DR. ALLEN C. "KIT" HOWELL
Allen Howell is originally from Portland, Oregon. He currently is Associate Professor of Music Education at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He teaches music education courses, supervises music student teachers and field students, conducts the University Women's Chorus, conducts the University MenŐs Chorus, and teaches three sections of freshman Aural Skills. He writes journal articles, leads workshops, and serves as guest conductor for instrumental and vocal festivals.
Allen also is president of Erie Arts Opportunity, a non-profit located in Erie County, Pennsylvania, seeking to provide more curricular Arts instruction in this era of No Child Left Behind. Check out this organization at http://erieartsopportunity.org.
Before coming to Edinboro University, he lived in Columbus, Georgia, where he served for two years as assistant professor of choral music education and coordinator of undergraduate music education at Columbus State University. He was also the conductor of the St. Thomas Children's Choir and served regularly as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for various public school ensembles and festivals.
He taught music in Oregon public schools for eight years in grades K-8. He taught general music, choir, and band. Also during that time, he was alternately a private voice teacher at local colleges and universities and a tenor soloist for various churches, community choirs, and college choirs. He served as a guest conductor for high school honor choirs and local church and college choirs. He was assistant conductor of the Portland Symphonic Choir and was also the tenor section leader. He sang in a professional choir, "Choral Cross-Ties," for two years under the direction of Dr. Bruce S. Browne.
He received the degree Doctor of Musical Arts with specializations in music education and choral conducting from the University of Oregon in 1993. During his time at UO, he was a Graduate Teaching Fellow and conducted the Youth Choir of the Oregon Children's Choir.
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