Professor of Music and Dean Emeritus
College
of Fine and Performing Arts
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Donald L. Gephardt is Professor of Music and Dean Emeritus of the
As a performer he has been a member of several orchestras including the Des Moines Symphony, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, and the Long Island Symphony.
Current participation in
professional organizations includes Young Audiences, Inc., the
Currently, I teach courses in Music Theory, Music
Appreciation and Applied Clarinet
My current research interest centers on Emotion and its
relation to the arts and in the improvement of Arts Education at all levels
Americans for the Arts http://www.artsusa.org
The Arts Education Partnership http://aep-arts.org
The
National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov
The Philadelphia Arts Education
Partnership http:www.paep.net
The New Jersey Arts Education Partnership http:www.artsednj.org
www.rowan.edu
856.256.4500 ext. 3581
To Move Forward - A Plan for Arts Education
Emotion: Our Primary Way of Knowing
Interests
Education
MS Juilliard School
BS
Juilliard School
BME Drake University
Administrative Experience
1990 – 2007 Dean,
College of Fine and Performing Arts, Rowan
University
1983 – 1990 Dean
of Instruction, Nassau Community College
1977 – 1983 Chair,
Music Department, Nassau Community College
Teaching Experience
1990
– present Professor of Music, Rowan
University
1970
– 1983 Nassau Community College
1967
– 1970 W.C. Mepham High School,
Bellmore, NY
1962
- 1967
Wantagh Public Schools,
Wantagh, NY
Selected Recent Publications and
Presentations
Gephardt, Donald L., Presentation: Update on - To Move Forward,
National Meeting of the Arts Education Partnership, University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, PA, March 30, 2003
Gephardt, Donald L., Presentation on Arts Core Content
Standards, Gloucester County Teacher Professional Development Program,
Williamstown, NJ, November 10, 1999
Gephardt, Donald L., Presentation to Music Faculty – New Jersey
Core Content Standards and Assessments, Washington Township Schools,
Sewell, NJ, June 1999.
Gephardt, Donald L., Creativity as a Subversive Activity, Occasional Papers: On Creativity in the
Arts, Rowan College of New Jersey, Vol. 2, Fall, 1992
Gephardt, Donald L., Presentation: Ann Arbor III - Music
Perception & Creativity
New York State School Music
Association Annual Conference, Kiamesha Lake, NY, November 30, 1982
Professional Organizations and
Societies
Past President, International
Council of Fine Arts Deans
Board Treasurer, Philadelphia
Arts Education Partnership– 2004 to date
Member – Commission to revise the K–12 Arts Core Content
Standards, New Jersey State Department of Education, 2003
Member - Program Committee and Certification Committee,
Young Audiences, Inc. New York, NY 2001
- present
Steering Committee,
New Jersey Arts Education Partnership
Last revised: April 14, 2008