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distinguished members ASSOCIATES continued from page 23 Dr. John Daniel Jenkins Dr. John Daniel Jenkins was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Theta Chi Chapter in April. Dr. Jenkins is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on the music and theoretical thought of Arnold Schoenberg, the music of Elliott Carter, and tonality after atonality. His research has been funded through support of the University of South Carolina Research Opportunity Program, the Avenir Foundation, the Presser Foundation, and the AustrianAmerican Education Commission. He was a fellow at the Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory that focused on Arnold Schoenberg and his musical legacy and was a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna. Dr. Jenkins has presented papers at conferences in North America and Europe. In the spring of 2007, he won both the Patricia Carpenter Emerging Scholar Award from the Music Theory Society of New York State and the Best Student Paper Award from the South Central Society for Music Theory. He is editing the volume Program Notes and Analyses (19041951) for Oxford University Press as part of the series Schoenberg in Words. Dr. Jenkins won the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Prize at the Eastman School of Music in 2003 and the Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student from the University of Rochester in 2005. He also served as co-editor of the music theory Le Journal Intégral for two volumes. In addition to pursuing music theory, Dr. Jenkins has composed for several media but especially enjoys writing for winds. His woodwind quartet, Kisum Flowz, won the 2000 24 MENC Student Composition Competition, and Miongháire, a work for full band commissioned by Charles F. Campbell, Jr., was premiered by the North Hardin Wind Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 2006. Dr. Jenkins is affiliate faculty in both the Euro Studies Program and in the Women's and Gender Studies Department, where he is also member of the advisory board. He serves on the executive board of the Early Career Faculty Network, the Faculty Senate, and as Member-at-Large on the executive board of Music Theory Southeast. He was the Assistant Director of Bands at North Hardin High School in Radcliff, KY, from 1995 to 1998 and enjoys singing as a countertenor. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Kentucky, a Master's Degree in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Louisville, and a Doctorate in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Mark Marotto Dr. Mark Marotto was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Kappa Alpha Chapter in May. The Director of Choral Studies at Rowan University, Dr. Marotto's responsibilities include conducting the concert choir and women's chorus, teaching undergraduate choral conducting, and supervising Master's candidates in choral conducting. He continues to serve as adjunct professor at Pepperdine University's Lucerne campus and previously held a similar position at the University of Bern, both in Switzerland. He also served as graduate student instructor at the University of Michigan. He spent five years assisting the conductor of the Choeur de la Cité de Lausanne and Bern Oratorio Choir in Switzerland. He became artistic director of Voix d'Esperancé, organizing concerts to support humanitarian efforts. He served as artistic director for Le Louverian Choral Festival in Switzerland and Windsor Classic Chorale in Canada. He participated in several conference presentations and published articles in the Journal of Management Studies and Thinking from Within: A Hands-On Strategy Practice. He has also directed church choirs throughout the United States, Switzerland, and Norway. Dr. Marotto is professionally affiliated with the American Choral Directors Association, National Collegiate Choral Organization, Conductor's Guild, New Jersey Music Educators Association, and the New York Opera Society. He holds a Bachelor's Degree summa cum laude in Music from Duke University, a Graduate Diploma in Choral Conducting from PAN PIPES SUMMER 2011 sai-national.org Switzerland's Conservatoire de Fribourg, a Master's Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the National Music University of Bucharest, and a Doctorate in Choral Conducting from the University of Michigan. Dr. Richard Miles Dr. Richard Miles was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Gamma Upsilon Chapter in March. Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Kentucky's Morehead State University (MSU), Dr. Miles teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting.  Since arriving at MSU in 1985, the Symphony Band under his direction has received national and international recognition, performing for conventions of the Music Educators National Conference: The National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the Kentucky Music Educators Association, and international concert tours to China, Brazil, and Spain. Dr. Miles has co-authored, compiled, and edited multiple volumes of the internationally recognized wind band series: Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Teaching Music through Performing Marches, Teaching Music through Performance in Beginning Band Volumes I and II, and Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz.  Dr. Miles is a past president of both the College Band Directors National Association - Southern Division and the Kentucky Music Educators Association. He has conducted concerts and clinics throughout the world. Dr. Miles was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Appalachian State University, the Presidential Recognition Award and Distinguished Leadership Award from the Kentucky Music Educators Association, the

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