Kristin Lyman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Music Education EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts (Music Education) (2007), Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, TX Dissertation: The Percussion Scholarship Program Principal Professors: Dr. Susan Brumfield, Dr. Janice Killian, Dr. Lisa Rogers Master of Music in Percussion Performance (2000), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), Greensboro, NC Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance (1998), Texas Tech University, Magna cum Laude Bachelor of Music with All-Level Teacher Certification (1997), Texas Tech University, Magna cum Laude CERTIFICATION COURSES Orff Certification Issued September 2016 Orff-Schulwerk Level III, Gwinnett County Schools, Maribeth Yoder-White, Ellen Koziel, Darva Campbell (2016) Orff-Schulwerk Level II, Cobb County Schools, Brent Holl, Ellen Koziel, Darva Campbell (2015) Orff-Schulwerk Level I, Carnegie Mellon University, Linda Ahlstedt and Patrick Ware (2012) Kodály Level III, Portland State University, Susan Brumfield and Carol Brown (2003) Kodály Level II, Westminster Choir College, Susan Brumfield and Carol Brown (2003) Kodály Level I, Hartt School, University of Hartford, John Feierabend and Jill Trinka (2001) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Present Assistant Professor Music Education Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 2013-2017 Elementary Music Teacher (K-5), Laurel Ridge Elementary, DeKalb County School District, Decatur, GA Prepare lesson plans and teach daily lessons based for students in Kindergarten through 5 th grade. Organized, planned, and prepared school programs. Served on Leadership Team, School Council, and as Teach Effectiveness Facilitator. 2008-2013 Coordinator of Music Education and Instructor of Percussion Studies, Clayton State University (CSU), Morrow, GA
Taught music education foundations course, elementary music methods course, coordinated field experiences and supervised student teaching. Advised music education students. Reviewed and modified music education degree. Developed and maintained relationships with area teachers and fine arts coordinators. Constructed the music education portion of the NASM self-report and music report in preparation for NCATE accreditation visits, represented the music program on multiple committees for NCATE review, and served as program representative in the Department of Teacher Education. Also directed applied percussion ensembles, taught percussion methods and materials course, and applied percussion lessons. Taught music appreciation and university foundations instructor. 2007-2008 Education Director, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Lubbock, TX Designed materials for, planned, and implemented educational concerts, coordinated the Teaching Artists Program, managed the Chamber Ensemble Educational Outreach Program (Strings, Winds, and Brass), and supervised the Inspiring Interns Program and the daily operations of the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra (LYSO). 2006-2007 Lecturer of Music (Music Education), Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX Taught elementary methods for early childhood and elementary education majors, elementary methods for music majors, supervised student teaching, and taught applied percussion. 2004-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Music Education, Texas Tech University Served as a sabbatical replacement for Music for Children classes. Taught elementary methods for early childhood and elementary education majors, and assisted with coordination and logistics for the West Texas Kodály Initiative. 2002-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Percussion, Texas Tech University Taught applied percussion lessons, percussion techniques classes, taught and conducted percussion ensemble, studio class, marching band front ensemble, coordinated and conducted concert band percussion sectionals, archived literature and recordings in percussion library, maintained front ensemble instruments, and coordinated transportation of equipment and instruments to performances for the percussion studio. 2004-2006 Director Iles Elementary Panjammers, 4 th and 5 th Grade Steel Drum Band and Percussion Ensemble Taught 4 th and 5 th grade students music literacy, appropriate techniques and repertoire for steel drums, Orff instruments, hand drums, and accessory percussion instruments through an ensemble approach in an after-school program.
