Carolynn A. Lindeman

MENC President 1996-1998

 
Born in Kane, Pennsylvania, 1940

BM in Music Education, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, 1962

(Mozarteum Academy, Salzburg, Austria,1960-1961)

MA in Music, San Francisco State University, 1972

DMA in Music Education, Stanford University, 1979

Coordinated elementary music program in New York and California

Worked during the presidency at San Francisco State University

Currently a professor of Music, San Francisco State University

 
Specialty areas: General Music and Music Teacher Education

Significant Publications:

Lindeman, Carolynn A. PianoLab: An Introduction to Class Piano, 4th ed., Wadsworth,

2000.

Lindeman, Carolynn A. & Hackett, Emerita Patricia. Music Lab: Introduction to the

Fundamentals of Music, Wadsworth, 1989.

Lindeman, Carolynn A. & Hackett, Emerita Patricia. The Musical Classroom:

Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall,

2001.

Lindeman, Carolynn A. Women Composers of Ragtime, Theodore Presser, 1985.

Published National Standards for Arts Education, MENC, 1994

Series editor for twenty-three publications related to implementing and assessing the

National Standards in Music, MENC, 1995-2002

Series Editor A Research Agenda in Music Education: Thinking Ahead, MENC, 1998

Member of Music Writing Committee Strategies for Teaching Series, 14 books, MENC,

1995- 2000

Chair of Research Task Force responsible for developing the research agenda

Benchmark Student Performances in Music Series, 2 books, MENC, 2001- 2003

Series Editor Adventures with Sound Booklet, RB Publications, 2002

Significant Personal Accomplishment:

Served as director, The California State University Subject Matter Assessment Project

in Music, 1989

Served as president of CMEA (California Music Educatiors Association), 1990-1992,

chair of the California Coalition for Music Education, 1991-1994,

president-elect of MENC’s Western Division, 1992-1994,

president of MENC (National Music Educators Conference), 1996-1998

Endowed Chair Visiting Professor, University of Alabama, September 1998

Active as a speaker in almost every state and in Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia,

Mexico, South Africa, and Israel.

Currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Music

Education (ISME) and the President's Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center (Appointed by President Clinton, Fall 2000)

Honors:

Recipient of the Women Making History Honoree (Senator Barbara Boxer Luncheon),

San Francisco, 1984

Faculty Education Equity Award, SFSU, 1987

Meritorious Performance and Service Awards, SFSU, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1989, 1986

Invited Participant, White House Meeting on Early Childhood, Washington, DC, April

1997

The recipient of two San Francisco State University Meritorious Performance and

Professional Promise Awards,

Led the first delegation of music educators on a People to People Ambassador Program

to Cuba, April 2000

Recipient of the California Band Directors Association Friends of Music Education

Award in February 1999,

the CMEA: The California Assocation for Music Education Award for Extraordinary Service to Music Education in March 2000,

the California Arts Council 2001 Outstanding Arts Educator Award, March

2001,

Listings in: AMERICAN KEYBOARD ARTISTS,

FOREMOST WOMEN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS AND WRITERS WHO'S WHO, INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC,

INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO OF PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS WOMEN,

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN EDUCATION,

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN MUSIC,

WHO’S WHO IN THE WEST,

WORLD WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN

Personal Biography:

Have been married for almost 40 years to Alfred Lindeman, a recently retired Federal 
 Administrative Law Judge.
Have one son, David, a Program Director for the U.S. Civilian Research and 
 Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
 Union. 
 
Hobby: playing golf

Interview Questions:

Why did you want to be MENC president?

“Great honor to be able to serve other music educators and move our national music education agenda forward.”

What do you consider to be the greatest accomplishments and disappointments during your term in office?

“No disappointments. Proud that we could put the MENC Strategic Plan into action; see greater implementation of the National Standards at the state and local level and a series of publications (Strategies for Teaching series) to help music educators implement the standards in their classrooms; put in place a blue ribbon Advisory Council made up of important business leaders, artists and musicians, and arts supporters to assist music educators in advancing our mission; chaired the development of an MENC research agenda and worked to give research a higher visibility within MENC; lobbied on behalf of music education within Congress and with various decision makers culminating in being named by President Clinton to the Kennedy Center President's Committee (the first time an educator had served in that position).” 
 
 Anything to add:
“Just that it was such an honor to be elected and able to serve our profession. I wish that every music educator could have had the same opportunity. Music educators are the BEST people and everywhere I traveled, that was reinforced over and over.”
  

