2008-09 - MSU College of Music - Michigan State University

egional meetings of the College Music Society and Society for Music Theory, and has publications in theSoutheastern Journal of Music Education and Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.Office: 204 Music Practice BuildingPhone: 517-353-8988Email: taggartb@msu.eduWebsite: http://www.msu.edu/~taggartb/Leigh VanHandel, Assistant Professor of Music TheoryLeigh VanHandel received a Bachelor of Music from the Ohio State University, a Master of Music fromSUNY Stony Brook, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford University. Her dissertation was titled"Setting a Menu to Music: Prosody and Melody in 19th-century Art Song," and was a quantitative studyof the relationship between speech intonation and rhythm patterns in spoken German and French and themelody and rhythm of art songs written to texts in those languages. She previously taught at theUniversity of Oregon and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Office: 507 Music PracticePhone: (517) 353-2943Email: lvh@msu.eduWebsite: http://www.msu.edu/~lvh/Music TherapyRoger Smeltekop, Associate Professor of Music TherapyMusic Therapist-Board Certified, Roger Smeltekop received a Master of Music from MSU. He is Chair ofthe Board of Directors of the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). Smeltekop is a formerMusic Therapist at the Ypsilanti State Hospital and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Hospital. Heis an active presenter of music therapy lectures and workshops to both lay and professional audiences.Office: 215 Music Practice BuildingPhone: 517-355-6753Email: smeltek3@msu.eduWebsite: http://www.msu.edu/~smeltek3/Frederick Tims, Professor and Chair of the Music Therapy AreaFrederick Tims received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Hendrix College, a Bachelor ofMusic in Music Therapy from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa,and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Kansas. Tims has done clinical work atGemeinschaftskrankenhaus in Herdecke, Germany, the University of Michigan Hospitals, and in privatemusic psychotherapy practice. He has taught at the University of Kansas, Colorado State University, andthe University of Miami.Office: 201 Music Practice BuildingPhone: 517-353-9856Email: tims@msu.eduMusicologyKevin Bartig, Assistant Professor of Historical MusicologyKevin Bartig holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in musicology from the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree in music and performance from the University of Wisconsin-EauClaire. He is the recipient of the Andrew Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies DissertationFellowship and is a contributing author to Prokofiev and His World, forthcoming from PrincetonUniversity Press. He is active as a collaborative pianist and teacher of piano.Office: 506 Music Practice BuildingDale Bonge, Associate Professor of Historical MusicologyDale Bonge received a doctor of philosophy from the University of Michigan. Bonge's research dealswith aspects of performance practices and music theory of the Middle Ages and Renaissance as well asthe connections between music and other aspects of arts and culture. A particular focus of his work istempo in early music. He has presented papers at meetings of the American Musicological Society, The19