Who's teaching all this stuff?
Engaging Music Theory is the work of Dr. Jena Root, variously known as "Jena" ("JEE-na"), "Doctor Root," "Roctor Doot," "Droot," and "JR." She is an award-winning teacher with over twenty-seven years of experience teaching music theory, aural skills, composition, and theory pedagogy at the college level.
Dr. Root's career in higher education includes positions at Shenandoah Conservatory, Youngstown State University, Syracuse University, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore, and St. Olaf College. She is the author of Applied Music Fundamentals: Writing, Singing, and Listening (Oxford University Press), and her work also appears in the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, and The Routledge Companion to Aural Skills Pedagogy. She has served as Resources Editor for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. |