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Rachel Nardo

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS CAREER STATEMENT PO Box 32134 An innovative, self-motivated, and confident multidisciplinary Long Beach, CA 90832 Arts leader who has extensive experience of how to sustain M: 562-673-6006 and grow state-of-the-art Arts programs. A personal mission rachelnardo@gmail.com of excellence leading to transformative professional education that prepares world-class artists, teachers, and scholars for their future and current careers in the Arts. A commitment to high impact practices that support student success. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Arts Leadership Fundraising Development Curriculum & Assessment Arts Technologies Music Education Interdisciplinary Arts/STEAM Internship Management Research Public Speaking Arts Advocacy

In pursuit of an excellent and challenging Arts leadership opportunity that is a mutual match for my visionary leadership style, talent for innovation, and love of multidisciplinary arts.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS University of Southern California 1996 Doctorate of Musical Arts DMA Music Education- Electroacoustics Educational Psychology/Technology University of Illinois, Urbana 1986 Master of Science MS Music Education and Technology California State University, Northridge 1978 Bachelor of Arts BA Music, Voice PreK-14 Music Teaching Credential

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING PERSONAL SUMMARY “My greatest passion—the arts— is realized through my commitment to the arts and arts education. I believe the arts are unique narratives of the human imagination. Every person needs and deserves an artful life, and each of us has the right to art on our own terms.” Rachel Nardo

Certificate in Fundraising Management, Indiana University (Lilly) Center for Philanthropy, including additional courses:

• Case Statement Course, Advancement Resources, Inc. • Budget Management Certificate, Indiana University-Kelley • Short Course, Raiser’s Edge and Wealth Engine software

Certificate in Higher Education Administration, Bryn Mawr College Certificate in Neurologic Music Therapy I, Colorado State University

California Teaching Credentials: PreK-14 and Community College Internship: 240 hours in the California Media Arts and Entertainment

Industry, (AFI, Rhythm & Hues, Titanium Music, Adobe).

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HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS

Presidential Endowed Professorship, University of Utah Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University SOM Innovation Research Award, Indiana University SOM President’s Technology Innovation Award, Pasadena City College Outstanding Professional Service and Performance Award, USC Conducting Fellowship, Potsdam Choral Institute/Philadelphia Orchestra Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Graduation with Honors ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

California State University, Office of the Chancellor, Long Beach, CA Director, CSU Summer Arts 2012- Managerial Responsibilities: Artistic, academic, and budgetary director of a 23-campus summer arts school

and festival, serving the disciplines of creative writing, dance, fine arts, media arts, music, theatre, and STEAM. Personnel manager and academic officer for 9 fulltime and 120 seasonal employees. Oversight/coordination of, selection, programming, and production of ~40 seasonal public events, outreach, four venues with a staff of 12. Development officer for corporate, private, sponsored programs and foundations with a focus on scholarships, ticket subsidies, and presenting support. Academic officer in charge of curriculum development and program assessment. Oversight and direct involvement with faculty and student orientations, recruitment, and evaluation. Oversight, long range planning, and recruiting for CSU Summer Arts International. Oversight and assessment of the CSU Media Arts Festival and the Media Internship Program. Key Accomplishments: -­‐ Developed the International “Art in Place” program, expanding

international courses to 6 countries. -­‐ Restructured budget model; maintained ~$75-100K reserve. -­‐ Designed and authored fundraising Case Statement. -­‐ Conducted and presented 30th-year program assessment. -­‐ Presented multiple Arts advocacy and fundraising presentations to system-wide

Foundation, Board of Trustees, Presidents, and Deans. • Vetted and revised curriculum for ~90 multi- and inter-disciplinary Arts courses. -­‐ Presented new research at the Society for Emerging Adults:

“Emerging Artists as Emerging Adults.” -­‐ Conducted the one-year assessment of the Media Arts Internship program. -­‐ Received multiple grants, including the NEA for outreach/presenting. -­‐ In progress for Oxford University Press: Emerging Adult Artists.

