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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Performing Arts Program

Teaching areas

Music notation; class voice; class piano; applied voice lessons

Research areas

Breath flow and phonation; voice resonance factors; cross-cultural vocal techniques

Education

B. A., Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, 1974
M. Ed., Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, 1975
MM, Univ. of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1981
DM, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA 2004

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2016-present
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 2013-2014
Shorter College, Rome, GA, USA, 2004-2012
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 2002-2004
Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, USA, 1992-2002

Memberships

International Society of Music Educators (ISME) National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) College Music Society (CMS)

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2469

Dr. Sherri Weiler

Associate Professor
DM in Vocal Performance/Pedagogy, Florida State University, USA

Sherri Weiler has taught vocal music for over 25 years at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Pacific University, Florida A&M University, Shorter College and Florida State University. Since 2008 she has served as a member of the editorial board for the peer-reviewed Journal of Singing, which has a bimonthly world-wide distribution of over 25,000 copies. Dr. Weiler has published several articles on the songs of Berlioz and Wagner, the Commedia dell’arte, and Turkish and Russian vocal music. The mezzo-soprano coached Russian language and song literature for 12 years with Moscow Conservatory piano professor Svetlana Velichko; the two released a CD of 19th-century Russian songs in 2001, Russia: Golden Century of Song.

Publications

"My Music Education Life," ISME Newsletter, March 2017.
"Teaching Voice in the United Arab Emirates," Internos, Vol 50, March 2017.
"The Song File: Turkish Delight," Journal of Singing, Vol. 72, No. 1, September 2015.
"The Song File: All the World's a Stage," Journal of Singing, Vol. 71, No. 5, May 2015.
"The Song File: From Russia with Love, Part 3," Journal of Singing, Vol, 71, No. 3, January 2015.
"The Song File: From Russia with Love, Part 2," Journal of Singing, Vol, 71, No. 2, November 2014.
"The Song File: From Russia with Love, Part 1," Journal of Singing, Vol, 71, No. 1, September 2014
"Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder: Isolde Personified," Journal of Singing, Vol. 62, No. 3, January 2006.
"Berlioz's Les Nuits d'ete: A Performer's Perspective," Journal of Singing, Vol. 62, No. 4, March 2005.
Classical Singer: monthly column featuring vocal pedagogy topics, January-April, 2004

Conference Presentations

"The Song File: From Russia with Love, Part 2," Journal of Singing, Vol, 71, No. 2, November 2014.
"Tracing Folk Roots in Russian Art Song, 1850-1950," International Conference of Voice Teachers, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017
"Life of the Tsar: Folk Song and Russian Music," College Music Society, International Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2017
Poster Paper, National Conference, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2006
"Russian Art Song," College Music Society,47th National Conference, lecture-recital, San Francisco, USA, 2004.
"Development of the Russian Art Song," College Music Society, Southern Chapter, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, 2004.

Awards and Honors

AUS Professional Development Conference Grant, 2017
AUS Faculty Seed Money Grant, 2016

Other creative/research

Director, AUS First International Music Conference, January-February 2018.
Director, AUS Women's Choir, August 2017-present

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