Accomplishment During the Term:

Monthly column, “FrontLines,” promoted MENC programs

The priorities for her term were advocacy, communication, and promoting national

standards.

Sources Used:

Personal Interview through e-mails in November, 2002

San Francisco State University

Howe, Sondra Wieland. Leadership in MENC: The female tradition. Bulletin of the

Council for Research in Music Education, 141, Sum 1999.

Other Sources:

Articles on Teaching Music:

Lindeman asks legislators for support. Teaching Music, 2:5, 1995, 15.

Keyboard task force formed. Teaching Music, 3:1, 1995, 17-18.

MENC leaders assess Summit. (National Education Summit in Palisades, New York,

endorses set of education goals that do not mention the arts). . Teaching Music, 3:6,

1996, 14.

‘Communication’ is byword of 2nd music Summit. (National Music Education Summit).

Teaching Music, 4:3, 1996, 11-12.

Lindeman takes part in White House conference. (on child development). Teaching

Music, 4:6, 1997, 17.

Frontlines: Moving graveyards. (K-12 music standards' influence on changing music

teacher education programs). Teaching Music, 4:6, 1997, 6-7.

Frontlines: Music—it’s worth it!. (history of Music In Our Schools Month). Teaching

Music, 4:4, 1997, 4-5.

Frontlines: 90 and going strong. Teaching Music, 4:5, 1997, 6-7.

Lindeman celebrates alma mater anniversary. Teaching Music, 4:1, 1996, 19.

National Coalition for Music Education: Wellness checklist. Teaching Music, 4:5, 1997,

71.

President: Lindeman takes the baton. (interview). Teaching Music, 3:6, 1996, 17-18.

Standards for music teachers (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards).

Teaching Music, 6, Dec 1998, 38-39.

Articles on MEJ and JEJ:

Teaching about women musicians: elementary classroom strategies. Music Educators

Journal, 78, Mar 1992, 56-59.

FrontLines: Help wanted—music teachers. Music Educators Journal, 84, Mar 1998, 6-7.

26th annual conference: artist & clinician bios. Jazz Educators Journal, 31, Jan 1999,

138.

Teacher-training for undergraduate music students in the new millennium. D. Caffey

and others. Jazz Educators Journal, 32, Sep 1999, 39-42.

Articles on Other Journals:

Computer-assisted instruction in music: a program in rhythm for preservice elementary

teachers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, Aug.

Women in rags. Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist, 5:4, 1985, 6.

Toward more meaningful assessment of future music teachers: the California agenda.

Journal of Music Teacher Education,1:2, 1992, 17-21.

Headliners: eastern division. Choral Journal, 36:6, 1996, 18.

Proceedings, the 72nd Annual Meeting 1996: Composition and improvisation—

Composition and improvisation in K-12 teacher preparation: key changes ahead.

National Association of Schools of Music, 85, 1997, 59-63.

At the core: why America's young people need to study music. (reprinted from Music

Educators Journal, May 1998). American Suzuki Journal, 26, Summer 1998, 58.

May Frances Aufderheide, Women Composers: Music Through the Ages, New York:

G.K. Hall, 1999.

More Students, Fewer Teachers = Teacher Shortage, European Music Educators

Journal, Spring, 1999.

Composition and Improvisation in K-12 Teacher Preparation: Key Changes Ahead,

Proceedings The 72nd Annual Meeting 1996, National Association of Schools of

Music, 85, August, 1997.

Implementing the Standards: Taking Action, Aiming for Excellence: The Impact of the

Standards Movement on Music Education, Published Papers of the University of

Michigan Symposium, March, 1996.

Impact: Teacher Preservice and Inservice, Implementing the National Standards for

Arts Education in Florida: Kindergarten through University, Published Papers of

Florida Higher Education Arts Network Conference, October, 1995.

Music Education in the Schools, Transforming Education through the Arts, Proceedings

of a Special Hearing on Arts and Education Reform in the States, April, 1995.

Content Area Performance Assessment in Music: California's New Test for Prospective

Music Teachers, Measurement and Evaluation 15 (Spring 1993) With co-author

Linda L. Tyler of Educational Testing Service.

School Music Programs: An Endangered Species in California? The College Music

Society Newsletter, November, 1992.

Towards More Meaningful Assessment of Future Music Teachers: The California

Agenda, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Spring, 1992.

Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime, Classical Arts NR 9003, 1992. (Jacket notes).

Pickles and Peppers and Other Rags by Women, Northeastern Records 225, 1987.

(Jacket notes).