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Continued University of Utah, Salt Lake City 2007-2012 Professor and Presidential Endowed Chair (tenured) - Music

Chair of Music Education Managerial and Teaching Responsibilities: Chair of Music Education, including teaching, advising, curriculum development,

program assessment, student teacher supervision, grant writing, outreach, and membership on 8 university, college, and school committees. . Key Accomplishments:

-­‐ Designed, taught, and managed a side-by-side arts learning

partnership with the Salt Lake School District.- 5 schools. -­‐ Designed and published two children/teen music websites for

KUSC radio. See: http://ClassicalChops.org -­‐ Published chapter in the California State Framework on PreK music. -­‐ Published 12 peer-reviewed articles on music assessment, technology -­‐ Co-authored and presented statewide study on Side-by-Side teaching

in elementary arts. -­‐ Chaired the College subcommittee on Professional Development. -­‐ Authored numerous RPT reviews for College committee. -­‐ Authored, processed, and taught 10 courses in music education and

integrated arts. -­‐ Presented 25 papers and teaching demonstrations at state,

national, and international conferences. -­‐ Envisioned and chaired 5 statewide conferences on music education. -­‐ Faculty Senator -­‐ Faculty Club President -­‐ Multiple mentorships: ArtsBridge, graduate students, public school

teachers. -­‐ Received funding for 3 projects.

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Indiana University at IUPUI 2001-2007 Professor (tenured) - Music

Associate (Vice) Dean of Research Director, Tavel Center on Digital Arts and Technology

Managerial and Teaching Responsibilities: Designed and taught multiple synchronous and asynchronous courses in the initial phase of a new master’s program in music technology;

principal investigator for multiple grants, advisor for graduate degrees and internships, mentor for Chancellor’s lectureships, development.

Key Accomplishments:

-­‐ Coordinator, chair, and author NASM self-study Coordinator, chair, and author North Central self-study

-­‐ Chair of Instructional Policy Committee -­‐ External reviewer for Kelley Online School of Business MBA self-study -­‐ Co-author, Master of Science, online Music Therapy degree -­‐ Co-author, Bachelor of Science, Music Technology -­‐ Member, Associate Dean’s Research Council; Campus Computing -­‐ Presented 24 papers and/or teaching demonstrations at state,

national, and international conferences -­‐ Published 3 peer-reviewed articles. -­‐ Received funding for 5 projects related to music, health and technology,

including NAFME.

San Francisco State University 1999-2001 School of Music & Dance and College of Behavioral/Social Sciences Assistant Professor - Music Chair of Child & Adolescent Development

Managerial and Teaching Responsibilities: Designed and taught multiple face-to-face and hybrid courses in music; advised undergraduate, graduate, and credential candidates in music education and child and adolescent development; liaison for community council in child development; assessment of music areas and programs in child and adolescent development; chair, long range and strategic planning for child and adolescent development.

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Key Accomplishments: -­‐ Articulation facilitator for 15 Bay Area Community Colleges and SFSU -­‐ Designed, programmed, taught large enrollment course hybrid

music course, incorporation music software. -­‐ Designed and taught 9 different courses in 4 semesters -­‐ Authored 7 peer-reviewed articles -­‐ Presented 3 papers and/or teaching demonstrations at state, national

and international conferences -­‐ Received funding for 5 projects, including the Grammy Foundation

Grant for cross-disciplinary study in music & psychology. Pasadena City College 1989-1999 Associate Professor (tenured)

Administrative and Academic Coordinator, Music Tech Lab Managerial and Teaching Responsibilities: Lab manager and supervisor of 17 employees, area coordinator for

music in early childhood, teaching, technology coordinator for department, budget oversight for Lab, curriculum designer, grant writer, department and campus-wide committee work. Key Accomplishments:

-­‐ Designed Certificates in Early Childhood Music, and in Multimedia -­‐ Received multiple grants, including NSF-ATE project and Chancellor’s

Fund for Instructional Improvement and President’s Innovation Award. -­‐ Co-chaired national research newsletter for then MENC -­‐ Presented 24 papers and/or teaching demonstrations at state and

National conferences -­‐ Served as affirmative action monitor for Human Resources. -­‐ Designed and implemented online music fundamentals course -­‐ Received 56 hours of training in Classroom-Based Assessment

John Thomas Dye School 1981-1989 Music Specialist for Prek-6 General, Choral, & Instrumental

Key Accomplishments: -­‐ Directed and accompanied 8 full-production musicals -­‐ Directed approximately 45 choral concerts -­‐ Authored WASC accreditation- Arts subjects -­‐ Directed outdoor education for 6th graders -­‐ Secured funding for grand piano ($10K) -­‐ Chaired, California Association of Independent Schools-Performing

Arts disciplines conference. Additional part-time experience at USC, CSUN, and CSULA.

