Charlette L. Moe 3333 5 th Ave. N., Moorhead, Minnesota 56560 701.212.3692 Education North Dakota State University Doctor of Musical Arts 2008 GPA 4.0 Choral conducting with cognate in music education Moorhead State University, MN M.S. Music Education 1998 GPA 4.0 St. Thomas University, MN Kodály Levels I, II and III 1992 Concordia College, Moorhead, MN B.M. Music Education 1989 GPA 3.7 Professional Experience University Experience: North Dakota State University Assistant Professor of Music 2013-present Professor of Practice 2010-2013 Lecturer 2009-2010 Adjunct Faculty 2008-2009 Instructor for Elementary Music Methods and Survey of Choral Literature Conductor of Cantemus North Dakota State University Women s Chorus Conductor of University Chamber Singers Instructor and Developer of Graduate Online Courses Coordinator for Master of Music in Music Education Degree University Supervisor for Student Teachers Education Liaison and Council Member of Teacher Education Committee Orff-Schulwerk Course Director Instructor for Aural Skills III/IV North Dakota State University Graduate Teaching Assistant 2004-2008 Instructor for Aural Skills III/IV, Music Appreciation and Elementary Music Methods Conductor of Cantemus and University Chorus Teaching Assistant Undergraduate Choral Conducting Moorhead State University Adjunct Faculty 2004-2015 Conducting Instructor for Kodály Summer Institute Levels Courses Instructor for Music Methods for Education Majors Concordia College, Moorhead Adjunct Faculty 2005-2009 Conductor of Bel Canto and Cantabile Concordia College Women s Chorus
Public School Experience: Ulen-Hitterdal Public School Vocal Music K-12 2000-2004 Moorhead Junior High Grade 7 & 8 Choir 1992-2000 Ulen-Hitterdal Public School Vocal Music K-12 1990-1992 Bemidji Public School Vocal Music 1-5 1989-1990 Vocal Director at musicals performed at Moorhead Junior High, Moorhead Senior High and Ulen-Hitterdal Public School Vocal Director at musicals performed at Trollwood Performing Arts School s Totally Trollwood program located in Fargo, N.D. Private School Experience: Oak Grove Elementary School Vocal Music K-5,.5 position 2005-2006 Curriculum/Course Development Interstate Passport Faculty Team Member Funded through the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education, The Interstate Passport was developed to create a new transfer system for general education courses. This iniative is managed through the Western Interstae Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and I was one of the authors from seven states that created the Learner Outcomes and Proficiency Criteria for the knowledge area of Creative Expression in meetings held in Boulder, Colorado. Music Entrepreneurship Course Researcher and Developer In collaboration with Dr. Cecilia Kang, I researched current undergraduate music majors and practicing teachers to determine new music content areas which should be delivered through course work and added to our curriculum guides. After receiving our research information and analyzing music education trends, we designed the new required course, Music Entrepreneurship. North Dakota State University Music Education Symposium Co-Creator and Administrator Beginning in 2009, in collaboration with Dr. Warren Olfert, I co-created and administered a weeklong, immersive summer music education symposium. This symposium serves as one of our required courses for students pursuing the Master of Music in Music Education. During this symposium and course, Master of Music in Music Education candidates discuss and learn about contemporary issues in music education. Our biennial event contains lectures, research and presentations by nationally-known luminaries, such as Clifford Madsen, Peter Boonshaft, Robert Duke, Alice-Ann Darrow; North Dakota State University Faculty and music educators throughout the region. North Dakota State University Online Courses Developer I researched and created two online courses, The History of Choral Literature and Advanced Elementary Methods for North Dakota State University s Master of Music in Music Education curriculum. I assisted in the creation of two other courses, Graduate Theory Survey and and Jazz Methods and Pedagogy in Music Education.
