Biography

Nick Dolan is an educator, composer, and researcher, whose research interests include the intersections of Kodály and choral practices, the changing voice, and equity in education. Nick has been a guest speaker and clinician for the OAKE Western Division, Texas Tech University, and Lewis & Clark College, and his research has been accepted for poster sessions at the Gordon Institute for Music Learning International Conference, the Symposium for Music Teacher Education, The National OAKE Conference, and the TMEA Annual Conference. Nick has served on the OAKE Communications Committee and currently serves as president of the Southern Washington and Oregon Kodály Educators (SWOKE), an Affiliate Chapter of OAKE, and on the OAKE National Conference Choir Committee.

 

Nick is a Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University studying Music Education with a focus in choral and Kodály pedagogies, studying under Dr. Susan Brumfield, Dr. Janice Killian, Dr. Alan Zabriskie, and Dr. Jacqueline Henninger. Nick received a Master of  Education degree from Portland State University, where he studied under Dr. Ethan Sperry and Debbie Glaze, his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, and received his Kodály certification from the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) at Portland State University.

 

Nick is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME), the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA), and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).