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COURSES TAUGHT Teaching Music in Higher Education (performance and music ed. majors) Seminar in Assessment (Online/hybrid) Seminar in Critical Theory and Praxis Seminar Music Technology/Electronic Portfolio Seminar in Leadership in Arts Administration Seminar in Psychology of Music General Music Methods for majors Music Connections for Liberal Arts/Education majors Conducting for majors Choral Ensemble Conducting for m ajors Thesis/Dissertation Supervision Integrating Arts into Academic Learning – Team Teacher Music Technology Methods (Face-to-face and synchronous distance, online) Research Methods in Music & Multimedia (Face-to-face and synchronous distance, online) Multimedia Projects (Face-to-face, synchronous, and asynchronous) Internship in Music Technology Introduction to Music Fundamentals (Face-to-face and asynchronous) Fundraising, grant writing, prospect development Introduction to Music Technology Basic Music I - Large Lecture Online (GE course) Research Methods in Music Education Music for Elementary Teachers Rudiments of Music Theory for majors Piano I Musical Growth and Development in Childhood Choral Literature & Methods Curriculum & Instruction in Music for K-12 Music for Children Computer Literacy for Musicians Introduction to MIDI Applications Music Mus ic History ( to 1650) for majors Introduction to Music Education Music in Early Childhood Concert Choir Curriculum Applications of Music in ECE; and Musical Development and Assessment in ECE Music Fundamentals Online Beginning Piano. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE – CONFERENCES, VETTED OR CHAIRED California State University Board of Trustees November 2015 Meeting, Long Beach, CA. November 17, 2015 § 30 Years of Summer Arts (Academic Policy Committee, EVC Loren Blanchard, Chair) California State University Foundation Board 2014 Winter Meeting, Long Beach, CA, December 5, 2014. • Case Presentation: Transforming Lives through Art: International Expansion

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California State University Office of the Chancellor International Meeting on Engaged Learning, Long Beach, CA – October 13, 2014.

• Presentation: STEAM: Putting the Arts in STEM.

Society for the Study of Emerging Adults 6th Conference of Emerging Adulthood, Chicago, IL – October 9-11, 2013. • Spoken Paper: Emerging Adults as Emerging Artists: Methods of Transformative Learning

California State University Annual Bay Arts Deans Meeting, Monterey, CA – July 12, 2013. • Chair and host for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation presentation on current funding trends for the

arts.

International Society of Music Education, 30th World Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 10-20, 2012. • Spoken Paper: Side-by-Side Partnerships: A North American Model for Integrating Arts into

Academic Learning. • Research Poster: 21st Century Thinking Skills: Commonalities within a State Standards-Based

Music Core and the English Language Arts Common Core

University of Utah, Chair, Professional Development Conference on Educating the Imagination, November 2012.

Utah Music Education Association, State Conference, Chair, Early Childhood Music Professional Development Conference, February 2011 and 2012.

Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE) Symposium, Greensboro, NC, September 15-17, 2011. Side-by-Side: Empowering Classroom Teachers to Integrate Music into Academic Learning

American Orff Schulwerk Association National Conference, Spokane, Washington, November 5, 2010. Assessment of Singing in Early Childhood Programs: Why, What, and How? Early Childhood Research Commission of the International Society of Music Education, 14th World Conference, Beijing, China. July 25-30, 2010 • Workshop Presenter: Bridging the Arts to Academic Learning. • Research Poster: Assessment Tools in Early Childhood Music. Rachel Nardo, Diane

Persellin, & Susan Kenney • Discussant: Informal piano lesson settings for children aged 3 to 5.

International Society of Music Education, 29th World Conference, Beijing, China, July 31-August 6, 2010. • Spoken Paper: Assessment of Singing in Early Childhood: Why, What, & How? Rachel Nardo,

Diane Persellin, & Susan Kenney. • Research Poster: Assessment Tools in Early Childhood Music

Utah Music Educators Association, State Conference, Chair, Early Childhood Professional Development Conference, February 2010. Desert Skies Symposium, Tucson, AZ. Research report: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment in Early Childhood Music. Co-author: Diane Persellin, February 2009.

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Texas Music Educators Conference, San Antonio, TX. Research Poster: Dimensions of Assessment in Early Childhood Music – Pilot Study, February 2008. University of Utah, Music and Literacy Professional Development Conference, Conference Chair, September 2009. Charles Leonhard Symposium, Columbia University Teachers College, New York City,NY. Paper: Principled Leaps: Millennial Learners and the Future of Music Teaching, January 2007. Indiana Music Educators Association, Annual Conference, Indianapolis Research Poster: Standards-based Research: A Survey of Music Technology Use in Indiana Public Schools, 2006 (PowerPoint-Grad Student-Coauthor)

American Music Therapy Association, National Meeting, Orlando, FL Clinician: Going Digital: Software Tools for Music Therapy, 2005

Indiana University School of Music – Bloomington, IN Research Paper Presentation: Music Education Research Colloquium, December 2004

American Music Therapy Association, National Meeting, Austin, TX Clinician: Music on the Lap(top), 2004

International Society of Music Education, Teneriffe, Spain Research Poster Presentation: Music Education in North American Preschools. Published abstract in Conference Proceedings. (Electronic Poster)

Early Childhood Research Commission (ISME), Barcelona, Spain. Research Poster Presentation: Music Education in North American Preschools, 2004. Published abstract in Conference Proceedings.

