Donna Brink Fox is Eastman
School of Music Professor of Music Education and Eisenhart Professor of
Music Education. She is also Director of the Early Childhood Music Program
and served as Acting Dean of Academic Affairs from 2004-2005. She has served
as Director of the Early Childhood Program for Eastman's Community Education
Division and as Director of Eastman's summer Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training
course.
Dr. Brink Fox received her bachelor of arts degree from Calvin College,
a master of music degree from Ohio University and a PhD from Ohio State
University. An international consultant on early childhood music, Dr.
Brink Fox has conducted workshops and clinics throughout the U.S. and
Australia. She was featured in MENC Promising Practices in Pre-Kindergarten
Music and on the NBC
Today Show. Dr. Brink Fox has been invited
to write papers and give presentations for Chamber Music America, MENC,
ISME, NYSSMA, MTNA, Regional Music Therapy Association, AOSA, Bowling
Green Symposium, and Suncoast Music Education Conference. She has written
articles on music education for young children in
Current Issues in
Music Education Psychomusicology, Music Educators Journal, American Music
Teacher, Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning, General Music
Today, and
International Journal of Music Education.
Dr. Brink Fox is a co-author of
Classroom Music for Little Mozarts,
an early childhood classroom music course from Alfred Publishing. She
is the co-author of the computer software package
TONEY Listens to
Music. A contributor to
Suzuki World,
Children's Music Workshop,
and
Music and You, she is also a member of the editorial board
for
Psychomusicology.
Among her achievements are: Recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Excellence
in Teaching (1996); Outstanding Alumni Award, Ohio University School of
Music; member of Who's Who in American Women.
Dr. Fox is a member and is on the Board of Trustees for Rochester Aesthetic
Education Institute. She is a member of: MENC, New York State School Music
Association (NYSSMA), International Society for Music Education, American
Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA), Association of Supervision and Curriculum
Development, and National Association for the Education of Young Children.
She has served as a faculty member for Ohio University (1975-76), Illinois
State University (1980-84), and Eastman (1984-).