North Dakota State University Student Teaching Capstone Reviewer I was a member of the student teacher capstone requirements review committee. The capstone serves as the assessment mechanism for our student teachers while they are student teaching and is required for them to achieve licensure in music education. This capstone aligns with the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium. Minnesota State University Masters Degree My master s thesis, Research of a Seventh Grade Choir Curriculum was completed at Moorhead State University. It used a pre-test and post-test to determine the effectiveness of a traditional and a Kodály-based curriculum in a student s ability to read a two-part choral score. Bemidji Public School Elementary Music Curriculum Developer Moorhead Public School Middle Level Choral Curriculum Developer Research 2017 Selected Presenter: Solfége to Start Seamlessly, Promote Precision and Unite Minnesota American Choral Directors Association State Convention 2017 Author: Vitamins for Women s Choirs published in North Central American Choral Directors Association regional publication Melisma 2017 Composer: Rejoice in Sound, which incorporates a canon by Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) was published by Graphite Music, Plymouth, Minnesota. I also developed a sequential teaching guide for the composition, Prep-Steps. One of my research goals is to create a choral curriculum which is centered on historical composers and music literacy. 2016 Invited Presenter: Incorporating Kodály in the Choral Classroom, North Dakota American Choral Directors Association, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2015 Invited Presenter: Effective Repertoire for All Choirs, South Dakota Music Education Association, Rapid City, South Dakota 2015 Selected Presenter: College Music Society Great Lakes Conference Outreach from University to Community, East Lansing, Michigan 2015 Invited Presenter: American Choral Directors Association-Minnesota, Summer Dialogue Promoting Purposeful Productivity in Elementary and Middle School Rehearsals 2014 Selected Presenter: The Best of Choral Music of the Americas Symposium North Central American Choral Directors Association conference, Des Moines, Iowa
2013 Guest Editor Music of the Americas, Choral Journal, National ACDA Publication In collaboration with Dr. Michael Weber, I was named a guest editor for the March 2014 issue of the American Choral Directors Association s, Choral Journal. The March issue was devoted to publications stemming from the May 2013 Choral Music of the Americas Symposium, which was hosted by the Challey School of Music at North Dakota State University and American Choral Directors Association. The articles, edited by Dr. Weber and me, explored the history and techniques of choral music in Cuba, Venezuela, Canada and Mexico, and were written by José Rivera, Maria Guinand, Hilary Apfelstadt and Jorge Cózatl. 2013 Monograph Co-Editor Music of the Americas, National ACDA Publication Dr. Michael Weber and I edited this 200-page document, featuring 16 articles from various authors who were selected to present at the North Dakota State University Choral Symposium: Choral Music of the Americas. 2013 Invited Presenter: Promoting Purposeful Productivity in the Rehearsal, North Dakota American Choral Directors Association, Grand Forks, North Dakota 2012 Invited Presenter: Making Musical Connections: Achieving Advocacy North Dakota Educators Association State Conference. Topic included a survey collected from fifty regional music teachers which collected ideas to promote advocacy for the arts through audience involvement. 2003 Invited Presenter: Music Classroom Ideas which Promote Creativity, North Dakota Music Educators Convention Bismarck, North Dakota Creative 2008-Present Conductor, North Dakota State University Challey School of Music Choral Concerts Fall Choral Concerts II Mid-Winter Choral Concerts Spring Choral Concerts 2009-Present Choral Festival Creator, Coordinator and Choral Director of the North Dakota State University s Women s 2015-Present Conductor of Fargo Moorhead Youth Choir s Diamond Choir Winter Choral Concerts Prepare singers for Fargo Moorhead Ballet s production of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers Spring Choral Concerts 2012-Present Prepare Cantemus and University Chamber Singers on various choruses of North Dakota State University Challey School of Music annual performance of Handel s Messiah
Administrative 2015 Co-Symposium Chair, North Dakota State University ACDA Choral Symposium: Contemporary Composition in America with Eric Whitacre 2013 Co-Symposium Chair, North Dakota State University ACDA Choral Symposium: Choral Music of the Americas Professional Activities 2018 University Chamber Singers selected for the North Dakota American Choral Directors Association State Conference 2017 Women s Repertoire Reading Session Presentor, National Convention American Choral Directors Association 2015-Current Diamond Choir Director, Fargo Moorhead Youth Choir 2014-Current Honor Choir Conductor, National FFA North Dakota State Convention 2017 State Girl s 4-5-6 Honor Choir Conductor, Minnesota American Choral Directors Association, Mahtomedi, Minnesota 2017, 2012, 2011 Children s Choir Festivals Conductor, North Dakota