National Association for Music Education (MENC), Minneapolis, MN. Research report to Music Education Research Council National Biennial Meeting: Standards-based research: Music education in Early Childhood, 2004

National Association for Music Therapy, Great Lakes Regional Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Music Technology for Music Therapy, 2004. (Website-Grad Student, Co- presenter)

Assessment Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. Poster: Student Negotiated Rubrics for Online Learners, 2003. National Association for Music Education (MENC), Nashville, TN. Research report to SRIG on Cognition and Perception: Evaluation of Cognitive and Perceptual Processes Elicited by Interactive Music Software Using Electroencephalographic (EEG) Recording Techniques. 2002

International Society for Music Education (ISME), Bergen, Norway Presenter and coordinator: Multinational streamed conference presentation via Internet2 on Teaching Music at a Distance, 2002. (Streamed video in school archive)

Indiana Music Educators Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Teaching Music Fundamentals Online, 2002.

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International Society of Music Education World Conference, Commission on Early Childhood, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2000. Paper: From Research to Practice: Training Preschool Music Teachers at California Community Colleges. Published in Conference Proceedings.

Music Educators National Conference, Washington, D.C., 2000. Clinician: Linking Software to Piano. California Music Educators Conference, Sacramento, CA. 2000. Clinician: General Music Resources on the World Wide Web.

California Music Educators Conference, Sacramento, Ca. 2000. Clinician: Emergent Literacy and Shadow Play in Early Childhood Education.

Los Angeles Unified School District: Los Angeles, CA. Elementary Music Teachers, 1998. Clinician: Software and Web for General Music.

California Music Educators Conference, Sacramento, CA. 1998. Clinician: Smart Software for General Music.

Music Educators National Conference, Phoenix, AZ. 1998. Clinician: Internet in General Music; Clinician: Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing.

Music Educators National Conference, Phoenix, AZ. 1998. Clinician: Internet in General Music.

National Science Foundation/Advanced Technological Education Conference, Washington, DC, 1997. Poster Presentation: Academy for Creative Technology.

California Music Educator’s Conference, Pasadena, CA. 1997. Clinician: Software for General Music.

Music Educators National Conference, Kansas City, KS. 1996. Clinician: Facilitated Learning Labs (Key Focus—Technology Session).

Music Educators National Conference, Kansas City, KS. 1996. Research Presentation: California Survey of Music in ECE. California Music Educators Association, Pasadena, CA. 1995. Research Presentation: California Survey of Music in ECE.

California Music Educators Association, Fresno, CA. 1992. Clinician: Song Mapping as a Tool in Emergent Literacy.

Music Educators National Conference, New Orleans, LA. 1992. Clinician: Music for the Young Child Day—Music Tells a Story.

International Reading Association, Tucson, AZ, 1992 Clinician: Opera and Whole Language.

California Music Educators Association, Santa Clara, CA. 1991 Clinician: Techno-Play: Music Software for Early Childhood. California Music Educators Association, Oakland, CA. 1990. Clinician: Linking Language Arts and Music.

California Music Educators Association, Oakland, CA. 1990 Clinician: Multicultural Materials for ECE.

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Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA. 1989. Clinician: Listening Maps; Choral Repertoire.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE – CONFERENCE INVITATIONS

Southern California Schools Band and Orchestra Association, Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. Workshop Presenter, September 2010. Teaching Classical Music Using the Internet: KUSC and Creative Kids Foundation.

Arts Express, Brigham Young University, Arts in Education. Professional Development Presenter, July 2010 – “Peer Gynt Goes to School.” 2012 – “Sustainable Arts”

Art Works for Kids, Monroe Elementary School Opera Projects with Carroll Rinehart, Slat Lake City, UT. September – November 2009.

University of Utah, Guest Lecturer. Topics: Fundraising; Podcasting, ILife Suite; Eclectic Curriculum in North America, September-October 2009. Utah Music Educators State Conference: Presenter: Music, Emergent Literacy, and the Brain, February 2009.

