Stew: The Collegiate Response to Contemporary Trends in Church Music.Journal of the Proceedings of the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference. (1993).

“Original Music for Trumpet and Organ: A Survey with Performance Suggestions.” Diapason (1988).

Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song

Church Membership/Activities:

Organist/Arts Associate;
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Riverside, CA