Maria Runfola, State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor
Buffalo, New York
runfola@buffalo.edu
Office:
(716) 645-4028
Bio/Research
Maria Runfola can speak to media about a wide range of topics related to music learning, including its impact on Kindergarten readiness.A classroom music specialist, she has been a music educator and UB professor and administrator for over 50 years. Early in her career, as a doctoral student, Run...
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Bio/Research
Maria Runfola can speak to media about a wide range of topics related to music learning, including its impact on Kindergarten readiness.A classroom music specialist, she has been a music educator and UB professor and administrator for over 50 years. Early in her career, as a doctoral student, Runfola assisted Edwin E. Gordon with critical research as he pioneered knowledge of how young children develop an understanding of music — research that led to taxonomies of tonal and rhythm patterns and eventually to the Content Sequences of Music Learning Theory.Runfola’s work includes consultation on the design of music toys, some with patented features; research on the use of assistive devices to support listening enjoyment for people with hearing disabilities at Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concerts; research on the developmental characteristics of music learners; and research on the impact of music and creative movement learning on school readiness.
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