Sarah Burns, DMA in Music Education (ABD)
- Office:
- OM13B
- Phone:
- 731-989-6670
- Email:
- sburns@fhu.edu
Favorite Quote
Life without music would be a mistake.
Education
- D.M.A in Music Education (ABD)
- Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
- M.M.E. in Music Education with a Kodaly Emphasis
- Capital University, Columbus, OH
- B.S. in Music Education
- Freed Hardeman University
- Henderson, TN
- A.A.
- Freed Hardeman University
- Henderson, TN
Office Hours
- by appointment only
Class Schedule
- MUS300 Music for Children
MWF - 8:30am-9:20am - MUS214 Development of American Music
MWF - 9:30am-10:20am - MUS214 Development of American Music
MWF - 12:30am-1:20am - MUS214 Development of American Music
TR - 9:00am-10:20am
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Sarah Burns, music professor and program coordinator of the music program at Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN, teaches courses in music education, literature, history, analysis, and orchestration as well as applied lessons in voice and various instruments. She is co-director of the new Standing Room Only show choir and also sponsors the university’s Collegiate Musicians/MENC student chapter.
Currently a D.M.A. doctoral candidate of Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, Ms. Burns received the A.A. and B.S. in Music Education degrees from FHU, studied at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and completed the Masters of Music in Music Education with Kodály Emphasis at Capital University, Columbus, OH.
Prior to teaching at FHU, Ms. Burns taught K-12 general and vocal music for seventeen years in the Girard, IL, Community School District. While in IL she was active as a Junior High-Elementary Music (JEM) representative for the Illinois Music Educators Association District IV as well as an adjudicator for IESA and IHSA contests.
She completed the requirements for Kodály certification from Capital University and Orff-Schulwerk certification from University of Memphis. An active member and presenter of many professional organizations (MENC, TMEA, OAKE, AOSA, IKS, CMS, & STME), she is interested in assessment strategies, making music listening a more integral part of the curriculum, curriculum writing, and world music. She is also included in the 2007 International Kodály Society’s “Who's Who”, 3rd edition.
