Music Education Faculty and Staff
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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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