Ann Clements

Ann Clements plans to study the effect of video game technology and media influences on children’s musical play as a summer 2010 Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Faculty Fellow.

Clements, is Associate Professor of Music Education in The Pennsylvania State University School of Music. An active researcher and clinician, Clements has directed ensembles and given presentations throughout the United States and in New Zealand, Japan, Australia, and Canada. She has published in Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), Journal of Research in the New Zealand Performing Arts, General Music Today, The Mountain Lake Reader, and the International Society for Music Education (ISME) Pacific Region Proceedings.

She is co-author of the textbook Field Guide to Student Teaching in Music, published by Routledge Press and is the editor of the book Alternative Approaches in Music Education: Case Studies from the Field published by Rowman and Littlefield in association with MENC. She is a chapter editor and author to the textbook Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education (eds. Andersen & Campbell), published by Rowan and Littlefield, and a contributing author to the Making Music series, published by Scott Foresman/Silver Burdett and The Choral Cookbook, published by Hal Leonard.

Her primary areas of interest include secondary general music, middle school/junior high choral music, music participation, and ethnomusicology, particularly within the Pacific Rim and Polynesia. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education (MENC), the Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference (PMEA) of which she is Culture and Community State Chair, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) of which she is the state Ethic and Multicultural Chair, and the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) of which she currently serves as the international Education Chair.

To learn more about Ann’s work, please visit her section of the TLT Faculty Fellow’s site.

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