2004 Conference Presenter

Shannon Chase
Clinician

Shannon Chase, assistant professor of choral music education, joined the School of Music faculty in the fall of 2002. She received the B.M.E. degree from the University of Southern Maine, the M.M. degree in choral conducting from the University of Maine, and a Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University.

Chase taught choral & general music at the Mary E. Taylor Middle School and Camden-Rockport High School in Maine. During her tenure in Maine, she was active at the local, district, and state levels as a conductor and clinician. As a choral director, Chase has conducted youth, collegiate, community, and church choirs.

At Oregon, Chase teaches courses in choral music education, vocal & choral pedagogy, choral music & materials, choral conducting, group vocal technique, music teaching and graduate research. She serves as conductor of the newly established Concert Choir, a mixed ensemble open to all university students. During the Bach Festival, Chase teaches choral musicianship for the Oregon Bach Festival's Youth Choral Academy.

Chase actively serves as adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor in Oregon. Her areas of research include choral techniques, teacher and conductor preparation, foreign language and ensemble diction, and multicultural choral music. In addition, Chase has initiated a new choral partnership program with the secondary schools in the Springfield and Bethel school districts. She has presented research projects at the state, divisional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the Music Educators National Conference (MENC).

Chase serves as the faculty adviser to the UO Collegiate MENC chapter, and holds active memberships in MENC, ACDA, the International Society for Music Education (ISME), International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), and the College Music Society (CMS). She also serves as Multicultural Chair on the Board of Control for the Oregon Music Educators Assn.