Sorenson Elementary School Partnerships: Riley, Bonneville & Washington Elementary: Side by Side Teaching mentor in music 2007-2011. Arts Bridge Mentor: Side by Side mentor of graduate assistant in music Beverly T. Sorenson Schools-Statewide Professional Development Conference, Salt Lake City. Presenter and organizer: Traditional Music of Vietnam/Changing Identities at UMFA, November 2008.

Salt Lake School District-In-service on Technology, Salt Lake City. Presenter: Current Technologies for Music Teachers, November 2008 Utah Chapter of Orff-Schulwerk, Salt Lake City. Presenter: Who Says Giraffes Can’t Dance: Children’s Literature in Music class, October 2008.

Salt Lake School District – Job Alike Day In-service/Professional Development, Salt Lake City, Presenter: Journey in Performance Art-Music Team, August 2008.

Utah Music Educators Conference, St George, UT. Presenter: Literature and Music for Young Children, February 2008

15th & 16th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Grants Writing for Technology, 2004-2006.

Indiana University School of Music Program—Indianapolis Conference Chair and Keynote: It’s Time for Music Early Childhood In-service Conference—Part II, 2005.

American Music Therapy Association, Indiana State Meeting, Indianapolis, IN Clinician: The Singing Coach Software Demonstration, 2005.

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Indiana University School of Music Program—Indianapolis Conference Chair and Keynote: Start the Music Early Childhood In-service Conference, 2004

14th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN, 2003 Presenter: Using Flash in Music Applications Presenter: Electronic research.

13th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN Presenter: Music Educator’s Guide to Grant Writing, 2002.

12th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Course Management systems for large online music courses, 2002.

11th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Grant Writing for Technology, 2001.

Music Educators National Conference, Washington, D.C., 2000 Moderator: Special Research Interest Group-Early Childhood Research Session.

California Music Educator’s Conference, Pasadena, CA. 1997 Co-Organizer: Music in Early Childhood Day.

California Music Educators Association, Santa Clara, CA. 1996, Coordinator: Music for Early Childhood Day. California Music Educators Association, Santa Clara, CA. 1996, Host: Music Technology Open Lab.

6th Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indianapolis, IN. Presenter: Software for General Music, 1996.

California Music Educators Association, Pasadena, CA. 1995. Presider and Coordinator: Music for Early Childhood Day.

California Music Educators Association, Pasadena, CA. 1993 Conference Chair: Music in Early Childhood Day.

California Music Educators Association, Fresno, CA. 1992 Conference Co-Chair: Music Early Childhood Day

Music Educators National Conference, Phoenix, 1998. Speaker: Early Childhood SRIG meeting.

California Association of Independent Schools, Los Angeles, CA. 1985-87. Advisor for Performing Arts Disciplines; Conference Planner PUBLICATIONS – PEER REVIEWED (Current, invited submission from series editor) “Emerging adults as emerging artists.” Oxford

University Press. Work in progress. Catterall, J., Catterall, L., Nardo, R., Bennett, J., & Johnson, S. (2011). Chapter 2: Visual

and Performing Arts in California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 2. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.

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Creative Kids Education Foundation Web Development Team. (2011, March). Classical Chops.

(Jama Laurent, Editor.) http://classicalchops.org/

Creative Kids Education Foundation Web Development Team. (2011, January). Hansel & Gretel Interactive Opera at KUSCRadio. (Jama Laurent, Editor.) http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/

Nardo, R. (Spring, 2011). Opera Online at KUSC Radio. News: Journal of the California Music

Educators. CMEA.

Nardo, R. (October, 2010). Design Your Own Opera – Online! General Music Today. Sage.

Nardo, R., Persellin, D., & Kenney, S. (2010). Assessment Tools in Early Childhood Music. Proceedings of the ISME Early Childhood Commission Conference, Beijing Normal University. July 2010. Poster.

Nardo, R., Persellin D., & Kenney, S. (2010). Assessment Tools in Early Childhood Music.

Proceedings of the ISME 29th World Conference, Beijing. August 2010. Poster.

Nardo, R. & Persellin, D. (2010). Assessment of Singing in Early Childhood: Why, What, & How? Proceedings of the ISME 29th World Conference, Beijing. August 2010. Abstract of spoken paper.

Choe, E.J., & Nardo, R. (April, 2010). Technology in the piano lab: Band-in-a-Box. General

Music Today, 23(4), 48-50. Sage.

Nardo, R. (2010, January). Got Rhythm? Get RockBand!. General Music Today, 23 (2), 38-39. Sage.

