Brenda Clark
clarkb@uindy.edu

With more than twenty years of experience teaching and administrating all facets of public school music education in central Illinois, Dr. Brenda Clark serves as the Director of Music Education Programs at the University of Indianapolis. At UIndy, her responsibilities include teaching introductory courses in music education; elementary, general, and secondary methods classes; music methods for elementary education majors; supervision of pre-student teaching field placements, student teaching supervision, recruitment, and advising. Her research has included participation in case studies of the nationally acclaimed Milwaukee Symphony Arts in Community Education (ACE) program, and the essentials of program development for instrumental music. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Music (1975) and Type 75 Administrative Certificate (2006) from Eastern Illinois University, and a M.M.E. (1998) and Ph.D. (2005) from the University of Illinois.