ADDRESS:

(Office)
School of Music
1225 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1225
(541) 346-3777
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E-mail: rmoore@oregon.uoregon.edu
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Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 345-6958

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EDUCATION

Institution Degree Year

Florida State University -----Ph. D. 1974
Tallahassee, Florida

University of Oregon---------M. A. 1965
Eugene, Oregon and
Oldenburg, Germany

University of Oregon----------B. A. 1963
Eugene, Oregon

HONORS
Iota Kappa Lambda, 1965
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1970-71
Pi Kappa Lambda, 1974
Phi Kappa Phi, 1974
Professor of the Month (11/81) Mortar Board, University of Oregon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1974-present School of Music, University of Oregon, Eugene

1991, Full Professor of Music Education

1980, Associate Professor of Music Education

1974, Assistant Professor of Music Education

1989-90 Visiting Professor on Sabbatical Leave
School of Music, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

1982-present Founder and Musical Director The Oregon Children's Choir in Eugene International tours to Canada, England, Wales

1981, winter term Visiting Professor of Music, Northwest Inter-Institutional Council for Study Abroad in Cologne, Germany

1980-81 Music Consultant and Researcher, Coombes County Infant School Arborfield Cross, Berkshire, England

1977-78 International Center for Music Education, University of Oregon Overseas Program Reading, Berkshire, England

1971-1974 Graduate Teaching Fellow in Music Performance, Florida State University

1970-71 Teacher-Trainee Music Specialist, Kodaly Musical Training Institute, Mass.

1968-70 Elementary School Music Specialist, Ashland, Oregon

1965-68 Elementary School Music Specialist, Salem, Oregon

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

Madsen, C. K. & Moore, R. S. (1995). Investigacion experimental en musica (Spanish edition, translated by Orlando Musumeci). Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Moore, R. S. (1980). Learning the recorder through folksong. Eugene, OR: The University of Oregon Press.

Madsen, C. K. & Moore, R. S. (1978). Experimental research in music: Workbook in design and statistical tests (revised edition). Raleigh, NC: Contemporary Press.

Refereed Articles:

Moore, R.S., Brotons, M., Fyk, J., & Castillo, A. (1997). Effects of culture, age, and repeated trials on rote song learning skills of children 6-9 years old from England, Panama, Poland, Spain, and the United States. Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, 133. 83-88.

Moore, R. S., Fyk, J., Frega, A. L., & Brotons, M. (1995/96). Influences of culture, age, gender and two-tone patterns on interval matching skills of children from Argentina, Poland, Spain, and the United States. Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, 127, 127-135.

Standley, J. M. & Moore, R. S. (1995). The effect of music vs. mother's voice on NBICU infants' oxygen saturation levels and frequency of bradycardia/apnea episodes. Pediatric Nursing, 21(6), 509-512.

Price, H. E., Yarbrough, C., Jones, M., & Moore, R. S. (1994). Effects of male timbre, falsetto, and sine-wave models on interval matching by inaccurate singers. Journal of Research in Music Education 42(4), 269-284.

Moore, R. S. (1994) Selected research on children's singing skills. In G. Welch & T. Murao (Eds.), Onchi and Singing Development (pp. 41-48). London: David Fulton Publishers & The Roehampton Institute.

Moore, R. S. (1994). Effects of age, sex and melodic/harmonic patterns on vocal pitch-matching skills of children 8-11 years old. Journal of Research in Music Education 42 (1), 5-13.

Moore, R. S., Staum, M. J., & Brotons, M. (1994). Music preferences of the elderly: Repertoire, vocal ranges, tempos and accompaniments for singing. In J. M Standley & C. A. Prickett (Eds.), Research in Music Therapy: A Tradition of Excellence (pp. 738-755). Silver Spring, MD: NAMT. (Reprinted from Journal of Music Therapy, 1992, 29[4], 236-252). 

Prickett, C. A. & Moore, R. S. (1994). Effects of music to aid memory of Alzheimer's patients in a nursing home. In J. M Standley & C. A. Prickett (Eds.), Research in Music Therapy: A Tradition of Excellence (pp. 738-755). (Reprinted fromJournal of Music Therapy, 1991, 28[2], 101-110).

Moore, R. S., Fyk, J. & Brotons, M. (1993/1994). Nationality influences on children's perception and performance of intensity modulations. Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, 119, 29-36.

Moore, R. S. (1992). Modulated intensity discrimination of musicians and non-musicians. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education 29, 16-24. 

Moore, R. S. & Kemp, A. E. (1991). Effects of Nationality and Gender on Speaking Frequency, Singing Range and Preferred Tessitura of Children from Australia, England and the United States. Canadian Music Research Journal, 33, 149-156.

Moore, R. S. (1991). Comparison of children and adults' vocal ranges and preferred tessituras in singing familiar songs. Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, 107, 13-22.

Moore, R. S. (1989). Influences of nationality and sex on the vocal range and preferred tessitura of English and American children. Canadian Music Research Journal, 30, 100-105. 

