Full Program - Missouri Music Educators Association

Lindsey Williams joined the music education faculty of the Conservatory of Music
and Dance in Fall 2006. Williams earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
the University of Kansas and his doctoral degree from Florida State University. At
the Conservatory, Dr. Williams teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music
education, teaches and guides graduate research, and coordinates music education
field experience placement and supervision, and coordinates the Interdisciplinary PhD
program for the Conservatory.
Dr. Williams’ teaching experience includes elementary through high school instrumental
and choral music, and he has served in various leadership roles within professional
music organizations. Dr. Williams is also the conductor of the New Horizons Band.
Williams is an active performer, conductor and clinician for music educators and young
musicians throughout the United States and Southeast Asia.
A respected researcher, his interests include musicians’ focus of attention, musical
complexity, life-long learning and music teacher training. He currently serves as coeditor
for the “Music Journal of Southeast Asia” and on the editorial board for the
“Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education.” He has presented research at
state, regional and national conferences of NAfME and the American Music Therapy
Association and has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the “Journal
of Research in Music Education,” “Update: Applications of Research in Music
Education,” “Contributions to Music Education,” “Missouri Journal of Research in
Music Education,” and “Research Perspectives.”
. “Music Education Advocacy: It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint” (p. 28)
In the current economic setting, music educators may find themselves concerned with not only the
vibrancy of their programs, but also its possible survival. We must teach the value of music beyond our
classrooms and schools. Therefore, it is vital that we, as music educators, strive to educate not only our
students, but parents, administrators, colleagues, and communities of the value of music as an independent
area of study. Participants will leave with an understanding of the advocacy process and how they
can actively participate in these efforts. Advocacy starts at “home.”
Steve Williams is the elementary music teacher at Hancock Place Elementary
School in St. Louis. Formerly, he was the consultant for Fine Arts and Health/Physical
Education at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. He graduated
from CMSU in May of 1989, earning a bachelor of music education degree. He also
earned the newly-implemented bachelor of music in jazz composition, the first student
at the university to earn that degree.
He has taught music at every level from kindergarten general music through university
band. After teaching in St. James and Lexington, he attended UM-C, where he
earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in wind
conducting. In 2000, he was one of only 7 graduate students inducted into the Rollins
Society, which recognizes campus-wide involvement and academic and teaching
achievement.
Mr. Williams taught Instrumental Music at Rock Bridge High School. While in
Columbia, he was appointed Performing Arts department chair and worked extensively
to develop and refine the curriculum. In 2001 he was named by School Band and
Orchestra Magazine as one of “50 Directors Who Make a Difference,” representing
the state of Missouri.
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