Paul Woodford, Western University
Music
Professor
London, Ontario
woodford@uwo.ca
Office:
(519) 661-2111 ext. 85333
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Bio/Research
A prolific researcher and writer on philosophical, historical, and other topics, Paul Woodford is a frequent music festival adjudicator (band), clinician, and motivational speaker. Before coming to the University of Western Ontario, he taught instrumental, choral and general music in the Newfound...
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Bio/Research
A prolific researcher and writer on philosophical, historical, and other topics, Paul Woodford is a frequent music festival adjudicator (band), clinician, and motivational speaker. Before coming to the University of Western Ontario, he taught instrumental, choral and general music in the Newfoundland school system and then music teacher education courses at Mount Allison University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. Since his appointment to the Faculty of Music in 1994, Dr. Woodford has hosted several international symposia, organized many school and community band clinics, and co-founded the popular UWO New Horizons Adult Band Program.
Dr. Woodford's research is regularly featured in prominent national and international journals and he has contributed a chapter to The New Handbook Research on Music Teaching and Learning (2002). His fifth and most recent book, Democracy and Music Education: Liberalism, Ethics, and the Politics of Practice (2005), has been described by one reviewer as “the most clear and cogent assessment of current music education practice I have read.” Dr. Woodford is a member of the International Advisory Boards for the British Journal of Music Education, the Philosophy of Music Education Review, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. Other important professional work includes service as Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (2004-7) and as keynote speaker for the 2005 Sociology of Music Education conference held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. This coming March (2009) he will be the special invited guest speaker at the Music Education Leadership Institute (MELI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr. Woodford is currently researching and writing a sixth book.
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Dr. Woodford's research is regularly featured in prominent national and international journals and he has contributed a chapter to The New Handbook Research on Music Teaching and Learning (2002). His fifth and most recent book, Democracy and Music Education: Liberalism, Ethics, and the Politics of Practice (2005), has been described by one reviewer as “the most clear and cogent assessment of current music education practice I have read.” Dr. Woodford is a member of the International Advisory Boards for the British Journal of Music Education, the Philosophy of Music Education Review, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. Other important professional work includes service as Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (2004-7) and as keynote speaker for the 2005 Sociology of Music Education conference held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. This coming March (2009) he will be the special invited guest speaker at the Music Education Leadership Institute (MELI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr. Woodford is currently researching and writing a sixth book.
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