Eve E. Harwood

Associate Professor Emeritus (2009) of Music Education

B.A. (honors English), McMaster University; M.M. (music education), University of Western Ontario; Ed.D.(music education), University of Illinois

Eve Harwood specializes in elementary general music. Recent publications include Go on Girl: Improvisation in the Play of African-American Girls in P. Bohlman and B. Nettl, In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation (University of Chicago Press), and articles in Research Studies in Music Education, and The Mountain Lake Reader.

Professor Harwood served as coordinator of the teaching academy for the College of Fine and Applied Arts, whose mission is to develop a community of artist-teachers in higher education across all seven units of the College. Her research interests include children’s musical folk culture, music teacher education and continuing professional development for college teachers in the arts.

When teaching children, I strive to motivate and develop the musician/artist in every student. General music students come to music through different paths including performing, composing and listening to music of others. When guiding young adults to become teachers or graduate students who will become college teachers, the same principles apply. I strive to motivate and develop the teacher/scholar in every student. Through deep engagement with a variety of teaching methods (for undergraduates), or with scholarly literature based on different research and philosophical paradigms (for graduate students), my students are encouraged to choose the path that best matches their individual strengths and values as teachers.