Leadership and Administration

Dr. Carol A. Prickett
Department Chair
Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy
Office: Moody Music 253
Phone: (205) 348-1432
Email cpricket@music.ua.edu

Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy. Ph.D., M.M., Florida State University; B.M., B.A., Birmingham-Southern College. Dr. Prickett is a Board Certified Music Therapist. She joined the music education faculty in 1983. She teaches graduate courses in music education research, as well as a graduate course which prepares music students in all areas for a career in college teaching. She has taught “Teaching Music in the Elementary School” to numerous elementary education majors at the University of Alabama and at Florida State University. Her research is published regularly in leading professional journals including Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Therapy, International Journal of Music Education, Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, Research Studies in Music Education. She was coeditor of Applications of Research in Music Behavior and Research in Music Therapy: A Tradition of Excellence. Additionally, she is the author of chapters in five textbooks for music therapy or music education. She is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Music Therapy, having previously served a six-year term on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education. She has served as a research reviewer for the National Institutes of Health. She is a former AMEA Special Learners Chair. She has been honored by the UA College of Arts and Sciences as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and is the recipient of regional awards for outstanding achievements in music therapy research and for service to the region. She originated the music therapy degree program at Georgia College and State University in 1976 and at the University of Alabama in 1983.

Ms. Cathie Daniels
Administrative Assistant
Office: Moody Music 261
Phone: (205) 348-6054

Instrumental Music Education
Band and Orchestra

Dr. Kenneth Ozzello
Director of Bands
Professor of Music
Office: Moody Music 211a
Phone: (205) 348-6068
Email: kozzello@music.ua.edu

Kenneth Ozzello is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at The University of Alabama. Dr. Ozzello joined the University faculty in 1989. He holds the Bachelor of Music in Music Education and the Masters of Music in Wind Conducting degrees from West Virginia University; he earned the Doctorate of Education from The University of Alabama. Dr. Ozzello conducts The Alabama Wind Ensemble, The Alabama Symphonic Band and is director of The University of Alabama “Million Dollar Band.” In addition to Dr. Ozzello's duties with the University band program, he teaches several academic classes in the School of Music including graduate and undergraduate conducting and music education methods classes. He maintains a busy national schedule of clinics and guest conducting engagements. Over the past two decades, Dr. Ozzello has designed shows for the Million Dollar Band that have been performed at the Orange Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl the 1992 National Championship Sugar Bowl, and over a dozen Iron Bowls. His "Superman" design can be seen in Daniel Moore's "Century of Champions" painting commemorating one hundred years of Crimson Tide Football. In 2003, The Million Dollar Band under Dr. Ozzello’s direction received The Sudler Trophy. The Sudler Trophy is the only national award presented to college marching bands. Dr. Ozzello is much in demand for his drill designs and has written for over 100 high school and college marching bands. Before arriving in Tuscaloosa, he served on the staff of the West Virginia University band program and designed shows for the "Pride of West Virginia" Marching Band. He also spent five years as the Director of Bands at Jeannette High School in the Pittsburgh area.

Dr. Carl B. Hancock
Assistant Professor of Music Education
Office: Moody Music 256
Phone: (205) 275-6335
Email: chancock@bama.ua.edu

Carl B. Hancock is Assistant Professor of Music Education at The University of Alabama. He teaches courses in band methods, marching band techniques, music sociology and music psychology in addition to supervising student teachers and advising the UA chapter of CMENC. He is the founder and organizer of the Tuscaloosa Winds, a 115-member symphonic band designed to bring together community and university musicians in the pursuit of lifelong music making. Previously, he served on the faculty at the University of Arizona where he taught courses in music education and directed the symphonic and outreach bands. Hancock was a successful high school band director in Florida where he directed band programs at Sebastian River (Sebastian, FL) and Santa Fe (Alachua, FL) high schools. Dr. Hancock is an active researcher and some of his work can be found in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Band Research, Arts in Education Policy Review, and the Music Educators Journal. He often presents research and pedagogical sessions for band directors and other music educators at national and state conventions. He is past chair of MENC’s Affective Response Special Research Interest Group and is currently the chair-elect of the Learning and Development Special Research Interest Group for MENC. Hancock holds a Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Music Education, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Florida State University.

