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School of Education
Virginia Tech

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, joined the Virginia Tech faculty in August 2006, where she teaches graduate level music education methods classes, class applied brass, and supervises interns. She is developing the music education graduate studies program and is currently the Program Area Leader for Music Education. Her current areas of research are music performance assessment, college level applied music faculty, motivation and self-efficacy in music teacher education with her most recent work being published with Update – Applications of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and the Journal of Music Teacher Education. She is an active member of Music Educators National Conference, The International Society for Music Education, The Society for Music Teacher Education and has served as a presenter and reviewer for the past two International Symposia on Assessment in Music Education.

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, joined the Virginia Tech faculty in August 2006, where she teaches graduate level music education classes, class applied brass, and supervises interns. Her cohort of graduating students has grown steadily over the past 4 years and exemplars of their work can be seen at: http://www.soe.vt.edu/musiced/portfolios.html
Formerly a visiting professor with Florida International University Dr. Parkes has enjoyed teaching methods classes, techniques classes, working with inner city and urban schools, and advising Chapter 525 of the MENC Collegiate Program. Dr. Parkes has earned her B.A. degree in musicology and psychology from the Australian National University and her M.Mus. in trumpet performance and pedagogy from The Canberra Institute of the Arts, Australia. Her M.Sc. in Music Education was awarded from Florida International University in the USA. Her Ph.D. was awarded from the University of Miami, FL where she worked with Drs Asmus, DeCarbo, Jordan, and Zdzinski.

Originally from Australia, Dr. Parkes has been researching and teaching in the United States for nine years. Prior to moving to the USA she lectured in pre-college and college trumpet for 5 years at the Canberra School of Music; Institute of the Arts, and coordinated ensembles as well as Pre-college training programs. Dr. Parkes also worked with public and private instrumental music programs within public school music curriculum at elementary, middle, and high school levels in Canberra, Australia. She enjoyed extensive studio and classroom teaching, instrumental instruction, and band directing. In addition to her teaching, she was also the Principal trumpet of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra from 1996-2000. Since moving to the USA she appeared as a regular substitute with the New World Symphony Orchestra under Michael Tilson-Thomas (Miami, FL) and recently with the faculty brass quintet with the Department of Music at Virginia Tech. She is currently the Pedagogical advisor for the Australian Trumpet Guild, and a member of the ATG artistic steering committee for the International Trumpet Guild Conference, 2010. She is hosting the Inaugural Research Room, at this international conference this year, which showcases research in a poster session format for the first time. She is also coordinating the Youth Competition at the conference and two dynamic panels. The panels will bring together 12 virtuosic players and pedagogues from every continent to discuss emerging issues in the industry of playing and teaching the trumpet.