2002-2005 Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra (LYSO) Symphony Orchestra (2003-2005), Concert Orchestra (2002-2003) Percussion Section Teacher and Percussion Ensemble Coach Worked within the sections of the Symphony and Concert Orchestras to assist the students with percussion techniques and demonstrated how to make physical or technical adjustments to create or realize the stylistic interpretation of the conductor for performance with the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra season. Worked with the students outside of orchestral rehearsals to develop skills in an ensemble setting and would put together percussion ensemble pieces which were then performed during intermission at Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Concerts. 2000-2002 Elementary Music Teacher (K-6), Zavala Magnet Elementary, Ector County Independent School District, Odessa, TX Prepared lesson plans and taught daily lessons based on the Kodály philosophy for students in Kindergarten through 6 th grade. Planned and prepared school programs, and organized and coordinated student field trips to selected performances, concerts, and museum tours. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 1998-2000 Coordinator of Events for the first annual National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Cort McClaren 1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, UNCG, Greensboro, NC 1998-2000 Production Assistant, C. Alan Publications, Greensboro, NC WORKSHOPS and PRESENTATIONS February 2012 Moses Goes to a Concert...Learning about the Percussion Family Young People s Concert, Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA January 2010 Fall 2009 January 2009 Spring 2007 Cracking the Code: An Introduction to the Kodaly Philosophy. Georgia Music Educators Association, (GMEA), Savannah, GA Kodály Educators of Georgia (KEGA) Fall Workshop Clinician, Atlanta, GA Why Kodály? How Kodály? Part II presented with Amy Chaffin, Mt. Carmel Elementary Music Specialist Georgia Music Educators Association, (GMEA), Savannah, GA San Angelo Symphony Orchestra (SASO) Educational Outreach: The Orchestra under the Microscope: Examining Percussion with Elementary and Intermediate Students
March 2006 Texas Tech University International Cultural Center Educational Outreach Presentation An Elementary Steel Drum Band from the Inside Out (featuring the Iles Elementary Panjammers) February 2006 Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, San Antonio, TX Research Poster Session - The Perception of Rhythm and Meter as Measured by Notation March 2005 March 2005 January 2005 Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), Springfield, MA Puzzled, Perplexed, and Plagued by Percussion? Perhaps You re Not the Only One: Percussion Performance Practice in the K 6 Classroom Texas Tech University International Cultural Center Educational Outreach Presentation The Iles Panjammers: An Inside Look at an Elementary Steel Drum Band Iles Elementary Panjammers, Lubbock, TX TMEA Region XVI Workshop Presentation: Puzzled, Perplexed, and Plagued by Percussion? Perhaps You re Not the Only One: Percussion Performance Practice in the K 6 Classroom PUBLICATIONS July 2004 Percussion News Karen Ervin Pershing: In Memoriam UNIVERSITY SERVICE University Committees Readmissions Appeals Committee, Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Spivey Hall Education Committee, Fall 2008 Spring 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Committees Curriculum Committee, Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Teacher Education Department Professional Education Program Committee (PEPC), Fall 2008- Spring 2013 Teacher Education Curriculum Committee (TECC), Fall 2008- Spring 2013 Teacher Education Advisory Council (TEAC), Fall 2008- Spring 2013 NCATE Field Experiences and Assessments Committees, Summer 2011 Fall 2012 Department of Visual and Performing Arts Instrumental Music Educational Faculty Search Committee, Spring 2012 Division of Music Assessment Committee, Fall 2011 Spring 2013 Division of Music Sophomore Barrier Committee, Fall 2011 Spring 2013 Events Committee Chair, Fall 2011 Spring 2013 CNAfME Advisor(formerly CMENC), Fall 2008 Spring 2013 VPA Curriculum Committee 2009-2010
RECITAL AND CHAMBER PERFORMANCES October 2010 October 2010 April 2009 Flyology - Kristin Lyman, marimba with Seth Davis, piano Apokrypha Kristin Lyman, marimba with Stacey Houghton, soprano saxophone Quarterly Meeting of the USG Chief Business Officers Meeting Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Kristin Lyman, percussion with Seth Davis, piano, and Stacey Houghton, Saxophone Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA Kristin Lyman, percussion and Gina Harvey, soprano, Chamber Recital Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA INVITED PERFORMANCES November 2012 April 2009 February 2006 PASIC All-Star Steel Band, Austin, TX Children s Chorus Festival Carnegie Hall, New York, New York West Texas Children s Choir, Lubbock, TX, Susan Brumfield, Director Percussionist in Accompanying Instrumental Ensemble Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, San Antonio, TX TTU Percussion Ensemble I Showcase Concert November 2004 Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA), Baton Rouge, LA TTU Steel Band I Brown Girl in the Ring Susan Brumfield, Clinician June 2004 March 2004 February 2004 International Trombone Festival (ITF), Ithaca, NY Texas Tech Trombone Choir Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), San Francisco, CA TTU Steel Band I, Brown Girl in the Ring Susan Brumfield, Clinician Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, San Antonio, TX *Choral Arranging in the Classroom, Susan Brumfield, Clinician *Showcase Performance and Clinic with TTU Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble November 2003 Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Louisville, KY Pulse, TTU Percussion Ensemble Focus Day Performance ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES 2008 2012 Michael O Neal Singers, Percussionist Let My People Go! May 2012 Carmina Burana, October 2012 Atlanta Freedom Band, Section Percussionist, Dr. Patrick K. Carney, Director, Atlanta, GA
Straight Ally 2011 Callanwolde Concert Band, Section Percussionist, Mr. Raymond Handfield, Director, Atlanta, GA 2009-2015 CSU Opera, Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller, Director, Morrow, GA 2009, 2010, 2012 CSU Wind Ensemble, Dr. Patrick K. Carney, Morrow, GA 2008-2012 Atlanta Wind Symphony, Section Percussionist, Dr. Patrick K. Carney, Director, Roswell, GA 2008, 2011-2012 2006-2008 San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, Section Percussionist Mr. Hector Guzman, Director San Angelo, TX Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale, Section Percussionist Mr. Gary Lewis, Conductor Midland, TX Big Spring Symphony Orchestra, Section Percussionist Keith Graumann, Director Big Spring, TX PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and MEMBERSHIPS American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) College Music Society (CMS) Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity National Association for Music Educators(NAfME) Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) Kodály Educators of Georgia (KEGA) President-Elect 2010-2011 Percussive Arts Society Member (PAS) Young Leaders Forum Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society