Neville Austin Graduate Colloquium Series | Craig Resta (Kent State)
You’re warmly invited to the first event of the winter term in the 2024-25 Neville Austin Graduate Colloquium series. Craig Resta (Kent State University) will join us on Thursday, 16 January to deliver a lecture titled The Value of History is What Happens Tomorrow:
Our Stories as Connection and Colloquy in Music Education. The event will take place from 3:30–5 PM in EJB room 130. The lecture will be followed by a small reception.
About the talk
Considering the past provides a pathway to better understanding the present and shaping the future. Through probative questions and considerations, this session will address the role and importance of historical inquiry in music education. Areas include clarifications, topics, methods, stories, meaning, and impact in creative pedagogy contexts. Reflecting on our shared experience can inform present practice and future action through personal connections and engaged colloquy in music teaching and learning.
About the speaker
Craig Resta holds degrees from University of Maryland College Park, Indiana University, and Baylor University (United States). His music teaching experience encompasses elementary through doctoral levels, and performance background comprises early and modern strings. Research interests include historical inquiry and analysis, sociocultural paradigms in music education, educational leadership and arts advocacy, and educator preparation at multiple levels. Performance activity includes programs in recognized venues with Armonia Nova and Bernardus Medieval Music Ensemble, among others. He has engaged with professional conferences for national and international events of the National Association for Music Education (NAFME), American String Teachers Association (ASTA), College Music Society (CMS), Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME), and International Society for Music Education (ISME), among others. Overall, he has presented more than 85 sessions, workshops, performances, and related professional activities in 10+ countries internationally.
Professor Resta has published research in the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Contributions to Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, American String Teacher, and as contributor to the Grove Dictionary of American Music. He has served as Editor of the juried research journal, Contributions to Music Education (2013-2020); and a principal publication is his book, Valuing Music in Education: A Charles Fowler Reader (Oxford University Press, 2017). The content centers on 50 essays, with critical commentary, by the notable arts education advocate Dr. Charles Fowler, on the role and purpose of musical experiences in schools and society. This text is of interest to scholars and laypeople alike, highlighting the importance of arts education to diverse audiences. Dr. Resta is presently Professor of Music Education at Kent State University (Ohio USA), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses (BME, MME, PhD) in string and instrumental methods, pre-service music teacher preparation, online classes and pedagogies, and music education research and foundational studies.
Accessibility accommodations
The speaker’s voice will be amplified to maximize intelligibility across the room. The event will be livestreamed on Zoom (https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84537513334 Passcode: resta Meeting ID: 845 3751 3334) for people who cannot attend in person. Our videoconference streaming will include auto-generated captioning. Additionally, a recording of the event will be available upon request to anyone registered but who cannot join us live due to a care-taking responsibility, a scheduling conflict, or other. If you require any additional accessibility accommodations, please let Antía know in advance by emailing her at a.gonzalezben@utoronto.ca so that we can arrange them accordingly.
Colloquium co-organizers: Antía González Ben, with Sherry Lee, Joshua Pilzer, and Steven Vande Moortele
Colloquium assistants: Beatrice Lim and Elwyn Rowlands
The Colloquium Series is made possible in part by a generous gift from Neville Austin.