Nardo, R. (2009, October). Enhanced Podcasting with GarageBand. General Music Today. 22(3), 23-

27. Sage.

Catterall, J. (Ed.), Nardo, R et al. (2010). Team Writing Project for the State of California Visual and Performing Arts Preschool Framework Volume I. Sacramento, CA.: California State Office of Education.

Nardo, R. (2009, March). A New Role for Music Technology: Enhancing Literacy. General Music

Today, 22, (2), 32-34. Sage Publications.

Nardo, R. (2008 October). Technology in the preschool? Absolutely! General Music Today, 22, (1), 38-39. Sage Publications.

Nardo, R., & Persellin D. (2008, February). Developmentally Appropriate Assessment in Early

Childhood Music. Desert Skies Symposium

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Nardo, R., Custodero, L, Fox, D., & Persellin, D. (2006). Looking Back, Looking Forward: A

Report on Early Childhood Music Education in the United States to Journal of Research in Music Education.

Nardo, R. (2004). Musical Contexts and Curriculum in North American Early Childhood Centers.

International Society of Music Education. Proceedings of the ISME Early Childhood Commission Conference, Barcelona and Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Spain. July 2003. Poster.

Geisler, M.W., & Nardo, R. (2001, October). The Music of Neurons: Frontal

Electroencephalographic Brain Activity. Proceedings of the Society for Psychophysiological Research SPR in Montreal. Poster.

Nardo, R. (2001, Winter). From Research to Practice: Training Preschool Music Specialists at

California Community Colleges. Early Childhood Connections Journal, Winter, 7(1), 12-18

Geisler, M.W., Beck, E., Mathews, K., Hirt, M., & Nardo R. (2001, August). Frontal EEG

Asymmetries Associated with Learning and Music – poster. Proceedings of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco. Poster.

Nardo, R. (2001). Shadow Play Magic: Emergent Literacy and Music. In the Proceedings/Notes of

the California Music Educators Association Conference Early Childhood Inservice Day.

Nardo, R. (2000, July). From Research to Practice: Training Preschool Music Specialists at California Community Colleges. Proceedings of the International Society of Music Early Childhood Commission, Toronto. Poster.

Nardo, R. (2000). The National Academy of Recording and Sound: "Music in the Sandbox:

Children and Computers." Online at www.grammy/gateway/nardo.html

Nardo, R., & Mansfield, J. (1992, November). Adapting Opera and Folktales for the Elementary School Curriculum. Proceedings of the International Reading Association Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Invited and Other

Nardo, R. (Spring, 1996). Getting the most out of software. California Music Educators News.

Nardo, R. (1996). California survey of music in early childhood: The role of community colleges in

music teacher Education, UMI No. 9720270. Nardo, R. (Winter, 1996). Mother Goose accepts professorship. California Music Educators News.

Sims, et al. (1995). Contributor: Strategies for Teaching Prekindergarten Music, MENC.

Nardo, R. (Winter, 1993). Everything’s comin’ up roses for early childhood music. California

Music Educators News.

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Sims, et al. (1993). Contributor: Music in Prekindergarten: Planning and Teaching, edited and

compiled by Palmer and Sims, MENC. Nardo, R. (Spring, 1992). Music & the young child in-service day. California Music Educators News.

Nardo, R. (Spring, 1978). Music for youth at CSUN. California Music Educators News.

Co-editorship

Nardo R., & Custodero, L. (1996-98). Music Educators National Conference, Special

Interest Research Group (SRIG) Newsletter. Co-editor and producer.

GRANTS Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Star Foundation, Monterey County Rotary Clubs, Community Foundation of Monterey, and various private solicitations for student scholarships. Funded at approximately $100K 2013-16. My role: direct and indirect solicitation and donor stewardship.

Dee Council Foundation Project: Professional development project for training in Orff-Schulwerk methodology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Funded 2012. $2200. PI

University of Utah Faculty Research Grant Project: “Looking in Classrooms” – Video case assessment studies of local general music teachers to be used in General Music Methods courses, funded 2010. My role: PI. $700.

University of Utah Faculty Travel Grant: Project: Bridging Arts to Academic Learning. Presentation in Beijing, China at The International Society of Music Education, funded 2010. My role: PI $750.

Indiana University Faculty Learning Community Grant Project: Development of Student-Negotiated Assessment Rubrics. As part of this learning community, I was awarded funds for professional development and assessment of teaching. Outcomes: Presentation at the National Assessment Institute, November 2004; Participant in the Lilly Conference on Teaching and Learning, Oxford, Ohio, 2004; Purchase of digital video camera for preparing QuickTime movies for online learners in the Gateway, E241 course.