Dr. Anne C. Witt
Adjunct Professor of Music Education
Office: Moody Music 165
Phone: (205) 348-1460
Email: awitt@music.ua.edu
Dr. Anne C. Witt is Adjunct Professor in the School of Music at the University of Alabama, where she teaches music education and strings. She also teaches classes for adult beginners and private cello lessons. She recently led a community initiative to begin a string program in the Tuscaloosa City Schools, and serves as President of the Alabama chapter of the American String Teachers Association. In Texas, she taught middle school and high school orchestra and strings for fourteen years, was Director of the University of Texas String Project, and taught at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Witt has presented clinics for orchestra and band directors in many states and at national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and at the Midwest Clinic. Her presentations include “student tested” teaching strategies on such topics as creative classroom management, communication, and motivation. She has served as guest conductor for many All-Region orchestras in Texas, and at festival orchestras and All-State orchestras. Dr. Witt is co-author of Teaching Stringed Instruments: A Course of Study, published by MENC. She is author of A Rhythm a Week, published by Warner Bros. Publications, used by school classes and private students nationwide and internationally. She served as Consulting Editor for the new series Orchestra Expressions, also published by Warner Bros. Publications. Dr. Witt has served as President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association and President of the American String Teachers Association. She earned the Bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama, and M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a professional cellist in the Austin Symphony for twenty years, and now plays in a wedding string quartet called Four Strings Attached.

Prof. Randall Coleman
Associate Director of Bands
Assistant Professor of Music
Office: Moody Music 212
Phone: (205) 348-0314
Email: rocoleman@music.ua.edu

Randall Coleman is Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he serves as the conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band, the Associate Conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the "Million Dollar Band." He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Mr. Coleman joins the faculty at the University of Alabama after a successful 25 year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and his Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Coleman has been an active member of the Georgia Music Educators' Association, where he has held the office of President, First Vice-President and State Band Division Chair. Mr. Coleman has also served as Georgia State Chair for the National Band Association. He was awarded the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on eight occasions and was the 1992 recipient of the American School Band Directors Association's Stanbury Award for the state of Georgia and the southeastern United States. Mr. Coleman was inducted into the John Philip Sousa Foundations' "Legion of Honor" in 2004 and is also listed in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Bands under Mr. Coleman's direction have consistently received superior ratings on the concert stage as well as the marching field. His concert ensembles have performed on three occasions in Carnegie Hall in New York, New York. During his tenure at Milton High School in Milton, Georgia, the Milton Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the National Convention of the Music Educators’ National Conference, the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, and the Georgia Music Educators' Association State Conference. Marching bands under his direction have won numerous "Grand Championship" awards and also participated in the prestigious New Year's Day Parade in London, England, in 1996 and 2001, and the 2004 Fiesta Bowl Parade in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Coleman remains in demand as a marching and concert band clinician and adjudicator across the country and in Europe.

Choral Music Education

Dr. Marvin Latimer
Assistant Professor of Music Education
Associate Director of Choral Activities
Office: Moody Music 152
Phone: (205) 348-0393
Email: melatimerjr@bama.ua.edu

Marvin E. Latimer Jr. is currently Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Chorus. He received a BME and MME from Wichita State University and earned a Ph.D. with honors in Music Education from the University of Kansas. Dr. Latimer taught secondary choral music in Wichita, Kansas High Schools for 28 years and has served as Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas and as Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the Women’s Ensemble at Wichita State University. In addition to his work in education, he has been active as Church Choir Director, Community Choir Director, Performer, Music Theater Director and Producer, Technical Director, and Scenic Designer. Dr. Latimer has published articles in the Choral Journal and the International Journal for Research in Choral Singing. Additionally, his research has been presented at state, regional, national, and international conferences including the Third International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing, York, England and The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VI, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He currently serves as Editorial Associate for the International Journal for Research in Choral Singing. Dr Latimer’s professional distinctions consist of numerous choral convention performances including the Kansas Music Educators Association State Convention, American Choral Directors Association Regional Convention, and Music Educators National Conference National Convention. He also received recognition on two occasions as a University of Kansas GTA Distinguished Service Nominee; and as a recipient of the Wichita Public Schools Certificate of Merit, the Mary Jane Teall Award for Scenic Design, and the University of Kansas School of Education Certificate of Appreciation. Dr. Latimer is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the Alabama Vocal Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Voice Care Network.

Elementary and General
Music Education Faculty

Dr. Kenneth M. McGuire
Associate Professor of Music Education
Office: Moody Music 262
Phone: (205) 348-1430
Email: kmcguire@music.ua.edu

Kenneth M. McGuire has been a music education faculty member at the University of Alabama since 1998. He earned degrees from Syracuse University and the State Universities of New York at Fredonia and Binghamton. Dr. McGuire taught general and choral music in the public schools of New York State for ten years. He has presented original research and ideas at numerous workshops and conferences, and has had articles published in Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Therapy, International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Southeastern Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and Teaching Music. Dr. McGuire has served Music Educators National Conference, Alabama Music Educators Association, Alabama State Education Department, and local arts advocacy groups in multiple leadership roles.

Dr. Regena Parrish
Temporary Assistant Professor of Music Education
Office: Moody Music 136
Phone: (205) 348-6054

Prof. Marion Latimer
Adjunct Instructor of Music Education
Office: Moody Music 261
Phone: (205) 348-6054
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