Marie Graham, DMA
Area(s) of Expertise: Vocal/Choral Music Education, Kodaly Specialist, International Baccalaureate (MYP), sight-reading pedagogy, Voice; Oren Brown's vocal ease approach
Overview
Marie Graham is a thirty-year veteran choral music educator at K-college levels at public and private institutions. She is a Kodaly specialist in music education and taught Kodaly Methodology courses for Denise Bacon, founder of the Kodaly movement in America. She held positions as a cantor/conductor of youth and adult choirs in churches in Boston, MA, and Charlotte, NC. Marie Graham has taught applied voice in her home studio for high school students and adults for over nine years. She has directed large-scale musical productions in North Carolina.
She joined the University of North Georgia in the Fall of 2019 and serves as the Coordinator of Music Education. During her tenure, the Music Education program has risen to a level 4 rating for the state of Georgia; the highest rating for Music Educator Preparation Programs. She was a guest clinician at the Georgia Music Educators Conference in Athens, GA, in January 2022 presenting Contra Flow: Culture bearers in community, contra dance, and Appalachian folk music traditions.
Dr. Graham currently teaches music pedagogy courses including Elementary General Music Methods, Choral Methods, and Music for The Special Learner. In addition, she teaches the Senior Capstone courses and supervises music education interns’ field placements, senior portfolio projects, and Teaching & Learning Assessments.
She joined the University of North Georgia in the Fall of 2019 and serves as the Coordinator of Music Education. During her tenure, the Music Education program has risen to a level 4 rating for the state of Georgia; the highest rating for Music Educator Preparation Programs. She was a guest clinician at the Georgia Music Educators Conference in Athens, GA, in January 2022 presenting Contra Flow: Culture bearers in community, contra dance, and Appalachian folk music traditions.
Dr. Graham currently teaches music pedagogy courses including Elementary General Music Methods, Choral Methods, and Music for The Special Learner. In addition, she teaches the Senior Capstone courses and supervises music education interns’ field placements, senior portfolio projects, and Teaching & Learning Assessments.
Courses Taught
Fall 2022 courses include:
- Music Education Capstone & Senior Practicum
- Seminar in Music Education
- Curriculum & Assessment
- Choral Music Methods & Literature
- Music Appreciation
Spring 2023 courses include:
- Senior Music Education Practicum
- Choral Methods & Literature
- Music and the Special Learner
- Aural Skills I & II
Education
- DMA, Music Education, Boston University, College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2020
- M.A. of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Art's Integration into the Curriculum, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, 1997
- B.A. , Music Education, Vocal/Choral Emphasis, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music, 1984
- Certificate in Kodaly Approach to Music Education, Music Education, Vocal/Choral Emphasis, Kodaly Musical Training Institute, 1984
- Certificate in Kodaly Approach to Music Education, Music Education, Vocal/Choral, Kodaly Musical Training Institute, 1984
Research/Special Interests
- “The Effects of Peer-Assisted Learning on Rhythmic and Melodic Sight-reading in a Middle School Chorus”
- “Perceptions of Preservice Educators toward Arts Integration in the Elementary Classroom Curriculum”
Publications
NC Middle Level Educators (NCMLE) Journal
Work Experience
- Applied vocal study with Metropolitan Opera Baritone, Peter Hart at Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
- Kodaly Methodology studies with Janos Horvath, and Susie Engle
- Intern for Sarah Ferrebee, W. Hartford, CT
- Conducting studies with Alex Farkas, Hartt School of Music & Tibor Szabo of Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary
- Master Schola participant under the direction of Dr. George Guest