American Choral Directors Association Surround the State in Song 2016 Guest Conductor, Her Voice, Her Song, Staples, Minnesota 2016 Guest Conductor, Lakes Area Chorale, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 2016 Guest Conductor, Detroit Lakes All-City Choral Festival, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 2016, 2014 Honor Choir Conductor, Minnesota Fall Festival 2015 Childrens Choir Guest Conductor, South Dakota Music Educators Association, Rapid City, South Dakota 2015, 2008, 2002, 2000 and 1998 Guest Conductor, Minnesota Music Educator s Association Elementary Music Festivals 2015 Guest Conductor, All-Conference Honor Choir, Pine City, Minnesota 2014 Guest Conductor, Northern Plains Kodály Chapter Honor Choir 2014 cantemus selected for the North Dakota American Choral Directors Association State Conference 2008-2013 President Elect, President and Past President of Northern Plains Kodály Chapter 2013 Guest Conductor, Hazen and Beulah Public Schools Choral Festival, North Dakota 2013 Guest Conductor, Adult Choral Camp, International Music Camp, Dunseith, North Dakota 2012 Guest Conductor, Ellendale, Oakes, LaMoure and Edgeley Annual Choral Festival, Oakes, North Dakota 2012 Festival Conductor, Central Lakes High School Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota 2012 Guest Conductor, South Dakota Elementary Choral Festival, Sisseton, South Dakota 2011 Guest Conductor, South Dakota Elementary Choral Festival, Mobridge, South Dakota 2010 Guest Conductor, Minnesota Area Junior High Choral Festival, Mahnomen, Minnesota 2010 Guest Conductor, Fargo-Moorhead Chamber Chorale Summer Concert 2009 Guest Conductor, Fargo-Moorhead Chamber Chorale Fall Concert 2009 Choral Conductor, International Music Camp High School and Middle School, Dunseith, North Dakota 2009 Guest Conductor, Sub-Section 8A-Minnesota Honor Choir, Moorhead, Minnesota 2008 Guest Conductor, Northern Plains Women s Festival Choir, Dickinson State University, North Dakota 2008 and 2006 All-State Choir Section Coach, Minnesota Women s Choir, Winona, Minnesota 2005 Guest Conductor, High School Choral Festival, Breckenridge, Minnesota
2002 Guest Conductor, Women s Treble Voice Grade 7-9 All-State Choir, North Dakota 1999 and 2000 Presenter, Minnesota Music Educator s Midwinter Conference 1997 Guest Conductor, West Central Area Middle School Honors Choir Professional Affliations American Choral Director s Association (ACDA) College Music Society (CMS) National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) Awards 2002 Ulen-Hitterdal Public School Teacher of the Year 1999 Moorhead Public School Teacher of the Year Service to Community 2010-Present Teacher Education Liaison between Music Education Department and Education Department, North Dakota State University 2012-Present Recruitment Activities for the Challey School of Music at National American Choral Directors Assocation Conventions, North Central American Choral Directors Association Conventions, Minnesota American Choral Directors Association Conventions and Minnesota Music Educators Asspciation Conventions 2013-Present 2016-Present Teacher Education Advisory Board Member, North Dakota State University Women s Repertoire and Standards Representative, North Central American Choral Directors Association 2018 Conductor of the Fargo-Moorhead Youth Choir s Collaboration with Great Plains Harmony, Fargo, North Dakota 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2009, 2008, and 2005 Solo and Small Ensemble Adjudicator, Sub-section and State, Minnesota 2018, 2017, 2013 Large Ensemble Adjudicator, Minnesota 2017-2018 State Convention Site Manager, North Dakota American Choral Director s Association 2015-2017 Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Awards Committee Member, North Dakota State University 2017 Presented Kodály in Music Classrooms Fargo-Moorhead Music Teacher s Association 2017 Women s Choral Festival Guest Clinician, Red River Middle School and High School, Grand Forks North Dakota 2013-2017 Keyboardist and Co-director of Orchestral Pit, High School Musicals, Hawley, Minnesota 2012-2017 Women s Literature and Repertoire Representative, North Dakota American Choral Directors Association 2015 Presented Graduate School Strategies, for Pi Kappa Lambda, Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota
2015 Search Committtee Member for Assistant Professor of Music Woodwinds and Music Education 2015, 2012, 2005 Solo-Ensemble Adjudicator, North Dakota 2014-15 Volunteer Music Educator for Boys and Girls Club of Fargo, North Dakota 2014 Reading Session Coordinator, North Central American Choral Director s Association Conference, Des Moines, Iowa 2014 Guest Clinician, High School Choral Clinic, Fargo, North Dakota 2013 Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor of Practice Instructional Technology & Design 2012-2013 All-State Choral Adjudicator, North Dakota 2013-2014 Education Standards Practices Board Consultant, North Dakota 2013 Faculty Member of Woodwind Quintet for Libby Larsen s Settling Years 2013 Executive Board Member Red River Boy Choir, Fargo, North Dakota 2012-2014 Harpsichordist, North Dakota State University s performance of Handel s Messiah 2007 Convention Steering Committee Publicity Chair, North Central American Choral Director s Association