Moore, R. S. (1988). The use of rehearsal time by an experienced choral conductor with a children's choir. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 5(5), 39-56. 

Moore, R. S. (1987). Effects of age, sex and activity on children's attentiveness in elementary school music classes. In C. K. Madsen, & C. A. Prickett (eds.), Application of Research in Music Behavior (pp. 26-31). Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press. 

Moore, R. S. & Bonney, J. (1987). Comparative analysis of teaching time between student and experienced teachers in general music. Contributions to Music Education, 14, 52-58.

Moore, R. S. & Mathenius, L. (1987). The effects of modeling, reinforcement, and tempo on imitative rhythmic responses of moderately retarded adolescents. Journal of Music Therapy, 24(3), 160-169. 

Moore, R. S. & Staum, M. J. (1987). The effect of age and nationality on auditory/visual sequential memory of English and American children. Council for Research in Music Education, 91, 126-131. 

Schellenberg, S. & Moore, R. S. (1985). The effect of tonal-rhythmic context on short-term memory of rhythmic and melodic sequences. Bulletin for the Council for Research in Music Education, 85, 207-217. 

Sims, W. L, Moore, R. S., & Kuhn, T. L. (1982). Effects of female and male vocal stimuli, tonal pattern length, and age on vocal pitch-matching abilities of young children from England and the United States. Psychology of Music, 10(1), 104-108. 

Moore, R. S. (1981). Comparative use of teaching time by American and British elementary music specialists. Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, 66-67, 62-68. 

Kuhn, T. L., Wachhaus, G., Pantle, J. E. & Moore, R. S. (1979). Undergraduate non-music major vocal ranges. Journal of Research in Music Education, 27(2), 68-75.

Moore, R. S. (1976). The effect of differential teaching techniques on achievement, attitude and teaching skills in elementary music education. Journal of Research in Music Education, 27(3), 129-141.

Moore, R. S. (1976). The effects of videotaped feedback and self-evaluation forms on teaching skills, musicianship and creativity of prospective elementary teachers. Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin, 47, 1-7.

Madsen, C. K., Dorow, L. G., Moore, R. S., & Womble, J. U. (1976). Effects of music via television as reinforcement for correct mathematics. Journal of Research in Music Education, 24(2), 51-59. 

Madsen, C. K., Moore, R. S., & Wagner, M. J., Yarbrough, C. (1975). A comparison of music as reinforcement for correct mathematical responses versus music as reinforcement for attentiveness. Journal of Music Therapy, 12(2), 84-95. 

Kuhn, T. L., & Moore, R. S. (1975). The effect of behavioral techniques on teaching and musicianship skills of prospective elementary teachers: Six studies. In C. K. Madsen, R. D. Greer, & C. H. Madsen, Jr. (eds.), Research in Music Behavior (pp. 56-65). New York: Teachers College Press.

PAPERS PRESENTED OF RECENT RESEARCH

Identification of Animals in Carnival of the Animals by Children from England, Japan, Korea, Spain, and the United States. Co-authored with Joan Cutler, Myung-Sook Auh, Hiromichi Mito, & Melissa Brotons. Invited paper for the International Research Seminar of ISME in Johannesburg and World Congress of ISME in Pretoria, South Africa in July, 1998.

Oxygen Saturation in Ill Neonates is Improved by Mother's Voice and other Sounds. Co-authored with Igor Gladstone, MD, and Jayne Standley of the Florida State University. Invited paper presented at the National Music Therapy Conference in Los Angeles in November, 1997.

Effects of Recorded Music on Preschooler's Restime Behavior. Co-authored with Laura Leung of the University of Oregon and Jayne Standley of the Florida State University. Presented at the National Music Therapy Conference in Los Angeles in November, 1997.

Effects of recorded music on blind and sighted childrens' creative movements and self esteem. Co-authored with Klara Kokas in Budapest, Hungary. Invited research paper at the National Association for Music Therapy national conference in Nashville, Tennessee, November, 1996.

Influences of culture, age, and melodic structures on skills of learning a new song by children from England, Panama, Poland, Spain, and the United States. Co-authored with Janina Fyk, Melissa Brotons and Argelis Castillo. Invited research paper at the International Society for Music Education Research Commission Seminar in Frescati, Italy, July, 18, 1996 and the ISME World Congress in Amsterdam, July, 24, 1996.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Teaching

Experimental Research Methods in Music

Music in Special Education

Music in School and Society

Elementary Music Methods

Music Fundamentals

Kodaly/Orff Methodologies

General Music Program

International Singing Games

Singing Circles and Composing Songs

Thesis and Dissertation

Advising: Undergraduate & Graduate Music Education Majors

 
Elected Position:
1992-98, 1984-90 National Editorial Board for the Journal of Research in Music Education, published by Music Educators National Conference, Reston, VA

1998-2000 Music Educators Research Council of MENC

HOBBIES:

Traveling
Hiking & jogging
Photography
Gardening
Woodworking
Pottery