National Association for Music Education (MENC) Project: National Survey of Music in Early Childhood; Principal Investigator, $4000, 2003. I was solicited to apply for this grant. In collaboration with researchers from Eastman School of Music, Columbia Teachers College, and Trinity University in Texas, we conducted a national survey of music in accredited early childhood centers, in relation to National Standards in Music. Outcome: Published in JRME.

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Gateway Project, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Project: Development of an online, asynchronous Music Fundamentals course for undergraduates, Principal Investigator; $5000, 2002. Outcome: this project has increased access to E241 (Introduction to Music Fundamentals) for 150 students per year. It is one of our most popular courses in music, suggesting that music fundamentals can be successfully taught online.

Center for the Enhancement of Teaching, Technology Enhanced Course Delivery Initiative, San Francisco State University.Project: eMUSE: A Learning Community for Large-Lecture GE Music Courses. This “blended” learning project connected students of a large lecture course (N=250) in an on- line environment. On-line work included group projects, tests, peer-reviewed written work, and virtual chat office hours; Principal Investigator, course release, 2000. Outcome: Highly successful, and maintained after I left the campus. This project was disseminated at the International Society for Music Education, Bergen, Norway via Internet2 in 2002.

Vice President's Award of Assigned Time for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, San Francisco State University Project: A comparative study of two methods for teaching music fundamentals to elementary education majors: Interactive computer-assisted instruction versus traditional paper-based/lecture delivery; Principal Investigator, course release, 1999-2000. Outcome: This study helped determine the effectiveness of software for teaching music fundamentals. This project resulted in class resign for large, GE music courses.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, San Francisco State University. Start-up funds. Project: Support of research—a comparative study of two methods for teaching music fundamentals, $5000, 1999.

President’s Award for Innovation in Teaching, Pasadena City College Project: Online Music Fundamentals; Principal Investigator, $22,000, 1998. Outcomes: This project resulted in the implementation of a facilitated learning lab at Pasadena City College. It created access for 200 students per year.

Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges—Fund for Instructional Improvement. Project: A New Paradigm for Music in Early Childhood; Principal Investigator; total with matched: $17,000, 1994. This project surveyed licensed childcare centers in California regarding the status of music education and economic development. Outcome: Establishment of an associate of arts degree with a specialization in early childhood music. The curriculum has been adopted, in part, by other states and Israel. This project was disseminated at the International Society for Music Education in Toronto, 2000, and published in a vetted early childhood music journal.

Pasadena Area Community College District Competitive Grants for Innovation in Teaching. Project: Music Fundamentals Remediation via Computer; Principal Investigator, $28,000, 1993. Outcome: this project funded a music computer lab for “just-in-time” course remediation.

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Team Grants Focus: Teacher Education, Science Education, and Presenting National Endowment for the Arts – CSU Summer Arts Project: Arts Works – Presenting Programs for Community Outreach; Co-Principal investigator and budget manager, $10,000 funded. 2015.

Salt Lake School District Project: Enhancing Literacy through Arts Education. U.S. Department of Education. Project pending funding.- $1.2m.

California State Department of Education - Title II Grant Project: Development of blended curriculum for Child and Adolescent majors at SFSU. My role: project team member; $50,000, 2001. Outcome: left project for IUPUI. National Academy of Recording Arts Project: Evaluation of Cognitive and Perceptual Processes Elicited by Interactive Music Software Using Electroencephalographic (EEG) Recording Techniques. My role: grant writer, project director, co-investigator. Co-investigator is Mark Geisler, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, San Francisco State University; $10,000, 2000. Outcomes: Still in progress, but research has been disseminated at three national/international music or psychology conferences.

National Science Foundation - ATE Program Project: Interdisciplinary Project: Academy for Creative Arts My role: co-PI, grant writing, program assessment, publications, music technology curriculum, web sites, music lab design/installation, and dissemination. $375,000, 1997-99. The purpose of this project was to teach science majors how to use digital media technologies to display scientific knowledge. Outcome: Due to its success, the project was institutionalized. Results were disseminated at a national NSF conference, 1997.

United States Department of Education Pasadena City College—Title III Funds. Misc. Projects: Software, Inservices, no investigative role; $2800, 1994.

Grant Development/Appropriations for Others-focus: Autism, Music Therapy, Community Music Education.

