Dr.
Diane Cummings Persellin, Professor of Music Education, teaches introductory and
advanced courses in music education specializing in pre-kindergarten through
eighth grade She also supervises music education internships during Trinity’s
professional fifth-year program leading to the M.A.T. degree. During the summers
she is the Director of Trinity’s Orff Schulwerk Certification Course and is on
the staff of the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Teaching and Learning
Workshop for college professors. She
has been President of Texas Music Educators Conference, of Texas Coalition for
Music Education, and Chair of the San Antonio Symphony Education Committee.
Dr. Persellin served as Acting Chair of the Trinity Music Department in
2001.
Currently,
she is Editor of General Music Today,
and on the editorial boards of Mountain
Lake Reader, Teaching Music, and Texas
Music Education Research. She
was a Guest Editor of a Special Focus Issue of Music
Educators Journal, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Music Teacher
Education, co-chair of the early childhood MENC SRIG, Chair of the TMEA Southwestern
Musician Review Committee, and consultant for the Core Knowledge Foundation.
Her
research has been published in numerous music education journals including Journal
of Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music
Education, Music Educators Journal, American Music Teacher, Chamber Music,
Research Perspectives in Music Education, General Music Today, Kodaly Envoy,
Early Childhood Connections, Teaching Music, Perceptual and Motor Skills,
Overtones, and Texas Music Education
Research. She has co-authored
the book Designing Environments for Young Children published by MENC and
has written chapters for several others including “The Theories and Approaches
Relevant to Teaching Young Children” in Musical
Lives of Young Children published
by Prentice Hall. In 2002, her research team received the prestigious MENC
research grant to fund their study on preschool music practices across the
country.
Dr.
Persellin has presented music education workshops and papers nationally and
internationally in such places as Japan, Korea, Thailand, South Africa, the West
Indies, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Denmark, Spain, England, and Canada. Honors
include Who’s Who in America, Accomplished Music Educator of Texas (MENC),
and induction into the San Antonio's Women’s Hall of Fame for her work with
the Education programs of the San Antonio Symphony. Prior to joining the faculty
at Trinity University, Dr. Persellin taught at Arizona State University,
Mayville State College in North Dakota, the University of North Dakota, and in
the Minneapolis area public schools.
Dr.
Diane Persellin is an active organist and conducts Trinity’s Parker Handbell
Choir.
Dr. Persellin
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