Clarian Values Fund for Education, “Telehealth-Long Distance Education in Early Invention for Autism ,” PI: Deborah Sokol, MD. Granted $150,000, 2006. Rationale: This project places a music therapist at IUPUI Children’s Center and provides inservice education for our school’s music therapists.

National Institutes of Health, NCAM Program, “DataMuse: Hand-held PDAs for Music Therapy”, w/Deborah Burns, PhD and Russell Eberhart, PhD., 2004-2012. Funded.

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PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Participant: Association of American Colleges & Universities, Regional Conference on Equity and Inclusive Excellence, Los Angeles, March 2015 Participant: California State University Chancellor’s Office Committee for Engaged Learning and High Impact Practice, ongoing 2014. Participant: Americans for the Arts Conference and Awards, New York City, October 2012 and Pittsburgh, PA, June 2013.

Guest lecturer and participant: Teachers College, Doctoral Seminar, October 2011

Participant: Arts in Education: Cultivating the Creative Mind, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, October 2011.

Participant: Orff-Shulwerk – Introductory Course, AOSA National Conference, Spokane, WA, November 2010.

Participant: Assessment in the Arts, Kennedy Center, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2009. Participant: Learning and the Brain Conference: Boston, MA, November 2008. Participant: IUPUI Faculty Learning Community on Podcasting, 2006-7. Participant: Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, 200 hour training program, July 2006.

Participant: Internet2 Symposium Participant, First Stop-Indiana, Indiana University, 2006. Participant: Intensive Course in Financial Accounting: Statements & Analysis, Kelley Executive Partners at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2004

Participant: Gateway Project, Learning Community on Assessment, Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUI, 2004-2004.

Participant and Presenter: Assessment Institute at IUPUI, 2003 and 2005.

Participant: Moore Research Symposium at IUPUI, 2002, 2004.

Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, Certificate in Fundraising Management, 2004.

Participant: Macromedia Flash intensive, Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUI, 2003.

Participant: PhotoShop intensive course, Adobe Online, 2001.

Participant: CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning: Teaching with Technology; Outcomes Assessment for Program Improvement, 2001.

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Participant: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Assessment Workshop, SFSU, 1999. Participant: Sound Design; Basic Animation Techniques, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1998. Participant: Macromedia Advanced Authorware Course, Multimedia Workshop, Culver City, CA, 1998.

Participant: Sound & Music for Digital Media, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1997. Participant: Cross/DeAngelo’s Classroom-based Assessment Techniques, Pasadena, 1994. Courses in Systematic musicology and multicultural methods, University of Washington, 1992 Level I - Education Through Music (ETM), Walnut, CA, 1991.

Participant: Affirmative Action Monitor Training, Pasadena City College, 1982.

Directed research—Multicultural Education, CSU, Los Angeles, 1990.

Participant: Theater Arts Workshop for Teachers—Music Center of Los Angeles, 1987.

Participant: Dalcroze Training, Robert Abramson, Champaign, IL, 1986.

Participant: UCLA—Bay Area Writing Project, John Thomas Dye School, 1985.

Participant: CSU Summer Arts-California Arts Project—Artist’s Retreat, Idyllwild, CA, 1983. PROFESSIONAL BOARDS – SERVICE Member, Executive Board, Creative Kids Education Foundation, Los Angeles, 2015- Secretary, Executive Board, Council on Education and Research of Toxins, California, 2015- PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING Creative Kids Education Foundation and KUSC Radio, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 – present Senior Consultant and Board Member, including web and app design. See: www.classicalchops.org, http://www.kusc.org/kids/opera.aspx, and iPhone/iPad app Hansel & Gretel Ditch the Witch.

State of California – West-ED, Sacramento, CA Co-Author: Early Childhood Music Learning Foundations/ Curriculum Framework, 2007 to 2011 Shoot the Moon Products, Pleasanton, CA Consultant: Proprietary music products and music technology, 2004 - 2006

Spin Master, LLC, Toronto, ON, Canada Consultant: Proprietary electronic toy product development, 2006

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Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, NM Consultant: Music education curriculum and assessment, 2000

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco, CA Consultant: Program assessment, 1999

Tennessee Arts Academy, Nashville, TN, 1997. Artist-Clinician-in-Residence.

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 1996. Consultant for undergraduate curriculum development in the New Media program.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP College Music Society National Association for Music Education International Council of Fine Arts Deans Association of American Colleges and Universities (Associate) Society for the Study of Emerging Adults (SSEA HOBBIES: Acoustic music, diatonic accordion for folk dance, vielle a roué/early music, golfing, and long distance bicycling.